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Mia Wong

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Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 181

And because of the incredible just material financial oppression of trans people, this is another big part of the reason why there's just so few, you know, and like there's becoming more, right? And I'm incredibly happy that like, you know, like I'm fucking talking with three trans journalists. This rules. And also the reason there's not more of us, which is important because

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 181

And because of the incredible just material financial oppression of trans people, this is another big part of the reason why there's just so few, you know, and like there's becoming more, right? And I'm incredibly happy that like, you know, like I'm fucking talking with three trans journalists. This rules. And also the reason there's not more of us, which is important because

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 181

And because of the incredible just material financial oppression of trans people, this is another big part of the reason why there's just so few, you know, and like there's becoming more, right? And I'm incredibly happy that like, you know, like I'm fucking talking with three trans journalists. This rules. And also the reason there's not more of us, which is important because

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 181

Like, cis people trying to cover our stories is a fucking disaster. Like, that's how we got here. But, like, part of the reason why there's not more is just that, like, it's so difficult to survive doing this. And... Yeah. You know, and that's also... I'm going to turn this into a minor plug, which is, like, go subscribe to The Asheville Blade. Go subscribe to Free Radical.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 181

Like, cis people trying to cover our stories is a fucking disaster. Like, that's how we got here. But, like, part of the reason why there's not more is just that, like, it's so difficult to survive doing this. And... Yeah. You know, and that's also... I'm going to turn this into a minor plug, which is, like, go subscribe to The Asheville Blade. Go subscribe to Free Radical.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 181

Like, cis people trying to cover our stories is a fucking disaster. Like, that's how we got here. But, like, part of the reason why there's not more is just that, like, it's so difficult to survive doing this. And... Yeah. You know, and that's also... I'm going to turn this into a minor plug, which is, like, go subscribe to The Asheville Blade. Go subscribe to Free Radical.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 181

Go subscribe to Manicast News. Because, like... Literally, the difference between people being able to have an apartment and pay their rent or living in a car is the amount of support that you get from this stuff.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 181

Go subscribe to Manicast News. Because, like... Literally, the difference between people being able to have an apartment and pay their rent or living in a car is the amount of support that you get from this stuff.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 181

Go subscribe to Manicast News. Because, like... Literally, the difference between people being able to have an apartment and pay their rent or living in a car is the amount of support that you get from this stuff.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 181

This is also part of the issue with the way that trans issues are reported on by the media is that they're largely... It's not that things like healthcare aren't important, right? But just the raw class dynamic of all of this just does not get talked about. The homelessness rates, I don't actually... I should have the homelessness race off top of my head.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 181

This is also part of the issue with the way that trans issues are reported on by the media is that they're largely... It's not that things like healthcare aren't important, right? But just the raw class dynamic of all of this just does not get talked about. The homelessness rates, I don't actually... I should have the homelessness race off top of my head.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 181

This is also part of the issue with the way that trans issues are reported on by the media is that they're largely... It's not that things like healthcare aren't important, right? But just the raw class dynamic of all of this just does not get talked about. The homelessness rates, I don't actually... I should have the homelessness race off top of my head.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 181

Things like three or four times at the very least more likely across the entire trans population to be homeless than cis people. And like, you can just fucking see that if, you know, trans people, it's like, yeah, fucking everyone's spent a bunch of time being homeless. And like, you know, that's just the conditions of this. And, you know, this is a thing that like, as you, the listener, like,

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 181

Things like three or four times at the very least more likely across the entire trans population to be homeless than cis people. And like, you can just fucking see that if, you know, trans people, it's like, yeah, fucking everyone's spent a bunch of time being homeless. And like, you know, that's just the conditions of this. And, you know, this is a thing that like, as you, the listener, like,

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 181

Things like three or four times at the very least more likely across the entire trans population to be homeless than cis people. And like, you can just fucking see that if, you know, trans people, it's like, yeah, fucking everyone's spent a bunch of time being homeless. And like, you know, that's just the conditions of this. And, you know, this is a thing that like, as you, the listener, like,

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 181

It is possible for this. It doesn't have to fucking be like this. It doesn't. You have the power in your hands to get people off the street and with a roof above their head. And you can do this by clicking the links in the description.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 181

It is possible for this. It doesn't have to fucking be like this. It doesn't. You have the power in your hands to get people off the street and with a roof above their head. And you can do this by clicking the links in the description.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 181

It is possible for this. It doesn't have to fucking be like this. It doesn't. You have the power in your hands to get people off the street and with a roof above their head. And you can do this by clicking the links in the description.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 181

You know, I think part of the difficulty of it, right, and this specifically the way that trans issues function around class and journalism are a microcosm. It's like the most intense version of the stuff that's happening to the entire journalism industry, right? Where like, you know, part of what we're seeing is like, it's just, it's been the destruction of local news, right?

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 181

You know, I think part of the difficulty of it, right, and this specifically the way that trans issues function around class and journalism are a microcosm. It's like the most intense version of the stuff that's happening to the entire journalism industry, right? Where like, you know, part of what we're seeing is like, it's just, it's been the destruction of local news, right?