From code switching to House Hunters feat. Patrick Ladonis

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11/20/23 • 60 min

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Allyship is a Verb

Watch the recording for PFLAG Los Angeles Presents: Trans and Nonbinary Joy ✨

This week, Patrick Ladonis (he/him) shares how he shifted from fear to freedom when he came out to over 400 people at the premiere of his web series SCALES. In this episode, you will learn 1. How stressful it was to have people pry into his personal life before he felt comfortable talking about his now husband in the workplace 2. What CEOs and senior leadership can do to show up for employees, especially for shifting to an inclusive culture 3. How creating his web series changed him by building up his confidence, and he hopes future generations will discover it

🎙️ Connect with Patrick:

SCALES The Webseries | YouTube

💻 Sources and resources:

Lost-n-Found Youth | Atlanta-based nonprofit organization that provides services to LGBTQ+ youth experiencing homelessness.
Atlanta Angels | Supporting children, youth, and families experiencing foster care.

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.

Watch the recording for PFLAG Los Angeles Presents: Trans and Nonbinary Joy ✨

🎙️ Connect with Patrick:

SCALES The Webseries | YouTube

💻 Sources and resources:

Lost-n-Found Youth | Atlanta-based nonprofit organization that provides services to LGBTQ+ youth experiencing homelessness.
Atlanta Angels | Supporting children, youth, and families experiencing foster care.

Previous Episode

How to mess up a health checkup feat. Tiffany Rossdale

This week, Tiffany Rossdale (she/her) shares about being a transgender woman and transformational life coach who emigrated from Manila, Philippines, to Tokyo, Japan. In this episode, you will learn 1. Why she’s passionate about legal reform for Japan’s LGBTQ+ community and advocacy, taking inspiration from other transgender actors and activists like Laverne Cox and Angelica Ross 2. How she has been navigating the complexities of dating as a transgender woman, including safety considerations 3. What healthcare providers can do to serve transgender and nonbinary patients better.

🎙️ Connect with Tiffany:

Breakfast with Tiffany Show | Apple Podcasts
Website
Facebook
Instagram
LinkedIn

💻 Sources and resources:

Good news! Days after the episode was published, this happened: Japan's top court says trans sterilisation requirement unconstitutional | BBC News
FEW Japan | For Empowering Women in Japan
Pride House Tokyo
Famous Japanese Trans Women | Tumblr post
'Deeply hurt': Anti-trans hostility rises in Japan | Japan Times
Aya Kamikawa | Wikipedia
LGBT culture in Tokyo | Wikipedia

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 given their unique intersecting identities. You can follow Charlie on ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠Substack.

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Queering weddings and gender expression feat. Tonya

⁠⁠📺 ⁠⁠Watch the recording⁠⁠ for PFLAG Los Angeles Presents: Trans and Nonbinary Joy ✨

☎️ Call the new QTP Loveline to get various LGBTQ+ affirmations and encouragement

This week, Tonya (she/they) shares how questioning their gender 3-5 years ago has taken them on a journey, including navigating decisions about pronouns, make-up, hair length, and clothing. In this episode, you will learn 1. Why they hired a wedding planner who has experience with queer weddings, among other intentional decisions they've been working through 2. What a previous workplace did that was a positive change for the LGBTQ+ community at large 3. How, surprisingly, a trip to a coffee shop in a small town in Texas recently made them feel seen

💻 Sources and resources:

Microsoft Teams Pronouns | YouTube video showing how to enable it
Reel one and two | Instagram account @butchboudoirproject showing how to add pronouns for iOS17

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.