Hi, I'm Alyssa Milano, and this is Sorry Not Sorry.

We live in a time where right-wing politicians and activists are stoking anti-trans fear and hate for political gain.

Around the country legislators are enacting laws which prevent trans youth from receiving gender-affirming care, putting them in their families at risk.

Our guest today, Kate Brooks, is raising a transgender daughter. Her new memoir, Transistor, brings us into her world in an unflinching and unvarnished way.

So David Tannen, this man right here, wore this t-shirt, believed trans kids to loan you absolute breaks.

And of course, the transpose had a meltdown.

She could be any 12-year-old girl, hanging out with her mom and sister. But Zoe was myologically born a boy.

This legislature collectively decides that legislating hate against children is our priority, that I am going to make it painful, painful for everyone.

We aren't showing their faces, and have changed their names for this story, because families like theirs are increasingly under threat.

Leah is a trans girl.

I'm Kate Brooks. I'm a former TV reporter, turned writer, producer, and filmmaker. I'm also a proud LGBTQ activist.

I am fighting to ensure gender-affirming healthcare is both accessible and legal for my transgender daughter and other trans youth-likeer. Sorry, not sorry.

Kate, thank you so much for being with us. Welcome to Sorry Not Sorry.

And I want to get into your new book, Transistor. But before we do that, please tell us a little bit about who you are and what you do.

Absolutely. I am Kate Brooks. I'm a former TV reporter and anchor, turned writer, producer, and filmmaker. I am a proud mom, wife, and activist.

Over the years, I've advocated for causes like mental health awareness, better gun control, and housing justice.

And it was not until I realized that my husband and I had completely botched our kids' birth announcement, the one saying that I had delivered twin boys, that I began advocating for LGBTQ causes.

And my first book, Transistor, raising twins in a gender-bending world, hit stores August 8th, and I'm super excited about that and super scared.

Well, I definitely want to get into the book, but you just dumped a lot on us.

So let's unpack all of that. Tell us a little bit about your family and what you mean when you say that you botched your announcement on your twin boys.

Absolutely. So I gave birth in 2009. We did not, my husband and I did not have any sonograms to indicate what gender babies we were having.

We had lots of tests and sonograms and ultrasounds, but we didn't know what we were giving birth to.

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