Reporter Nico Lang has been a recurring guest on this show as we continue to cover the dizzying and dangerous demagoguery and anti-trans legislation against trans youth. They join us today to share about some of the people they met in small town America, trans kids and their families directly impacted by the anti-trans policies enjoined by conservatives in power. Lang spent two years traveling around the US to write their book, American Teenager: How Trans Kids Are Surviving Hate and Finding Joy in a Turbulent Era.
FUND DRIVE SPECIAL – Pledge $150 and receive Nico Lang’s book – American Teenager: How Trans Kids Are Surviving Hate and Finding Joy in a Turbulent Era. From the tip of Florida’s conservative panhandle to vibrant queer communities in California, and from Texas churches to mosques in Illinois, American Teenager gives readers a window into the lives of eight teens who, despite what some lawmakers might want us to believe, are truly just kids looking for a brighter future. In this grounbreaking new book, journalist Nico Lang draws on hundreds of hours of on-the-ground interviews with trans and non-binary kids and their families, painting a vivid portrait of what it’s actually like to grow up trans amid the trans-hysteria that repressive legislative strategies nationally aimed at destroying the lives of our trans community members.
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