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In this Womens History Month episode, Jenn and Daren discuss the high-profile threats to transgender people and why this is even more reason to spotlight them during month. Recent comments from Republicans at the CPAC conference and from famed writer Alice Walker prove how important it is for us to always center and elevate the experiences of all Black trans people. Jenn shares the work of Marsha P. Johnson and how modern Pride celebrations are rooted in her work. To close things out, Jenn and Daren highlight the achievements of trans activists like Janet Mock, Raquel Willis, CeCe McDonald and L'leret Jazell Ailith. Reference Material: CPAC Speaker's Trans Comments About ‘Eradication' Sound Downright Genocidal - https://www.huffpost.com/entry/cpac-trans-kids-eradicated-transgender-michael-knowles_n_64038d23e4b0c78bb7430b1c The Color Purple Author Alice Walker Defends J.K. Rowling's Transphobia - https://www.out.com/news/jk-rowling-alice-walker www.ThatBlackCouple.com FB: www.facebook.com/ThatBlackCouple Twitter: www.twitter.com/ThatBlkCouple Instagram: www.instagram.com/thatblkcouple iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/that-black-couple-podcast/id1284072220?mt=2 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2M7GIQlWxG05gGq0bpBwma?si=xSkjzK0BRJW51rjyl3DWvw Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/podcast/that-black-couple SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/thatblackcouple Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cDovL2ZlZWRzLnNvdW5kY2xvdWQuY29tL3VzZXJzL3NvdW5kY2xvdWQ6dXNlcnM6Mjc2MDExMzcwL3NvdW5kcy5yc3M Email: ThatBLKCouple@gmail.com Podcast Summary: This is an accidentally funny podcast about the realities of Blackness and adult life. We do “adult” differently. We are That Black Couple. Our goal is to create a space for Black millennials to discuss and embody adult life on their own terms. We aren't beholden to “traditional” gender or parenting roles, queerness is fluid and present in the ways we show up in our relationships and in the world, and we want to build community with other 30-something Black folx who are trying to figure this ish out.
The Injustice of CeCe McDonald: Buckle up for the insane true story of CeCe McDonald, a woman who was let down by a justice system that is all too rarely there for vulnerable minority groups. CeCe's tale is one of intolerance and inequity, but it's also a story of bravery, devotion, and revolution. You need to hear this one, strangelings! Later on, Emma's bringing a first to the show; we're talking about a cult! Not just any old cult, Synanon might just be the most sinister cult that you've never heard of. Give us a follow on Instagram Send us a missive at strangeplanetpod@gmail.com Leave us a voice message for us on our Anchor page. Click here for a list of resources used in this episode. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/this-strange-planet/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/this-strange-planet/support
Trans week of Visibility is underway and Elise would have been 32 yesterday. Ariana DeBose makes history at the Oscars becoming the first out Afro-Latina to win. We salute CeCe McDonald in our women's history month spotlight. 00:00 - Welcome & Intro 01:39 - The Qube Ad, The one and only app curating the best of BIPOC & QTPOC podcasts & music. Be the first to know when the app drops. Sign up for the newsletter at https://theqube.app 02:17 - Intro Music by Aina Bre'Yon 02:57 - Trans week of Visibility is underway and Elise would have been 32 yesterday 04:07 - Ariana DeBose makes history at the Oscars becoming the first out Afro-Latina to win 05:54 - We salute CeCe McDonald for Women's Herstory Month 07:05 - Anna's Got A Word Things for you to check out GoFundMe - Funeral for Elise Malary https://www.gofundme.com/f/funeral-for-elise-malary 10 Black Trans* Activists You Should Know https://medium.com/tmi-consulting-inc/10-black-trans-activists-you-should-know-ec69464f66e9 CeCe McDonald On Being In A Men's Prison https://www.huffpost.com/entry/cece-mcdonald-on-being-in-a-mens-prison_n_5b4f9e3ee4b01e373aabecd8 About Queer News An intersectional approach to daily news podcast where race & sexuality meet politics, entertainment and culture. Tune-in to reporting which centers & celebrates all of our lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & comrade communities. Hosted by Anna DeShawn. 7 minutes a day, 5 days a week. We want to hear from you. Tune in and tell us what you think. email us at info@e3radio.fm. follow anna deshawn on ig & twitter: @annadeshawn. and if you're interested in advertising with “queer news,” write to us at info@e3radio.fm.
CeCe McDonald and her friends were approached by Dean Schmitz, his girlfriend, and his ex outside of a bar in June of 2011. Dean shouted racist and transphobic slurs at the group in a threatening manner. CeCe and her friends tried to walk away, but the ex, Molly Flaherty wanted to start a fight. Molly smashed a glass into CeCe's face, an injury that would later require 11 stitches. Dean lunged at CeCe, she stabbed him with scissors in order to protect herself. She was arrested and charged with second degree murder. Her case has gained national attention, but she ended up taking a plea deal of 41 months in prison. Since her release, CeCe has become an activist for the black, trans, and LGBTQ+ community. https://beenhere.org/2021/02/26/cece-mcdonald/ https://youth.gov/youth-topics/lgbtq-youth/homelessness https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/05/cece-mcdonald-transgender-hate-crime-murder/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CeCe_McDonald
This week is a very horrible and difficult topic, but one we thought needed to be covered, and hopefully we did it justice. This week we are talking about Transgender people who have been murdered. This topic highlights the abuse and issues trans people face every single day, as well as the ultimate price many pay simply for living as their true selves. We try our best to be allies, and we hope shedding some light on these absolutely terrible cases will help put an end to violence against trans people, because it's simply not okay. Sorry for no fun quips this week, twisted listeners, but this topic is just too dark. We still hope you tune in, and please remember: TRANS LIVES MATTER.Brought to you by Podmoth Media Network podmoth.networkJoin us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/twistedlistersFollow us on Instagram: @twistedlisterspcastTiktok: @twistedlistersWant to start a podcast? Sign up here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=1280284Cases Covered:1. Sage Smith2. CeCe McDonald3. Angie Zapata4. Poe Delwyn Black5. Venus XtravaganzaSources:Paris is Burning, Documentaryhttps://www.dazeddigital.com/fashion/article/17921/1/the-legacy-of-venus-xtravaganzahttps://www.cbs19news.com/story/45250569/police-still-looking-for-sage-smiths-suspected-killer-nine-years-laterhttps://www.whsv.com/content/news/Transgender-teen-has-been-missing-presumed-dead-in-Va-for-7-years-565224482.htmlhttps://www.advocate.com/crime/2021/6/08/trans-man-poe-black-fatally-stabbed-california-desert-communityhttps://www.glaad.org/resourcekits/angiezapatahttps://www.westword.com/news/who-was-angie-zapata-her-murderers-trial-didnt-tell-the-whole-story-5103955https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/the-transgender-crucible-114095/https://www.thetaskforce.org/cece-mcdonald-released-from-prison/Support the show (http://www.patreon.com/twistedlisters)
Golden's IG: @d.s.press and @blackqueertransrecovery Check out the audre lorde harm reduction workbook and find his other zine, film, printmaking and collab work at their website diasporansavant.cargo.site and their sound work on SoundCloud Mentioned in today's episode: Cecile Emeke's Strolling, Audre Lorde's Sister Outsider “Nothing that can be used against me”, Flo Kennedy, Sweet Honey in the Rock - Ella's Song, Cece McDonald, Katie Cannon, Let the Fire Burn, Josephine Baker makes citizens arrest, Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis read poems, Kitchen Table Press, Firebrand Press, Allied Media Conference (AMC) A transcript of this episode can be found here ---- Check out Misogynoir Transformed: Black Women's Digital Resistance by Moya Bailey, "all about how Black women actively reimagine the world by engaging in powerful forms of digital resistance at a time when anti-Black misogyny is thriving on social media."
This week Cassidy brings the tale of the mysterious Toynbee tiles reading "Toynbee Idea. In Movie 2001. Resurrect Dead. On Planet Jupiter." Chase brings for Pride month the survivor story of CeCe McDonald. Send stories to uncannydispatch@gmail.com Twitter/Instagram/Facebook: @uncannydispatch --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
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Get more Jennifer Patterson via: https://corpusritual.com/ Read: https://www.vidaweb.org/living-in-liminality-working-with-the-wounds-of-trauma-through-altered-states-poison-medicine/ On Breathwork & Grief Work: https://breathworkforrecovery.com/diving-into-the-darkness/ And if you want to support more of Jennifer’s work in the world…Venmo @Bones-Pattersonor check out…Rootwork Herbals People's Medicine Project: https://www.rootworkherbals.com/contribute CeCe McDonald's Thrive Campaign: https://fundly.com/cece-mcdonald-thrives-campaign THIS PODCAST IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM CORACAO CHOCOLATE [https://www.coracaoconfections.com/] & BECAUSE OF LISTENERS LIKE YOU.Become a podcast patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D.And find out more at www.yg2d.com
Dr. Mia Fischer joins me to talk about systems of power, and the way that they refuse to change, even when they appear to do so. Our military has recently incorporated, then unincorporated, then reincorporated openly-trans folks. Our prisons often house incarcerated people in the wrong facilities based on their assigned birth gender. The more things change, the more they stay the same. Any good hegemonic system will begin with this foundation. Unless we work towards systemic change, the small battles we win will accomplish little within the bigger systems of control. When marijuana is legalized, drug enforcement units target shrooms. When shrooms are decriminalized, drug enforcement units target other illegal drugs. And when all drugs are decriminalized, officers target sex workers, or other petty "crimes" which we would do better to legalize and regulate.
Pour son 20ème numéro, Parloir donne de la voix et du son aux prisonnier·es transgenres américain·es à travers une lettre écrite par Cece McDonald le 12 mai 2013 depuis l’unité d’enfermement pour hommes dans laquelle elle se trouve. Emprisonnée à la suite d’une agression raciste et transphobe débouchant accidentellement sur le meurtre de son auteur […]
To celebrate Pride, we bring you two cases of trans individuals.
In Terrorizing Gender: Transgender Visibility and the Surveillance Practices of the U.S. Security State, Mia Fischer traces how media and state actors collude in the violent disciplining of trans women, exposing the traps of visibility by illustrating that dominant representations of trans people as deceptive, deviant, and threatening are integral to justifying, normalizing, and reinforcing the state-sanctioned violence enacted against them. Bringing together transgender, queer, critical race, legal, surveillance, and media studies, Fisher analyzes the cases of Chelsea Manning, CeCe McDonald, and Monica Jones and shows how the heightened visibility of transgender people has actually occasioned a conservative backlash characterized by the increased surveillance of trans people by the security state. Terrorizing Gender concludes that the current moment of trans visibility constitutes a contingent cultural and national belonging, given the gendered and racialized violence that the state continues to enact against trans communities, particularly those of color. Dr. Mia Fischer is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Colorado Denver. Her research and teaching focuses on LGBTQ media representations and the ongoing struggles of LGBTQ communities to access civil rights. Her work has been published in several academic journals, including Feminist Media Studies, Communication, Culture & Critique, Sexualities, and Communication & Sport. She also co-leads the Denver Pen Pal Collaborative (DPPC), a collaborative prison-pen-pal project. Dr. Isabel Machado is a Postdoctoral Fellow in Gender and Sexuality Studies at the Department of History of the University of Memphis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In Terrorizing Gender: Transgender Visibility and the Surveillance Practices of the U.S. Security State, Mia Fischer traces how media and state actors collude in the violent disciplining of trans women, exposing the traps of visibility by illustrating that dominant representations of trans people as deceptive, deviant, and threatening are integral to justifying, normalizing, and reinforcing the state-sanctioned violence enacted against them. Bringing together transgender, queer, critical race, legal, surveillance, and media studies, Fisher analyzes the cases of Chelsea Manning, CeCe McDonald, and Monica Jones and shows how the heightened visibility of transgender people has actually occasioned a conservative backlash characterized by the increased surveillance of trans people by the security state. Terrorizing Gender concludes that the current moment of trans visibility constitutes a contingent cultural and national belonging, given the gendered and racialized violence that the state continues to enact against trans communities, particularly those of color. Dr. Mia Fischer is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Colorado Denver. Her research and teaching focuses on LGBTQ media representations and the ongoing struggles of LGBTQ communities to access civil rights. Her work has been published in several academic journals, including Feminist Media Studies, Communication, Culture & Critique, Sexualities, and Communication & Sport. She also co-leads the Denver Pen Pal Collaborative (DPPC), a collaborative prison-pen-pal project. Dr. Isabel Machado is a Postdoctoral Fellow in Gender and Sexuality Studies at the Department of History of the University of Memphis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In Terrorizing Gender: Transgender Visibility and the Surveillance Practices of the U.S. Security State, Mia Fischer traces how media and state actors collude in the violent disciplining of trans women, exposing the traps of visibility by illustrating that dominant representations of trans people as deceptive, deviant, and threatening are integral to justifying, normalizing, and reinforcing the state-sanctioned violence enacted against them. Bringing together transgender, queer, critical race, legal, surveillance, and media studies, Fisher analyzes the cases of Chelsea Manning, CeCe McDonald, and Monica Jones and shows how the heightened visibility of transgender people has actually occasioned a conservative backlash characterized by the increased surveillance of trans people by the security state. Terrorizing Gender concludes that the current moment of trans visibility constitutes a contingent cultural and national belonging, given the gendered and racialized violence that the state continues to enact against trans communities, particularly those of color. Dr. Mia Fischer is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Colorado Denver. Her research and teaching focuses on LGBTQ media representations and the ongoing struggles of LGBTQ communities to access civil rights. Her work has been published in several academic journals, including Feminist Media Studies, Communication, Culture & Critique, Sexualities, and Communication & Sport. She also co-leads the Denver Pen Pal Collaborative (DPPC), a collaborative prison-pen-pal project. Dr. Isabel Machado is a Postdoctoral Fellow in Gender and Sexuality Studies at the Department of History of the University of Memphis. Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/lgbtq-studies
In Terrorizing Gender: Transgender Visibility and the Surveillance Practices of the U.S. Security State, Mia Fischer traces how media and state actors collude in the violent disciplining of trans women, exposing the traps of visibility by illustrating that dominant representations of trans people as deceptive, deviant, and threatening are integral to justifying, normalizing, and reinforcing the state-sanctioned violence enacted against them. Bringing together transgender, queer, critical race, legal, surveillance, and media studies, Fisher analyzes the cases of Chelsea Manning, CeCe McDonald, and Monica Jones and shows how the heightened visibility of transgender people has actually occasioned a conservative backlash characterized by the increased surveillance of trans people by the security state. Terrorizing Gender concludes that the current moment of trans visibility constitutes a contingent cultural and national belonging, given the gendered and racialized violence that the state continues to enact against trans communities, particularly those of color. Dr. Mia Fischer is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Colorado Denver. Her research and teaching focuses on LGBTQ media representations and the ongoing struggles of LGBTQ communities to access civil rights. Her work has been published in several academic journals, including Feminist Media Studies, Communication, Culture & Critique, Sexualities, and Communication & Sport. She also co-leads the Denver Pen Pal Collaborative (DPPC), a collaborative prison-pen-pal project. Dr. Isabel Machado is a Postdoctoral Fellow in Gender and Sexuality Studies at the Department of History of the University of Memphis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In Terrorizing Gender: Transgender Visibility and the Surveillance Practices of the U.S. Security State, Mia Fischer traces how media and state actors collude in the violent disciplining of trans women, exposing the traps of visibility by illustrating that dominant representations of trans people as deceptive, deviant, and threatening are integral to justifying, normalizing, and reinforcing the state-sanctioned violence enacted against them. Bringing together transgender, queer, critical race, legal, surveillance, and media studies, Fisher analyzes the cases of Chelsea Manning, CeCe McDonald, and Monica Jones and shows how the heightened visibility of transgender people has actually occasioned a conservative backlash characterized by the increased surveillance of trans people by the security state. Terrorizing Gender concludes that the current moment of trans visibility constitutes a contingent cultural and national belonging, given the gendered and racialized violence that the state continues to enact against trans communities, particularly those of color. Dr. Mia Fischer is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Colorado Denver. Her research and teaching focuses on LGBTQ media representations and the ongoing struggles of LGBTQ communities to access civil rights. Her work has been published in several academic journals, including Feminist Media Studies, Communication, Culture & Critique, Sexualities, and Communication & Sport. She also co-leads the Denver Pen Pal Collaborative (DPPC), a collaborative prison-pen-pal project. Dr. Isabel Machado is a Postdoctoral Fellow in Gender and Sexuality Studies at the Department of History of the University of Memphis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In Terrorizing Gender: Transgender Visibility and the Surveillance Practices of the U.S. Security State, Mia Fischer traces how media and state actors collude in the violent disciplining of trans women, exposing the traps of visibility by illustrating that dominant representations of trans people as deceptive, deviant, and threatening are integral to justifying, normalizing, and reinforcing the state-sanctioned violence enacted against them. Bringing together transgender, queer, critical race, legal, surveillance, and media studies, Fisher analyzes the cases of Chelsea Manning, CeCe McDonald, and Monica Jones and shows how the heightened visibility of transgender people has actually occasioned a conservative backlash characterized by the increased surveillance of trans people by the security state. Terrorizing Gender concludes that the current moment of trans visibility constitutes a contingent cultural and national belonging, given the gendered and racialized violence that the state continues to enact against trans communities, particularly those of color. Dr. Mia Fischer is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Colorado Denver. Her research and teaching focuses on LGBTQ media representations and the ongoing struggles of LGBTQ communities to access civil rights. Her work has been published in several academic journals, including Feminist Media Studies, Communication, Culture & Critique, Sexualities, and Communication & Sport. She also co-leads the Denver Pen Pal Collaborative (DPPC), a collaborative prison-pen-pal project. Dr. Isabel Machado is a Postdoctoral Fellow in Gender and Sexuality Studies at the Department of History of the University of Memphis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-studies
Around 9:30 this past Friday night, Asheville's Pack Square sounded eerily familiar. There were no protestors or counter-protesters surrounding the Vance Monument, no police on bikes or in riot gear. A busker serenaded people--almost all of them white--waiting in a tightly packed line outside French Broad Chocolate. If it weren't for the relatively few wearing masks, you'd swear this was so 2019. But if you rounded the corner onto Broadway and looked up at the facade of the Asheville Art Museum, you saw beautifully rendered drawings of Breonna Taylor , Tony McDade , Nina Pop and, yes, George Floyd, dissolving into text quotes from the novelist James Baldwin and the activist Cece McDonald , along with the call to "Defend Black Lives."
Around 9:30 this past Friday night, Asheville's Pack Square sounded eerily familiar. There were no protestors or counter-protesters surrounding the Vance Monument, no police on bikes or in riot gear. A busker serenaded people--almost all of them white--waiting in a tightly packed line outside French Broad Chocolate. If it weren't for the relatively few wearing masks, you'd swear this was so 2019. But if you rounded the corner onto Broadway and looked up at the facade of the Asheville Art Museum, you saw beautifully rendered drawings of Breonna Taylor , Tony McDade , Nina Pop and, yes, George Floyd, dissolving into text quotes from the novelist James Baldwin and the activist Cece McDonald , along with the call to "Defend Black Lives."
Evening prayer for Monday, January 13th, 2020. The 2nd Monday of Epiphany. The memorial for Hilary, bishop of Poitiers, Teacher of the Faith, 367 C.E. and the day we remember that in 1970 – W.L. Nolen, C. Edwards and A. Miller murdered by Soledad prison guards in California, 2012 – G20 protestor Mandy Hiscocks sentenced to 16 months, and 2014 – CeCe McDonald released Liturgical White. Today's readings in the revised common lectionary are Psalms 04 + 07, Isaiah 40:12-23, John 1:1-18.Music thanks to Small Church Music, Andrew Remillard, and Mystery Mammal.
CW: Hate Speech/Language On this episode...I revisit the final episode of "The Hate Project" which aired on September 9th, 2013. I reflect on "The Hate Project" overall, troll the trolls in the chat, and field phone calls from right-wing radio host "Newsguy" and "Kennewick Man" who I interviewed on Episode 28 and appeared on Episodes 5, 6, and 10. Later "TheChad80", who I interviewed on Episode 33 and appeared on Episode 29, joins the conversation. We talk about literal hate-fucking, specifically the hypocrisy of male white nationalists coupling with non-white women. "Kennewick Man" discusses how some neo-nazi groups are possible fronts for satanists and we talk about how the government seeks to divide and conquer the populace. Also some discussion of events at that time including trans woman CeCe McDonald warding off a hate crime, Craig Cobb trying to create a white ethnostate in North Dakota, and the Klan meeting with the NAACP. At the beginning of the show I discuss how ICE is currently creating training facilities for "urban warfare" against civilians. Email: paradoxofcivility@gmail.comTwitter: @civilpodcastFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/paradoxofcivility/ References from episode: ICE Prepares "Urban Warfare" Training Facilityhttps://www.newsweek.com/ice-fails-redact-document-reveals-location-urban-warfare-training-facility-1458732 CeCe McDonaldhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CeCe_McDonald Craig Cobbhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Cobb Klansman meets the NAACPhttps://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/09/16/219665721/did-the-naacp-learn-anything-from-meeting-with-the-kkk Music: Gnossienne no. 1 by International Surrealist Bulletin is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License.Remedy for Melancholy by Kai Engel is licensed under a Attribution License.
On June 5th, 2011, a young Black, trans woman named CeCe McDonald went out to a bar with friends. A white male fascist in the bar took exception to CeCe for being the wrong kind of woman.
In this, the second episode of Survivor Team Go!, we shout out to Ryan (different Ryan!) and Rihanna. Then Bailey shares the story of Josefina Rivera, who survived being abducted and tortured with several other women in a psychopath’s basement, and Oliver talks about CeCe McDonald, a black trans woman who was prosecuted for surviving a hate crime.
If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. CeCe McDonald joined the the Office of LGBTQ Student Life, the IOP, the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs, Spiritual Life, Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture, and the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality at the University of Chicago to discuss her time incarcerated for defending herself against a racist, transphobic assault in July, 2010 and her work as a leader in the movements for LGBTQ liberation, prison abolition, and racial justice.
If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. CeCe McDonald joined the the Office of LGBTQ Student Life, the IOP, the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs, Spiritual Life, Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture, and the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality at the University of Chicago to discuss her time incarcerated for defending herself against a racist, transphobic assault in July, 2010 and her work as a leader in the movements for LGBTQ liberation, prison abolition, and racial justice.
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Edition #801 If you're talking about genitals then you've missed the point Today I take my second crack at discussing trans* rights. Last time I tried it didn't go over too well so today we find out if I've learned from my mistakes and if others will learn a thing or two about trans* issues. Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith Ch. 2: Act 1: When Is That Appropriate Conversation, Katie - Radio Dispatch - Air Date 1-9-14 Ch. 3: Song 1: Lesson Learned (feat. John Mayer) - Alicia Keys Ch. 4: Act 2: Katie Couric has her bad questions explained to her - Laverne Cox - Air Date: 1-7-14 Ch. 5: Song 2: Discrimination - Ancel Ch. 6: Act 3: Cultural Consequences Of Trans Population - Trans Advocate - Air Date 2-20-13 Ch. 7: Song 3: I can't - Ben Sollee Ch. 8: Act 4: Twisted And Unethical Journalism And Resultant Suicide - @Radio_Dispatch - Air Date 1-21-14 Ch. 9: Song 4: Look again - Jim Ford Ch. 10: Act 5: The case of CeCe McDonald - Melissa Harris-Perry - Air Date: 1-19-14 Ch. 11: Song 5: ***Flawless (feat. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie) - Beyoncé Ch. 12: Act 6: Social Anxiety of Trans Population vs. Military PTSD - Trans Advocate - Air Date 2-20-13 Ch. 13: Song 6: Transgender Dysphoria Blues - Against Me! Ch. 14: Act 7: Piers Morgan's Uninformed Interview With Janet Mock - @Radio_Dispatch - Air Date 2-6-14 Ch. 15: Song 7: Strong animals - Dan Romer & Benh Zeitlin Ch. 16: Act 8: After 20 Years Prisoner Michelle Kosilek Granted Right To Sex Change - @WEEKinBLACKNESS - Air Date: 1-21-14 Ch. 17: Song 8: Slipping away - Donnie Darko Ch. 18: Act 9: The Jim Collins Foundation - Best of the Left Activism Ch. 19: Song 9: Activism - Shihan Ch. 20: Act 10: Janet Mock on 'Passing' & Redefining Realness - Janet Mock - Air Date: 1-30-14 Voicemails: Ch. 21: Where the women-problems in the south come from - Wes from Alabama Ch. 22: Thoughts on the arguments of sovereignty against corporate takeover - Dave from Olympia, WA Ch. 23: Suggesting "The Authoritarians" book - John In Stamford, CT Leave a message at 202-999-3991 Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Ratatat Ch. 24: Final comments on making progress addressing trans* rights Closing Music: Here We Are - Patrick Park ACTIVISM: Jim Collins Foundation Additional Activism Free CeCe, a documentary on CeCe McDonald Sources/further reading: Savage Lovecast, episode 369 (11/19/13); Dan Savage interviews M. Dru Levasseur, co-founder and vice president of the Jim Collins Foundation "Professional Organization Statements Supporting Transgender People In Health Care” via Lambda Legal "Piers Morgan, It Shouldn’t Be So Hard For You To Interview Janet Mock” by Avital Norman Nathman "Janet Mock: Piers Morgan 'Sensationalized’ Me” by John Becker "Because of You: My Letter to CeCe McDonald on Her Release Written by BOTL social media/activism director Katie Klabusich Produced by: Jay! Tomlinson Thanks for listening! Visit us at BestOfTheLeft.com Check out the BotL iOS/Android App in the App Stores! Follow at Twitter.com/BestOfTheLeft Like at Facebook.com/BestOfTheLeft Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Review the show on iTunes!
Welcome to episode 36 of a by and for transgender podcast, Transition Transmission. Join the Transgender Trio as they discuss the latest and greatest goings on in the LGBTQ world. This week we talk about Jenna Talackova, and her news on the PETA front, and her upcoming show on E! We congratulate Maine, and Georgia on the steps towards transgender equality. We also talk about Whedongate, or as we like to call it 'The Joss Whedon Transgender Incident of 2014'. We finish off our podcast with a talk about Against Me! 's new Transgender Dysphoria Blues album. We give CeCe McDonald a shout out, and talk about the upcoming Documentery. So join three trans girls as they talk about trans stuff. Topics also include, Bruce Jenner, The Dollhouse, and NOM. www.transitiontransmission.com @TransgenderTrio Runtime: 74 minutes
Turn Me Loose: The Unghosting of Medgar Evars has garnered Kentucky's Poet Laureate, Frank X Walker, a nomination for an NAACP Image Award. He calls this book of 49 poems his finest work to date, and says it has an educational component along with its poetry. "The initial motivation was based on having a conversation with my students and finding out that they had no idea who Medgar Evers was." We spoke to Walker on this week's show about his life, his work, and what it means to be Affrilachian. Our Juicy Fruit segment this week looks at the man who got in trouble for paying too much child support, the chef who wants to ban babies from his restaurant, and CeCe McDonald's release from prison. And our very own Jaison Gardner filled us in on his new column, In Visible Ink, appearing every other week in LEO Weekly!
We finally did it! We finally recorded another episode!!! What's more, we're finally finished editing it. We mention Halloween for our Trans* history segment. Halloween on Wikipedia. We cover ENDA and briefly mention the implications for all of us. During that discussion we mention the malicious attacks on a young trans girl by the conservative right wingers at the Pacific Justice Institute. Finally we discuss Cece McDonald as our Tran* person of note. She was violently attacked and unfairly prosecuted...yes as the victim she was the one prosecuted. We also mentioned former Representitive John Kriesel, you can watch his 5 minute speech to the Minnesota House here although it was regarding gay marriage, it is my opinion he would have the same thoughts on ENDA. As always music is courtesy of Obsidian Shell -Maddy
Tonight on DiLT we will reflect on the 20th Anniversary of the infamous Rodney King beating by LAPD officers, and the LA Riots. We will talk about what happened, the lessons we learned, and whether or not it was worth our time and emotions. We will also discuss the case of CeCe McDonald - the black transgendered woman who's on trial for manslaughter after killing a man who attacked her; and Marissa Alexander - the FL woman who faces 20 years in jail for firing a "warning shot" to protect herself from her attacker. Is there a reason why the Black community hasn't rallied around these cases? Is our decision to ignore social injustice based on our our personal bias??? Damnit Let's Talk tonight!