Amanda Goad: LGBTQ+ and Transgender Policies & Protections

In this episode, Audrey Irmas Director of the LGBTQ, Gender & Reproductive Justice Project at the ACLU of Southern California Amanda Goad talks with students from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about transgender rights in California and the country.About Amanda Goad:Amanda is the Audrey Irmas Director of the LGBTQ, Gender & Reproductive Justice Project at the ACLU of Southern California. Amanda was previously a staff attorney in the LGBT & HIV Project of the National ACLU. She is also a member of the Board of Directors of Genders & Sexualities Alliance Network.Learn more about Amanda Goad via https://www.aclusocal.org/en/Amanda-goadPodcast Highlights:“Even as we're focused on implementation and making things even better in California, the trans rights movement at a national level is still unfortunately having to play a lot of defense.”-       Amanda Goad on the topic of California paving the path for the trans rights movement.Guest:Amanda Goad (Audrey Irmas Director of the LGBTQ, Gender & Reproductive Justice Project at the ACLU of Southern California)Interviewers:Maddie Bunting (UCR Public Policy Major, Dean’s Chief Ambassador)Daisy Gonzalez (UCR Public Policy Major, Dean’s Ambassador)Music by:C Codainehttps://freemusicarchive.org/music/Xylo-Ziko/motif-remix/imageryhttps://freemusicarchive.org/music/Xylo-Ziko/Minimal_1625https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Xylo-Ziko/PhaseCommercial Links:The Role of Public Policy in Challenging Times: An Introduction to APPAMWater Seminar Series: Water Partnerships between Cities and Farms in Southern California and the San Joaquin Valleyhttps://spp.ucr.edu/mppCalifornia Policy Links:AB-2218 Transgender Wellness and Equity FundSB-132 CorrectionsAB-1266 Pupil rights: sex-segregated school programs and activitiesTransgender Organization/Agenda Links:The Trans Policy AgendaThe Trans Agenda for LiberationThis is a production of the UCR School of Public Policy: https://spp.ucr.edu/Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the interviewers and guests alone and do not reflect the official positions of the UC Riverside School of Public Policy or the University of California, Riverside.Subscribe to this podcast so you don’t miss an episode. Learn more about the series and other episodes via https://spp.ucr.edu/podcast.