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Masha Gessen on the Battle Over Trans Rights

The New Yorker Radio Hour

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Nebraska Legislators Can Rise to the Occasion, Senator?

Masha Gessen is a staff writer at The New Yorker, the author of many books on Russia and the nature of autocracy. Masha who identifies as trans is also a leading figure in covering LGBT rights. I just spoke with a Democratic state senator in Nebraska and she's fighting to block a bill that would withhold gender affirming care from trans kids. All of these bills are about signaling and what they're signaling is the essence of past-oriented politics.

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