Beyond the Binary

Beyond the Binary

Beyond the Binary is a podcast centered on queer, nonbinary, transgender, and gender non-conforming folks navigating spaces where binary gender is deeply entrenched and enforced. We’ll tackle each broader theme in a short series of episodes. Our very first five-episode arc will look at the experiences of trans and nonbinary parents.

Episodes

March 30, 2023 29 mins

How do we find nonbinary, trans, and queer parent community? What does it mean to raise kids in a broader community of queer support? How did our own first experiences of trans and queer community affect us growing up? Where do we see our stories reflected around us and connect with others like us now and across history? In this final episode in our parenting series, we talk with new guest, Raw, about finding Black, queer parent co...

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What are family dynamics like for trans and nonbinary folks with kids? How does this shape our relationships with our families of origin? How do we create and nurture our own new families? Why are the bonds we have with our chosen kin so strong? This week, we talk with new guest Dylan Flunker, and again with returning guests Jess Venable-Novak, Meghan Myron-Karels, and Ash Dasuqi. 


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March 15, 2023 2 mins

This week we need you! New episodes will be back next week to wrap up our series on nonbinary parenthood. In the meantime, we need your help to keep growing our podcast community! We're starting to brainstorm ideas for future seasons of Beyond the Binary. If you have ideas of things you'd love to hear us cover, drop us a comment or message on Instagram, or use the contact form on our website. Don't forget to follow the podcast on A...

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March 8, 2023 31 mins

So, what happens for nonbinary parents once their kids are here and fully realized? How do we navigate things like school, sports, activities, and you know, other parents? And how do we navigate gender identity journeys that may still be in progress, or fluid over the course of our lives as parents? We talk about queer and nonbinary parent visibility while getting involved in our kids’ lives, raising gender creative kids, anti-tran...

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March 1, 2023 38 mins

How does the gender binary show up around pregnancy and birth? How do trans and gender-nonconforming people navigate all that? How does race intersect with these experiences? And are things starting to change at all? Are our ideas about birth and gender becoming more expansive and more inclusive? And if they’re not, how can we make it better?

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February 22, 2023 16 mins

What does the super-gendered landscape of parenthood look like for non-binary parents? Our culture is largely organized around the idea that parents are either Moms or Dads. But not everyone feels like a mom or a dad, so then what? How do we conceive of ourselves?

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Beyond the Binary is a podcast centered on queer, nonbinary, transgender, and gender non-conforming folks navigating spaces where binary gender is deeply entrenched and enforced. We’ll tackle each broader theme in a short series of episodes. Our very first five-episode arc will look at the experiences of trans and nonbinary parents from birth to family life to community. Join us as we talk to non-binary parents about the unique cha...

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