#14 || When her daughter became her son (and vice versa)
Reckonings
English - December 24, 2016 00:00 - 33 minutes - 31.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 137 ratingsDocumentary Society & Culture Relationships conscience consciousness evolution forgiveness ideology mindfulness selfawareness spirituality views apology Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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'You have all these plans, all these dreams, and then it hits you: my daughter's no longer a daughter, she's a son.' In struggling to accept her daughter as a transgender man, Rita DiNicola had to surrender dreams of wedding dress shopping and biological grandchildren. Similarly, in accepting her son as a trans woman, Catherine Hyde had to reckon with the fact that — as a tomboy from a young age — she'd always wanted, and believed she'd gotten, a son as her only child. Together, Rita's and Catherine's stories provide a hopeful window into what might help other parents, and other people more broadly, overcome transphobia and expand our understanding of gender.