Summary: <p>There’s a long history of campaigns to “save the children,” whether they need saving or not. This week, On the Media looks at the latest: an effort to block access to medical care for trans kids. Plus, how years of Hollywood representation — from <em>The Crying Game</em> to<em> Transparent</em> — have shaped the public’s ideas about trans people. </p> <p>1. Katelyn Burns [<a href="https://twitter.com/transscribe?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">@transscribe</a>], freelance journalist and co-host of the "Cancel Me, Daddy!" podcast, on the the politics and propaganda behind the recent wave of anti-trans legislation, and Jack Turban [<a href="https://twitter.com/jack_turban">@jack_turban</a>], fellow in child and adolescent psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine, on what the science tells us about gender affirming care in adolescence. <a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/trans-kids-target-on-the-media">Listen.</a></p> <p>2. Jules Gill-Petersen [<a href="https://twitter.com/gp_jls?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">@gp_jls</a>], professor of english and gender, sexuality, and women's studies at the University of Pittsburgh and author of<em> Histories of the Transgender</em> <em>Child</em>, on the long history of trans children.<em> </em><a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/trans-children-have-long-history">Listen.</a> </p> <p>3. Imara Jones [<a href="https://twitter.com/imarajones?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">@imarajones</a>], creator of TransLash media and host of the TransLash podcast, on how trans visibility paves the way toward trans liberation. <a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/toward-trans-liberation-on-the-media">Listen.</a> </p> <p>4. Sam Feder [<a href="https://twitter.com/samfederfilm?lang=en">@SamFederFilm</a>], director of the Netflix documentary “Disclosure," on how Hollywood representations of trans lives have shaped the public understanding of who trans people are. <a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/short-history-trans-representations-hollywood-on-the-media">Listen.</a></p> <p> </p> <p><em>Music:</em></p> <p><em>Prelude 7: Sign and Sigil - John Zorn</em></p> <p><em>Totem Ancestor - John Cage</em></p> <p><em>Blackbird - Brad Mehldau</em></p> <p><em>Harpsichord - Four Tet</em></p> <p><em>Peace Piece - Bill Evans - Kronos Quartet</em></p> <p><em>Black Is the Color / Theme from "Spartacus" - Fred Hersch</em></p> <p><em>After the Fact - John Scofield</em></p>
