Podcasts

Linda Thomas-Fowler has taken on the task of highlighting the issues and showing the facts to help us all understand the affects the policies will have on the LGBTQ+ communities.

Shenandoah County VA, where PFLAG Woodstock VA  is located is highlighted in this podcast by Linda Thomas-Fowler. The gender identity policy in Shenandoah County will harm students and put them at risk of harming themselves.

Linda Thomas-Fowler helps us to understand the Executive Order that Trump has signed against Transgender individuals.

Linda Thomas-Fowler addresses Trump’s EO concerning transgender individuals in the military

There are reports in The Advocate and LGBTQ Nation that a post on social media falsely accused Virginia Army National Guard Chief Warrant Officer Jo Ellis of piloting the Black Hawk helicopter that crashed into the American Eagle airplane near National Airport. These reports are false

A judge has blocked the housing of transgender female inmates with the male prison population. It’s a small step but it’s good news!

This episode is about Trump’s fourth executive order targeting transgender people. This time it’s through education. The order attacks diversity in education in broad scope but some of the order is specifically targeting the accommodation of transgender students in schools.

This video updates you on the vote taken on the proposed policy changes that were presented by Gloria Carlineo.

In this episode we talk to a local man who is able to share his journey  to becoming an ally to the LGBTQ community and what that looks like. Jason Ritenour is our treasurer at PFLAG Woodstock and he hopes that his ability to share his journey will spur others to come forward and inspire them to help speak out about the discrimination that we are seeing in both local and national policies. We are grateful so for Jason!!!!!!!

This episode takes the commonly used bible verses that people use to form opinions about transgender people and uses logic to discuss them along with the implications that it has on trans lives.

In this episode, we talk with Annalise, who explains asexuality and the broad spectrum of ways this can apply to people.

Many states and Donald Trump’s first executive order seem to ban transgender people from the appropriate bathroom. In this video we explore the consequences of these bills and how they affect all people, not just transgender ones.