In this episode of the Parent Advocate, Lizette Trujillo and Stephen Chukumba talk SCOTUS gutting of the Voting Rights Act, the tragic murder of Juniper Blessing and the horrific response to her death, and criminal subpoenas out of Texas for NYU Langone’s transgender patients. In Allies & Assholes, we celebrate the Colorado Supreme Court for ruling that Children’s Hospital Colorado must resume gender-affirming care for transgender youth. We also drag parents who kick out their children for being trans.

In this episode of the Parent Advocate Podcast Stephen Chukumba and Lizette Trujillo welcome our special guests Lizette's mother, Carmen Whetstone, and her son Daniel. Our discussion centered on Carmen's journey supporting her transgender grandson over the past decade, including her initial reactions and learning process. In Today's Topics we cover Dave Chappelle's revisionist history regarding his transphobic comedy, Caitlyn Jenner's hypocritical statements about trans rights, and Phil's Coffee's decision to remove pride flags before reversing course. We conclude with Allies and Assholes highlighting the Montana Supreme Court's ruling protecting transgender rights as an ally, and drag DoorDash for their participation in a cringeworthy political stunt at the White House.

In this episode of the Parent Advocate, Lizette Trujillo and Stephen Chukumba chop it up about b’day parties, karaoke, SXSW and Stephen losing his voice.

In Today’s Topics, we cover the United Nations rejecting the US’s attempts to redefine gender, the US Senate rejecting Trump’s SAVE Act, and 72% of Americans supporting protections for LGBTQ+ people.

We interview the Hell Raiser Dad and "Dadvocate," Casey Deck, and talk testifying at the state capital, standing up for trans kids, and holding space for parents.

In Allies & Assholes, we celebrate librarian Luanne James for refusing to uphold book bans, and drag the Portuguese Parliament for advancing three anti-trans bills.

In this episode of the Parent Advocate podcast, Lizette and I catch up on all the partying in the street she’s been doing, my kid losing school shirts and AirPods, and my final prep for SXSW.

In Today’s Topics, SCOTUS weighs in on a California lawsuit about schools outing trans students, Missouri passes three trans bathroom bans out of committee under the cover of darkness, and NY AG Letitia James orders major medical centers to resume gender affirming care for youth.

In this episode we're joined by Cora Davidson, a neurodivergent queer mom of two gender expansive kids, and get her kids' origin stories, navigating queerness and neurodivergence, and finding joy in small things.

Finally, in Allies & Assholes, we celebrate Lyft for helping trans and nonbinary residents get around in Kansas, and drag Joe Rogan for using his platform to spew hateful disinformation to his massive audience.

Stick around to the end for a '79 throwback with our outro song, Video Killed The Radio Star by The Buggles.

In this episode of the Parent Advocate, Lizette and Stephen talk Spain’s version of Burning Man, prepping for SXSW and showing up for families in distress. In Today’s Topics we cover Kansas stripping people of their licenses, Trump targeting trans people during the last State of the Union, and a study of over 3,000 trans athletes conclusively disproves the fallacy of their physical advantage.

In Allies & Assholes we celebrate Brandi Carlile for her support of Minnesota, holding a concert that raised over $600,000 for families impacted by ICE. And we drag Dennis Quaid for his full throated support of our pedophile in chief.

Stay until the end to listen to Brandi Carlile's haunting and powerful single "The Story".

In this episode of the Parent Advocate podcast, Lizette and I catch up on our respective weeks - hanging with transplants from New Jersey, following EU’s support of trans women, putting the finishing touches on The Dads, and Middlesex (by Jeffrey Eugenides).

In Today’s Topics, we get into mass shootings (and not talking about he-who-shall-not-be-named), the GOP co-opting immigrant gold at the Olympics all while demonizing immigrants, and the Heritage Foundation’s president Kevin Roberts talking about taking gender-affirming care away from trans adults.

This week’s Allies & Assholes celebrates the city of San Antonio for painting it’s sidewalks in Pride colors, and drag Redwood High School in California’s Central Valley for holding roundtables on civility instead of holding homophobic seniors responsible for bullying gay eighth graders.

Make sure to stay to the end for Lift Every Voice and Sing by Melba Moore, featuring Dionne Warwick, Stevie Wonder, Anita Baker, Bebe Winans, Freddie Jackson, the Clark Sisters, Brian McKnight, Terri Lyne Carrington, Jeffrey Osborne, Bobby Brown, and Louis Gossett, Jr.

In this episode of the Parent Advocate, we catch up on Lizette’s V-Day Wuthering Heights in Spanish, Charlie XCX, Adidas, and deep conversations with the kids. In Today’s Topics we address the removal of the Pride flag from the Stonewall Monument in New York City, the GOP rep from Tennessee seeking an investigation into “gay sex acts” in Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime show, and the European Parliament overwhelmingly passing a non-binding resolution affirming the full recognition of trans women as women.

This week we speak to Evanston Mayor, Congressional candidate, and father of two trans and nonbinary kids, Daniel Biss and talk public service, staring down ICE, and finding hope in difficult times.

In Allies & Assholes, we celebrate the Blade Angels, the 2026 USA Women’s figure skating trio for standing with the LGBTQ community, and drag USA Hockey for quietly banning trans athletes from participating on teams that align with their gender identities.

Trigger Warning: This episode includes discussion of sexual abuse of children by a caregiver. Please take care while listening and prioritize your well-being.

In this episode of the Parent Advocate podcast, we catch up on The Dads (feature) world premier at SXSW, loony siblings, and wind phobias. In Today’s Topics we discuss the AMA’s recommendation to delay gender affirming surgeries until 19, Texas A&M eliminating its women's and gender studies programs, and the Pentagon threatening the Boy Scouts funding if they don’t eliminate their DEI programs.

This week we interview Minnesota retreat alumni, Stephen Leidy, and talk bodies, lived experience, loss, and the importance of self-reflection. In Allies & Assholes, we give it up to our ally, and this year’s Super Bowl halftime performer, Bad Bunny, for standing ten toes deep with the LGBTQ+ community AND for planning the gayest halftime show ever! And on the flip side, we drag this week’s assholes, the GOP, for turning a hearing about ICE abuses into another referendum on trans people.

In this episode of the Parent Advocate podcast, Lizette and Stephen get into Don Lemon being arrested by the feds, Trump deporting LGBTQ+ asylum seekers to countries where they’ll be killed, and GLAAD reporting a nearly 400 % increase in anti-LGBTQ+ attacks during Pride this year.

In Allies & Assholes, we celebrate the Boss, Bruce Springsteen for holding a benefit concert for Minneapolis and for releasing a powerful new protest song titled “Streets of Minneapolis.” We drag Tennessee Republican state representative and 2026 gubernatorial candidate, Monty Fritts, for suggesting execution for parents and caregivers of transgender kids and those who care for them.

In our 100th episode of the Parent Advocate, Lizette and I bring back their our first guest, Emmy award winning director, Luchina Fisher, and talk about her upcoming feature, The Dads, what life has been like since she first appeared on our show, and advice she has for parents navigating this moment.

In Today’s Topics we cover the end of Tucson Pride, Nicki Minaj going off on a homophobic tirade on Don Lemon, and the Department of Education opening a Title IX investigation into a middle school because a trans student joined the co-ed cheerleading squad.

Finally, in Allies & Assholes we celebrate MacKenzie Scott for her historic $45 million donation to the Trevor Project to support LGBTQ suicide prevention. And we drag Bill Donohue, president of Catholic League, for his unhinged screed about Renee Nicole Good, the mother killed by ICE agents in Minneapolis.