Trans Nation

The Agenda with Steve Paikin

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Many are calling it the next civil rights movement: the push for transgender rights. Where do transgender people fit within the legal framework of the world at large? Have services, laws, and greater visibility improved the lives of trans individuals? And where do trans children fit into the debate? The Agenda examines the rise, as well as backlash, to rights for transgender people.
Episode:
A New Rights Frontier
Aired:
Sep 18, 2014
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