Part 2 of 2. Interview with two trans men in Houston Texas. We talk
about my move back to Alaska, political diversity and tensions in
Alaska, KKK and skinheads in East Texas, how conservatives disrespect
military members who are POC, the lack of influencers from Alaska, being
in the gay scene as trans men, gay bar closures during covid, how we
socialize outside of gay bars (e.g. board games, dungeons and dragons),
the arts and crafts we do for fun, trans medicalism, being a feminine
gay man, different kinds of Texas nods, playing in sports and in a drum
line when we were younger, dating pre- and post-transition and the
different wording around queer identities (e.g. stud, dyke, lesbian
etc), some of the anti-trans bills that the Texas Legislature is
considering such as HB 1266 and HB 1029, how these bills are similar to
the harassment of immigrants, and the lack of in-person healthcare for
trans people.
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Links from Part 2. (Please see Part 1 for many other relevant links!)
Texas HB 1266 "Relating to the definition of sexually oriented
business."
https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=88R&Bill=HB1266
Text of Texas HB 1266
https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/pdf/HB01266I.pdf
"Debate over Texas drag shows intensifies" from the Texas Tribune
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/03/03/texas-drag-shows-republican-bills/
"Tennessee Black Caucus calls for resignation of lawmaker whose bill
amendment would bring back lynching" from WPLN 90.3 FM Nashville's NPR
News
https://wpln.org/post/tennessee-black-caucus-calls-for-resignation-of-lawmaker-whose-bill-would-bring-back-lynching/
Texas HB 1029 text
https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01029I.htm
"Texas bill would ban nearly all gender-affirming care, including for
trans adults: from CBS News
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/texas-bill-ban-gender-affirming-care-transgender-adults/
"Texas Senate Bill aims to restrict access to gender affirming care,
allow malpractice lawsuits for care"
https://www.kxan.com/news/texas-politics/texas-senate-bill-aims-to-restrict-access-to-gender-affirming-care-allow-malpractice-lawsuits-for-care/
Alaska Marine Highway
https://dot.alaska.gov/amhs/index.shtml
The AlCan highway
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Highway
Willow Project (oil drilling on the North Slope)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willow_project
"One Hot Mess gets national attention" from Alaska Public Radio
https://alaskapublic.org/2015/03/13/one-hot-mess-gets-national-attention/
Other Conversations is an independent, informal oral history project by Shane Brodie, a multi-issue activist and sculptor. This project is on hiatus as of Fall 2023 as I continue to slowly upload previous
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