The latest episode of Into the Mix focuses on transgender kids and their families who are feeling increasingly under attack by conservative lawmakers in 2023 alone. Lawmakers introduce more than 500 bills in 49 states that target gender affirming healthcare and other legal protections. Some families are leaving their home states and moving to places like Vermont that they view as more hospitable. That's what happened to Vera, a fifth generation Texan who left her home state to protect her nine year old child. Today explained Sean Ramos for him a question we've been trying to answer: What does Ron DeSantis believe?
NBC’s Matt Dixon explains how Gov. Ron DeSantis wants to Make America Florida. Vox’s Andrew Prokop spells out how the governor’s brain works. Please clap.
This episode was produced by Amanda Lewellyn, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Michael Raphael, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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