Today Marlo Mack, of the How To Be A Girl podcast, and her friend, “Kay,” join us to talk about their experiences of raising transgender kids in America today. We also dig into what families with transgender kids expect to be dealing with under Trump’s second term, and how those of us with trans kids in our lives and hearts can step up and become more active allies in an increasingly unsafe landscape.
Links:
* Trump Is Trying to Make It Illegal to Help a Trans Child
* Marlo’s beautiful short cartoon about her daughter’s transition
* Erin Reed’s trans youth safety map
* Marlo’s memoir, How to be a Girl
* Trans Support Signs and more
* March 31st Trans Day of Visibility Events
Culture Recommendations:
* More of Marlo’s author recommendations:
Additional links to support trans youth:
* Trans Youth Equality Foundation Emergency Fund
* Bay Area Rainbow Families Ally Kit
* SFUSD’s letter of support for trans kids (inspiring template for other districts)
* Template for writing to healthcare institutions in support of trans care
* How parents can support educators right now from Garrett Bucks
* Claire Zulkey’s fundraiser for the Trevor Project
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