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This episode was recorded before the Nov. 19 attack on Club Q. Outward stands with our queer family in Colorado Springs.\nThis month, Christina Cauterucci, Jules Gill-Peterson, and Bryan Lowder discuss two major trans news stories from recent weeks. First, the New York Times\u2019 latest article about trans kids and gender-affirming care, this time about puberty blockers and bone density, and how it plays into the ongoing, manufactured, and weaponized conservative panic about trans existence. Then they are joined by James Roesener of Concord, New Hampshire, who earlier this month became the first out trans man to be elected to a U.S. state legislature. They talk about why he ran and what he hopes to achieve. Finally, the hosts add some new items to the gay agenda.\nItems discussed in the show:\nThe American Library Association Rainbow Round Table\nThe Lilly Pharmaceutical Twitter impersonation\nAMC\u2019s new version of Interview With the Vampire\nWorld Pride 2025 in D.C.\xa0\n\u201cThey Paused Puberty, but Is There a Cost?\u201d by Megan Twohey and Christina Jewett in the New York Times\nMichael Hobbes\u2019 Twitter thread responding to the NYT story\n\u201cThe NYT\u2019s Big Piece on Puberty Blockers Mucked Up the Most Important Point About Them,\u201d by Evan Urquhart, in Slate\n\nGay Agenda\nBrian: Queer for Fear on Shudder\nChristina: The Secret to Superhuman Strength, by Alison Bechdel\nJules: Gossip Girl Fanfic Novella, by Charlie Markbreiter\n\nThis podcast was produced by June Thomas.\n\nPlease send feedback, topic ideas, and advice questions to outwardpodcast@slate.com.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices