The Illegal Trans Woman

Ellie Krug is the host of The Illegal Trans Woman, airing Saturdays at 4 PM on AM950.

It’s an Ellie’s Talking Head show, beginning with how the Trump administration is targeting 50-60 colleges and universities with investigations for alleged antisemitism—which is a ploy to simply control how the schools admit students and create curricula. First Columbia caved; this week it was Brown University; undoubtedly there will be many others, which will send…

Unfortunately, the Big Story is about how multiple Blue state health care providers are closing their gender affirming care clinics for transgender children and youth despite there being no federal law mandating closures; they’re just caving to fear of federal subpoenas and investigations. Horrible! The Big Interview is with award-winning journalist Varsha Bansal who reports…

This week’s Big Story is about how US Secy of Defense Pete Hegseth’s efforts against “wokeism” resulted in passing over a rear admiral for promotion because nearly a decade ago there were drag shows on the aircraft carrier the admiral commanded. Hegseth also ordered that a Navy oil tender named after gay rights icon Harvey…

It’s an Ellie’s Talking Head show where I cover the multiple MAGA attacks on transgender health care—such as Ohio banning trans youth and adults  on Medicaid from accessing mental health resources or Pam Bondi’s DOJ subpoenaing medical records from 20 Blue state doctors and hospitals that treated trans patients. But there’s always some light, and…

This is an encore of episode 6 from January 11, 2025: The Big Story this week is Meta’s decision to discontinue fact checking and how, inevitably, that will result in more transphobic postings and the risk of cascading marginalization of transgender and gender expansive people. The Big Interview is with Leigh Finke, the first out…

It’s a live show from Pride 2025 at Loring Park in Minneapolis! I share about how it was Pride 2008 when I first went out in public as my true self, as Ellie. I visited a bar named Pi (now long closed) where the doorway person said, “Welcome, we’re happy that you’re here.” It made…

We spend most of the show talking about US v. Skrmetti, in which the US Supreme Court ruled in favor of Tennessee’s ban on gender affirming care (GAC) for transgender minors and youth under 18. This was a horrible decision for my community, and we have Terri Nelson, the Legal Director for the MN ACLU,…

The Big Story is about the Los Angeles Children’s Hospital deciding to shutter gender affirming care services for youth and younger adults, all because its CEO has become fearful of threats by the Trump administration; this most certainly will chill other s Blue state clinics that provide similar care. Ugh! The Big Interview is with…

This is an encore of episode 10 from February 8, 2025: We begin with Trump signing two more executive orders this week. One banned trans girls/young women from participating in women’s sports across the country (and the NCAA immediately agreed to ban trans athletes). The second EO creates a “Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias”…

This week’s Big Story is about how the California Interscholastic Federation has buckled to anti-trans athlete pressure by announcing that any cisgender female athlete who loses to a transgender female athlete will be automatically deemed to have made the cut/placed for purposes of qualifying for a competition. Given how California leads the nation in so…

The Big Story comes out of Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill and how in the dead of night, MAGA Republicans added a provision to strip gender affirming care from every transgender person on Medicaid. God. The Big Interview is with Katelyn Burns, a political reporter/journalist who offers her take on what’s happening to trans people in…

This week’s Big Story is about last week’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling that dissolves a federal court injunction that barred the Defense Department from dismissing thousands of transgender service members. Even though the Supreme Court didn’t fully adjudicate the issue (an appeal for the district court’s ruling will continue), the Court’s ruling effectively gives the…

This is a replay of our inaugural show from December 7, 2024: I lay out the show’s mission, share a little of my background, and address why “Illegal” is part of the show’s name (hint: Project 2025 seeks to outlaw “transgender ideology” whatever the hell that is…). We also cover this week’s oral arguments in…

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 Francis and a brave man in Sylva…

The Big Story this week is about the Mississippi Supreme Court refusing a sixteen-year-old transgender teen boy’s application for a name change, despite his parent’s consent to the change. The Court rationalized that the youth wasn’t “mature enough,” and additionally, to allow the name change would assist with his gender transition in violation of MS…

We start with the Big Story of how the UK Supreme Court ruled that transgender women aren’t included in the definition of female “sex” under the UK’s Equality Act, meaning that trans women can be excluded from all female spaces and sports in the UK. No doubt, MAGA will latch onto this! Ugh. The Big…

On today’s Gaily Show, guest host Ellie Krug from The Illegal Trans Woman on AM950 fills in for John and Jim in a can’t-miss episode.

This week’s Big Story is about how a Florida school district is non-renewing a well-loved high school English teacher’s contract because she had the audacity to use a transgender student’s name that aligns with the student’s gender identity; apparently, that’s illegal in FL (of course!). The Big Interview is with Sam Chapman from the SD…

The Big Story picks up from last week with a list of the mega-sized American law firms that have caved to Trump, and those that have resisted. The Big Interview is with Max Kozlov, a science reporter who wrote about the National Institute of Health gutting all research around transgender health, and instead mandating a…

Ellie Krug is a transgender advocate and speaker, and host of The Illegal Trans Woman on Saturdays at 4 PM on AM950 or anytime on AM950radio.com.

I start the show’s Big Story with talking about fear—those who are afraid of what Trump 2 will do; and those who so care about me that they’ve required a list of emergency contacts in case I go missing. The Big Interview is with Jordan Rubin from MSNBC and the curator of Deadline: Legal Blog…

This week’s Big Story is about federal Judge Ana Reyes and her stinging rebuke of the Trump Administration’s ban on transgender service members; wow! The Big Interview is with Nick Epley, a University of Chicago behavioral scientist who talks about social isolation and the rewards of taking a risk to reach out to someone who…

It’s the first Live TITW show, ever! The Big Story is how TX Attorney General Ken Paxton has ordered TX state agencies to ignore court orders re: changing gender markers and birth certificates for transgender people—the rule of law is now dead in the Lone Star state! Other stories include highlighting the bravery of attorney…

The Big Story is about politicians who do the right thing (Senate Democrats who blocked a national trans youth sports ban) and those who don’t (CA Gov. Gavin Newsom, who in a podcast interview with right wing pundit Charlie Kirk threw trans athletes under the bus). The Big Interview will rock you—it’s with Pastor Luke…