Supporting Transgender Voices With Jodie Patterson

07/27/21 • 29 min

This week, Hilaria and Alec Baldwin chat with Jodie Patterson, an author, activist, mother of 5 and Chair of the Human Rights Campaign Foundation Board, the largest LGBTQAI+ advocacy group and political lobbying organization in the United States. Jodie is also on Mount Sinai’s Institute for Health Equity Research Task Force, the Advisory Board of the Ackerman Institute’s Gender & Family Project, and Mount Sinai’s Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery Advisory Board. The United Nations has recognized her as a Champion of Change.

At the age of 3, Jodie Patterson's son announced, "Mama, I’m not a girl. I’m a boy." As a result, Jodie wrote the book, “The Bold World: A Memoir of Family and Transformation” which was published in 2019. Her new book is titled “Born Ready: The True Story Of A Boy Named Penelope."

In this conversation, Jodie discusses what life is like as the parent of a transgender child. She talks about how her family reacted and grew through this experience and gives advice to parents who might be navigating similar complicated waters.

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