Despite some last minute drama, caused by so-called "family values" groups making veiled threats against the venue with whom the Katy Pride organization had had a contract for some six months, the heroes on the Katy Pride board pulled off a major miracle. Typhoon Texas, the original venue, cancelled the event, with less than three days notice, citing vague worries about "violence", and this despite local law enforcement stating that they had "no credible threat". Helping to pull off the miracle, was Harris County Precinct 4 Commissioner, Lesley Briones, who, we understand, arranged for the use of the Bear Creek Rodeo Arena for the event.

Trans Truth, along with all of the organizers, vendors, performers and patrons, is profoundly grateful for Commissioner Briones' bold leadership.

News Links:

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/transgender-bathroom-bill-added-texas-flood-relief-special-session-rcna218897

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/doj-subpoenas-20-doctors-clinics-provide-trans-care-minors-rcna218141https://glaad.org/fact-sheet-anti-trans-speakers-at-ftc-workshop-on-transgender-medical-care/

https://www.thecardiologyadvisor.com/features/lgbtq-health-care-future/https://edsource.org/updates/california-rejects-trump-administration-demand-to-ban-transgender-athleteshttps://transtruth.info/images/NaziBookBurning.jpghttps://www.tiktok.com/@alysonwelborn/video/7496941695179885870

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https://apnews.com/article/what-happened-ice-raid-la-macarthur-park-cc04479ed94ed68d11acf807d97914e6https://www.advocate.com/politics/bipartisan-effort-lgbtq-988-linehttps://www.ncronline.org/opinion/guest-voices/stop-legitimizing-pseudoscience-marginalize-trans-peoplehttps://southdakotasearchlight.com/2025/06/25/transgender-rights-group-aims-to-expand-activist-founded-database-of-lgbtq-friendly-businesses/https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/539/558/https://folklife.si.edu/talkstory/2016/are-you-a-friend-of-dorothy-folk-speech-of-the-lgbt-communityhttps://www.out.com/news/hetero-awesome-fest-idaho-racism#rebelltitem1

Earlier this month, we watched in horror as our President deployed National Guard troops and U.S. Marines against peaceful protesters in Los Angeles. On June 14th, we watched somewhere between 12 and 15 million people rally around the country on "No Kings" day, and raise their middle finger to fascism.

That was kind of inspiring, to say the least, and we realized that we had to use our voice to talk about more than "trans issues". We're just two old ladies from the Houston area, but we have a voice. After some soul-searching, we've decided to add our voice to the resistance. As Jeri Ann puts it, we are broadening our focus. Trans rights are human rights, after all, and we see human rights being trampled more and more every day, by a corrupt and hateful administration.

In this episode we'll describe what we are seeing, and why it alarms us. And we will call on our listeners to join us in resisting what is being done to our country.

https://www.wdtv.com/2025/05/26/morrisey-issues-statement-transgender-athlete-wva-state-track-field-meet/https://gazette.com/military/transgender-air-force-academy-cadets-graduate/article_844c7f24-70d1-472d-af4e-6c24e9a9ea27.htmlhttps://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/no-link-between-trans-inclusive-policies-bathroom-safety-study-finds-n911106https://law.uh.edu/judges/PHYLLIS%20RANDOLPH%20FRYE.asphttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13178-018-0335-zhttps://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/gender-inclusive-bathroom-window-pennsylvania-middle-school-rcna173917https://www.denverpost.com/2025/06/01/transgender-dysphoria-therapy-trump/https://www.foxnews.com/sports/men-dont-belong-womens-sports-nba-star-believes-amid-debate-over-transgender-athletes&ct=ga&cd=CAEYCCoTMTQwNTU5ODAzMjM2NTYyNzc5NDIaZDkzNzQwN2M0YmFmOTRmOTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AOvVaw3bUlyUtk09qwvcS5uYQ9bwhttps://www.foxnews.com/sports/men-dont-belong-womens-sports-nba-star-believes-amid-debate-over-transgender-athletes&ct=ga&cd=CAEYCCoTMTQwNTU5ODAzMjM2NTYyNzc5NDIaZDkzNzQwN2M0YmFmOTRmOTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AOvVaw3bUlyUtk09qwvcS5uYQ9bwhttps://www.cpr.org/2025/06/05/proposed-ballot-initiatives-target-trans-youth/https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=580769998378874

Oh, and by the way, the news is not all bad. Listen in and learn how voters, right down at the local level, are responding to the right's decades long attack on public education.

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https://www.advocate.com/business/pride-support-business-winner

https://www.prdaily.com/how-fortune-500-companies-say-theyre-handling-pride-this-year

/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm26e1rl05eohttps://theconversation.com/christianity-has-long-revered-saints-who-would-be-called-transgender-today-254769

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/eradicating-anti-christian-bias/

https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-massachusetts-lgbtq-tshirt-student-speech-e04fa045740e3e8ab21b0e14781ce3ad

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/transgender-service-members-face-heartbreaking-decision-amid-trump/story?id=121750146

https://abc7news.com/post/transgender-community-rallies-effort-reclaim-site-comptons-cafeteria-riot-1966/16463325/

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https://www.them.us/story/john-ewing-jr-jean-stothert-anti-trans-propaganda-omaha-mayor-election

https://x.com/NebraskaDems/status/1921361481536278934

https://lambdalegal.org/newsroom/cross_mt_20250513_court-strikes-down-ban-on-healthcare-for-trans-youth/

Support Lambda Legal and the American Civil Liberties Union

https://www.texastribune.org/2025/05/10/texas-house-trans-bills-advance/

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2025/04/30/airyn-robert-de-niro-daughter-transgender/83362160007/

https://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/voices/stop-using-phony-science-to-justify-transphobia/

https://www.foxnews.com/video/6372693269112

More than the usual amount of opinion in this episode, but we did warn you... "Oh, and lots of opinion, honey", right there on the web site. :)

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https://nypost.com/2025/03/25/us-news/nih-cuts-off-620k-in-funding-to-prevent-pregnancy-in-transgender-boys/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/health/dr-oz-transgender-care-abortion-josh-hawley-confirmation-cms.htmlhttps://www.cpr.org/2025/03/31/colorado-senate-transgender-day-of-visibility-trans-protection-bills/https://www.foxnews.com/sports/usa-fencing-transgender-controversy-get-doge-hearing-after-stephanie-turner-kneels-protesthttps://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/apr/16/critics-of-trans-rights-win-uk-supreme-court-case-over-definition-of-womanhttps://www.theguardian.com/society/video/2025/apr/19/thousands-protest-for-trans-rights-in-london-after-supreme-court-ruling-videohttps://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/apr/29/uks-first-trans-judge-victoria-mccloud-appeals-to-european-court-over-supreme-court-rulinghttps://www.cnn.com/2025/04/16/politics/doj-maine-transgender-sports-lawsuit/index.html

https://apnews.com/article/transgender-passports-trump-executive-order-ee211c3298f0c6f561f829cf5adca281https://www.aclu-nm.org/en/news/human-toll-trumps-anti-trans-crusadehttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-100-days-renee-richards-transgender-sports-pioneer/https://19thnews.org/2025/04/americans-politicians-trans-issues-poll/https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/trumps-hhs-urges-therapy-for-transgender-youth-departing-from-broader-gender-affirming-health-carehttps://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2025/04/30/airyn-robert-de-niro-daughter-transgender/83362160007/https://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/voices/stop-using-phony-science-to-justify-transphobia/

This episode, we're going to debate about how to address the storm of hateful disinformation and political activity that our trans brothers and sisters have faced over the last few years. No, we are not in complete agreement on the prospects for widespread acceptance, or the best approach to that, but we (Jeri Ann and I) do agree on what kind of strategy that progressive politics is going to need.

Spoiler alert: It's not going to be popular with some of our LGBTQ+ allies.

News Story Links:

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-judge-questions-trumps-passport-policy-targeting-transgender-people-2025-03-25/https://www.newsweek.com/pete-hegseth-judge-transgender-troops-military-ban-trump-2049221https://www.axios.com/2025/03/23/allies-issue-usa-travel-guidlines-transgenderhttps://www.notus.org/congress/transgender-politics-democrats-househttps://x.com/Acyn/status/1900243687856365674

What I am proud of is that we have recovered, in an undocumented backup, two recordings that were very important to us. Both were remote sessions (our favorite type of show).

This one, Episode 24, is our session from the first ever Katy Pride Festival in October of 2023.

In this episode, we are going to eviscerate the notion that it's "just common sense" that one can not be any other gender than the one assigned to them at birth, by virtual of certain physical attributes. Trans people and their allies know this to be incorrect, but it is an almost universally held belief amongst most people. There is an easily identified reason for that, and tragically, certain political quarters know this and are exploiting that ignorance to great effect.

Join me as I look at the issue, and start to propose a strategic response.

News Links:

https://pflag.org/press/pflagvtrump/https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/senate-rejects-bill-excluding-transgender-students-from-school-sportshttps://www.dw.com/en/trump-targets-trans-nonbinary-rights-orders/a-71376679https://www.crowell.com/en/insights/client-alerts/what-private-employers-should-know-following-president-trumps-executive-order-on-sex-and-gender-identityhttps://www.nbcnews.com/video/transgender-rep-sarah-mcbride-reacts-to-trump-gender-policy-229971525605

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/trump-executive-order-transgender-military-dei-rcna189470https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHRZ77K1lr4&ab_channel=CBS19

Content Links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunbar%27s_number

https://usafacts.org/articles/what-percentage-of-the-us-population-is-transgender/

https://glaad.org/transgender-military-service-members-remain-on-duty-judge-rules-trump-order-is-soaked-in-animus-and-lacks-evidence-to-support-ban/

In this special episode, we interview Amanda Rose, the president of Katy Pride, and Heather Tolleson, Senior Pastor of Katy's First Christian Church. You'll hear about how the festival came to be, and about First Christian Church, Katy, has been bringing their message of hope, love, and inclusion to this Houston suburb for the last ten years.

The event is free. There is also an after party, "Wicked With the Queens". Tickets are $25 and $40 (VIP), with proceeds going to the church's "TransParent Closet"

https://www.psychiatry.org/psychiatrists/diversity/education/transgender-and-gender-nonconforming-patients

https://www.apa.org/topics/lgbtq/transgender-people-gender-identity-gender-expression

https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/142/4/e20182162/37381/Ensuring-Comprehensive-Care-and-Support-for

We all know about artists like Boy George, Dee Snider, etc. but the history and influence of the transgender community goes back much further.

Join Jeri Ann and Kelly as they dig through "the record library" (that's an old radio term for the room where the kept all the vinyl) to learn about all that history.

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Contemporary Trans Artists:

The Cliks

Ryan Cassata

Anohni

Teddy Geiger

Peppermint

Skylar Kergill

Against Me

Ethel Cain

Iceis Rain

Dalice Malice (Not to be confused with Dallas Alice, last seen on the highway outside of Tucumcari ;) )

First up - the movies, because I am a big ol' film buff and Jeri Ann is a real live movies star!

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In Part 2, we're focusing on the "moral" objections often made about trans people, and we'll dig into the root of those objections. Here's a hint... it almost always boils down to religion, or more precisely, to the religious right's predilection for (as Jeri Ann puts it) "bellying up to the scripture buffet", to cherry pick the passages they believe will substantiate their judgement. You guessed it... we will not let that stand.

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So join us for part one of Transphobia Revisited, as we dig into what's been happening and why.

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⁠https://youtu.be/9eMBuatxLZo⁠

Another in our series entitled, simply, "Our Stories". In this episode we ask the same questions, and as we're learning, we get some of the same answers and a lot of stuff that's different. That's what we love about this series. We get all get the affirmation of learning that we're not alone in what our journey has been, but we also get some very different, and very personal insights into the unique experiences we all have.

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So we're going to tell the truth about these things because... that's what we do.

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Sarah refers to herself as a "late bloomer", having transitioned relatively late in life. Like so many of us baby boomers, she grew up in a time when there was less understanding of, and certainly a lot less tolerance for, those whose gender identity was "at the far end of the curve", so to speak.

Lots of insight and useful information from another one of us who's found herself after a long search.

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On very short notice (like... two days!), we learned of this event, a fundraiser for this year's Houston Roundup, being held at Houston's Lambda Center. BTW, y'all need to update that Roudup website. :)

Anyway, we were thinking it might be a chance to get an interesting interview or two, and to promote the Houston Roundup conference and, what we quickly learned has been a very important part of the Houston LGBTQ+ community for decades, Lambda Center. Sharon, the director of the event, quickly got approval for us to show up and do our thing. On the night of the event, we were just finishing setting up when we were approached by a friendly gentleman who ask Jeri Ann and I if we knew "Phyllis Frye". We allowed that we certainly did, with Jeri Ann adding that Ms. Frye was her attorney. Introductions were quickly done, and Don Kelly sat down and chatted with us for some time. We learned many things in those few minutes and that kind of set the tone for the rest of the evening.I am almost embarrassed to say that it was not until I did some research during post-production that I learned what a true dignitary our first guest was. Be sure to check out the link about Don Kelly and "The Don Kelly Research Collection of Galy Literature and Culture".As I said, that first interview set the tone for the rest of the evening, with one wonderful interview after another. I say wonderful for several reasons. First of all, every single one of the people we talked to had a story to tell about what the group hosting the event (Lambda Center) meant to them. These weren't just admirable success stories. They were stories of people who had come to know the value of what that organization had given them. Several used the term "family", in a way that Jeri Ann and I have mentioned before, that "chosen family". Wonderful too, was our interview with Christene Y. Christene teaches history, to high school and college students, and she was a font of fascinating things about LGBTQ history.We fully intended to be talking one-on-one with some of these people in future episodes. Meanwhile, enjoy this episode that we recorded around the showing of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show", complete with the de rigueur live performers in front of the screen.

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⁠https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/07/08/tennessee-ban-transgender-care-youths

In this episode, we put co-host Jeri Ann Young in the guest chair, to have her tell her story.

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Joining us this episode is Danielle Healy, a Houston area attorney who has done a great deal of advocacy and pro bono work for the LGBTQ community. Danielle will also discuss her role in the award-winning documentary, "Our Dad, Danielle".

Below are the links to the reports mentioned in our news segment. You will also find a link to the letter that the U.S. Department of Justice has sent to the attorneys general of all fifty states, pointing out the many federal statutes and regulations that the GOP's reckless strategy will run afoul of.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/legalcode