In her first interview with a transgender journalist since being sworn-in as assistant secretary of Health and Human Services, Dr. Rachel Levine talks about bans on trans student-athletes, restricting gender affirming care, the Johnson and Johnson vaccine and Covid-19. Read Dawn's article at forbes.com/sites/dawnstaceyennis

Also hear about an uptick in calls to suicide hotlines by trans youth in Arkansas, transphobia in Wookieepedia and Karleigh and Dawn rave about a fabulous piece of journalism in Sports Illustrated by friend of the podcast, trans nonbinary journalist Britni de la Cretaz!

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