TransLash Podcast with Imara Jones

Imara is joined by the model and author of Horse Barbie: A Memoir, Geena Rocero. They discuss Geena’s childhood and experience as a pageant queen in the Philippines and her later immigration to the United States. It’s a powerful conversation where Geena shares about her fear of being outed while working as a model in the 90’s, her decision to come out publicly and what it means for her to tell her story. Subscribe to the Anti-Trans Hate Machine here.Follow TransLash Media @translashmedia on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.Follow Imara Jones on Twitter (@ImaraJones) and Instagram (@Imara_jones_)Geena Rocero: Twitter (@GeenaRocero) and Instagram: (@geenarocero)TransLash Podcast is produced by Translash Media.Translash Team: Imara Jones, Oliver-Ash Kleine, Aubrey Calaway. Xander Adams is our sound engineer and contributing producer.Digital strategy by Daniela Capistrano.Theme Music: Ben Draghi and ZZK records.

The Biden Administration has proposed a change to Title IX that would prohibit schools from categorically banning trans students from sports teams that align with their identity. But many advocates have criticized the new rule, pointing out that schools would still have leeway to discriminate based on exceptions around competitive advantage and risk of injury.In this episode, Imara unpacks the pros and cons of this new rule. She speaks with Andy Marra, the Executive Director of the Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF), about the proposal’s potential impacts on trans student athletes. Imara also chats with Melanie Willingham-Jaggers, Executive Director of GLSEN, about their public comment campaign urging revisions to the rule and the need for more clarity on its anti-discrimination protections. Subscribe to the Anti-Trans Hate Machine here.Follow TransLash Media @translashmedia on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.Follow Imara Jones on Twitter (@ImaraJones) and Instagram (@Imara_jones_)Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund: Twitter (@TLDEF) and Instagram (@translegaldefense)Melanie Willingham-Jaggers: Twitter (@themelster) and Instagram (@themelster303)Ness Murby: Twitter (@NessMurby) and Instagram (@nessmurby)TransLash Podcast is produced by Translash Media.Translash Team: Imara Jones, Oliver-Ash Kleine, Aubrey Calaway. Xander Adams is our sound engineer and contributing producer.Digital strategy by Daniela Capistrano.Theme Music: Ben Draghi and ZZK records. 

Disinformation must spread in ways that are imperceptible and seemingly organic. Join us for Episode 3 of Season 2 of the Anti-Trans Hate Machine for a deep dive into the massive influence of the fringe blog 4th Wave Now, where parents who are hostile to their trans kids gather to spread conspiracy theories about the origins of gender identity. It’s influenced liberal parents like Jeanne Ogden, who used ideas in the blog to help justify blocking her daughter Cam from receiving the care she needs. Learn how Jeanne and Cam are working to pick up the pieces, after being manipulated by this disinformation. And how, despite the harm, journalists like Jesse Singal grabbed the idea of trans social contagion and ran with it.Subscribe to the Anti-Trans Hate Machine: https://translash.org/antitranshatemachine/

In celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, Imara sits down with two leading AAPI trans community organizers. First, she speaks with Hawaiian cultural ambassador and activist Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, who shares her coming out experience and talks about ways gender is expressed across Polynesian cultures and languages. Next, Imara is joined by outgoing Executive Director of Transgender Law Center, Kris Hasyahi, to discuss his nearly 30 year-long career as a trans activist. Subscribe to the Anti-Trans Hate Machine here.Follow TransLash Media @translashmedia on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.Follow Imara Jones on Twitter (@ImaraJones) and Instagram (@Imara_jones_)Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu: Instagram (@808SharkGoddess)Lauren YS: Instagram (@squid.licker)TransLash Podcast is produced by Translash Media.Translash Team: Imara Jones, Oliver-Ash Kleine, Aubrey Calaway. Xander Adams is our sound engineer and contributing producer.Digital strategy by Daniela Capistrano.Theme Music: Ben Draghi and ZZK records.

Disinformation campaigns need archetypes to advance their propaganda. In Episode 2 of the Anti-Trans Hate Machine Season 2, we see how Christian Nationalists have teamed up with TERFs, and even Dianic Witches, to find people who are “ex-trans” in a hopeless attempt to show that transgender people aren’t real. Join us as we follow Ky Schevers and her journey into the depths of the detransition movement. We will learn how her story was seized upon by pseudo-scientific groups and the harm it caused both to Ky and the community she loves.Subscribe to the Anti-Trans Hate Machine: https://translash.org/antitranshatemachine/

Republicans in Texas and Florida are pursuing a devastating new line of attack against trans youth: separating them from their supportive parents. This week, Imara discusses the politics and consequences of these family separation efforts with two people working on the frontlines. First, she’s joined by former Texas Child Protective Services employee Morgan Hardee Davis, who shares his harrowing experience of being forced to investigate loving, trans-affirming families, and his decision to resign in protest. Next, Imara talks with the Director of the Transgender Rights Initiative at Southern Legal Counsel, Simone Chriss, about the state of Florida’s attempt to manipulate custody rules to provide a safe haven for transphobic parents. Subscribe to the Anti-Trans Hate Machine here.Follow TransLash Media @translashmedia on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.Follow Imara Jones on Twitter (@ImaraJones) and Instagram (@Imara_jones_)Morgan Hardee Davis: Instagram (@Mhdavis52)Southern Legal Counsel: Instagram (@SouthernLegalCounsel) Twitter: (@SouthernLegal)TransLash Podcast is produced by Translash Media.Translash Team: Imara Jones, Oliver-Ash Kleine, Aubrey Calaway. Xander Adams is our sound engineer and contributing producer.Digital strategy by Daniela Capistrano.Theme Music: Ben Draghi and ZZK records. 

Every day, attacks on trans kids grow louder, and more anti-trans bills keep moving through state legislatures. How did this happen? In Episode 1 of the Anti-Trans Hate Machine Season 2, we tell you how lessons learned by Christian Nationalists twenty years ago, in the fight to undermine gay rights by preserving conversion therapy, set the stage for today. Join us as we show how the ability to manufacture pseudoscientific theories and push them out in the mainstream across three decades led to today’s crisis. Subscribe to the Anti-Trans Hate Machine: https://translash.org/antitranshatemachine/

As legislative attacks on the trans community continue across the United States, the Transgender Bill of Rights offers one path to bolstering protections on the federal level. First, Imara talks with Representative Pramila Jayapal about her work as co-chair of the Transgender Equality Task Force and her efforts to introduce the Transgender Bill of Rights in Congress. Next, Imara is joined by the Executive Director of the National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE), Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen, to discuss the need for federal action on trans rights and the success of the 2022 U.S. Trans Survey. Subscribe to the Anti-Trans Hate Machine here.Follow TransLash Media @translashmedia on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.Follow Imara Jones on Twitter (@ImaraJones) and Instagram (@Imara_jones_)Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal: Instagram (@RepJayapal) and Twitter (@RepJayapal)Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen: Twitter (@TransRigo)TransLash Podcast is produced by Translash Media.Translash Team: Imara Jones, Oliver-Ash Kleine, Aubrey Calaway. Zak Lanius is the sound engineer for this episode.Digital strategy by Daniela Capistrano.Theme Music: Ben Draghi and ZZK records.

As we look towards Trans Day of Visibility 2023, Imara examines the good and the bad of increasing trans visibility in the United States. First, she’s joined by Jeopardy Champion Amy Schneider, who discusses her experience becoming a public figure after a record breaking run on the show. Next, Imara talks with Peyton Daisy O’Conner about her experience becoming the first openly trans Asheville NC school board member, and the harassment that led her to resign. Subscribe to the Anti-Trans Hate Machine here.Follow TransLash Media @translashmedia on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.Follow Imara Jones on Twitter (@ImaraJones) and Instagram (@Imara_jones_)Amy Schneider: Twitter (@Jeopardamy) and Instagram (@jeopardamy)Peyton Daisy O’Conner: Instagram (@peyton.z.oconner)TransLash Podcast is produced by Translash Media.Translash Team: Imara Jones, Oliver-Ash Kleine, Aubrey Calaway. Xander Adams is our sound engineer and contributing producer.Digital strategy by Daniela Capistrano.Theme Music: Ben Draghi and ZZK records.