In this episode, we talk with Annalise, who explains asexuality and the broad spectrum of ways this can apply to people.

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The Bible is often used by some Christians to justify their attacks on transgender people. In this episode, we look at their arguments and see how they misuse what the Bible says to justify their biases.

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I interview Jason Rittenour and we discuss how how and why he thinks it is important to be an ally to the LGBT community.

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This is an episode that brings some good news at the local and national level. A federal judge blocks Trump's ban on gender affirming care for people under 19. We also look at the failure of a vote in the Shenandoah County School Board to strip parents of the right to tell the school the name and pronouns for their children.

Washington Post article on the temporary restraining order on Trump's ban: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/02/13/trump-transgender-health-care-youth-lawsuit/

Current state of policy INB in Shenandoah County Schools: https://go.boarddocs.com/vsba/shenandoah/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=DCXNPP60AC27

The proposed change to INB: https://go.boarddocs.com/vsba/shenandoah/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=DDEVWT82C817

Current policy GBAB/JFHAB: https://go.boarddocs.com/vsba/shenandoah/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=D4DPZZ671EF7

Proposed change to GBAB/JFHAB that failed: https://go.boarddocs.com/vsba/shenandoah/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=DCS3AF05EB60

WHSV coverage of the school board meeting: https://www.whsv.com/2025/02/14/shenandoah-county-public-schools-votes-3-2-against-gender-identity-policy-amendments/

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This episode is about Trump's fifth executive order banning transgender participation in American life. This one seeks to ban transgender women from competing in athletics.

You can find the text of the order here: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/keeping-men-out-of-womens-sports/

NCAA president's comments on the number of transgender athletes: https://thehill.com/homenews/lgbtq/5046662-ncaa-president-transgender-athletes-college-sports/

How many people identify as transgender: https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/publications/trans-adults-united-states/

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Notes go hereEpisode is about Trump's fourth executive order targeting transgender people. This time it's through education. The order attacks diversity in education in broad scope but some of the order is specifically targeting the accommodation of transgender students in schools.

Trump's executive order: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/ending-radical-indoctrination-in-k-12-schooling/

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A federal judge has granted a temporary restraining order against housing transgender women with the male prison population.

This was reported by LGBTQ Nation: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/02/women-win-court-ruling-blocking-trumps-order-to-house-trans-women-in-mens-prisons/

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At least two healthcare providers of gender-affirming care have caved to Donald Trump's illegal executive order banning care for anyone under 19 years of age.

Statement by Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU: https://www.chrichmond.org/services/transgender/

Statement by UVA Health: https://childrens.uvahealth.com/services/transgender-youth-health

Trump's executive order: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/protecting-children-from-chemical-and-surgical-mutilation/

ACLU https://action.aclu.org

HRC: https://www.hrc.org

Lambda Legal: https://lambdalegal.org

PFLAG: https://pflag.org

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