American Problems, Trans Solutions | Trailer
Preview: Season 8 Episode 11 | 1m 10sVideo has Closed Captions
Stories of trans leaders addressing critical issues around economic empowerment and human dignity.
In the U.S., Black trans people are among the most marginalized of marginalized Americans. Award-winning journalist Imara Jones shares the stories of trans leaders Kayla Gore, Breonna McCree, and Oluchi Omeoga who, despite the record-breaking number of anti-trans bills passed in 2023, are addressing critical issues surrounding economic empowerment and human dignity with heart and vision.
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American Problems, Trans Solutions | Trailer
Preview: Season 8 Episode 11 | 1m 10sVideo has Closed Captions
In the U.S., Black trans people are among the most marginalized of marginalized Americans. Award-winning journalist Imara Jones shares the stories of trans leaders Kayla Gore, Breonna McCree, and Oluchi Omeoga who, despite the record-breaking number of anti-trans bills passed in 2023, are addressing critical issues surrounding economic empowerment and human dignity with heart and vision.
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When I think about Doris, it brings me this joy that someone saw that I could be something more, shaking off all of the doubt and all of the insecurity because someone believed in me.
(light music continues) - [Oluchi Omeoga] When I look a I really wanna say we shifted how people see black trans peol - [Imara Jones] Economic opporu how we house everybody who beln I mean, those are the most fundamental questions that the country has been dealn We have to begin to transform who gets heard.
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Clip: S8 Ep11 | 55s | "If you can see it, you can be it." Breonna McCree talks about the one person who believed in her. (55s)
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