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/
Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 6 hours 30 minutes
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Episode XI: Bathroom Bill
I never thought a bathroom bill - the kind they passed in North Carolina - would come to my home state. But it did. They're trying to pass one where I live, and this is the story of my fight (so far) against it...
Episode X: School (Part II)
This is a continuation of Episode IX. It tells the rest of the story of what happened when my transgender daughter started second grade at a new school...
Episode IX: School (Part I)
This episode has been six months in the making, because that's how long it took for this story to play out. It's the story of my daughter entering second grade at a new school where we knew no one, almost no one knew her secret, and I had no idea how I was going to keep her safe...
Episode VIII: Meeting Laverne
Earlier this year, my daughter got to meet the transgender TV star Laverne Cox. I wrote about it for my blog, and that heart-warming, feel-good post went crazy viral on the internet. But there's more to the story. Here it is...
Episode VI: The Interview
This episode is a little different from the others I've made. It's mostly just my daughter talking, answering my questions about what it's like being a transgender six year old.
Episode V: Looking for Love
She's six years old and transgender. I'm a single mom. This is what happens when we both hit the dating scene and compare notes about it.
Music credits: "Night Owl" by Broke for Free, "Is This What Mama Meant" by Michaela Anne.
Episode IV: Tom Boy Trans Girl
How girlie do you have to be to secure your spot in the girl club? And what happens when your own mother questions your girl credentials?
Bonus: The Origins of Acrobat Girl:
Music credits: "Action" and "Eastern" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), "Xena: Warrior Princess - Main Title" by Joseph LoDuca.
Episode III: How Old is Gender?
Am I insane? How can I be so sure that my young child is transgender?
Music credits: "Her Love Comes in Air" by soundZcapa, "Gato" by Rod Hamilton, "Kaikou" by Satori.
Episode II: Daily Life in the House of Girls
What's it like raising a transgender child? How did your family respond? What about school? How in the world does this work? This episode gives you the low-down on what daily life is really like for us.