Nontraditional Fatherhood & Family | Trystan Reese
Good Life Project
Jonathan Fields / Acast
4.5 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 25 February 2020
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
After years of on-the-ground advocacy work, Trystan Reese burst into the public consciousness on a global scale in 2017 when he and his partner told their non-traditional transgender pregnancy story. As the Director of Family Formation at Family Equality Council, a national nonprofit dedicated to supporting LGBTQ+ families and those who wish to form them, Reese regularly tells the unique story of his family's creation to audiences across the country on a mission to open a constructive dialogue, expand the public conversation about trans reproductive justice, queer families, and what it means to be a father and inspire understanding and change.
You can find Trystan Reese at: Website | Instagram
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| 0:00.0 | So my guest today, Tristan Rees, was vaulted into the public consciousness in 2017 when |
| 0:11.9 | he and his partner decided to share their non-traditional pregnancy story on a podcast. |
| 0:17.9 | They figured maybe a few hundred people would listen, but within hours Tristan, who had |
| 0:23.4 | transitioned to be a man years earlier, became known across the internet as the quote, |
| 0:28.5 | pregnant man. |
| 0:29.5 | Mainstream media picked up the story and spun it in a way that led to not just global |
| 0:35.1 | awareness, but also mass scale, misunderstanding, backlash, and just incredibly hateful comments. |
| 0:43.8 | Behind this moment, though, was a year's long, powerful, and profound story of awakening |
| 0:50.9 | and acceptance agency advocacy and love that to this day continues to be at the core |
| 0:58.1 | of Tristan and his family's lives. |
| 1:00.8 | And it fuels the incredible work that he has done both now and he continues to do as the |
| 1:06.4 | director of family formation at Family Equality Council, which is a national nonprofit dedicated |
| 1:13.0 | to supporting LGBTQ plus families and those who wish to form them. |
| 1:18.0 | That bigger story is where we're headed today. |
| 1:21.4 | So excited to share this conversation with you. |
| 1:24.1 | I'm Jonathan Fields, and this is Good Life Project. |
| 1:28.1 | That was a very strange child. |
| 1:38.6 | I mean, you know, mom, dad, super supportive. |
| 1:41.9 | Both of my parents grew up extremely poor. |
| 1:44.2 | So my dad is the son of a coal miner. |
| 1:46.9 | He's one of 13 brothers and sisters from Newfoundland. |
| 1:49.1 | Oh, wow. |
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