{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fback2usradio.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2F199-3cd236be","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"The Strong Stance: Transgender Wellness","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/42c1c2/42c1c26a-a5e1-4a7c-a00a-c0ae6915289e/1397763c-2310-4c08-bfd2-1825018a7c42/1471701177-artwork.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"","height":200,"description":"Access to health care has lately been a hotly debated topic, both inside and outside of the transgender and genderqueer community. What’s covered, what’s not, who is covered and who is not. It’s a discussion that cuts across class, race, sex, and gender identity. Now, with the Affordable Care Act, there is even more debate and discussion. A good number of these decisions particularly affect the trans\\* community. Tonight,  Danielle Askini - Policy Director at Basic Rights Oregon, will join us to discuss the current climate of health care as it relates to the trans\\* and queer community and the access and/or hurdles to competent and comprehensive care. Danielle joined Basic Rights Oregon from Seattle, Washington where she was the founding executive director of Gender Justice League – a Trans\\* Activist Collective where she worked to repeal Trans Health Insurance exclusions in Washington, launch Trans\\* Pride Seattle – the largest Trans\\* event in the Pacific Northwest, and mobilizing to include Trans people in HIV Prevention and testing efforts in Washington State.\r\n\r\n"}