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Jennifer Finney Boylan on her memoir ‘Cleavage’
Jennifer Finney Boylan reflects on her life as a transgender women and the ongoing fight for acceptance and rights.
Air Date: February 14, 2025 12:00 pm
Listen 49:54Sex, love and relationships after 40
From platonic marriages, polyamory, to post-menopausal hookups, relationships are radically changing. Gen X women Glynnis MacNicol and Sheri Cole inspire our Valentine's Day.
Air Date: February 13, 2025 12:00 pm
Listen 51:13Penn and San Jose State face inquiries in Trump crackdown on transgender athletes
The investigation at Penn focuses on Lia Thomas, who swam on the school’s women’s team and was the first openly transgender athlete to win a Division I title in 2022.
1 week ago
At Philly’s FringeArts, ‘Fallawayinto’ cherishes a forgotten champion of the transgender community
Arielle Julia Brown wrote a ritualistic memoriam about her aunt, Donna Nicole Booker, who thrived in the San Francisco underground.
3 weeks ago
Listen 2:03Nearly a dozen people testified at a City Council hearing about how changes in the White House will be felt in Philadelphia.
4 weeks ago
Listen 1:00The state’s ACLU chapter hopes to prepare residents for potential policies under the incoming Trump administration.
4 weeks ago
Dr. Rachel Levine focused on her job at HHS. Still, anti-trans politics followed her
Dr. Rachel Levine is the highest-ranking, out transgender person ever to serve in the federal government.
1 month ago
Black Visioning Group celebrates 4th anniversary with art, performances
The collective, which supports Philly’s Black queer and trans communities, is holding an event this weekend.
2 months ago
Activists worry that Trump will bulldoze trans rights. Here’s how they’re preparing
Nationally, the issue of gender-affirming care for minors was before the Supreme Court this week, after families challenged Tennessee's ban.
2 months ago
The history of sex and sexuality in America
Rebecca Davis explores the 400-year tension between sex, sexual identity and prudery in America and how it explains some of today’s political conflicts.
Air Date: December 6, 2024 12:00 pm
Listen 50:15‘My journey to coming out was a journey of grief’: Rep.-elect Sarah McBride
"I had to give up on the idea that I could live in a community I love, find work that I love, find love itself," the congresswoman said. Listen to the full interview.
Air Date: December 6, 2024 12:00 pm
Listen 15:07The hearing is designed to review the impacts of a Republican administration and Congress on Philadelphia.
3 months ago
Listen 1:22What to know about Transgender Day of Remembrance and violence against trans people
Vigils and other events are being held to draw attention to transgender people who have lost their lives due to violence in the past year.
3 months ago
What Trump’s win could mean for transgender health care access, athletes
President-elect Trump promised to limit transgender health care access and ban trans athletes from school sports. Here's what that would mean for trans people in the U.S.
3 months ago
Trump pledged to roll back protections for transgender students. They’re flooding crisis hotlines
During his presidential bid, Trump pledged to impose wide-ranging restrictions and roll back civil rights protections for transgender students.
3 months ago