{"id":34801,"date":"2022-04-28T05:27:30","date_gmt":"2022-04-28T10:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/?p=34801"},"modified":"2022-05-14T07:49:40","modified_gmt":"2022-05-14T12:49:40","slug":"i-love-a-place-that-hates-me-how-two-transgender-oklahoma-teens-navigate-current-events-in-their-home-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/2022\/04\/28\/i-love-a-place-that-hates-me-how-two-transgender-oklahoma-teens-navigate-current-events-in-their-home-state\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I love a place that hates me,\u2019 how two transgender Oklahoma teens navigate current events in their home state"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">StateImpact is on a listening tour with Oklahoma\u2019s youth.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first trip took StateImpact\u2019s Robby Korth and KOSU\u2019s Kateleigh Mills to Tulsa, to visit with a pair of transgender teenagers and some of their friends. The goal: Hear what issues they care about and how they navigate a barrage of headlines that they feel malign them.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">M.J. and Dominik are friends from the Tulsa area. They\u2019re both juniors in high school and they\u2019re transgender.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px; margin-bottom: 20px; border-radius: 6px; overflow: hidden;\"><iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px;\" src=\"https:\/\/player.captivate.fm\/episode\/35820d39-b472-407c-8286-0cdd27a04a4f\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The pair say they have a hard time keeping up with current events because it feels like they\u2019re constantly under attack. But, they persevere thanks to relationships they\u2019ve developed over time despite what they see in the headlines about which <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kosu.org\/politics\/2022-03-30\/oklahoma-governor-signs-transgender-student-athlete-ban-into-law\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sports<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> they can play or <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kosu.org\/education\/2022-04-19\/stillwater-school-board-asks-oklahoma-to-make-bathroom-rules-for-transgender-students\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">restrooms<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> they can use at school.<\/span><\/p><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">StateImpact\u2019s Robby Korth and KOSU\u2019s Kateleigh Mills produced this story in partnership with Focus: Black Oklahoma. This story is part of the America Amplified initiative using community engagement to inform and strengthen local, regional and national journalism. America Amplified is a public media initiative funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.<\/span><\/i><\/p><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special thanks to Amplify Youth Health Collective in Tulsa. The organization introduced StateImpact to M.J. and Dominik and we interviewed them at their Tulsa office.<\/span><\/i><\/p><p><script async src=\"https:\/\/modules.wearehearken.com\/kosu\/embed\/9445.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>StateImpact is on a listening tour with Oklahoma\u2019s youth.The first trip took StateImpact\u2019s Robby Korth and KOSU\u2019s Kateleigh Mills to Tulsa, to visit with a pair of transgender teenagers and some of their friends. The goal: Hear what issues they care about and how they navigate a barrage of headlines that they feel malign them.M.J. 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