Coming Out as Trans: When HR Takes That Decision Away feat. Leo Yockey

In this week’s episode, Dr. Kyl Myers (they/them, she/her) shares how their gender creative parenting has evolved over the years and that it can look different for each family. Learn how gender creative parenting gave her an opportunity to check in with herself about her own gender and gender expression. We also discuss some of the questions that you asked on Instagram! Are you trying to support friends in your life who have LGBTQ+ kids? Kyl talks about some of what's helped them, which might sound counterintuitive. We also talk about the emotional labor of internet trolls and some of the pressures of a large following on social media.

🎙️ Connect with Kyl:

• Dr. Myers’s website
• Instagram
• YouTube Channel
• Patreon
• Raising Them book - support small + local business by purchasing from Bookshop.org
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💻 Sources and resources from this episode:

• Dr. Myers’s Essay in TIME
• TEDx Talk “Want Gender Equality? Let’s Get Creative"
• Raising Zoomer Blog and the post on Sasha and Storm
• Raising Zoomer Instagram (doesn’t use this account anymore, but lots of great info)

Host Charlie Ocean, MSW (they/them), has a background in LGBTQ+ training, community organizing, and technology. Guest episodes feature at least one allyship tip, including tailored questions based on the guests' unique intersecting identities. You can follow Charlie on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack. *You will hear Charlie's former name in this episode and previous ones.*