“So, I sat with my children and we put together a story that was in their voice. “I thought, ‘Let me give you something that is more for your child,'” she says.
Patterson chronicled her family’s journey in the 2019 book The Bold World: A Memoir of Family and Transformationbut when she learned that fans were reading it to their kids, she knew she wasn’t finished telling her story. “And it was going to be important for me to listen to him.” From there, Patterson embarked on an exploratory mission to understand her child, which led to a deeper understanding of herself as a mother. “In that moment, I didn’t have all the answers, but my child had the answers,” Patterson tells SheKnows. Please enjoy this very special episode of Tribeca Pediatrics: On Call with Jodie Patterson anywhere you listen to podcasts.When author and activist Jodie Patterson’s three-year-old child Penel revealed, “‘Everybody thinks I’m a girl, but I’m not. You can find guidance from our providers, as well as community-based resources for LGBTQ+ children, teens, and young adults on The New Basics. We work to provide kids with a safe and inclusive ‘medical home.’ We ensure equal access to quality medical care, and will always extend access to LGBTQ+ organizations as needed. We also discuss her present-day trans-rights activism and advocacy, as well as the many reasons that she chooses to be hopeful, positive, and joyful, despite the ever-challenging political climate.Īt Tribeca Pediatrics, we are committed to addressing the specific mental and physical health needs of LGBTQ+ children, teens, and young adults. Jodie offers personal insights and practical ways that families and communities can offer the most robust support and care to LGBTQ+ kids. She shares the emotions she faced in trying to support her son’s coming out process, during a time when access to LGBTQ+ resources was scarce, and public advocacy was not the norm. She offers guidance to parents and families, who may be unsure of how approach conversations with their kids about gender identity, sexual orientation, and LGBTQ+ issues. In our talk with Jodie, she lends her experience on the challenges, triumphs, and many lessons that she learned in raising her trans-identified son. She is also the author of, Born Ready: The True Story of a Boy Named Penelope and her first book, The Bold World: A Memoir of Family and Transformation. Jodie is an activist, mother of five, and is the Board Chair of the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, our nation’s largest LGBTQ+ organization. TJ Gold, sat down to speak with Jodie Patterson. For this month’s very special episode of Tribeca Pediatrics: On Call, our host Dr.
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