The debate over gender identity pits the trans narrative against radical feminists who insist that those born female require unique forms of legal protection and physical spaces where they can build consciousness, battle oppression, and achieve equality. On this week’s episode of On Contact, Chris Hedges delves into this debate with:

– Mary Lou Singleton, a midwife, nurse practitioner and lifelong women’s liberation activist

– Maya Dillard Smith, a legal scholar who left her position as head of the ACLU of Georgia over President Obama’s directive for public schools to let transgender students use the bathroom of their choice.

Plus, RT correspondent Anya Parampil looks at the economic realities and violence that plague women and girls.