Wendi Cooper is a transgender woman of color who is a native of New Orleans, Louisiana. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in 2011 and her Master of Arts in Criminal Justice in 2015, both from Southern University at New Orleans. She is the founder of the CANScantSTAND campaign, which seeks to liberate individuals who have been impacted by Louisiana’s Crime Against Nature Statute (CANS). Her life and activism is the subject of “Cans Can’t Stand,” a New Yorker documentary directed by Matt Nadel and Megan Plotka. She currently serves as the Executive Director of Transcending Women.

To support Wendi directly (and enable her to take a much needed vacation), you can find her:

on PayPal @thewendicooper

and CashApp at $githysnap

To learn more about and support Transcending Women: https://www.transcendingwomen.org

Other references from this episode include:

https://houseoftulip.org

https://www.latransadvocates.org

The New Yorker documentary, "CANS Can't Stand"--https://www.canscantstandfilm.com

"Regarding Billy" film--https://www.filminquiry.com/queerly-ever-after-13/

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