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Neha

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114 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 167

The way that our union started focusing on trans healthcare as one of the core issues we were organizing around, it all started with a conversation with a regional staffer here in Oklahoma. I had a regular check-in call with my staffer, and this was two, two and a half years ago. And he was just asking, what's going on? What are you concerned about?

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 167

The way that our union started focusing on trans healthcare as one of the core issues we were organizing around, it all started with a conversation with a regional staffer here in Oklahoma. I had a regular check-in call with my staffer, and this was two, two and a half years ago. And he was just asking, what's going on? What are you concerned about?

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 167

The way that our union started focusing on trans healthcare as one of the core issues we were organizing around, it all started with a conversation with a regional staffer here in Oklahoma. I had a regular check-in call with my staffer, and this was two, two and a half years ago. And he was just asking, what's going on? What are you concerned about?

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 167

And I was like, well, I'm having some issues with... accessing healthcare and he not heard like how difficult it was for like trans people to access healthcare at Starbucks he wasn't aware of like how expensive it could be and as I started talking to him he was like hold on let me like set up a meeting with some other people I think they need to hear this too and

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 167

And I was like, well, I'm having some issues with... accessing healthcare and he not heard like how difficult it was for like trans people to access healthcare at Starbucks he wasn't aware of like how expensive it could be and as I started talking to him he was like hold on let me like set up a meeting with some other people I think they need to hear this too and

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 167

And I was like, well, I'm having some issues with... accessing healthcare and he not heard like how difficult it was for like trans people to access healthcare at Starbucks he wasn't aware of like how expensive it could be and as I started talking to him he was like hold on let me like set up a meeting with some other people I think they need to hear this too and

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 167

So then we had like a follow up meeting with more like staff and other organizers. I talked about these issues again. And one thing led to another thing. And they ended up encouraging me to form a subcommittee with their union for trans workers to kind of like build community for us and connect us, but also

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 167

So then we had like a follow up meeting with more like staff and other organizers. I talked about these issues again. And one thing led to another thing. And they ended up encouraging me to form a subcommittee with their union for trans workers to kind of like build community for us and connect us, but also

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 167

So then we had like a follow up meeting with more like staff and other organizers. I talked about these issues again. And one thing led to another thing. And they ended up encouraging me to form a subcommittee with their union for trans workers to kind of like build community for us and connect us, but also

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 167

hear more stories from trans workers about the struggles that they are facing, specifically in accessing healthcare. And so that's kind of how TRACS started. And it's been really moving to see how over the past like two, three years, This went from like an issue that was affecting like a minority of a minority of workers, right?

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 167

hear more stories from trans workers about the struggles that they are facing, specifically in accessing healthcare. And so that's kind of how TRACS started. And it's been really moving to see how over the past like two, three years, This went from like an issue that was affecting like a minority of a minority of workers, right?

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 167

hear more stories from trans workers about the struggles that they are facing, specifically in accessing healthcare. And so that's kind of how TRACS started. And it's been really moving to see how over the past like two, three years, This went from like an issue that was affecting like a minority of a minority of workers, right?

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 167

Like it's not like every single work at Starbucks is trying to like have facial feminization surgery or anything like that, right? This issue that was affecting like a small subset of us ended up becoming like one of the biggest issues we were organizing around. It makes me really emotional when I think about like how much my community

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 167

Like it's not like every single work at Starbucks is trying to like have facial feminization surgery or anything like that, right? This issue that was affecting like a small subset of us ended up becoming like one of the biggest issues we were organizing around. It makes me really emotional when I think about like how much my community

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 167

Like it's not like every single work at Starbucks is trying to like have facial feminization surgery or anything like that, right? This issue that was affecting like a small subset of us ended up becoming like one of the biggest issues we were organizing around. It makes me really emotional when I think about like how much my community

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 167

union coworkers and like my comrades, like actually like fucking care about trans people. Right. I was kind of like how tracks started and how we started to organize around trans healthcare specifically.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 167

union coworkers and like my comrades, like actually like fucking care about trans people. Right. I was kind of like how tracks started and how we started to organize around trans healthcare specifically.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 167

union coworkers and like my comrades, like actually like fucking care about trans people. Right. I was kind of like how tracks started and how we started to organize around trans healthcare specifically.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 167

Our ability to build power in this way is a way that we maintain hope so that we can keep organizing for a better future. I think one of the best tools like these fucking fascist freaks have is making us feel like there's no hope. It's beating us down. It's making us feel like we have no power.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 167

Our ability to build power in this way is a way that we maintain hope so that we can keep organizing for a better future. I think one of the best tools like these fucking fascist freaks have is making us feel like there's no hope. It's beating us down. It's making us feel like we have no power.

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