Show Notes
HTBAG#16: How to Be a (Teen) Girl
Marlo Mack
It’s still five years off, but I think about it all the time. What’s it going to be like when my transgender daughter becomes a teenager?
Music credits: Andy G Cohen, "Land_Legs" (licensed under CC BY 4.0) David Mumford, "Twinkle Twinkle Instrumental" (licensed under CC BY 4.0) Loch Lomond, "Elephants and Little Girls" (licensed under CC BY 4.0) Kevin Macleod, “J.S. Bach, Prelude in C” (licensed under CC BY 3.0)
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