B6. We throw Hands!

In this episode of the Parent Advocate podcast "B6. We Throw Hands!" Lizette & Stephen interview nonbinary Director of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity & Access for housing at the University of Arizona, John-Peter Wilhite. Join them as they talk the lessons he learned working with ACT UP!, the AIDS epidemic and survivor's guilt, the importance of supportive parents, and listening to our LGBTQ youth to help them thrive. In Today's Topics, we cover Dwyane and Zaya Wade launching Translatable the online support community for Black families of trans youth, the appeals court in Maryland who ruled that religious parents don’t automatically have the right to pull their children out of schools based on LGBTQ+ curriculum, Summer Bushnell, the conservative blogger ordered to pay more than $1.1 million in damages after defaming a drag queen online, and the Missouri attorney general seeking medical records of patients who received care at the Washington University Transgender Center at St. Louis Children’s Hospital. Finally, in Allies & Assholes, we celebrate Texas Representative Jasmine Crockett for her epic clapback at MJG and drag Colorado state GOP director of special initiatives, Darcy Schoening for suggesting that trans kids can turn other kids trans.