To honor Pride Month 2021, Dan and Kim explore an issue facing the Trans Community in America: deadnaming. Being that your friendly hosts identify as cis/hetero, it was time to welcome a guest. Kylie Clifton, recent high school graduate, identifies as a Trans American. In this episode, she discusses the issue of deadnaming, what Trans teen face in our country, myths and inappropriate questions, and more on her LGBTQ+ Community experiences.

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• Kylie on Instagram

• Kylie on Twitter

• Tackling tokenism: minorities should never be reduced to our trauma

• What happens when the first transgender kid comes out at school (NPR)

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