A Feminist Questions Transgender Identity Standards

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jun 9, 2015

This segment originally aired live on June 9, 2015. An edited version was included in a best-of episode of The Brian Lehrer Show on August 28, 2015. The unedited audio can be found here.

Elinor Burkett, the journalist, author, film producer, and documentary director, discusses her piece in The New York Times Sunday Review, which delves into how the standards for femininity set by some in the transgender community clash with her feminist ideals.

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