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…

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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)