169 - Growing up with a Trans Parent, with Emma Thomas from Children of Transitioners

Gender: A Wider Lens

Sasha Ayad and Stella O'Malley

Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Mental Health

4.6 • 961 Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2024

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Sasha and Stella warmly welcome Emma Thomas to the show highlighting her significant role as an advocate for children of transitioners. Emma talks about growing up with an AGP dad, the importance of safeguarding children, the misinformation around chestfeeding, and her hope that autogynephilia is treatable or preventable.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Stella O'Malley, a psychotherapist in Ireland.
0:04.4	And I'm Sasha Ayyad, an adolescent therapist in the United States.
0:08.6	And this is Gender, a wider lens, a podcast dedicated to the shifting concepts around gender in our contemporary culture.
0:16.0	Through in-depth interviews, personal stories, and psychological exploration, we seek to open up the discourse around this hot button issue.
0:25.0	Join us as we look at gender from a wider lens.
0:31.0	Hi Stella. How's it going? How's life? Life is good. Sitting here both in our bright colored shirts ready for this episode.
0:42.0	And t-shirts, summers come.
0:44.0	Yeah.
0:45.0	Yeah, it feels warm.
0:46.0	What's the weather like in Ireland right now?
0:48.0	Oh, it's a typical summer day, cold and wet, yeah.
0:51.0	Okay, thanks.
0:54.0	Well, we spoke to somebody not too far off from you,
0:58.0	British woman named Emma Thomas,
1:01.0	and she is very, very interesting because she is a child of a
1:06.2	transitioner her father transitioned in I think the 80s was it and now, she's shared a little bit about her story with us today and she also does advocacy work for children of transitioners, which when we start thinking about all the implications and she gets into her story, you just think,
1:26.0	wow, this is a lot and we barely hear this talked about and I think it's so important.
1:34.6	I really do, You know Emma worked as a teacher for 15 years and you can see it in the way she approaches things
1:38.8	she's she's thinking of the of the children and she remembers what it was like for herself she clearly had a very
1:45.1	difficult childhood I think I think everybody will find this a very compelling episode but also
1:49.8	slightly horrifying if I if I'm honest. You know the experiences she was being faced with
1:55.8	this kind of extraordinary trans scene when she was in puberty that just sounded so
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