Ben and Robin welcome streamer and TikTokker Cira (aka CiraBunBun) to the pod! We cover a lot of important topics including:

—when your egg cracks by age 6 but you can't come out for another 20+ years

—growing up in a queer-friendly church

—learning to accept being both a trans woman and a tom boy

—existing as a trans person online

—unicycling

—banjo

—the yuri/yaoi crossdress manga her mom bought her for Christmas

Find all of Cira’s content at linktr.ee/cirabunbun

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Ben and Robin are proud members of Trans Hope United, a creators’ collective and resource center for trans and gender non-conforming people. Find us at TransHopeUnited.com

After a long hiatus the BRAT20 crew are back to finish the mission: To see a castle! Or hear a really cool echo! Or find a shiny sword! Wait, why did they come to these mysterious ruins again?

Thank you all for your patience waiting for this episode (and the many great guests coming up soon). These take a lot more work than our normal episodes, not only in the editing room but in the mind of our brilliant GM and worldbuilder Briar. Thanks also to our friends Auggie and Ashley in whose minds Elas and Shadra live rent-free, and for our friend Heron who created the original artwork for our characters. 

Find Heron’s art, merch, and socials at https://thxnywy.art

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Ben and Robin are proud members of Trans Hope United, a creators’ collective and resource center for trans and gender non-conforming people. Find us at https://TransHopeUnited.com

Ben and Robin welcome writer and YouTuber Jenny (she/her) to the pod! Jenny talks about growing up on comics, coming out as trans to family with mixed reactions, rebooting the (now) fabulously gay Rainbow Boy comic, and, of course, her cute relationship with writer, director, and bestie of the pod Gwen!

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Find Jenny on YouTube @jennythegeek5791

and Bluesky @jennythegeek.bsky.social

Find our Discord, socials, and donation links at lnk.bio/BRATpod

NOTE: We will not be sharing links to Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook due to the extreme anti-trans views and policies of Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg. We will reassess the situation if and when Mark stops classifying transness as a mental illness and Elon stops deadnaming his amazing daughter Vivian Wilson and ends his support for global fascist political leaders. It is the official position of BRAT! Pod that we are not holding out breaths.

Content warnings: Oops! Another one without (much) trauma!

Ben and Robin are SO excited to introduce our friend Rhian (they/she)! We’ve mentioned Rhian briefly last episode as well as on Ben and Robin Lawyer Up!, but being able to talk to them directly was incredible. Rhian, now 21, came out to their amazing and supportive mother as a pre-teen, went on puberty blockers at age 12, started testosterone at age 14, and got top surgery at age 16. Not only is this an incredibly important conversation to have now, it’s also possibly the first trans story we’ve shared that’s 100% trauma-free.

Commenting on YouTube helps us reach more people with these stories. Share your moments of trans joy and any questions you have in the comments. We’ll share them in upcoming episodes, too!

Find us on:

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Bluesky @BRATpod.bsky.social

TikTok @theBRATpod

and @BRATpodcast

and find links to everything else at lnk.bio/BRATpod

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A Ben rant over 6 months in the making. In this uncharacteristically short episode Ben and Robin address the accusations that we’re only trans because it’s cool and popular. Who knew we were so cool and popular?

Topics include: “sudden onset gender dysphoria” (aka “sudden onset noticing of your kids’ gender dysphoria”), why queer and trans kids always seem to find each other, what trans healthcare actually looks like for teenagers, and the right-wing and terf obsession with kids’ bodies.

This is also the second-to-last of the episodes recorded with Ben and Robin’s old voices, but we won’t tell you when the last one is coming so you’ll have to get jump scared like us!

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The Trans Safe Space podcast is now called The Trans-mission. Check them out on all the podcast apps!

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Content warnings: Some talk about violent crime at 15:26

Ben and Robin welcome new bestie of the pod Liv of Enbodied Fitness! Liv (they/them) is a fitness coach, queer business-owner, and social media inspiration. This is truly one of the best conversations we’ve had on the pod and we’re excited to start a new year with it!

Topics include learning to love your body through transition, why the phrase “born in the wrong body” is just plain wrong, taking on gatekeeping in both queer and fitness spaces, finding fitness goals that serve you and your unique, queer needs, and finding ways to share time and space with as many gay people as possible!

Resources mentioned in this episode include everywhereisqueer.com And Your Body Is a Revolution by Tara Teng

Come hang out with Ben and Robin and the rest of the BRAT! community on our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ server⁠! All links and resources mentioned in the episode are posted there.

Find Liv on:

TikTok @enbodiedfitness

Instagram @enbodiedfitness

Bluesky @enbodiedfitness.bsky.social

and find all their other links at linktr.ee/enbodiedfitness

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Recorded right after Ben’s first visit to a doctor in a long time, Ben and Robin share stories about their many experiences with doctors both before and after coming out. We talk about why Ben had been avoiding doctors, the misogyny that most of us seem to experience in medical spaces, finding a queer-affirming clinic with queer staff, and what a good experience with a doctor can actually look like. 

Come hang out with Ben and Robin and the rest of the BRAT! community on our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ server⁠! All links and resources mentioned in the episode are posted there.

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Content warnings: Vomit (15:58); General discussion of medical trauma

Ben and Robin welcome back friend of the pod Ari! Recorded 9 days after the 2024 election, we were (and are) fully in community organizing mode and needed some advice from someone with a great deal more experience than we did. 

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Ben and Robin welcome lawyer, ally, and first ever cis* guest Chip Clapp (he/him/él)! Chip does pro bono work helping trans people with their name and gender marker change paperwork, people like our very own Ben! In this episode we talk about how to legally change your name (and how to find help if you can’t), talk about how trans people can prepare for the coming challenges, talk a bit about the Supreme Court case of United States v. Skrmetti and Chase Strangio, the first trans lawyer to argue before the US Supreme Court, and generally ask Chip about every BRAT! Pod topic that’s ever involved one of us saying, “well I’m not a lawyer, but…” 
Also introducing two new pod-cats to the BRAT! Pod family, Delilah and Cindy Clawford!

Find Chip online at dyciobiggs.com

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and find links to everything else at ⁠BRATpod.com

TikTok creators mentioned in this podcast are:

@feliciabynature: https://www.tiktok.com/@feliciabynature/video/7439091054889946410

@gaylawyer: https://www.tiktok.com/@gaylawyer/video/7437706189686738222

Ben and Robin are joined by patient advocate and founder of Flourish Advocacy Ivy (she/her). They talk about challenges involved in getting the gender-affirming health care we need, resources that are available to make it more accessible, and talk about preparing for future challenges.

Ivy is currently taking new clients! Find out more about Flourish Advocacy and contact Ivy at flourishadvocacy.square.site

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Find Ivy on:

TikTok @FlourishAdCo

Instagram @FlourishAdCo

Find us on:

TikTok @theBRATpod

and @BRATpodcast

Instagram @BRATpod

YouTube @BRATpod

Bluesky @BRATpod

and find links to everything else at ⁠BRATpod.com