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Half the Answer #10: Liberty, Rationality, and Trans Rights

Caitlin M. Green, Trent R. Nelson, Evan Urquhart

02 May 2025 — 1 min read

Trent and Caitlin talk with journalist Evan Urquhart about the ways trans rights get discussed in mainstream media, including the notion that supporting trans people’s full participation in society and protecting their right to bodily autonomy represents a viewpoint that is out of touch, too extreme, or endangers the rights of others.

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References:

https://www.assignedmedia.org

Did the Harris campaign speak on trans rights? https://glaad.org/harris-accountability-tracker/

Eighth Amendment protections: https://edhub.ama-assn.org/ama-journal-of-ethics/module/2805771

Push to move Dems right: https://thirdway.org/report/renewing-the-democratic-party

https://politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2025/03/02/democrats-in-despair-00206883

https://nytimes.com/2025/03/11/opinion/democrats-center-future.html

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