How to Be a Girl
How to Be a Girl is an audio podcast I produce about life with my six-year-old transgender daughter. It stars the two of us -- a single mom and a six-year-old "girl with a penis" -- as we attempt together to sort out just what it means to be a girl.
Kids & Family
Episode XXXIII: How We Are Now
It's been over two years. I wanted to let you know h...
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Dec 25 2023 1h 30m
Episode XXXI: M is for Middle School, Take Two
This episode is different from any of our p...
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Nov 2 2020 1h 30m
Episode XXX: Emma at last
I want you to meet my good friend, Emma. When she wa...
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Sep 23 2019 1h 30m
Episode XXI: Going First
In this episode, my daughter and I get to talk with ...
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May 10 2018 1h 30m
Episode XX: The Betrayal
Of course I knew this was going to happen eventually...
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Apr 26 2018 1h 30m
We're back! Welcome to a new season!
After a pretty lengthy hiatus, we're back! The...
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Apr 19 2018 1h 30m
A little girl, a holiday, big news, and... a miracle!
This mini-episode contains: One VERY excited little ...
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Dec 25 2017 1h 30m
When it rains it pours
How can the best of times also be the worst of times...
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Jul 6 2017 1h 30m
Episode XIX: Red State Mama
I thought I was pretty brave until I met my counterp...
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Feb 22 2017 1h 30m
A little update from Marlo
This tiny episode is mostly silly, and a little bit ...
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Feb 18 2017 1h 30m
Episode XVII: The Window
In 2013, Obama opened a window for transgender peopl...
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Jan 11 2017 1h 30m
Episode XVI: How to Be a (Teen) Girl
It’s still five years off, but I think about it all ...
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Dec 21 2016 1h 30m
Episode XV: Just Maybe
She hasn't got a womb or ovaries but she wants to be...
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Nov 30 2016 1h 30m
A post-election message from my 8-year-old trans daughter
My 8-year-old transgender daughter is not giving up....
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Nov 21 2016 1h 30m
Episode XIV: My Friend Lauren
When I first realized I had a transgender child, Lau...
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Nov 9 2016 1h 30m