Episode 63: Creating Safe Spaces for Trans Kids with Ben Greene

No One Told Us

Rachael Shepard-Ohta

Society & Culture, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.9 • 590 Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Episode 63: Creating Safe Spaces for Trans Kids with Ben Greene @psuedo.bro Ben Green, a transgender advocate and author, joins the podcast this week to discuss the important topic of transgender inclusion and support for trans kids! Ben encourages a joy-centered approach to supporting trans kids in your own life and the broader community, and celebrates the resilience and strength of the trans community. Inside this episode: Hear Ben’s personal experience of coming out at a young age and the challenges he faced. The importance of creating safe spaces for trans kids to come out and be themselves. How politics can impact the trans community and the need for understanding support, and protective legislation Why representation and normalizing LGBTQ+ identities in media and literature is so valuable. Ben provides tips for parents on how to talk to their kids about gender identity and how to advocate for their trans children in schools. And so much more! Mentioned in this episode: Ben’s Book: My Child is Trans- Now What? A Joy Centered Approach to Support Ben’s website: https://www.bgtranstalks.com/ Ben’s instagram: @psuedo.bro If you enjoyed this episode, please rate 5⭐️ and write us a review! ⬇️ ✨For sleep support and resources, visit heysleepybaby.com and follow @heysleepybaby on Instagram! 😴☁️🤎✨ Rachael is a mom of 3, founder of Hey, Sleepy Baby, and the host of this podcast. Instagram | Tiktok | Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:53.7	Welcome to No One Told Us, the podcast that tells the truth about parenting and talks about all the stuff you wish you knew before having kids.
1:00.5	I'm your host, Rachel, and today I'm joined by Ben Green.
1:04.1	Ben is a transgender advocate, an educator who has spoken internationally on topics surrounding transgender inclusion.
1:12.9	After coming out at 15 in a small town, Ben has devoted his career to spreading empathy, education, and storytelling around
1:18.0	the trans experience. He's also the author of the book My Child is Trans, Now What? A Joy
1:23.7	Centred Approach to Support. He's passionate about educating others from a place of
1:28.0	compassion no matter where they're starting from. I'm so, so happy to have you on the podcast,
1:33.1	Ben. This is such an important topic to me and to many in my community. And it's also something
1:38.4	that a lot of people just don't really know that much about. But it's more important than ever,
1:43.2	I would say, especially
1:44.4	in our current political climate to, like you said, have compassion and curiosity for the
1:51.0	trans experience, especially when it comes to kids. So thank you so much for joining. Yeah, absolutely.
1:58.2	Thank you so much for having me. I am really, really excited to be here.
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