Beyond the Binary

Sumner McRae
Beyond the Binary

Beyond the Binary is a podcast centered on queer, nonbinary, transgender, and gender non-conforming folks navigating spaces where binary gender is deeply entrenched and enforced. We’ll tackle each broader theme in a short series of episodes. Our very first five-episode arc will look at the experiences of trans and nonbinary parents.

Episodes

  1. 03/30/2023

    S1 Episode 5: Community

    How do we find nonbinary, trans, and queer parent community? What does it mean to raise kids in a broader community of queer support? How did our own first experiences of trans and queer community affect us growing up? Where do we see our stories reflected around us and connect with others like us now and across history? In this final episode in our parenting series, we talk with new guest, Raw, about finding Black, queer parent community as part of Parentxhood, growing up queer in Michigan, and their graphic novel featuring a non-binary main character. We hear again from Dylan Flunker and Meghan Myron-Karels one more time to close out this season. We’ll also be talking about Prime Video’s A League of Their Own series… because we can’t help ourselves… Visit us: beyondthebinarypodcast.com  Follow us on Instagram: @beyondthebinary_podcast  Learn more about Raw at http://www.rawislove.com/ or follow Raw on Instagram: @irawniq and @charliesbestworkyet  Episode resources: Parentxhood: A safe space for Black queer parents to create deep connections and build support systems for ourselves and our families: https://www.parentxhood.com/.  Family Equality: Trans, Nonbinary, and Gender Nonconforming Parents Virtual Peer Support Space. https://www.familyequality.org/trans-nonbinary-and-gender-nonconforming-parents-virtual-peer-support-space/   Den of Geek: “How A League of Their Own Highlights the Vibrancy of Queer Communities.” https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/how-a-league-of-their-own-highlights-the-vibrancy-of-queer-communities/  Podcasts: Gender Reveal Podcast: https://www.genderpodcast.com/  Making Queer History: https://www.makingqueerhistory.com/  Books: Before We Were Trans (Kit Heyam) For the kids: Charlie’s Best Work Yet (Ris Irawniq Anderson) Neither (Airlie Anderson)

    30 min

  2. 03/23/2023

    S1 Episode 4: Family

    What are family dynamics like for trans and nonbinary folks with kids? How does this shape our relationships with our families of origin? How do we create and nurture our own new families? Why are the bonds we have with our chosen kin so strong? This week, we talk with new guest Dylan Flunker, and again with returning guests Jess Venable-Novak, Meghan Myron-Karels, and Ash Dasuqi.  Visit us: beyondthebinarypodcast.com  Follow us on Instagram: @beyondthebinary_podcast  Episode resources: The Guardian: “The new American family: Trans, gender queer, nonbinary, two-spirit.” https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2019/jun/20/american-family-trans-gender-queer-nonbinary  Frontiers in Psychology: “Division of Labor Among Transgender and Gender Non-binary Parents: Association With Individual, Couple, and Children’s Behavioral Outcomes.” https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00015/full  Them: “Between the Binary: On the Gratitude I Feel to My Chosen Family.” https://www.them.us/story/gratitude-for-chosen-family-during-coronavirus  NBC News: “How the Black queer community is re-imagining the family tree.” https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/black-queer-community-re-imagining-family-tree-rcna16134 Rainbow Families Trans and Gender Diverse Parents Guide: https://www.transhealthsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Rainbow_Families_TGD_Parents-Guide.pdf  Other Podcasts: The Queer Family Podcast: https://www.thequeerfamilypodcast.com/  Gender Reveal Podcast: Transgender Parenting “Starter Pack”: https://www.genderpodcast.com/starterpacks Books: Blood, Marriage, Wine, and Glitter (S. Bear Bergman) For the kids: Neither (Airlie Anderson) Jamie and Bubbie (Afsaneh Moradian) My Maddy (Gayle E. Pittman)

    25 min

  3. 03/16/2023 · BONUS

    This week, we need YOU!

    This week we need you! New episodes will be back next week to wrap up our series on nonbinary parenthood. In the meantime, we need your help to keep growing our podcast community! We're starting to brainstorm ideas for future seasons of Beyond the Binary. If you have ideas of things you'd love to hear us cover, drop us a comment or message on Instagram, or use the contact form on our website. Don't forget to follow the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen, and leave us a review! Episode 4: Family will be out next week, so stay tuned!  Visit us at: beyondthebinarypodcast.com  Find us on instagram: @beyondthebinary_podcast Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/beyondthebinary

    2 min

  4. 03/09/2023

    S1 Episode 3: Kids

    So, what happens for nonbinary parents once their kids are here and fully realized? How do we navigate things like school, sports, activities, and you know, other parents? And how do we navigate gender identity journeys that may still be in progress, or fluid over the course of our lives as parents? We talk about queer and nonbinary parent visibility while getting involved in our kids’ lives, raising gender creative kids, anti-trans legislation looming in places like Florida and elsewhere, and doing the proactive work to make sure our families are seen and respected. This week we talk with guests Jess Venable-Novak, and again with Meghan Myron-Karels and Ash Dasuqi. Podcast website: beyondthebinarypodcast.com Follow us on Instagram: @beyondthebinary_podcast Episode resources: The Establishment: “How Queer and Trans Parents are Raising Revolutionary Children During the Trump Era.” https://theestablishment.co/how-queer-and-trans-parents-are-raising-revolutionary-children-during-the-trump-era-ef47de371fa2/index.html Xtra Magazine: “I’m a non-binary parent. There still isn’t space for me.” (andrea bennett): https://xtramagazine.com/love-sex/im-a-non-binary-parent-there-still-isnt-s pace-for-me-154990 LGBTQ+ Family: An Interdisciplinary Journal: “Parenting Beyond the Binary? An Empirical Test of Norm-Centered Stigma Theory and the Stigmatization of Nonbinary Parents.” (Meredith G. F. Worthen and Chancey Herbolsheimer): https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/27703371.2022.2123422?journalCode=wgfs21 Washington Post (March 5, 2023): “Florida bills would ban gender studies, trangender pronouns, tenure perks.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/03/05/florida-bills-would-ban-gender-studies-transgender-pronouns-tenure-perks/ Rainbow Families Trans and Gender Diverse Parents Guide: https://www.transhealthsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Rainbow_Families_TGD_Parents-Guide.pdf Other Podcasts: Gender Reveal Podcast: Transgender Parenting “Starter Pack”: https://www.genderpodcast.com/starterpacks Books: Raising Them: Our Adventure in Gender Creative Parenting (Kyl Myers) Like a Boy But Not a Boy: Navigating Life, Mental Health, and Parenthood Outside the Gender Binary (by andrea bennett) For the kids: What are Your Words? (Katherine Locke) Jamie is Jamie (Afsaneh Moradian) Julian is a Mermaid (Jessica Love)

    31 min

  5. 03/02/2023

    S1 Episode 2: Birth

    How does the gender binary show up around pregnancy and birth? How do trans and gender-nonconforming people navigate all that? How does race intersect with these experiences? And are things starting to change at all? Are our ideas about birth and gender becoming more expansive and more inclusive? And if they’re not, how can we make it better? Visit us at: beyondthebinarypodcast.com  Episode resources: Doula4All (Nadine Ashby): https://www.doula4all.com/ Birth Revolution: https://thebirthrevolution.org/ Embodied Birth (Ash Dasuqi): https://www.embodiedbirthclass.com/ “A Mother, But Not a Woman”: https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2019/08/16/non-binary-pregnant-navigating-most-gendered-role-all-motherhood/ “Black birthing persons matter - all of them” (Harvard Medical School Primary Care Review): https://info.primarycare.hms.harvard.edu/review/black-birthing-persons-matter “For many pregnant trans people, competent medical care is hard to find”: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/for-many-pregnant-trans-people-competent-medical-care-is-hard-to-find Rainbow Families Trans and Gender Diverse Parents Guide: https://www.transhealthsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Rainbow_Families_TGD_Parents-Guide.pdf Other podcasts: Masculine Birth Ritual: https://www.masculinebirthritual.com/home Evidence Based Birth (Episode 182: Black-led Queer and Trans Birth Work): https://evidencebasedbirth.com/black-led-queer-and-trans-birth-work-with-mystique-hargrove-kortney-lapeyrolerie-and-nadine-ashby/ Books: The Natural Mother of the Child: A Memoir of Nonbinary Parenthood (by Krys Malcolm Belc) For the kids: What Makes a Baby (author)

    39 min

  6. 02/23/2023

    S1 Episode 1: Conception

    What does the super-gendered landscape of parenthood look like for non-binary parents? Our culture is largely organized around the idea that parents are either Moms or Dads. But not everyone feels like a mom or a dad, so then what? How do we conceive of ourselves? Beyond the Binary website: www.beyondthebinarypodcast.com Follow on Instagram @beyondthebinary_podcast Resources: National Center for Transgender Equality: https://transequality.org/issues/resources/understanding-non-binary-people-how-to-be-respectful-and-supportive NPR: A Guide to Gender Identity Terms: https://www.npr.org/2021/06/02/996319297/gender-identity-pronouns-expression-guide-lgbtq Beyond Kings and Queens: Gender and Politics in the 2019 Black Census: https://blackcensus.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Beyond-Kings-and-Queens-Gender-and-Politics.pdf Rainbow Families Trans and Gender Diverse Parents Guide: https://www.transhealthsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Rainbow_Families_TGD_Parents-Guide.pdf Xtra Magazine: “I’m a non-binary parent. There still isn’t space for me.” (andrea bennett): https://xtramagazine.com/love-sex/im-a-non-binary-parent-there-still-isnt-space-for-me-154990 Other podcasts: “NB” My non-binary life” https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06y51dp/episodes/downloads “Gender Reveal” https://www.genderpodcast.com/ Books: Nonbinary: Memoirs of Gender and Identity (edited by Micah Rajunov and Scott Duane) Like a Boy But Not a Boy: Navigating Life, Mental Health, and Parenthood Outside the Gender Binary (by andrea bennett) For the kids: Neither (by Airlie Anderson)

    17 min

  7. SEASON 1 TRAILER

    Beyond the Binary: Season 1 "Parenthood" Trailer

    Beyond the Binary is a podcast centered on queer, nonbinary, transgender, and gender non-conforming folks navigating spaces where binary gender is deeply entrenched and enforced. We’ll tackle each broader theme in a short series of episodes. Our very first five-episode arc will look at the experiences of trans and nonbinary parents from birth to family life to community. Join us as we talk to non-binary parents about the unique challenges we face, the unique joys we experience and the ways we all come up against the gender binary at nearly every turn once we become parents. Follow us on Instagram @beyondthebinary_podcast or visit us at beyondthebinarypodcast.com.  You can also support the podcast at our Patreon page: patreon.com/beyondthebinary.

    2 min

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About

Beyond the Binary is a podcast centered on queer, nonbinary, transgender, and gender non-conforming folks navigating spaces where binary gender is deeply entrenched and enforced. We’ll tackle each broader theme in a short series of episodes. Our very first five-episode arc will look at the experiences of trans and nonbinary parents.

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  • Creator
    Sumner McRae
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    7
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Sumner McRae
  • Show Website
    Beyond the Binary

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