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Episode 13: Looking at How Some Christians Justify Discriminating Against Transgender People
Welcome to episode 13 of The Spectrum. This was recorded on March 5th 2025. In this episode we’re going to look at the arguments some Christians use to justify their bias against transgender people and whether those arguments make any sense or whether they are a smokescreen. When I use actual quotes from the Bible,…
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Episode 12: Evolution of an Ally
In this episode, I speak with Jason Rittenour. Jason is a member of the PFLAG Woodstock group. We discuss his journey growing up surrounded by the systemic homophobia in our society to someone who has become an LGBT ally as an adult.
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Episode 11: Shenandoah County School Update, February 2025
Welcome to episode 11 of The Spectrum. This was recorded on February 14, 2025. Most of this episode will deal with recent events in Shenandoah County but before I get to that I want to mention some news that came out on the afternoon of the 13th. According to The Washington Post and other news…
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Episode 10: Trump’s Fifth Transgender Ban – Athletics
Welcome to episode 10 of The Spectrum. This was recorded on February 12, 2025. In this episode we will look at Donald Trump’s continuing effort to erase transgender people from existence. This is about his fifth executive order targeting transgender people. This one is focused on transgender athletes. Donald’s fifth transgender ban was issued of…
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Episode 9: Trump’s Fourth Transgender Ban – Education
This is episode 9 of The Spectrum. It was recorded on February 7, 2025. The subject of this episode is Trump’s fourth executive order attempting to erase transgender people from America. I was posted on January 28, 2025. It is titled, “ENDING RADICAL INDOCTRINATION IN K-12 SCHOOLING”. It should really be titled, “Making minorities invisible”.…
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Episode 8: Judge Blocks Trump’s Attempt to House Trans Women With Male Inmates
Welcome to episode 8 of The Spectrum. This was recorded on February 5, 2025. This is an episode that brings some good news. It will be a while before we know if it is temporary good news but, we could all use some good use right now so it’s worth shining some light on it.…
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Episode 7: Healthcare Providers Cave To Trump
Welcome to episode 7 of The Spectrum. This was recorded on February 4, 2025. The fallout from Trump’s attempt to ban gender affirming care for minors is starting to be felt. On February 1, 2025, VCU Health and Richmond Children’s Hospital at VCU suspended gender affirming care for anyone under 19 years old. UVA Health…
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Episode 6: Trump’s Third Transgender Ban – No Gender Affirming Care for Young People
Welcome to episode 6 of The Spectrum. This was recorded on February 3, 2025. In this episode we will look at Trump’s 3rd Project 2025 transgender ban. This one is in an executive order dated January 28, 2025 and is titled, “PROTECTING CHILDREN FROM CHEMICAL AND SURGICAL MUTILATION”. It’s real title should be “Ensuring Transgender…
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Episode 5: Transgender Woman Falsely Accused of Causing Air Crash
Welcome to episode 5 of The Spectrum. This was recorded on January 31, 2025. I did not expect to be putting out two episodes in one day and this is not the episode I was working on. Instead this is related to the terrible air collision that happened in DC near National Airport. This is…
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Episode 4: Trump’s Second Transgender Ban – The Military Ban
Welcome to episode 4 of The Spectrum. This was recorded on January 31st, 2025. We continue with our early focus on transgender issues because this is where the the main attacks are coming from an administration that bends over backwards to contort logic and pretend the world exists in a different way than they want.…
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Episode 3: Trump’s First Transgender Ban – The Federal Ban
Prior to the election in November 2024, I had several people tell me that Trump was not running on an anti-LGBT platform. The real concerns were the economy and the border and the rest was just noise and didn’t mean anything real. I told them…well, I won’t repeat what I told them here, but let’s…
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Episode 2: Changes to School Policy in Shenandoah County for Transgender Students
Welcome to episode #2 of The Spectrum. This was recorded on January 27th, 2025. The topic of today’s podcast is still an ongoing process and today’s podcast will not be the final word on this. The topic is one change and one proposed change to the how transgender students and issues are handled in the…
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