An Interview with Jacqui Helbert

On March 21, 2017, Jacqui Helbert was fired by NPR affiliate station WUTC, located on The University of Tennessee's Chattanooga campus. State lawmakers Mike Bell and Kevin Brooks complained that Helbert did not identify herself as a reporter when she covered a story about a transgender bathroom bill. The proposed legislation would require public school students to use bathrooms corresponding with the gender on their birth certificates. Here is a link to a CBS story about Jacqui's termination: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/jacqui-helbert-reporter-for-tennessee-university-station-wutc-fired-after-lawmakers-complain/ Here is a link to the proposed bathroom bill: http://www.nashvillescene.com/news/pith-in-the-wind/article/20851697/bathroom-bill-returns-along-with-natural-marriage-defense-act Here is a link to Jacqui's original story: https://web.archive.org/web/20170311012721/http://wutc.org/post/gay-straight-alliance-students-visit-their-lawmakers-discuss-bathroom-bill Please find us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. You can find Andrew on Facebook and Twitter @AndrewPatrickH1 and you can find Colin on Twitter @ColinAshleyCox. You can find the podcast on Twitter @TheCDPodcast, on Facebook and Instagram at thecluttereddeskpodcast. Don't hesitate to email us at our email address, [email protected]. Finally, we would like to thank Daniel Couper and Meghan Groves for creating, curating, and operating our Facebook page and Instagram account. We would like to thank Test Dream for supplying The Cluttered Desk Podcast's theme music. You can find Test Dream at their website, testdream.bandcamp.com, on Facebook, and on Twitter @testdream. "An Interview with Jacqui Helbert" is available here through iTunes, on Stitcher, and on Google Play.