The Illegal Trans Woman
Is America at risk of erasing transgender people? Host Ellie Krug tackles this urgent question in her show, The Illegal Trans Woman, while confronting the growing threats to the LGBTQ+ community and the very existence of trans and gender variant individuals. A transgender woman herself, Ellie is a passionate advocate for her community, dedicated to fighting back against intolerance while fostering understanding and compassion for all humans. With a focus on bridging differences, Ellie invites diverse perspectives, aiming to educate and unify. However, when faced with efforts to erase her community, Ellie becomes a fierce fighter and an unrelenting voice for justice. Tune in Saturdays at 3 PM for thought-provoking conversations that challenge, empower, and inspire action for a more inclusive world. And podcast the show anytime on your favorite app!
Episodes
This week, I’m preparing to head West to Fargo and Moorhead, continuing my mission to bring visibility to places where our community is often kept in the shadows. In this “Talking Head” show, the first Big Story focuses on a disturbing new trend of anti-trans ballot measures in Washington and Maine that seek to ban…
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This week’s Big Story is a series of draconian hits to the trans community, starting in Idaho where the legislature passed HB 752, a bathroom bill that attaches a felony charge and up to five years in prison for a second “offense” of a trans person simply using a restroom that aligns with their identity.…
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I’m diving deep into a West Virginia federal appeals court ruling that has me absolutely floored. The court decided to deny Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming surgeries, and what’s truly chilling is the judge’s reasoning. He essentially argued that it’s rational for a legislature to encourage citizens to “appreciate” their sex rather than becoming “disdainful” of…
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This week’s Big Story is a heavy one as we look at the literal onslaught of anti-trans legislation sweeping through statehouses and even reaching the Supreme Court. We’re tracking over 700 bills—from Utah’s move to allow housing discrimination to Wisconsin’s attack on trans students’ names. It is a firehose of oppression, but we aren’t backing…
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This week’s Big Story is a sobering look at how history is repeating itself in America. Ellie breaks down the chilling similarities between current anti-trans legislation in states like Kansas and the Nazi-era Nuremberg Laws that systematically stripped Jewish people of their dignity and legal identities. The Big Interview features Lee Wade, a transgender radio…
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In this week’s Big Story, I dive into the Heritage Foundation’s “Project 2025” and the alarming comments made by its president, Kevin Roberts, regarding the future of gender-affirming care for adults. We listen to a chilling clip where Roberts suggests outlawing transition-related healthcare entirely, regardless of age. I also cover the disturbing shift in ICE…
This week’s Big Story starts with a bit of a sidebar on ICE purportedly drawing down its agents in Minnesota. While the Trump administration claims it’s because the state has finally started “cooperating,” the reality on the ground in Chaska tells a different story. The much heavier news is that Children’s Minnesota—the largest children’s hospital…
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Ellie discusses the new guidance from the American Association of Plastic Surgeons now recommending no gender-affirming care for peopel under 18; Isaac Johnson of TransLawrence Coalition in Lawrence, Kansas is the Big Interview; Trump administration diminishing the history of the murder of Medgar Evers.
The Big Story is about the US Air Force retracting pension-award letters to a dozen transgender service members with 15-18 years of service who were being drummed out of the military due to Trump’s ban. The Air Force said it had “made a mistake” in granting the service members pensions; my take is that it…
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This week’s Big Story is split into two disturbing reports: the escalating and ominous actions of ICE agents in Minnesota—including the abduction of observers—and the Trump administration’s targeting of transgender gun owners through potential changes to federal forms. For the Big Interview, I’m thrilled to be joined by acclaimed author and writer Lyz Lenz to…
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This week’s Big Story covers the terrifying ICE raids sweeping the Twin Cities and my concerns regarding the Supreme Court’s recent arguments on transgender student athletes. For the Big Interview, I speak with Becky and Monique, two courageous activists from Carver County who detail how they successfully rallied their community to stop the local Sheriff…
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This week’s Big Story focuses on the tragic murder of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent, a horrific act that highlights the dangers facing our community and the need for accountability. For the Big Interview, I speak with Gwen Howerton, a reporter for Chron.com, about the city of Arlington, Texas, inexplicably repealing its LGBTQ+…
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I kick off 2026 by diving into a disturbing story at the University of Oklahoma where a trans teaching assistant was fired after giving a zero to a student who used AI to write a hateful, religiously charged paper—absolute insanity! The Big Interview features investigative reporter Lauren McGaughy, who joins me to expose how the…
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This episode originally aired December 21, 2024: The Big Story this week is a continuation of last week’s BS (literally, that’s what it is BS) with 37 Democratic Senators voting to pass the National Defense Authorization Act, including MN’s two Senators, Tina Smith and Amy Klobuchar. As with the House version, the bill passed by…
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I admit right away that I am not in the holiday spirit because our community is facing a “ten-alarm fire” with the passage of Marjorie Taylor Greene’s horrific “Protect Children’s Innocence Act” and a new HHS rule threatening hospital funding. My Big Interview is with Ryan Cooper from The American Prospect, who joins me to…
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In this episode, I dedicate the Big Story to the political firestorm surrounding Marjorie Taylor Greene’s “Protect Children’s Innocence Act,” which aims to federally criminalize gender-affirming care for minors and is set for a floor vote next week—a shocking display of hypocrisy and an architecture for a police state. I then introduce my Big Interview…
It’s the show’s first anniversary! We do a review of the year, highlighting various interviews with the likes of U of Chicago behavioral scientist Nick Eppley and friend-of-the-show, Vanessa Tenneyson. The Big Interview is with Bella and Trish Tousignant, who talk about how their 39-year marriage not only survived, but blossomed when Bella came out…
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This episode originally aired May 3, 2025: It’s an Ellie’s Talking Head Show! The Big Story is about how Robert Kennedy Jr.’s HHS has issued a report on gender affirming care for transgender youth and—surprise—it claims that that crucial medical care is harming children! Other stories have transgender people participating in the funeral for Pope…
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We begin this Ellie’s Talking Head show by remembering President John F. Kennedy on the 62nd anniversary of his assignation and contrasting his leadership with that of Donald Trump. The first Big Story is about how the Trump administration is preventing transgender and nonbinary persons from obtaining passports that match their gender identities. Big Story…
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We’ve hit the half-century mark with Episode No. 50! I begin by highlighting Transgender Day of Remembrance, November 20th every year, and share about how TGDOR came into existence (in 1999, to honor transgender and nonbinary persons lost to violence or suicide in the preceding year). This November 20th, please tell a trans or nonbinary…
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