On today’s Gaily Show, guest host Ellie Krug from The Illegal Trans Woman on AM950 fills in for John and Jim in a can’t-miss episode.

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This week’s Big Story is about how a Florida school district is non-renewing a well-loved high school English teacher’s contract because she had the audacity to use a transgender student’s name that aligns with the student’s gender identity; apparently, that’s illegal in FL (of course!). The Big Interview is with Sam Chapman from the SD ACLU to talk about a newly passed law that makes it illegal for Ellie Krug to use the women’s restroom at I-90 rest areas. And, this week’s Random Acts has me sharing about some wonderfully supportive postcards I recently received. Yea for kind humans!

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The Big Story picks up from last week with a list of the mega-sized American law firms that have caved to Trump, and those that have resisted. The Big Interview is with Max Kozlov, a science reporter who wrote about the National Institute of Health gutting all research around transgender health, and instead mandating a need to study the rates at which trans people regret transitioning genders (which is less than 1 percent of trans people). I also share about speaking at a St. Peter MN church on Transgender Day of Visibility/the wonderful welcoming I received!

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Ellie Krug is a transgender advocate and speaker, and host of The Illegal Trans Woman on Saturdays at 4 PM on AM950 or anytime on AM950radio.com.

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I start the show’s Big Story with talking about fear—those who are afraid of what Trump 2 will do; and those who so care about me that they’ve required a list of emergency contacts in case I go missing. The Big Interview is with Jordan Rubin from MSNBC and the curator of Deadline: Legal Blog who talks about the Executive Orders targeting law firms and how lawyers are so needed to preserve the rule of law. In Random Acts, I share an audio from Waldo County ME re: a neighbor who went missing due to ICE. Horrific!

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This week’s Big Story is about federal Judge Ana Reyes and her stinging rebuke of the Trump Administration’s ban on transgender service members; wow! The Big Interview is with Nick Epley, a University of Chicago behavioral scientist who talks about social isolation and the rewards of taking a risk to reach out to someone who is “other”—like a trans person. In News Bites, I talk about how the mega law firm, Paul Weiss, bent a knee to Trump, setting a dangerous precedent for the legal profession and efforts to uphold the rule of law.

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It’s the first Live TITW show, ever! The Big Story is how TX Attorney General Ken Paxton has ordered TX state agencies to ignore court orders re: changing gender markers and birth certificates for transgender people—the rule of law is now dead in the Lone Star state! Other stories include highlighting the bravery of attorney Marc Elias (formerly counsel for the Biden campaign who defeated 60 cases where Trump post-election claimed fraud) in the face of Trump now targeting him. We also praise an older WI man who changed his perspective about transgender people.

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The Big Story is about politicians who do the right thing (Senate Democrats who blocked a national trans youth sports ban) and those who don’t (CA Gov. Gavin Newsom, who in a podcast interview with right wing pundit Charlie Kirk threw trans athletes under the bus). The Big Interview will rock you—it’s with Pastor Luke Springer from Plymouth United Church of Christ in Des Moines who talks about the dismal state of legal protections for transgender Iowans and about religious intolerance of trans folks (he also prays for Brett and me!). In Random Acts, I shout out to Rep. Al Green for standing up to Trump. Too bad more Dems can’t be like him!

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It’s completely unfortunate and heart-wrenching that this week’s Big Story is about how Iowa—my beloved home state—this week rolled back legal protections for transgender humans, literally altering its state civil rights act to remove our us from the law! Unbelievable. The Big Interview is with NYT columnist/mainstream media commentator, Jamelle Bouie, who talks about the Trump Administration’s efforts to roll back 60-year-old civil rights protections. In Random Acts, I share an eloquent speech by Amy Wichtendahl, the first trans person elected to the Iowa Legislature, in opposition to eviscerating Iowa’s civil rights statute.

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This week’s Big Story is about former MN Vikings punter Chris Kluwe and his act of civil disobedience when the Huntington Beach CA library system decided to go all-MAGA—we need more leadership like that! The Big interview is with USA Today sports journalist Nancy Armour, who talks about the unfairness (and ridiculousness) of banning transgender women athletes. In Random Acts, I talk about how a neighbor’s gift of a Gerber Daisy brightened my day!

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