What Next: After They Testified: The Trans Pharmacist Who Went Viral

As the fight for trans rights, including gender-affirming medical
care, heads through state legislation, activists and medical
providers are stepping up to testify. While explaining her
perspective as a medical professional, a Little Rock pharmacist,
who is trans, was asked about her genitalia in the middle of the
Arkansas general assembly.  This is the first installment in
What Next’s Pride Month series. “After They Testified” is about the
Americans who’ve shown up in the last year to speak out against
anti-queer legislation, how it felt to do so, and what came next.
Guest: Gwen Herzig, owner and pharmacist at Park West Pharmacy in
Little Rock, Arkansas, president and executive director of The
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