This week is Trans Awareness Week, leading up to the Trans Day of Remembrance on Saturday. This year is particularly important because 2021 is the deadliest year on record for trans and nonbinary people in the U.S., according to the Human Rights Campaign. Kate Sosin, the LGBTQ+ Reporter for the non-profit news organization, The 19th, joins us to discuss the rights and safety of trans people in America, among other trans news.

And in headlines: tensions at the border between Belarus and Poland temporarily eased, two men found guilty of assassinating Malcolm X in 1965 are expected to be exonerated today, and President Biden unveiled a plan to drastically increase the country’s investment in coronavirus vaccines.

Show Notes:

Kate Sosin at The 19th News – https://19thnews.org/author/kate-sosin/

GLITS – https://www.glitsinc.org/

Marsha P. Johnson Institute – https://marshap.org

TransLatin@ Coalition – https://www.translatinacoalition.org

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