Queersplaining

This week we're talking with Nell Gaither, president of the Trans Pride Initiative out of Dallas, Texas. Her organization does lots of work to support the trans community, but we're talking this week about the unique ways incarceration affects transgender people. Transgender people in prisons has been a higher profile subject in recent years. Chelsea Manning's case was highly publicized after she came out in a military prison. CeCe McDonald is a trans woman who was sent to prison after defending herself from a hate crime. These cases and others have brought the issue more into the public consciousness. We talk with Nell about the ways transgender inmates are treated differently by the system, and how rules meant to protect vulnerable populations can actually be used against trans people in the prison system. Organizations to check out: Anarchist Black Cross Federation, Prison Activist Resource Center, Critical Resistance, Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee Support The Gaytheist Manifesto on Patreon: patreon.com/thegaytheistmanifesto Subscribe to us on YouTube: youtube.com/thegaytheistmaniefsto Follow us on Twitter @thegaytheists Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/thegaytheistmanifesto Music by Cloudkicker used under Creative Commons: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Santa Claus makes a decision that sends shockwaves through the North Pole: All transgender kids are going on the naughty list this year.

Unbeknownst to him, his chief of staff is, herself, a closeted trans woman. Together with a powerful ally, she risks it all to save Christmas.

The Gaytheist Manifesto presents: What Child is Cis? Our first ever work of narrative fiction. 

Cast:

Nellie: Callie Wright

Rudolph/Baby Elf: Ari Stillman

 Eli Bosnick: Santa Claus

Noah Lugeons: Sherman

Thomas Smith: Thomas Elf of North Pole News

Marissa Alexa McCool: Belle

Trav Mamone: Newscast Elf 3

Jeremiah Traeger: Ending Crowd Elf/Launch Control

Jenica Crail: Newscast Elf 1

Patrick Crail: Newscast Elf 2

Jamie Sivrais: Topper

Art by Anthony Rose Collins

All music by Kevin McLeod of incompetech.com 

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/