EPISODE · Apr 15, 2022 · 19 MIN
Defending Trans Youth in Alabama
from What A Day · host What A Day
Alabama became the first state to criminalize the act of providing gender-affirming medical care to trans youth, last week. The bill makes it a felony to prescribe puberty blockers or hormones to trans kids under the age of 19. Kaitlin Welborn, a staff attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union of Alabama, joins us to discuss her organization’s work challenging the law.And in headlines: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill that bans most abortions after 15 weeks, Ed Buck was sentenced to 30 years in prison, and an NFT of Twitter founder Jack Dorsey’s first tweet is being auctioned off by its owner.Show Notes:ACLU of Alabama – https://www.aclualabama.org/enLambda Legal – https://www.lambdalegal.org/Magic City Acceptance Center – https://www.magiccityacceptancecenter.org/The Knights and Orchids Society – https://tkosociety.com/Follow us on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/whataday/For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/whataday
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Alabama became the first state to criminalize the act of providing gender-affirming medical care to trans youth, last week. The bill makes it a felony to prescribe puberty blockers or hormones to trans kids under the age of 19. Kaitlin Welborn, a staff attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union of Alabama, joins us to discuss her organization’s work challenging the law. And in headlines: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill that bans most abortions after 15 weeks, Ed Buck was sentenced to 30 years in prison, and an NFT of Twitter founder Jack Dorsey’s first tweet is being auctioned off by its owner. Show Notes: ACLU of Alabama – https://www.aclualabama.org/en Lambda Legal – https://www.lambdalegal.org/ Magic City Acceptance Center – https://www.magiccityacceptancecenter.org/ The Knights and Orchids Society – https://tkosociety.com/ Follow us on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/whataday/ For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/whataday
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