Episode 11: What We Can Learn About Decolonized Parenting From Transgender Day of Visibility
I invite you to get curious about the topic of visibility with me as we honor Transgender Day of Visibility on March 31st.
Episode Summary
In this episode, we’re going to connect the dots between Transgender Day of Visibility and decolonized parenting. I’ll also share my personal journey as a trans woman that led me to this work of decolonized, embodied, and intergenerational family care.
What You’ll Learn From this Episode:
Nat’s experiences growing up in Thailand as a transgender woman.
Nat’s relationship with her grandmother as a source of resilience and a catalyst for her personal intergenerational family healing work.
How this personal experience makes Nat passionate about decolonized, embodied, and intergenerational family building work.
Systemic oppression many transgender individuals experience.
Concrete organizations and action steps you can take to support trans communities.
One invitation parents can do in their daily parenting as decolonized parents that honors themselves and Transgender Day of Visibility.
How Transgender Day of Visibility may inspire parents to re-write their family stories and see other aspects of their caregivers’ contexts.
How Nat began her intergenerational family healing work with her mother.
Three reflective questions for decolonized, embodied, and intergenerational family building.
Resource Mentioned:
The Transrespect versus Transphobia Worldwide (TvT) research project
Trans Chicago Empowerment Center
Support Illinois’s name change law
Other Important Resources:
Read an article I wrote for Them titled “The Safety, Privilege, and Invisibility I Found Living Stealth“
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