Trans Politics 2: You Must Vote to Protect Us

Part 2 of our dive into politics, and there's two big asks for cis people who truly want to help. But this might get uncomfortable, because we're going to talk about the way our political system operates in the United States, and that means realizing you can't wait for perfection or moral purity. Trans lives are on the line (as are so many others), and we must protect each other as best we can. And that sometimes means voting for someone you may not like. Pinole City Treasurer candidate Rafael Menis returns to discuss environmental social governance and how the recognition of rights should be automatic! Don't. Abdicate. Your. Responsibility. RAFAEL MENIS Website: https://www.menisfortreasurer.org/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Rafael-Menis-for-Pinole-City-Treasurer-2024/61563512261174/ TEXT VERSION https://www.tillystranstuesdays.com/2024/10/29/trans-politics-2-you-must-vote-to-protect-us/ FURTHER READING (topics discussed with essays available at http://TillysTransTuesdays.com) Trans Politics 1: Stop Tolerating Transphobia, Trans Kids and the Intake Exam, Sexuality is Not Gender, Trans Intersectionality, The Trans Panic Defense REFERENCE MATERIAL Legislative Tracker: Anti-Transgender Legislation - https://freedomforallamericans.org/anti-transgender-legislation/ Stop the Sexualization of Children Act - https://mikejohnson.house.gov/uploadedfiles/johnla_083_xml.pdf State-level anti-transgender laws increase past-year suicide attempts among transgender and non-binary young people in the USA - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-024-01979-5.epdf Project 2025 Policy Agenda - https://www.project2025.org/policy/ Federal Courts: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3w8-d_fnqE American Autocracy: Tracking Trump’s Threats to Gender-Affirming Care and the LGBTQ+ Community - https://msmagazine.com/2024/05/10/trump-trans-gay-sports-gender-care-usa-democracy/ A Second Trump Term Would Be Hell for LGBTQ People - https://www.readtpa.com/p/a-second-trump-term-would-be-hell California Is Officially the First Sanctuary State for Trans Youth - https://www.them.us/story/california-sanctuary-state-trans-youth-gavin-newsom Transfemicide becomes a crime in a ‘watershed’ moment for Mexico City - https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/jul/24/mexico-city-transfemicide-law Australia will create affordable housing for trans women in first-of-its-kind initiative - https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/05/australia-will-create-affordable-housing-for-trans-women-in-first-of-its-kind-initiative/ How pro-LGBTQ+ is Kamala Harris? - https://www.advocate.com/politics/kamala-harris-lgbtq-record Kamala Harris’ Surprising Record on Trans Rights - https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/07/kamala-harris-vp-campaign-progressive-lgbtq-transgender-rights.html Kamala Harris’s Record on Trans Rights Isn’t “Mixed” - https://medium.com/@courtneybswanson/kamala-harriss-record-on-trans-rights-isn-t-mixed-8101b2a0aa94 Advocates for Trans Equality Endorses Vice President Kamala Harris for President - https://transequality.org/news/advocates-trans-equality-endorses-vice-president-kamala-harris-president Trump breaks silence on Israel's military campaign in Gaza: 'Finish the problem' - https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-israel-gaza-finish-problem-rcna141905 Trump: Biden is Too Tough on Netanyahu - https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-biden-too-tough-netanyahu-215451570.html “Extreme Danger”: Harris Earns a Stunning Endorsement Over Trump - https://www.yahoo.com/news/extreme-danger-harris-earns-stunning-143857259.html The DNC Tried to Silence Her. Here’s Her Plan After Voting for Harris - https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/ruwa-romman-harris-dnc-gaza-uncommitted-vote-1235144105/ Maebe for Congress 2024 - https://maebeagirlforcongress.org/ Los Angeles County Population vs. State Populations - https://www.laalmanac.com/population/po04a.php What Gov. Gavin Newsom’s order to clear homeless encampments means for the people who live in them - https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/28/us/homeless-encampments-gavin-newsom-california/index.html John Rogers on BlueSky - https://bsky.app/profile/johnrogers.bsky.social Vote411 - https://www.vote411.org/ Special thanks to Daisy and Jane for the use of "Sorry Not Sorry" as our show's theme music. Please stop by and show your support at daisyandjane.bandcamp.com and soundcloud.com/daisyandjane --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

This week we dive into a two-part discussion on politics as it relates to transness, and this week is all about the ways people directly or indirectly support and condone transphobia. And how, if you do that, you are not in fact my friend or an ally to trans people. We'll look at two painful examples from my own life to illustrate the harm many cis people perpetuate, sometimes without even realizing it. Pinole City Treasurer candidate Rafael Menis joins us to discuss the rotation of power! Who wants to drink from the firehose of bigotry? RAFAEL MENIS Website: https://www.menisfortreasurer.org/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Rafael-Menis-for-Pinole-City-Treasurer-2024/61563512261174/ TEXT VERSION https://www.tillystranstuesdays.com/2024/08/05/trans-politics-1-cis-people-stand-up-for-us/ FURTHER READING (topics discussed with essays available at http://TillysTransTuesdays.com) Trans Courage, Performative Allyship, Performative Allyship 2: False Allyship, Proactive Allyship (be an accomplice), Trans Rage, Trans Rage 2: Cis Apathy REFERENCE MATERIAL Begin Transmission: The Trans Allegories of The Matrix - https://www.amazon.com/Begin-Transmission-trans-allegories-Matrix-ebook/dp/B0C2MPVH9C Paradox of Tolerance - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance Tolerance is Not a Moral Precept - https://medium.com/extra-extra/tolerance-is-not-a-moral-precept-1af7007d6376 Mormons feel the backlash over their support of Prop. 8 - https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-nov-17-na-mormons17-story.html New LDS Church policies relegate trans members to ‘second-class’ status - https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2024/08/19/lds-church-updates-transgender/ Dictates of Conscience: From Mormon High Priest to My New Life as a Woman - https://www.signaturebooks.com/books/p/dictates-of-conscience Tithing in Mormonism - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tithing_in_Mormonism Special thanks to Daisy and Jane for the use of "Sorry Not Sorry" as our show's theme music. Please stop by and show your support at daisyandjane.bandcamp.com and soundcloud.com/daisyandjane --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

This installment of Tillyvision wraps up with the final discussion of "I Saw the TV Glow" and its trans allegory! We battle lifelong dysphoria and when everything finally comes to a head, it might just crack you open. And the ending may not be what you think. Lilah Sturges returns to discuss lovely implements! LILAH STURGES Bluesky: @lilahsturges.com Insta: @lilahksturges TEXT VERSION https://www.tillystranstuesdays.com/2024/10/15/the-intentional-trans-allegory-of-i-saw-the-tv-glow-part-7/ FURTHER READING (topics discussed with essays available at http://TillysTransTuesdays.com) Unexpected Changes of Transition, Boymode and Girlmode REFERENCE MATERIAL Begin Transmission: The Trans Allegories of The Matrix - https://www.amazon.com/Begin-Transmission-trans-allegories-Matrix-ebook/dp/B0C2MPVH9C Special thanks to Daisy and Jane for the use of "Sorry Not Sorry" as our show's theme music. Please stop by and show your support at daisyandjane.bandcamp.com and soundcloud.com/daisyandjane --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

It's the penultimate Tillyvision installment of our "I Saw the TV Glow" trans allegory discussion! Trasnphobia's attacking with everything it has, and it just might be the end of us. But sometimes ends can be new beginnings, if we have the courage to take that step... and a hand to help us out of the darkness. Lilah Sturges returns to discuss the trans industrial complex (we all work for Big Trans!). I don't hide my truth* from the world! *mistakes LILAH STURGES Bluesky: @lilahsturges.com Insta: @lilahksturges TEXT VERSION https://www.tillystranstuesdays.com/2024/10/08/the-intentional-trans-allegory-of-i-saw-the-tv-glow-part-6/ FURTHER READING (topics discussed with essays available at http://TillysTransTuesdays.com) Gender Dysphoria, Trans Grief 1 and 2 REFERENCE MATERIAL Begin Transmission: The Trans Allegories of The Matrix - https://www.amazon.com/Begin-Transmission-trans-allegories-Matrix-ebook/dp/B0C2MPVH9C Special thanks to Daisy and Jane for the use of "Sorry Not Sorry" as our show's theme music. Please stop by and show your support at daisyandjane.bandcamp.com and soundcloud.com/daisyandjane --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

"I Saw the TV Glow" in Tillyvision continues, as we regain access to the trans community, fight for and protect each other, and push each other forward. But denial is a tough beast to overcome. Lilah Sturges returns to discuss how sometimes an eggplant is just an eggplant! LILAH STURGES Bluesky: @lilahsturges.com Insta: @lilahksturges TEXT VERSION https://www.tillystranstuesdays.com/2024/10/01/the-intentional-trans-allegory-of-i-saw-the-tv-glow-part-5/ FURTHER READING (topics discussed with essays available at http://TillysTransTuesdays.com) Bodily Autonomy, Cis Grief (when we come out as trans), The False Dichotomy, Trans Grief 1 and 2, The Intentional Trans Allegory of Barbie, Trans Body Hacking, Gender Euphoria REFERENCE MATERIAL Begin Transmission: The Trans Allegories of The Matrix - https://www.amazon.com/Begin-Transmission-trans-allegories-Matrix-ebook/dp/B0C2MPVH9C Special thanks to Daisy and Jane for the use of "Sorry Not Sorry" as our show's theme music. Please stop by and show your support at daisyandjane.bandcamp.com and soundcloud.com/daisyandjane --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

More "I Saw the TV Glow" in Tillyvision, because we're not done yet! This week our fear is in the driver's seat and we cut off access to our transness, but we still can't help but seek that which eludes us. Lilah Sturges returns to discuss gifts of intimacy and how we drive the cars we have! Who wants to see goofy and mildly embarrassing photos of me? I did it for YOU! LILAH STURGES Bluesky: @lilahsturges.com Insta: @lilahksturges TEXT VERSION https://www.tillystranstuesdays.com/2024/09/24/the-intentional-trans-allegory-of-i-saw-the-tv-glow-part-4/ FURTHER READING (topics discussed with essays available at http://TillysTransTuesdays.com) Transmedicalism (and WPATH version 1), Confidence, Confidence 2: Into the Unknown (aka A Whole New World aka What is Happening?), Sexuality is not Gender, Photos and Reflections, Internalized Transphobia REFERENCE MATERIAL Begin Transmission: The Trans Allegories of The Matrix - https://www.amazon.com/Begin-Transmission-trans-allegories-Matrix-ebook/dp/B0C2MPVH9C Special thanks to Daisy and Jane for the use of "Sorry Not Sorry" as our show's theme music. Please stop by and show your support at daisyandjane.bandcamp.com and soundcloud.com/daisyandjane --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

Grab your Tillyvision goggles, it's time for more "I Saw the TV Glow" trans allegory goodness! This week we talk losing access to our femininity, seeking out community, and the horrible things society tells us about ourselves. Lilah Sturges returns to discuss Hamlet and Chekhov's Egg! LILAH STURGES Bluesky: @lilahsturges.com Insta: @lilahksturges TEXT VERSION https://www.tillystranstuesdays.com/2024/09/17/the-intentional-trans-allegory-of-i-saw-the-tv-glow-part-3/ FURTHER READING (topics discussed with essays available at http://TillysTransTuesdays.com) Hair, Hair 2, The Signs Were Always There (that we're trans), Misgendering and Passing, Internalized Transphobia, Transmedicalism (and WPATH version 1), Sexuality is Not Gender REFERENCE MATERIAL Begin Transmission: The Trans Allegories of The Matrix - https://www.amazon.com/Begin-Transmission-trans-allegories-Matrix-ebook/dp/B0C2MPVH9C Special thanks to Daisy and Jane for the use of "Sorry Not Sorry" as our show's theme music. Please stop by and show your support at daisyandjane.bandcamp.com and soundcloud.com/daisyandjane --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

"I Saw the TV Glow" in Tillyvision continues! This week we get our first true exploration of our own transness, and with it comes learning about transphobia in all its forms. Comic writer Lilah Sturges returns to discuss viscous liquids! Everybody do a little dance. LILAH STURGES Bluesky: @lilahsturges.com Insta: @lilahksturges TEXT VERSION https://www.tillystranstuesdays.com/2024/09/10/the-intentional-trans-allegory-of-i-saw-the-tv-glow-part-2/ FURTHER READING (topics discussed with essays available at http://TillysTransTuesdays.com) Photos and Reflections, The False Dichotomy, Gendered Childhoods, The Intentional Trans Allegory of Barbie, Internalized Transphobia, A Trans Re-wedding, The 2022 US Trans Survey REFERENCE MATERIAL Begin Transmission: The Trans Allegories of The Matrix - https://www.amazon.com/Begin-Transmission-trans-allegories-Matrix-ebook/dp/B0C2MPVH9C The Out to Get You podcast, episode 2 - Sleepaway Camp with Lilah Sturges - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/02-sleepaway-camp-1983-with-lilah-sturges/id1692353804?i=1000617723984 Special thanks to Daisy and Jane for the use of "Sorry Not Sorry" as our show's theme music. Please stop by and show your support at daisyandjane.bandcamp.com and soundcloud.com/daisyandjane --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

Tillyvision returns to discuss the remarkable, beautiful, devastating "I Saw the TV Glow!" In this episode we talk context, establish the visual language of the film, and then dive right into examining by timestamps! If you haven't seen the movie yet definitely watch it first, but be prepared... it's heavy stuff. Comic writer Lilah Sturges joins us to discuss feeling jaded and psychic damage! There may also be Pokemon things. LILAH STURGES Bluesky: @lilahsturges.com Insta: @lilahksturges TEXT VERSION https://www.tillystranstuesdays.com/2024/09/03/the-intentional-trans-allegory-of-i-saw-the-tv-glow-part-1/ FURTHER READING (topics discussed with essays available at http://TillysTransTuesdays.com) The Intentional Trans Allegory of Barbie, Searching for Meaning (when you're trans and don't know it) REFERENCE MATERIAL Begin Transmission: The Trans Allegories of The Matrix - https://www.amazon.com/Begin-Transmission-trans-allegories-Matrix-ebook/dp/B0C2MPVH9C Special thanks to Daisy and Jane for the use of "Sorry Not Sorry" as our show's theme music. Please stop by and show your support at daisyandjane.bandcamp.com and soundcloud.com/daisyandjane --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

It's still trans history month! And so this week we're going to look at a bunch of examples of trans people in history, including some times where we've very intentionally been erased. PhD student in history (sexual diversity studies) Nico Mara-McKay returns to discuss the cis agenda and coming out as left-handed! I'm gonna mangle some French! (apologies in advance) NICO MARA-MCKAY Bluesky: @plutopsyche.nicomaramckay.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ephemeralrecord Website: https://www.nicomaramckay.com FURTHER READING (topics discussed with essays available at http://TillysTransTuesdays.com) Trans History 1 (how and why we name trans people in history), Gender Dysphoria, Trans Rage 2: Cis Apathy, Transmedicalism (and WPATH version 1) REFERENCE MATERIAL Suicidality Among Transgender Youth: Elucidating the Role of Interpersonal Risk Factors - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32345113/ The Forgotten History of the World's First Trans Clinic - https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-forgotten-history-of-the-worlds-first-trans-clinic/ Why It Took Decades for LGBTQ Stories to Be Included in Holocaust History - https://time.com/5953047/lgbtq-holocaust-stories/ The Pink Triangle - https://www.thepinktriangle.com/history/symbol.html New Research Reveals How the Nazis Targeted Transgender People - https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/new-research-reveals-how-the-nazis-targeted-transgender-people-180982931/ Twitter thread on the willful hiding of trans people in history by @lisaquestions - https://x.com/lisaquestions/status/1525187671936512000 How This 18th Century French Spy Came Out As Trans - https://www.them.us/story/chevalier-d-eon-trans-woman Twitter post on the willful denying of d'Eon's transness by @AlinaBoyden - https://x.com/AlinaBoyden/status/1479925768272629760 Marsha “Pay it no Mind” Johnson - https://www.outhistory.org/exhibits/show/tgi-bios/marsha-p-johnson Twitter thread on the transness of Lou Alcott by @peytonology - https://x.com/peytonology/status/1516612189687324673 Twitter thread on trans brothers Mark and David Ferrow by @EliErlick - https://x.com/EliErlick/status/1520805459166482432 Who is the Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray? - https://www.paulimurraycenter.com/who-is-pauli Lucy Hicks Anderson, a Black Trans Pioneer - https://www.aclu-ms.org/en/news/highlight-lucy-hicks-anderson-black-trans-pioneer Roberta Cowell - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberta_Cowell Wendy Carlos, the electronic music pioneer who happens to be transgender - https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/wendy-carlos-the-electronic-music-pioneer-who-happens-to-be-transgender/2020/10/22/fa4f511e-d5ac-11ea-930e-d88518c57dcc_story.html The Trans Middle Ages: Incorporating Transgender and Intersex Studies into the History of Medieval Sexuality - https://academic.oup.com/ehr/article/138/593/933/7529096 Don’t Hurt Girls When You Dance (Or Any Other Time) (Kurt Cobain) - https://unwinnable.com/2024/04/05/dont-hurt-girls-when-you-dance-or-any-other-time-kurt-cobain-nirvana/ Visit Casa Susanna, a secret house of trans women in the 1960s - https://www.advocate.com/transgender/casa-susanna#rebelltitem1 Trailblazing Transgender Doctor Saved Countless Lives - https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/trailblazing-transgender-doctor-saved-countless-lives/ Trans People Have Existed For Thousands Of Years And Other Things You Should Know About Trans People - https://www.buzzfeed.com/shawnstensberg/a-brief-history-of-being-trans The Forgotten Trans History of the Wild West - https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/trans-history-wild-west Museum reclassifies Roman emperor as trans woman - https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-67484645 UK museum reclassifies Roman emperor as transgender - https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/11/21/uk-museum-reclassifies-roman-emperor-as-transgender BlueSky thread on Anastasios, a trans man monk affirmed in death, by @plutopsyche.nicomaramckay.com‬ - https://bsky.app/profile/plutopsyche.nicomaramckay.com/post/3kt3zsmd6aw26 The Scythian Enarei Transgender Priestesses | Ancient Transgender History | We Have Always Existed - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABpT6e-KlOo Inanna: the ancient Sumerian goddess of love, sensuality, fertility, procreation, and war - https://www.worldhistory.org/Inanna/ Inanna/Ishtar, followed by those who flaunt the gender binary, who transformed men into women - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inanna Twitter thread on transgender longing by medieval French philosopher Kalonymus ben Kalonymus, by @TheRaDR - https://x.com/TheRaDR/status/987171135535149056 Special thanks to Daisy and Jane for the use of "Sorry Not Sorry" as our show's theme music. Please stop by and show your support at daisyandjane.bandcamp.com and soundcloud.com/daisyandjane --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions