The biggest thing that changed that day in Nebraska three decades ago? Us. We began to believe that trans people being visible could make a difference, that small acts of protest made a difference.

Assigned Media interviews journalist and author, Nico Lang.

Additional commentary by Riki Wilchins on the Jack Turban interview.

Assigned Media interviews Jack Turban, Director of the Gender Psychiatry Program at the University of California.

Transgender activist Riki Wilchins interviews political theorist and leader in trans studies Paisley Currah.

Transgender activist Riki Wilchins interviews academic and legal scholar Florence Ashley.

Over the next nine months, Assigned Media will feature nine interviews of people involved in pushing back against the spread of false, distorted narratives about the trans community in the press. And we’ve tapped an old school transgender activist to do this, Riki Wilchins. To introduce this monthly feature, Evan Urquhart interviewed Riki Wilchins for Assigned. Their conversation has been lightly edited and condensed.