How to Be a Girl

How to Be a Girl is an audio podcast I produce about life with my six-year-old transgender daughter. It stars the two of us -- a single mom and a six-year-old "girl with a penis" -- as we attempt together to sort out just what it means to be a girl.

http://www.howtobeagirlpodcast.com/

Eine durchschnittliche Folge dieses Podcasts dauert 17m. Bisher sind 41 Folge(n) erschienen. Dieser Podcast erscheint alle 4 Wochen.

Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 6 hours 30 minutes

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Episode XXXIII: How We Are Now


It's been over two years. I wanted to let you know how we are doing.

Thank you for your patience.

(Spoiler: My daughter is still amazing...


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 December 25, 2023  n/a
 
 

episode 32: The Medical Stuff


For years, people have asked me what I would do when my daughter hit puberty. Was I going to let her do... the "medical stuff?" Well, right after the pandemic struck, so did puberty. And this is what my daughter (and her mother) decided to do.


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 September 6, 2021  42m
 
 

Episode XXXI: M is for Middle School, Take Two


This episode is different from any of our previous episodes. It’s also a do-over, because the first version of this episode overlooked the fact that my daughter is growing up, fast. She’s almost a teenager, and we both agree that it’s time she took charge. So that’s what she did. (Here’s a little more about how this episode came to be...


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 November 2, 2020  n/a
 
 

Episode XXXI: M is for Middle School


A long-overdue update on the life of my beautiful transgender daughter. She's almost a teenager. She's in middle school. She's still magical. (And middle school girls can still be super mean.)

Edited by the incomparable Whitney Henry-Lester...


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 September 18, 2020  n/a
 
 

Episode XXX: Emma at last


I want you to meet my good friend, Emma. When she was a little girl, she was just like my daughter. But no one knew her for 60 years. I'm so glad she's here now.


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 September 23, 2019  n/a
 
 

Episode XXIX: Eleven


I sit down for a talk with my (almost) 11-year-old: Cliques, gossip, fashion, puberty, and how it feels to be a transgender tween...


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 January 25, 2019  n/a
 
 

Episode XXVIII: The Tell


A new friend at school. A poker lesson. A 10-year-old hatches a plan...


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 December 31, 2018  n/a
 
 

Episode XXVII: Playdates with Christians


Are the new next-door neighbors going to let their daughters play with mine if they find out she's transgender? To attempt to answer this...


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 November 30, 2018  n/a
 
 

Episode XXVI: Sarah McBride


Need to hear a positive story about politics? I know I do...


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 November 6, 2018  n/a
 
 

Episode XXV: To Tell or Not to Tell? (Advice from HTBAG listeners)


In the last episode, I asked my listeners to help me answer this question: Should my daughter tell the kids at her new school that she's...


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 October 30, 2018  n/a