Replay: Trans Mother's Day
TransLash Podcast with Imara Jones
TransLash Media
4.3 • 619 Ratings
🗓️ 8 May 2025
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
The word “mother” hits differently for trans folks. Traditional notions of motherhood are steeped in racialized and cisheterosexual norms. So what does mothering and being mothered look like when you’re trans? This Mother’s Day, we’re replaying this special conversation with the godmother of the Black Trans Lives Matter Movement, Ceyenne Doroshow. Hear about how and why she’s served as a maternal figure for so many trans people over the years, including through her award-winning work as the Founder and Executive Director of G.L.I.T.S.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, fam, it's me, Amara. |
| 0:11.4 | Welcome to the Translash podcast, a show where we tell trans stories to save trans lives. |
| 0:17.5 | Well, with Mother's Day around the corner, we're bringing back one of our most heartfelt episodes |
| 0:22.6 | ever. It's from the TransLash Archive. It's called TransMothers Day. Now, trans people have |
| 0:30.7 | always been nurturers, caregivers, and mothers, whether through biological or chosen family. |
| 0:36.8 | But our stories of motherhood are so often erased or even overlooked. |
| 0:42.6 | That's why in this episode, we celebrate the full spectrum of trans motherhood with the |
| 0:48.7 | incomparable Kyan Dora Show. |
| 0:51.3 | It's from 2022. |
| 0:53.3 | So even though this episode is full of trans joy, we're going to start out as |
| 0:57.4 | always with some more trans joy. As I think about the state of things for trans people this Mother's Day, something that |
| 1:18.3 | brings me joy is seeing parents love and support their trans kids. |
| 1:23.2 | I mean, it just makes my heart feel so full. |
| 1:26.1 | These youth are amazing and brave, and when we see them on TV, we often see their moms standing |
| 1:31.6 | right beside them. |
| 1:33.4 | These moms want what any parent should want, although sadly, not enough. |
| 1:39.7 | They want their children to thrive. |
| 1:41.8 | One of these moms is Ngozi Anaji. |
| 1:44.6 | Her daughter, Andrea Yearwood, is a runner from Connecticut, who was the subject of vicious attacks from people who didn't think that she should be able to compete in high school sports. |
| 1:54.5 | We outlined Andrea's case in the first episode of last year's anti-trans hate machine. |
| 2:01.4 | Ngozi has been behind her daughter from day one of this terrible assault on her daughter. |
| 2:07.4 | But like a lot of parents of trans kids, she was afraid to initially, it wasn't all about bravery. |
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