On today's show, Becca dives into a lively conversation with Dr. Lulu, aka The Momatrician, about how parents and educators who care about LGBTQ+ youth can best support them. Listen to learn about how Dr. Lulu learned from her own mistakes as the parent of a trans child, why it's important to understand the difference between gender identity, gender expression, and genitalia, and even why we should scrub the phrase "committed suicide" from our lexicon. While the language in this episode is clean, this may not be the right episode to listen to with kids by your side since Dr. Lulu does allude to the painful and avoidable deaths of Nex Benedict and Matthew Shepard. However, overall this episode is filled with hope, laughter, and some great tips; it will lift you up and help you see why it's much simpler to be a good ally to queer youth than you might think.

Check out Dr Lulu's podcast, Moms4TransKids, visit her website at dr-lulu.com, and follow her on instagram @themomatrician.

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As kids approach and enter adolescence, it becomes more challenging for educators and parents to know what they can do to support young people in engaging in kind and supportive ways with each other. In this episode, we share stories from inside and outside the school building about the difficult experiences young people have experienced in not belonging and how adults can support belonging without accidentally taking away your kid's autonomy.

Also, as a quick note, this is one of the first episodes we ever recorded, though we're posting it later in our season, so please forgive our noob podcaster vibe in this one!

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