Hi, fam, it's Amara Jones.

Welcome to the TransLash podcast, a show where we tell trans stories to save trans lives.

Before introducing today's show, we're going to take a moment to ask for

your help and brag on ourselves. The Translash podcast has been nominated for a Webby Award,

balloon drop. This is a big nomination celebrating the best of the internet, and winners are decided

by popular vote.

So if you could take a moment to go vote for us, I would, and all of us at Translash,

would appreciate it so much.

Go to vote.webbyawards.com.

You can find our show in the podcast category under diversity and inclusion.

You can find the link to vote in the description of this episode as well. Now, on to our show. Since it's time to commemorate

Mother's Day, I wanted to take today's show to highlight the moms in our communities. Moms,

both chosen and biological, shape who we are

in fundamental ways. Trans people are often seen as people without families, but today we will talk to

those whose love has had a powerful and positive impact on those closest to them and beyond. First, I have a hard but

essential conversation with Terry Edmonds, a fierce advocate for her daughter, Dominique Remy

Thels, was a black trans woman lost to violence last year. Terry wants us to hear about the power of her daughter and her legacy.

You could see Remy from a mile away. She had a light about her, even from the time she was maybe five or six.

Please know that this part of our show goes to some difficult places, but ultimately, Terry's

love shines through. Either way, I just want to give you a heads up so that you can do whatever

you need to do to take care of yourself. And after that, I sit down with Lysiah Wade, the founder of the incredible grassroots organization, Brave Space Alliance in Chicago, who is also a new mother.

She discusses the importance of both biological and chosen mothers in the fight for trans liberation.

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