Gender Playground

Welcome back to the playground! In this episode, Marcelle and Raimi discuss “transition.” 

We begin with an anecdote from Marcelle about the discomfort she feels labelling her daughter Billie as trans, given Billie started using she/her pronouns soon after becoming verbal. Together, Marcelle and Raimi think through the shortcomings and utility of labels, gender as a social construct, and the importance of affirming the gender and gender expression of people of all ages. 

Raimi then explains “transition” as an umbrella term that includes a range of actions pertaining to internal, social, legal and physical changes and choices folks may make. Marcelle asks some questions and there’s a fair amount of giggling! 

As always, we end with a couple recommendations and a promise to continue our discussion of transition in coming episodes.

We’re continuing to find our audience for this podcast and we need your help! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with family and friends — and leave an Apple Review! 

If you’d like to directly support production of this show, head to ohwitchplease.com/sponsorships. For just $250 USD, you can become a Gender Playground sponsor, run an ad on our show and get a shoutout. 

Otherwise, we’ll be back in two weeks with a new episode!

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Gender Playground is a new show from Witch, Please Productions and is co-hosted by longtime friends Marcelle Kosman and Raimi Marx. This podcast is all about gender-affirming care for the kids in your life, and YOU are the intended audience! Whether you're a caregiver, parent, family-member, chosen-family-member, teacher, doctor, childcare professional, or just someone who wants to create a more loving world for kids, this show is for you!

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In this episode, Marcelle and Raimi talk about navigating conversations around gender with extended community, other caretakers, and teachers. They discuss the value in setting a positive tone and the importance of giving children space to be playful, despite the political climate and the hostility towards expansive gender expression. If you enjoy this episode, please share it with family and friends! To learn how to sponsor an episode, head to ohwitchplease.com/sponsorships. And to help support the show for ZERO COST, leave us an Apple review and send the show to family and friends!

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Gender Playground is a new show from Witch, Please Productionsand is co-hosted by longtime friends Marcelle Kosman and Raimi Marx. This podcast is all about gender-affirming care for the kids in your life, and YOU are the intended audience! Whether you're a caregiver, parent, family-member, chosen-family-member, teacher, doctor, childcare professional, or just someone who wants to create a more loving world for kids, this show is for you!

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

SUBSCRIBE TODAY! New episodes dropping every two weeks.

Gender Playground is a new show from Witch, Please Productionsand is co-hosted by longtime friends Marcelle Kosman and Raimi Marx. This podcast is all about gender-affirming care for the kids in your life, and YOU are the intended audience! Whether you're a caregiver, parent, family-member, chosen-family-member, teacher, doctor, childcare professional, or just someone who wants to create a more loving world for kids, this show is for you!

In this episode, Marcelle and Raimi talk through the various ways family and friends may express concern, ignorance, fear or bias. Together they discuss, from personal experience, when there's space for growth and care in those conversations and when boundaries may come in handy.

To learn how to sponsor an episode, head to ohwitchplease.com/sponsorships. And to help support the show for ZERO COST, leave us an Apple review and send the show to family and friends!

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

SUBSCRIBE TODAY! New episodes dropping every two weeks.

Gender Playground is a new show from Witch, Please Productionsand is co-hosted by longtime friends Marcelle Kosman and Raimi Marx. This podcast is all about gender-affirming care for the kids in your life, and YOU are the intended audience! Whether you're a caregiver, parent, family-member, chosen-family-member, teacher, doctor, childcare professional, or just someone who wants to create a more loving world for kids, this show is for you!

In this episode, Marcelle and Raimi talk about refreshing and alternative ways to channel the excitement and curiosity that comes with a baby announcement.

To learn how to sponsor an episode, head to ohwitchplease.com/sponsorships. And to help support the show for ZERO COST, leave us an Apple review and send the show to family and friends!

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

SUBSCRIBE TODAY! New episodes dropping every two weeks.

Gender Playground is a new show from Witch, Please Productionsand is co-hosted by longtime friends Marcelle Kosman and Raimi Marx. This podcast is all about gender-affirming care for the kids in your life, and YOU are the intended audience! Whether you're a caregiver, parent, family-member, chosen-family-member, teacher, doctor, childcare professional, or just someone who wants to create a more loving world for kids, this show is for you!

This first episode is about gender expression and gender euphoria. In it, Marcelle and Raimi talk about Marcelle's daughter playing dress up, Marcelle's desire to balance her daughter’s creative freedom and safety, and what caregivers can do to better expand their own imaginations around gender and self-expression within and beyond the binary.

For more resources and information about today's topic(s), head to ohwitchplease.ca/gender-playground! To learn how to sponsor an episode, head to ohwitchplease.com/sponsorships. And to help support the show for ZERO COST, leave us an Apple review and send the show to family and friends!

Note: We briefly touch on the current panic around "permanence" and although we don't name the buzzword "detransition" in this episode, we are aware that it's used in mainstream discourse to limit access to gender-affirming and life-saving care for trans and nonbinary youth. Until then, head to ohwitchplease.ca/gender-playground for some useful research on the low rate of detransition.

Links to the Recommendations from Our Pilot

Special thanks to the folks that made this episode and its accompanying resources happen: Reese Carr, Erik Magnus, Malika Gumpangkum, Gaby Iori, Zoe Mix, Hannah McGregor, Hannah Rehak and AJ Jaramaz.

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