fiction/non/fiction S5 Ep. 19: ‘The Danger is Larger Because the Voice is Bigger’: Alexandra Billings on What’s Behind the Surge in Anti-Trans Legislation
Award-winning actor and LGBTQ and HIV/AIDS activist Alexandra Billings joins co-hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell to discuss the spate of recent anti-Trans bills and American misogyny. Billings reads from her new memoir, This Time for Me, and talks about her life as a Trans woman, her career as a teacher, and her experiences on the show Transparent.
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Selected readings for the episode:
Others
- Track Trans Legislation
- The Phil Donahue Show
- Vladimir Putin: J.K. Rowling and Russia Are Victims of Western “Cancel Culture”
- Arizona governor signs bills limiting transgender rights, abortion
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