Parenthood can be a complicated topic for trans people, be it in relation to our own parents, or in relation to us as parents ourselves. Why are parental roles so gendered, and what's it like when you transition after your kids are already born? Let's find out. We welcome cartoonist Mae Dean back to the show to discuss, and you'll also learn how low necklines help you vent excess heat, and how everything we know about having respectful disagreements we learned from Star Trek.

MAE DEAN

Twitter: @maegodhavemercy

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Webcomic: reallifecomics.com

Trans Parents and Mother's Day

Search the Record

Tilly Episodes Around May 9, 2023

Trans Roles and Stories

What Real Cis Acceptance Looks Like

The Signs Were Always There

Interview with Shakina

False Allyship

Trans Body Hacking

Trans Intersectionality

The False Dichotomy

Finding Our Own Representation - P!nk

Trans Day of Visibility (am I trans enough?)

The Erasure of Trans Men

Heavily Gendered Clothes and Trans People

Searching for Meaning (When You're Trans and Don't Know it)

Trans Courage

Internalized Transphobia

Trans Parents and Mother's Day

Anecdotal Trans Healthcare

Giving Yourself Permission to Explore Gender

Cis People Get Gender Affirming Healthcare Too

Rainbow Capitalism

Parents Who Will Never Know the Real You

Trans Freedom (and Underwear)

The Matrix and its Trans Allegories

Compliments

Transition Setbacks

Three Year Retrospective

Cis is Not a Slur

Confidence

Privilege (time and money)

Finding Our Trans Style

Misgendering and Passing

Summary