ReImagining Liberty

Trans Rights and Gender Authoritarianism (w/ Gillian Branstetter)

May 31, 2023

49:51

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DeSantis & Paxton meddling with parents

05:03

What were the names of Nazi field researchers on American castes?

01:51

Prisons, Impulsivity, and Violence.

02:47

Introduction

3min

The Rise and Fall of the Transgender Lawsuit

3min

The Threat of Gender Affirming Care for Transgender Youth

5min

The Role of Gender in the Movement for Gay Rights

4min

The Importance of Transgenderism

6min

The Importance of Child Removal in American Life

2min

The Politics of Gender

4min

The Devaluation of Child Care

3min

The Heterogenormative State of the Nuclear Family

3min

10.

The Role of Status in the History of Humanity

6min

11.

The Naive Conception of Misogyny

5min

12.

The ACLU's Efforts to Stop the Abortion Banster From Being Enacted

5min

The ongoing moral panic and sweeping legislative changes aimed at trans people aren’t just a tremendous assault on the liberty, autonomy, and dignity of peaceful Americans owed the space to live their lives as they choose. They’re also the latest example of the way ideological ideas about “traditional” and “natural” gender roles have long been a tool authoritarians use to justify and maintain social and political control.

To talk about these critical issues and what we can do about them, I’m joined by Gillian Branstetter, a Communications Strategist at the ACLU’s Women’s Rights Project and LGBTQ & HIV Project.

ReImagining Liberty is a project of The UnPopulist, and is produced by Landry Ayres. Podcast art by Sergio R. M. Duarte. Music by Kevin MacLeod.

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