Everyday Trans Activism
Mandy Giles of Parents of Trans Youth talks with remarkable individuals working for transgender rights and equality so we can be inspired in our own advocacy. The show amplifies trans voices and centers the trans experience, featuring people who work in their own ways with their own skills and passions.
Whether it’s about fighting anti-trans legislation, accessing healthcare and mental health support, workplace issues, or protecting transgender kids, these conversations will open your eyes to the critical work being done within and for the transgender community.
Anyone can become a trans activist!
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Everyday Trans Activism
Parenting trans kids with JOY with Ben Greene
#12 This episode’s guest is Ben Greene! Ben (he/him) is a trans man, transgender advocate, and educator who has spoken internationally on topics surrounding transgender inclusion.
After coming out at 15 in small-town Connecticut and giving a popular TEDx talk at Brandeis University, Ben has devoted his career to spreading empathy, education, and storytelling around the trans experience. He is a fierce advocate for transgender youth, regularly speaking in their defense at the Missouri State Capitol. When he's not speaking during working hours, he's delivering free presentations to parent support groups around the country and spending hours one-on-one with families of newly out transgender loved ones. Ben is the author of the newly released book My Child is Trans, Now What?: A Joy-Centered Approach to Support (affiliate link).
You can find Ben on his website https://www.bgtranstalks.com/ or Instagram, TikTok, and LinkedIn.
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Show notes and full transcripts available at www.parentsoftransyouth.com/podcast
Everyday Trans Activism is a production of Parents of Trans Youth, a social impact business providing learning, support, and community to parents and caregivers of transgender, nonbinary, and gender-diverse kids.
Host Mandy Giles (she/her) is the Texas parent of two transgender young adults and a fierce advocate for trans kids, their families, and the transgender community.
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