{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Historical Homos","title":"American Teenager: The History of Trans Youth (feat. Nico Lang)","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/dce5e6bc\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3757,"description":"“Being transgender is the least important thing about me. I’m a person. I’m just a person”\n– Conner, 18, college student from Ohio\n\nEver wondered what it’s like to be a trans kid in America today?\n\n(Hint: it f*cking sucks.)\n\nGroups on the right and their politicians use trans kids as pawns in the political game of vote and media attention. \n\nAnd they love to act like trans kids are an anomaly of modern woke leftists.\n\nBut actually trans youth have been around for centuries in America.\n\nAnd when you hear what their stories are, you start to understand they’re just regular kids, like any others.\n\nMy guest this week, Nico Lang, spent nearly a year of his life living with eight trans and nonbinary kids around the 50 states.\n\nThe result is a wonderfully empathetic and revealing book, titled American Teenager: How Trans Are Surviving Hate and Finding Joy In a Turbulent Era.\n\nYou can purchase it on Allstora, where LGBTQ+ and marginalized authors are fairly compensated for their work.\n\n–\n\nIf you like what you hear in this episode, please leave us a five star rating on ⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Apple⁠⁠, or your favorite platform.\n\nWant to join our cult? ⁠⁠Sign up to our newsletter⁠⁠ to keep abreast and a-testicle of all Historical Homos announcements.\n\nFor more offensively historical content, follow Historical Homos on ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠TikTok.⁠⁠\n\n–\n\nEpisode Credits\n\n Written and hosted by Bash\nEdited by Alex Toskas and Bash\nGuest host: Nico Lang\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/o92facaUR1b1tdVy-0yJpC7Dki6zYO3m9CVcZY48Hq0/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8zMDZm/OTQ2MzU0Y2Y3OGMz/ZTQxYzViMmQ4Yzll/Y2IwZC5qcGVn.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}