Like many red states, Texas is seeing it's share of anti-trans legislation being introduced. As we will make clear in this episode, and in subsequent episodes, this is part of a nationally coordinated campaign by the Republican Party and other right-wing hate groups garner votes for conservative candidates. Nothing gets out "the rube vote" like villifying some mintority group. Looking specifically at Texas, we're talking with Gin Pham, of the ⁠Transgender Education Network of Texas⁠, about what is happening in Austin and throughout the state.

News Links:
⁠As Alabama's trans youth care ban goes into effect, providers scramble for answers - ABC News⁠ ⁠Transgender treatment, doctors threatened by new Alabama law AP News⁠
⁠Gender Affirming Care: Evidence-Based Reviews of Legislative Actions < Dean’s Advisory Council on LGBTQI+ Affairs (yale.edu)⁠