It Made Me Blossom Like a Frickin’ Flower: Healthy Relationships and Growing Up Trans w/ Jamie

We jokingly refer to this episode as an “emotional rollercoaster,” but that’s not an entirely inaccurate description of life for a lot of queer youth. Kenna and Brianna have Jamie on the podcast to talk about dealing with internalized transphobia, how to be safe when coming out, the influence of the Internet on trans youth, and the importance of having a support system.  

Below you can find a glossary of jargon-y terms we might’ve said on the show: 

• Binder: A tool used oftentimes by some transmasculine and nonbinary people to flatten the chest area and more accurately reflect the body they identify with and oftentimes to alleviate gender dysphoria. 
• Cisgender: Those who identify and present as the gender they were assigned at birth. In its simplest terms, cisgender describes someone who is not transgender. 
• Coming out: The process of LGBTQ+ people disclosing their sexuality or gender identity to others. 
• Gender dysphoria: Describes the distress, unhappiness, and anxiety that transgender people may feel about the mismatch between their bodies and their gender identity. 
• Internalized transphobia: The feelings of shame, discomfort, and hatred of trans identity even if one is trans that is instilled through societies preference for cisgender people, discrimination against trans people, and strict expectations of gender conformity. 
• Passing: Refers to when a trans person is perceived as a cisgender by others. Sometimes a controversial term as to if it should or even can be an obtainable goal by all trans people. 
• Queer: An umbrella term that is used to describe identities that do fall under straight and/or cisgender. Many LGBTQ+ people use queer as a label for their sexuality or gender and some people prefer it to express that their label does not cleanly fall into other specific identities under the LGBTQ+ umbrella. Also important to note that in the past it has been used as a slur against LGBTQ+ people, however many people have worked to reclaim the term though it is not universally perceived as a positive term. 
• Transgender: A general term used to describe someone whose gender expression/gender identity are different than the sex assigned at birth. Sometimes shortened to trans or trans*. 

 
Special thanks to:  

• Planned Parenthood Staff: Paola Ferst, Kelsey Hunt-Dolan, and Nan Morgan 
• Audio Editor: Martin Pelaez 
• Music: Rascal Miles with the song “Imagination.” Also check out their new project Tailor-Made at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhJDNtkZTYI  
• Cover Art: Brianna Nelson 

Disclaimer:
The experiences and opinions expressed in this podcast reflect the views of the individual speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views of Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida. Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida does not guarantee the completeness, nor the accuracy of the content of this podcast and accepts no liability for any direct or indirect damage of any kind arising from, or in any way related to, the podcast’s content. The information provided in this podcast does not constitute medical, mental health, legal, or other professional advice or services.

Thank you’s and credits to the following amazing people:

• Hosts: Brianna Nelson and Kenna Bartlett
• Planned Parenthood Staff: Kathy Dobson, Kelsey Hunt-Dolan, and Nan Morgan
• Audio Editor: Brianna Nelson
• Intro and Outro Music: “Mellow” by Ethan Korvne (Check out his LP “Something Else to Do” on Spotify and Apple Music!)
• Cover Art: Brianna Nelson