The Trans Life Podcast: How did you know? [Episode 1] 

Months ago I (and others) manifested that it would have been amazing to listen to you talking in a podcast, and now here it is! 😍 I am soo happy about that, congrats 👏🏻

Wow, I had "crushes" like that on guys too in high school. And I would spend a lot of time writing stories about characters I made that were basically me but male. I didn't show major signs until puberty either. Realised at 15, got set back several years, questioned again and have just come out at 23. Love your cat's contributions, best co-host ❤

Great podcast. I admire your openness and willingness to talk about your personal journey. Even if you don't go into too much detail it feels like you had a really tough time. I want to send you a Nick Nelson's hug. I'm looking forward to another episode.

I love the podcast idea! And I love the theme you chose. I spend a lot of time thinking about trans stuff. Thank you for sharing a bit of your story. I can't wait to see what the next episodes will be about. You unlocked something buried deep within my subconscious when you mentioned Johnny from The Outsiders. Because yeah, he's 100 % gender goals. I was also fascinated with him (and Ponyboy after he bleaches his hair) back in the day. 😅 Hindsight is... interesting.

Omg I think I just died when you mentioned Jonny from the outsiders because my school made us read and watch it and we had an obsession with the outsiders!!! ❤❤❤❤❤ Love the podcast

I have so many feelings!!!

I keep forgetting that you're really close to my own age. I didn't start transitioning until my late 30s, partly because of being discouraged by people when I first started trying to come out as trans. I tried going to meetings of my local trans group when I was in grad school (sometime between 1998-2001), but I hadn't cut my hair yet and I had never even heard of a binder (the Internet was still a baby and all I had access to was dial-up), and non-binary identities weren't really well-known then either, and the person who headed up that group dismissed my self-identification as trans, or at least possibly trans, outright. That delayed my even trying to start my transition by about 13 years, and I still didn't have insurance coverage for gender affirming care then, so I didn't even get to start my medical transition until 4 years after that. And it would be 2 1/2 more years before I could get top surgery, and another 1 1/2 years to get a hysterectomy. I wonder how different life might have been if I hadn't been so discouraged and my identity dismissed so early on. But at least now I am living authentically in a body I'm (mostly) comfortable in. But I pretty much knew I didn't feel like a girl from the time I was 3 years old. It feels like so many years were wasted not being able to be authentically myself. Still, better late than never. I'm glad you're able to live as your authentic self now, and I look forward to future installments of this podcast!

Congratulations on the new podcast! Well done and good luck 👏🏽

This was great! I really feel like I've got to know you through your videos over the last couple of years but it was lovely to just listen to you talk about you. Looking forward to hearing more!

Love this, thanks for sharing 💜🏳️‍⚧️

Grats on the new podcast, hope it does help out some people who might discover this. And at the very least nice to just ramble into the void with your thoughts sometimes XD On the topic of social conditioning, I have noticed as i've gotten older and more knowledgable on people's lives that usually (Not always cause screw gender norms) girls labeled as Tom-boys do end up on that spectrum of Non-binary/Trans/Etc. It has genuinely made me think about a girl I was in elementary school with who was labelled as a Tom-boy and that I hope she's doing well. I do think it's silly how we assign so many weird things to a specific gender. Like i grew up playing with Barbies and at first it was very clearly frowned upon but I kept finding them whenever they were hidden so they eventually gave up lol And I'm sure you could make an arguement that it was a sign that I was def queer at a young age but regardless, we should just let kids play with whatever their brain is drawn to that helps develop their inate skills. It is very interesting to hear your experiences about idolizing these famous men and how you felt developing and growing up. Something like your gender identity and your sexual identities is never really a lightbulb moment, it's always like a slow glow that glows brighter until you either just passively accept it or it does catch you off gaurd and you're like "Oh, yeah it all makes sense now." Another Trans creator I watch every now and then talked about how they believe so much sexual discovery comes with gender identity is because of the confidence you gain as you achieve getting closer to the person you want to be and it makes so much sense cause I felt the same way where I said I was Bisexual for years but until I was in therapy and met friends who I love so dearly did I actually really become proud and truely accepting of my sexuality. Thanks again for sharing your journey

I love this.