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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    What does it mean to be intersex? Trump’s policies dismiss this community

    The Trump administration’s classification of sex as either “male” or “female” erases the nearly 2% of people who are intersex.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Feb 25, 2025 • 1 min read

    The Trump administration’s classification of sex as either “male” or “female” erases the nearly 2% of people who are intersex.

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    Deep problems at CA homeless shelters, ‘Fake It Until You Make It’
    1. 0:00‘They're just warehousing people’: Abuse in CA homeless shelters
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    3. 22:53What does it mean to be intersex? Trump’s policies dismiss this communityYou’re reading this
    4. 33:04Larissa FastHorse on measuring and faking race, plus theatrical farce
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    The full episode

    3 of 4
    Deep problems at CA homeless shelters, ‘Fake It Until You Make It’
    1. 0:00‘They're just warehousing people’: Abuse in CA homeless shelters
    2. 13:23Wildfire health effects: The 10-year monitoring plan
    3. 22:53What does it mean to be intersex? Trump’s policies dismiss this communityYou’re reading this
    4. 33:04Larissa FastHorse on measuring and faking race, plus theatrical farce
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