On this episode of SPS, we discuss the confusion around "trans politics" & sexual emancipation and examine the limits of anti-Trump activism. Audrey , Pam & Berkeley member, Will Lushbough, sits down with comedian Will Franken, who lived as a trans woman for a brief time, to talk about sexuality & the state of stand-up today. Laurie Rojas talks to UK members, Rory Hannigan & Pádraig Maguire about the recent anti-Trump protests in London. And Suzy V. drops by to discuss the Chicago queer scene and the difficulty of thinking about sexual emancipation today.

Articles mentioned:

(1) "The Word 'Cisgender': An Unlikely Semantic Revolutionary"

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/the-word-cisgender-an-unl_b_10913904.html

(2) "Why Scarlett Johansson — Or Any Cis Actor — Should Never Play Trans Roles"

https://www.them.us/story/why-scarlett-johansson-or-any-cis-actor-should-never-play-trans-roles

From the Platypus archives on sexual liberation:

(1) https://platypus1917.org/2016/10/17/9-16-16-trans-liberation-teach-frankfurt/

(2) https://platypus1917.org/2014/06/01/sexual-liberation-left-forum-2014-6-1-14/

(3) https://platypus1917.org/2011/02/01/which-way-forward-for-sexual-liberation/

Hosted by Audrey, Pam C., Laurie Rojas.