Jul 8, 2020
In episode 440 of Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things, we are back with our Wednesday segment where I chat with various experts and a new series I call, Connected Conversations.
Each episode will feature an episode from an expert teaching on a topic or a conversation with a group of other people discussing an important topic. Each conversation will somehow relate to humanity, human connection, human rights or becoming a more extraordinary person.
This episode is part of the Connected Conversations series where we talk about the LGBTQ+ community with a large focus on the transgender community. You'll hear my four guests Shannon Whittington, LGBTQ+ expert and RN MSN CCM LGBT Health (she/her), Connor Maddocks, who built the first trans program at the LGBT Center of San Diego (he/him), Rikki Tea, Makeup Artist, Trans Social Media Influencer & 2019 SephoraSquad Member (she/her) and Alyssa Bright, Novelist, Poet and Cyber-Artist (she/her) talk about their journey into either being trans or supporting the community, what it means to be trans, what the difference is between sexual orientation vs gender, how to have a real yet appropriate conversation about and with the LGBTQ+ community, why being trans doesn't mean you're a different person but rather becoming more of who you are really and that the overall feeling is that just like everyone else, they want to be accepted and cared for too.