In this episode Mardi and Lenny explore the trans experience from a parental perspective with Joy and Diana from the Transparently Speaking podcast. These parents stories are filled with strength, unconditional love and the lengths we have to go through in today’s America. This generational discussion of trans childhood history is a required listen.

Links:

Transparently Speaking podcast: https://transparentlyspeakingpodcast.buzzsprout.com/

Plume Clinic: https://getplume.co/

The Trevor Project: https://thetrevorproject.org

Trans LifeLine: https://translifeline.org/

In this episode Mardi P. and Lenny Z. begin with a guided breathing before diving into current events affecting the trans community. They recommend alternative news sources in light of mainstream media's decline, call out widespread shadow-banning of queer content on social media, and revisit the Kansas driver's license law. They also call out Lyft's "trans joy" discount as performative rainbow capitalism.

They reflect on their own history of having no rights as trans women in the 1970s, drawing parallels between today's rollbacks and historical struggles like Jim Crow. Trans tropes of the week include strangers asking invasive questions about trans people's bodies, and "trans pick-me" gatekeeping of those who transition later in life — a bias Mardi admits she once held herself. On a lighter note, Mardi shares her excitement over her new supportive French bra and they tease upcoming guests including a well-known Instagram figure who transitioned after having a family.

Buckle up for an episode soaked in some fun crazy wisdom! Alternatives to mainstream media: I've Had It Podcast (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/@ivehaditpodcast AlJazeera News - https://www.aljazeera.com/where/united-states/

In Episode 3 of Season 3 of A Life Live Trans, we kick things off with Wizard of Oz banter before diving into the big topics of the day. Our main focus is the alarming (but potentially overhyped) news about Kansas attempting to invalidate transgender people's IDs and driver's licenses. Drawing on a community contact in Texas, we find out Kansas has tried and failed to enforce similar legislation before, and question the fear-mongering and clickbait — even from within the trans community — that spreads panic without proper context. We suggest listeners to seek out boots-on-the-ground sources, read full articles, and connect with local human rights organizations rather than reacting to sensational headlines.

There's Mardi's near-miss with cartel violence in Puerto Vallarta, Lenny's hot take on drug decriminalization, musings on AI and ChatGPT after a viral TikTok clip of a young trans woman having an emotional breakdown while chatting with the bot about selling her Birkin bag, and a shout-out to their new European collaborator who connected with them through Patreon. Hope you enjoy our humor, and hard-won wisdom. We've survived far scarier times — and our trans community (along with our allies) is stronger than the algorithm wants it to believe.