Episode 25: Dr. Dana Beyer, transgender rights advocate

Dr. Dana Beyer, American transgender rights advocate, joins us on the Pridecast to discuss her advocacy work in the LGBTQ+ community, her research on endocrine disruptors, intersex and transgender findings, and her thoughts on the past, present, and future of the LGBTQ+ community. A very enlightening episode. We've compiled a list of resources below that she references on the Pridecast.

Episode air date: November 5, 2020

Episode length: 1 hour 55 minutes

Episode Link: https://www.podbean.com/eu/pb-yixpk-f17223

"I’m fortunate to be able to use my religious training, my medical training, my scientific training, to then become politically active to help create a world where trans people have their rights in the United States of America." - Dr. Dana Beyer

Resources and further readings from Rainbow Pridecast Episode 25 with Dr. Dana Beyer


"About DES." Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States Department of Health and Human Services. Accessed 5 Nov. 2020.

Bach, Natasha. "Obama's Executive Order on LGBT Job Discrimination 'Expands the Universe,' Gender Rights Advocate Says." Huffpost, Huffington Post, 17 June 2014. Accessed 5 Nov. 2020.

Cuaron, Alfonso, director. Children of Men. 2006.

DES Daughter. "Dr. Dana Beyer Talks about DES." DIETHYLSTILBESTROL DES Journal of a DES Daughter, 15 May 2017. Accessed 5 Nov. 2020.

"Dholuo." Wikipedia, 2 Aug. 2020. Accessed 5 Nov. 2020.

Ensler, Eve, et al. The Vagina Monologues. 2018 ed., New York, Ballantine Books, 2018.

Fishback, David. Curriculum Victory: PFLAG Montgomery County, MD a Case Study and Handbook for Action. 2014. PFLAG. Accessed 5 Nov. 2020.

Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance. GLAA, 2020. Accessed 5 Nov. 2020.

"Gender Rights Maryland." Wikipedia, 12 Oct. 2015. Accessed 5 Nov. 2020.

Gladwell, Malcolm. Outliers: The Story of Success. New York, Back Bay Books/Little, Brown, 2009.

Heiser, Stuart, editor. "The Majority of U.S. Medical Students Are Women, New Data Show." Association of American Medical Colleges, AAMC, 9 Dec. 2019. Accessed 5 Nov. 2020.

Marcus, Eric, host. "Frank Kameny." Making Gay History, season 1, episode 5. Making Gay History. Accessed 5 Nov. 2020.

National Center for Transgender Equality. 2020. Accessed 5 Nov. 2020.

Peace Corps. 2020. Accessed 5 Nov. 2020.

Ray, Michael. "Barney Frank." Britannica, 27 Mar. 2020. Accessed 5 Nov. 2020.

Rector, Kevin. "Transgender Rights Bill Introduced in Annapolis." Baltimore Sun, 14 Jan. 2014. Accessed 5 Nov. 2020.

"Rustin, Bayard." The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute, Stanford University. Accessed 5 Nov. 2020.

"The Softer Side." Directed by Deran Sarafian. House, season 5, episode 16, 23 Feb. 2009. House Fandom. Accessed 5 Nov. 2020.

"Stonewall Riots." History, edited by History.com, A&E Television Networks, 31 May 2017. Accessed 5 Nov. 2020.

Surprenant, Jeff. "Maryland Senate Approves Transgender Rights Bill." Washington Blade, Brown, Naff, Pitts Omnimedia, 4 Mar. 2014. Accessed 5 Nov. 2020.

United States. Citizens for a Responsible Curriculum v. Montgomery County Public Schools. 5 May 2005. Govinfo. Accessed 5 Nov. 2020.

"The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler." Penguin Random House, 2020. Accessed 5 Nov. 2020.

Walks, Michelle. "'We're Here and We're Queer?": An Introduction to Studies in Queer Anthropology." Anthropologica, vol. 56, no. 1, 2014, pp. 13–16. JSTOR. Accessed 5 Nov. 2020.

WTSP Staff. "Can a Drug Make You Transgender." Tampa Bay 10, 25 May 2016. Accessed 5 Nov. 2020.