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EPISODE · May 2, 2025 · 1H 10M

Liberty, Rationality, and Trans Rights

from Half the Answer · host Liberal Currents

Trent and Caitlin talk with journalist Evan Urquhart about the ways trans rights get discussed in mainstream media, including the notion that supporting trans people’s full participation in society and protecting their right to bodily autonomy represents a viewpoint that is out of touch, too extreme, or endangers the rights of others. References:https://www.assignedmedia.org Did the Harris campaign speak on trans rights? https://glaad.org/harris-accountability-tracker/Eighth Amendment protections: https://edhub.ama-assn.org/ama-journal-of-ethics/module/2805771Push to move Dems right: https://thirdway.org/report/renewing-the-democratic-partyhttps://politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2025/03/02/democrats-in-despair-00206883https://nytimes.com/2025/03/11/opinion/democrats-center-future.html

Trent and Caitlin talk with journalist Evan Urquhart about the ways trans rights get discussed in mainstream media, including the notion that supporting trans people’s full participation in society and protecting their right to bodily autonomy represents a viewpoint that is out of touch, too extreme, or endangers the rights of others. References:https://www.assignedmedia.org Did the Harris campaign speak on trans rights? https://glaad.org/harris-accountability-tracker/Eighth Amendment protections: https://edhub.ama-assn.org/ama-journal-of-ethics/module/2805771Push to move Dems right: https://thirdway.org/report/renewing-the-democratic-partyhttps://politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2025/03/02/democrats-in-despair-00206883https://nytimes.com/2025/03/11/opinion/democrats-center-future.html

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