Episode 673: Landon Phillips (Transgender) and his Parents (Monica and James Phillips)

My friend Landon Phillips and his parents Monica and James Phillips join us to update listeners on Landon’s journey (check out Episode 230 for their earlier podcast). Landon talks about getting, as a Christmas gift from his parents, a full genome sequencing kit. Landon, who was assigned female at birth but who transitioned over 5 years ago, got his results in June and learned that he is genetically male with XY chromosomes. The family discusses the impact of receiving these DNA results.

Landon doesn’t want his story to invalidate the stories of transgender men who don’t have XY chromosomes. Landon—so thoughtfully—writes about this in his Facebook post (see show notes).

Monica and James share their experience parenting a transgender child—principles that are super helpful for any parent. Monica and James talk about their North Star presentation and the things they are sharing with both parents and local leaders to better support transgender Latter-day Saints.

This is a super powerful podcast. The Phillips family are trailblazers in this space and their story helps all of us better see, understand, love and support our transgender friends.

,Thank you Landon, Monica, and James for being on the podcast and your great work in our community!

Links:

Landon’s DNA Facebook post: www.facebook.com/landon.phillips.3386585/posts/pfbid02CC17be7CS6cHgzbLFr1bejAtGogrECZH415gLzWjS7BhdGCSEJvdj8zKfDzz6cm8l

Gender Curious podcast (hosted by Landon and Michael Soto): podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gender-curious/id1676327715

Dave and Kimi Martin Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-631-dave-and-kimi-martin-transgender-son-levi/id1347971725?i=1000607948078

Dr Julia Bernards Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-664-dr-julia-bernards-byu-dissertation-on-transgender/id1347971725?i=1000619444998

LDS Church’s transgender page: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/topics/transgender?lang=eng

North Star International Conference Index https://www.northstarsaints.org/conference-keynote-index (this link will be updated as 2023 conference sessions become available for purchase.)