November 5th 2021 Queer Voices

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Texas HB 25 - Banning transgender student athletes -- Documentary "North by Current"

We speak with local transgender activist Diamond Stylz about Texas House Bill 25, the bill banning transgender participation in student sports. We discuss her experience and how this bill will affect LGBT Texans. The Texas House passed HB 25, an anti-transgender sports ban targeting innocent school-age children. Equality Texas, the largest statewide organization solely dedicated to securing full equality for LGBTQ+ Texans, responded: “The passage of HB 25 is a hateful, targeted attack on transgender people living in Texas,” said Ricardo Martinez (he/him), Chief Executive Officer of Equality Texas. “Extremists in our Legislature have continuously leveraged cruel rhetoric and rampant misinformation to coordinate this attack on the transgender community — young children in particular — and have sent a clear message that Texas is not a safe place for them to live. 

GUEST: Diamond Stylz
https://www.equalitytexas.org/for-immediate-release-equality-texas-statement-on-house-passage-of-hb-25/

We speak Madsen Minax about the film "North by Current" playing at the Rice Cinema on Friday November 12th at 7:30pm. After the inconclusive death of his young niece, filmmaker Angelo Madsen Minax returns to his rural Michigan hometown, preparing to make a film about a broken criminal justice system. Instead, he pivots to excavate the depths of generational addiction, Christian fervor, and trans embodiment. Lyrically assembled images, decades of home movies, and ethereal narration form an idiosyncratic and poetic undertow that guide a viewer through lifetimes and relationships. Like the relentless Michigan seasons, the meaning of family shifts, as Madsen, his sister, and his parents strive tirelessly to accept each other. Poised to incite more internal searching than provide clear statements or easy answers, NORTH BY CURRENT dives head first into the challenges of creating identity, the agony of growing up, and the ever-fickle nuances of family.

GUEST: Madsen Minax
http://www.northbycurrent.com/

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