My daughter starts fifth grade at a new school next month.  It’s a fresh start, where no one knows that she’s transgender. How do I handle this? How do I advise her?  Should she keep her transgender status to herself or be more open? After you listen to this episode, I could really use your advice: What…

We’ve moved to a new part of town.   And we’re just starting to get to know our new neighborhood. It’s pretty different from our old neighborhood.  We used to be in the heart of the city, and now we’re in the suburbs. My daughter loves the fact that there are kids everywhere and trampolines in…

Dear friends, Big news! Last week, I left my job of ten years to devote my time fully to this blog and production of my podcast, How to Be a Girl, as well as other projects aimed at advocating for kids like mine and telling their stories. I’m excited and a bit anxious as I bid…

Did you know there’s a wedding coming up, uniting an Englishman with an American bride? Listen now for ALL the juicy details on this intercontinental couple’s forthcoming nuptials! (And hear what my daughter thinks of her soon-to-be stepdad.)   If you’d like to support the podcast, please consider signing up to sponsor us on Patreon. It…

I’ll never forget the day, soon after my four-year-old “son” told me she was my daughter, when I went online and found a video of little Jazz talking with Barbara Walters.  Her family’s courage literally changed the course of our lives. It was such an honor to get to talk with Jazz and Jeanette Jennings…

I’m excited to announce the first full episode of “How to Be a Girl” in over a year. It’s been a big (hard, but also wonderful) year, and there wasn’t much time or energy left over for blogging or podcasting.  Your emails of love and support have kept us going.  Please keep writing (genderawesome@gmail.com) and let…

We’ve been hard at work on a new season of our podcast, “How to Be a Girl,” and we hope you’ll enjoy it!. The first episode comes out next week, but you can hear an introduction to the season right now!

An extremely short podcast episode with a very important message.  We wish you peace, hope, and justice. Love, Marlo and Miss M.

My podcast, “How to Be a Girl,” has been on hiatus for the past six months, taking backstage to the rest of my life, including my mother’s cancer diagnosis. But I have no intention of ending my podcast! My daughter and I still have lots of stories we want to share.  We also have lots…

When they interviewed me and my young trans daughter, both reporters seemed sympathetic to us and claimed to be trans-friendly.  So why did they turn around and write such transphobic articles?   I let a reporter from The Economist magazine interview this sassy 9-year-old trans little girl. The resulting article never mentioned her. Over the course…