Archive - Gender Defiant: Folks Raising Genderqueer Kids

YOU'VE GOT THIS. (How Will You Spend Inaguration Day?)

We here at Gender Defiant prefer to think of it as Martin Luther King Day.

Jan 19 •

WHY THIS IS HAPPENING

"Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair."

Jan 18 •

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UGLY ALGORITHMS: ANOTHER THING BEING TINA TAUGHT ME

Tina gets her own phone. (This a rerun from March 2024. Strange how 2025 it feels.)

Jan 17 •

Election Disbelief

"When I woke up to his win on the Wednesday morning of November 6th, I felt physically ill. He had demonized my child, used her as a pawn in his divide…

Jan 15 •

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Conservative Minds

"Many times when talking to conservative people in this town I’ve thought, You’d count me as a friend if it weren’t for politics."

Jan 8 •

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GET TO KNOW US IN 2025! INTRODUCING OUR GENDER DEFIANT FAMILY

How dare we call ourselves “family”? We only just came together as writers a few months ago! Yet here we are: launched into the intimacy of shared…

Jan 1 •

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Tina Carson (she/they)

December 2024

October 2024

UPDATE: The New Gender Defiant: Coming to You AFTER November 5th

I thought I'd take a week off. It turned into three months.

Oct 15, 2024 •

August 2024

Friday's Guest: Benjamin Erwin, "My Daughter is a Girl Because She Knows She is a Girl."

Right now, we live in a world where transness is viewed by many as abnormal and associated with mental disorder. But soon parents, teachers, and…

Aug 2, 2024 •

July 2024

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