Politics and Trans People - Why Are Human Rights Political?

This was an episode months in the making… hope you enjoy :)

LINKS & CITATIONS:

Podcast Instagram: @the_transagenda

Podcast Linkree (where the PANEL link is): linktr.ee/thetransagenda

REALLY good video about tokenism vs. diversity:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnxnlj-um5A

Article surrounding the numbers aspect of the AIDS epidemic in the U.S:

• https://www.kff.org/hivaids/fact-sheet/the-hivaids-epidemic-in-the-united-states-the-basics/#:~:text=Key%20Facts,U.S

More on the effects of the AIDS epidemic on queer americans:

• https://www.hrc.org/resources/hrc-issue-brief-hiv-aids-and-the-lgbt-community

Article on anti-trans legislation (also a beautiful graph illustrating the topics/specific reasonings behind these bills)

• https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/15/politics/anti-transgender-legislation-2021/index.html

Mermaids article on trans representation in media:

• https://mermaidsuk.org.uk/news/exclusive-mermaids-research-into-newspaper-coverage-on-trans-issues/

2015 anti-trans stats:

• https://vawnet.org/sc/serving-trans-and-non-binary-survivors-domestic-and-sexual-violence/violence-against-trans-and