Creators of ‘Southlake' podcast turn attention to Grapevine-Colleyville and LGBTQ battle

The acclaimed podcast Southlake explored the racial and cultural fight that consumed a wealthy, mostly white North Texas suburb, placing the town a...

September 28, 2023
11:12 PM

The acclaimed podcast Southlake explored the racial and cultural fight that consumed a wealthy, mostly white North Texas suburb, placing the town at the center of a national crusade against critical race theory. Now, its creators have returned with another fraught subject: the battle over gay and transgender rights in Grapevine-Colleyville schools. The six-part podcast from NBC News tells the story of a teacher and a transgender teenager caught in the middle of the school district's new policies targeting a range of LGBTQ rights.

Sarah Bahari