Auntie Wombat's Bible Class: Recent Episodes
Auntie Wombat's Bible Class
Only one question today, asking the difference between the GSRM/GRSM and LGBTQIA+ acronyms, and whether it's time to start using GRSM.
This week's topics include:
- Alternate gender-neutral pronouns
- What is Toxic Masculinity?
- Asking your parents to use your correct name when talking about the past
- Tips for using public restrooms while trans or nonbinary
Topics this week include:
- Why are people trying to replace the old lipstick lesbian flag?
- Is it normal to still not feel connected to my new name after a few weeks?
This week my only request was to talk about straight camps, which are a form of conversion therapy.
Questions today include:
- Does my sexuality change when I come out as trans?
- Is it OK to identify as "queer?"
- What's wrong with "that's so gay?”
Questions today include:
- How can I deal with Body Dysmorphia?
- What does the A in LGBTQIA stand for?
- Is it normal to feel self-doubt about being trans?
- Am I trans enough?
- What's the difference between Gender Identity and Gender Expression?
No listener questions this week, so Auntie Wombat gives a primer on consent, then a quick lesson on reproductive health.
Auntie Wombat discusses tips for Coming Out.
WebMD has a great page that I used as a starting point for this episode: https://teens.webmd.com/features/coming-out-as-lgbt-teen#1
Auntie Wombat fields a question about Gender Fluid as an identity and disentangling it from past trauma, and then discusses emotional abuse.
Articles and resources referenced:
- https://www.teenvogue.com/story/signs-your-parents-might-be-abusive
- https://www.teenvogue.com/story/lesbian-abusive-relationship-signs
- https://www.teenvogue.com/story/signs-of-verbally-abusive-relationship
- https://www.teenvogue.com/story/how-to-help-a-friend-in-abusive-relationship
- https://www.joinonelove.org/get-help/
Auntie Wombat talks about the gender binary and non-binary gender identities, a high level overview of transitioning, and then tackles mental health and suicide.
- Chest binders for trans guys, from a company owned by trans guys: https://www.gc2b.co
- About consent and confidentiality in teen mental health services: https://www.utmb.edu/pedi_ed/CoreV2/Adolescent/Adolescent7.html
- About depression in the LGBTQ+ population: https://www.healthline.com/health/depression/gay
Suicide Hotlines:
- The Trevor Project: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/ 1-866-488-7386
- Trans Lifeline: https://www.translifeline.org/ US: 1-877-565-8860 Canada: 1-877-330-6366
- National Suicide Prevention Hotline https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/ 1-800-273-8255