Session 346: Dating As A Transgender Woman
Therapy for Black Girls
iHeartPodcasts and Joy Harden Bradford, Ph.D.
4.8 • 5.8K Ratings
🗓️ 14 February 2024
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
We all deserve to find and have love, but this process can look and feel a little different when you’re navigating the dating scene as a transgender woman. To explore all of the nuances that come with dating as a transgender person, I’m joined by award-winning journalist Daric L. Cottingham. Daric is a proud Southern Black trans woman based in Los Angeles, whose career portfolio includes the LA Times, Harper's Bazaar, ESSENCE, and The Washington Post.
During our conversation, Daric and I discussed some of her experiences navigating dating as a trans woman, including discerning between genuine interest and fetishization, deciding which dating app is right for you, and choosing how to maintain safety when disclosing your identity to a new partner.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Therapy for Black Girls Podcast, a weekly conversation about |
| 0:15.4 | mental health, personal development, and all the small decisions we can make to |
| 0:20.6 | become the best possible versions of ourselves. |
| 0:23.0 | I'm your host, Dr Joy Hardin Bradford, |
| 0:26.0 | a licensed psychologist in Atlanta, Georgia. |
| 0:30.0 | For more information or to find a therapist in your area, |
| 0:34.0 | visit our website at therapy for black girls.com. |
| 0:38.0 | While I hope you love listening to and learning from the podcast, it is not meant to be a substitute for a relationship |
| 0:46.0 | with a licensed mental health professional. Hey y'all, |
| 0:55.0 | all, thanks so much for joining me for session |
| 0:58.8 | 346 of the Therapy for Black Girls podcast. |
| 1:02.2 | We'll get right into our conversation |
| 1:03.9 | after word from our sponsors. We all of |
| 1:15.0 | deserve to find and have love, but this process can look and feel a little different |
| 1:20.0 | when you're navigating the dating scene as a transgender woman. |
| 1:23.5 | To explore all of the nuances that come with dating as a transgender person, I'm joined by |
| 1:28.3 | award-winning journalist Derek L. Cottingham. |
| 1:32.1 | Derek is a proud southern black trans woman based in Los Angeles, whose career portfolio |
| 1:36.6 | includes the L.A. Times, Harper's Bazaar, Essence, and the Washington Post. |
| 1:42.1 | She's also a general board member of NABJLA where she strives to make the |
| 1:46.7 | industry more inclusive for black journalists. During our conversation, Derek and I discussed |
| 1:52.4 | some of her experiences navigating dating as a trans woman, |
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