Iowa is testing new legal limits as the first state to remove gender identity as a protected class in the state’s civil rights code. The Trump administration is also removing transgender service personnel from the military. And the State Department is using existing law against fraud to bar foreign transgender athletes from entering the country, something critics worry could be used to ban any trans traveler. After years of progress, Native American trans residents are facing a major rollback of favorable laws and policies. We’ll hear about the current public climate and what might be in store for the future.

GUESTS

Shelby Chestnut (Assiniboine), executive director of the Transgender Law Center

Stephanie Byers (Chickasaw), former Kansas state representative

Vernon Gonzales (Houma), trans advocate

Shuína Skó (Klamath Tribes), Two-Spirit poet, author, & cultural consultant

Break 1 Music: This Love (song) Edzi’u (artist) Tunnel Vision (album)

Break 2 Music: Nîmihito (Dance) [Feat. Northern Cree] (song) Sultans of String (artist)