Michael Bennet vs. Phil Weiser for Colorado Governor and Standing up for All of [47:22-52:25]

to the table in in conservative areas and talk about what it means to be trans fighting back against these these conservative attacks tell us what the Christopher Street project does day to day yeah we exist to build political power for the trans community that looks like going around the country and electing leaders who will fight for our rights and freedoms our first endorsement was Adali Degree Halva now congresswoman from Arizona 7th who served for 20 years on the Tucson unified school district board fought for trans kids there as a county supervisor and just shows what it looks like to be a meaningful ally and is now one of our top champions in the halls of congress there are lots more opportunities to elect folks or champions Adali Degree Halva one of our top champions in congress and we're looking at opportunities to expand the map to support Democrats we're running in tough districts we know that there is no pro-equality majority without a Democratic majority and we are ready to invest in a few seats where we have bold candidates were willing to say it like it is and defend trans kids against Republican attacks and then we work in the halls of congress to build support behind things like the trans bill of rights the 988 used suicide prevention and other pieces of legislation that would not only defend us against Republican attacks but safeguard our rights freedoms in years to come we can't have another situation where a Republican president and a majority wants to come in and strip away our rights and freedoms for political points and we just let that happen we need real legislate of safeguards and we're building the support behind those so that in 2029 we can hit the ground running and enact those bills actually building up a firewall of support behind the trans community that no rogue president can undo so I think our our podcast audience is very empathetic some might not know well a trans individual if you can describe what this discrimination what this hate coming from some feels like I think this is something that every trans person who's dealt with discrimination and it's no different than discrimination against any other marginalized group something we say Christopher's three project is our freedoms are intertwined we are fighting for the rights of our immigrant siblings who are in ice custody and our misgendered detention conditions and fighting for the rights of people in every space because there's no one issue that's a trans issue I think the difference in in this moment is we are up against the full force of the federal government in a way that even under the Bush and Reagan administrations and other times they just haven't been so laser focused on this the DOJ and plenty of other agencies are really doing everything they can to invalidate the identities of trans people and it's a big weight for trans people and Americans to feel like the full force of the federal government is against them it's discrimination is never okay and we know that when it's someone on the street or it's someone in an online forum that at least we can tell ourselves that that's an isolated incident obviously transphobia as a pervasive illness in this country as as our so many other forms of bigotry but there's no denying when it's coming from the federal administration that the cruelty is the point it's really hard and we need to stand shoulder to shoulder with anyone who has ever experienced any form of adversity which is essentially everyone in this country and say you know we're not letting anyone be attacked by this administration and we