Trans Kids Talk With Those Who Love and Support Them in ‘Love You for You’ Series

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🗓️ 24 November 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Transgender and nonbinary kids have been in the news a lot lately, but usually they’re not telling their own stories. The California Report Magazine has been airing a series of conversations between trans youth and the people that love and mentor them. We’ll hear from kids, parents and grandparents who have lent their voices to the Love You for You series and we’ll hear from you. Tell us about the trans and gender nonconforming youth in your life. Guests: Sasha Khokha, host of The California Report Magazine on KQED Hunter Stoval, transgender 16 year old Eloui Santiago, gender nonconforming 14 year old Ryu Santiago, non-binary, transgender 16 year old Roberto Santiago , father of two gender expansive children, Eloui and Ryu Santiago Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:31.9	From KQED.
0:34.8	Welcome to Forum. I'm Alexis Madrigal.
0:41.7	Today is a special show. It's a collaboration with the California Report magazine, which has been running a series called Love You for You, a story core-like set of episodes featuring
0:49.1	conversations between trans and gender non-conforming kids and their loved ones. It's a rich, deep, surprising set of conversations.
0:58.0	Let's just listen in to the series opener before we get going here.
1:04.8	Being trans, of course it's a big deal, but I wish it didn't feel like such a big deal.
1:10.8	I wish it just felt like, you know, another fun thing about me instead of my whole identity.
1:18.4	What do you want people who are targeting trans kids right now to know about your grandkid?
1:23.8	Just about how special she is, that you got to know the person.
1:29.2	Thanks for letting me be who I am.
1:32.1	Yeah.
1:32.8	And thank you for letting me be your parent and for letting me love you.
1:38.5	What are you hopeful for the future for trans kids?
1:42.4	All the trans people I know have one vision and it is just a society where being trans isn't this whole like thing, right?
1:53.0	Where I can just say, hey, I'm trans. And everyone's like, okay, cool.
2:09.2	This is a little opener of the Love You for You series on the California Report Magazine.
2:12.1	And we're joined by the host of the California Report magazine, Sasha Coco.
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