The Luckiest Trans Woman Alive

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4.6 • 5.6K Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Kate Bohl tells Taj about what it’s been like to finally come out as trans in her late 50s—after a lifetime of feeling like something wasn’t quite right. Here are some resources for advocacy, financial contribution, education and crisis support: 1. Transgender Law Center (TLC): @translawcenter transgenderlawcenter.org 2. PFLAG: @pflag⁠ pflag.org⁠ 3. Trans Lifeline: @translifeline translifeline.org • See RISK! live in Washington, DC on June 7th, in Philadelphia on June 19th, or in New York City on June 26th. Get tickets at Risk-show.com/live⁠ • Pitch us your story!⁠ risk-show.com/submissions⁠ • Support RISK! through Patreon at⁠ patreon.com/risk⁠ or make a one-time donation:⁠ paypal.me/riskshow⁠ • Get the RISK! Book and shop for merch:⁠ ⁠⁠risk-show.com/shop⁠ • Take our storytelling classes:⁠ thestorystudio.org⁠ • Hire Kevin Allison as a coach or get personalized videos:⁠ kevinallison.com⁠ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:26.6	Oh Hey, everybody, this is Risk, the show where people tell true stories they never thought they dared to share.
0:55.5	I'm Taj Easton, and this is one of our conversation stories, a special conversation story for Pride Month,
1:04.5	between me and my dear friend Kate Bowell. Kate is a legendary Risk storyteller. She has told two stories on
1:16.8	risk, which I would put in the absolute Hall of Fame. We re-ran both of them just a couple
1:24.3	of months back. So you may have heard them. If you haven't, I recommend going back
1:29.3	because they're some of the best stories on the show, in my humble opinion. When I first met Kate,
1:36.9	I had just gone through a breakup and I was kind of fucked beyond belief, emotionally speaking.
1:45.5	And I told a story that was not about that, but I guess it kind of came through.
1:52.8	It was on this podcast.
1:55.4	And Kate heard it.
1:56.5	And she sent this like 10 minute message that was an act of long distance empathy from one stranger to another that blow my mind.
2:10.0	And it kind of still blows my mind actually right now reflecting on it.
2:14.8	It was so beautiful.
2:16.8	I can't convey it, but I think you'll get some sense of the
2:22.2	kind of person that Kate is listening to this story. So yeah, that started a friendship that has
2:29.5	lasted these past three years after that initial voice memo, Kate and I talked a lot on the phone
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