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Anti-LGBTQ Laws Hurt More Than Just The People They Target
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Father/daughter duo, Joe and Rya, discuss LGBTQ family issues and how to preserve positive relationships
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- Anti-LGBTQ Laws Hurt More Than Just The People They Target · 30 min · Temporada 5 Episodio 9You already know these laws are harmful. What you probably don't know is how far the harm travels. A parent watching their child's identity become a topic of debate feels…
- Who Really Sent the Texas Trans Pamphlet? · 30 min · Temporada 5 Episodio 8Trans kids are not your political scapegoat. As early voting opened in Texas, a glossy pamphlet landed in mailboxes across the state, addressed to the students in the house. It…
- What to Say the Next Time You're Wrong · 31 min · Temporada 5 Episodio 7We are all wrong sometimes. What matters is what we say next. Most of us reach for one of two reflexes: we defend ourselves, or we fall all over ourselves apologizing. Both turn…
- Finding God After the Church Turned Them Away · 28 min · Temporada 5 Episodio 6What do you do when the people who promised to take you in close the door? A local pastor and youth director spent six months planning their youth group's mission trip. After…
- Coming Out: What No One Ever Tells You · 33 min · Temporada 5 Episodio 5You might think coming out is one brave conversation and then it is over. That framing sets you up to be blindsided by everything that comes after. Nobody warns you that you will…
- Without Hope There is No Tomorrow · 29 min · Temporada 5 Episodio 4Think about the person who gave you hope when you needed it most. Somebody did. Maybe they said one sentence and never knew it mattered. Harvey Milk built an entire movement on…
- Loving Your LGBTQ Child Is A Behavior, Not A Feeling · 32 min · Temporada 5 Episodio 3When his daughter came out, Joe suggested she dress at home and go back to being someone else the moment she stepped outside. He thought he was keeping her safe. Years later…
- How LGBTQ Media Portrayals Have Both Helped and Hurt Us · 31 min · Temporada 5 Episodio 2You have probably felt the pull in both directions. Seeing a queer character on screen for the first time can change what a young person believes is possible for their own life…
- I Feared Coming Out More Than Death · 42 min · Temporada 5 Episodio 1What does it actually feel like to be so afraid of coming out as LGBTQ+ that dying starts to look like the reasonable option? Rya lived it. These are her real journal entries…
- Answering the Objective-Sounding Case Against Trans People · 32 min · Temporada 4 Episodio 52It is possible to get everything wrong in a perfectly calm voice. Is it true that transgender people had the culture on their side until they pushed too far? Father and daughter…
- The Riot Before Stonewall: What Happened at Compton's Cafeteria · 28 min · Temporada 4 Episodio 51Most people know the name Stonewall. Almost nobody knows what happened three years earlier in a San Francisco cafeteria. In 1966 the word transgender did not exist yet. Joe and…
- Advocating For Your LGBTQ Kid Before Trouble Starts · 36 min · Temporada 4 Episodio 50Most parents call the school after something has already gone wrong. By then you are negotiating from behind. The teacher who could have been your ally has already built their…
- The Person Who Sent This To You Wants You In Their Life · 26 min · Temporada 4 Episodio 49Somebody was probably nervous to send you this link. Nothing here asks you to change your mind. This episode is a conversation between an LGBTQ child and her father, talking…
- He Tried to Marry the Gay Away · 27 min · Temporada 4 Episodio 48Content note: This episode includes a personal account of suicidal thoughts and a suicide attempt. If you are struggling, you can reach the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline by…
- Do This When You Can't Agree · 29 min · Temporada 4 Episodio 47When someone you love disagrees with you about LGBTQ issues, faith, or politics, there is a better way through than fighting. It starts with knowing the difference between a…
- The Man King David Couldn't Stop Loving · 29 min · Temporada 4 Episodio 46Have you ever loved someone you could not talk yourself out of, no matter how much simpler life would have been if you could? King David knew that feeling. Joe and Rya look at…
- Answering the Hardest Questions Skeptics Ask About LGBTQ+ Issues · 31 min · Temporada 4 Episodio 45Maybe you have a question you stopped asking out loud, because the last time you tried you got corrected on your wording or treated like the enemy. So here is something rare…
- Behaviors That Help and Those That Harm Your LGBTQ Child · 34 min · Temporada 4 Episodio 44What if the most important thing you do for your child has nothing to do with whether you understand them yet? Loving someone well doesn't have to mean you agree with everything…
- Joe & Rya TAKE FIVE: She Followed the Law. It Almost Put Her In Jail. · 5 min · Temporada 4Kris Ripper changed the gender marker on her license because Kansas law required it. Then a rainy night traffic stop over her headlights turned into a ten minute interrogation…
- Voices of 2026 Pride · 35 min · Temporada 4 Episodio 43What does it feel like to walk into a place where you finally get to stop explaining yourself? For a lot of people, that place is Pride. This time the microphone belongs to the…
