How to Be a Girl

Episode XXIV: Moving & Marrying, Part III - New School




<p>My daughter starts fifth grade at a new school next month.  It's a fresh start, where no one knows that she's transgender.  How do I handle this? How do I advise her?  Should she keep her transgender status to herself or be more open? At the end of this episode, I'll be asking for your advice: What should I do?</p><p>MUSIC CREDITS: "Sensitive" and "Constellation" by Podington Bear (licensed under <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/" target="_blank">CC BY-NC 3.0</a>) and "Bloom" by Jahzzar (licensed under <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" target="_blank">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>).</p>

How to Be a Girl is an audio podcast I produce about life with my six-year-old transgender daughter. It stars the two of us -- a single mom and a six-year-old "girl with a penis" -- as we attempt together to sort out just what it means to be a girl.