Riki Wilchins, Executive Director at TrueChild and author of Read My Lips: Sexual Subversion & the End of Gender and Genderqueer, joins Dr. Vanessa Weaver to speak about the state of transgender rights in the United States in the 21st century.
 
 

In this Episode

·      A brief introduction to Riki Wilchins and their work, including the founding of GenderPAC, the first transgender rights advocacy group in the United States

·      How the overturning of Roe v. Wade by the U.S. Supreme Court has created a precedent for transgender Americans’ rights to privacy under the Fourth Amendment to be violated, including the right to seek gender-affirming healthcare

·      The increased attacks on trans employees and what businesses can do to protect and support them

·      How Generation Z is responding to the increase in attacks on transgender folks, including trans youth and their parents by the media and politicians

·      Gender pronouns, microaggressions towards trans people, how Wilchins incorporates trans inclusivity and intersectionality in their DEI work

 Resources

·      Riki Wilchins

·      TrueChild

·      Dr. Vanessa Weaver

·      Alignment Strategies

·      Genderqueer: Voices from Beyond the Sexual Binary

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