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Download MP3 Retired engineer and Lyft driver Rachel Brown came out as transgender at age 68. She’s been using her time as a driver to educate her passengers in Massachusetts about an alarming referendum on the ballot this fall that could repeal transgender legal protections in the state. This is her story. Transcript (PDF) The post CHOICE/LESS: Massachusetts Activist Takes the Wheel for Civil Rights appeared first on Rewire News Group.

Retired engineer and Lyft driver Rachel Brown came out as transgender at age 68. She's been using her time as a driver to educate her passengers in Massachusetts about an alarming referendum on the ballot this fall that could repeal transgender legal protections in the state. This is her story.

Subscribe in Apple Podcasts Subscribe in Google Play Subscribe in Stitcher Follow us on Soundcloud RSS Feed Episode Archive Season 4 of CHOICE/LESS is all about teens, sex, abortion, and the law. In the season finale, host Jenn Stanley talks to youth activists, artists, and their allies about putting abortion on center stage to fight stigma and change policy. Christabel Donker: I think it was one of the most challenging things for us, honestly; that we all wanted to inject our special storytelling thing into it, or our own opinions of whatever was going on with the situation. I think it was something that really checked us when we were able to go back to the transcripts and say “OK, is this something that is actually authentic to the story, or is it something that is a little bit of our own propaganda, if you will.” So I think centering those [personal abortion] stories was the most important thing. “This Boat Called My Body” was devised and written by Nik Zaleski, Quenna Lene, Jessamyn Fitzpatrick, Danielle Litman, Claire Fuller, and Christabel Donker. Here is a complete transcript of the six playwrights together talking about their work with CHOICE/LESS host and producer Jenn Stanley.  Transcript (PDF)   The post CHOICE/LESS 405: Their Bodies, Their Boats, Their Play appeared first on Rewire News Group.

Season 4 of CHOICE/LESS is all about teens, sex, abortion, and the law. In the season finale, host Jenn Stanley talks to youth activists, artists, and their allies about putting abortion on center stage to fight stigma and change policy.

Subscribe in Apple Podcasts Subscribe in Google Play Subscribe in Stitcher Follow us on Soundcloud RSS Feed Episode Archive Season 4 of CHOICE/LESS is all about teens, sex, abortion, and the law. So far this series has posed the question, if adults and children have a hard time talking about even the most basic sex stuff, then why do 38 states force minors to tell their parents if they’re seeking an abortion? This episode explores what role schools should play in educating young people about sex. Nicolette Pawlowski: Some parents view their children as pure, and that means asexual. It’s devoid of connection to their bodies and other relationships outside their family. That’s just not the reality. Whether or not [sex] is something the parent wants them to do or not, it’s about dealing not with ideology but reality. It’s about meeting children where they are at. Whether or not they stay abstinent until marriage, they need this information for after they get married. Transcript (PDF)     The post CHOICE/LESS 404: Sally vs. Sex Education appeared first on Rewire News Group.