The Daily Whatever, June 2: Parenting with Pride!
As we welcome Pride month with a conversation about parenting gender-nonconforming kiddos, and more
Happy Monday, and more importantly, Happy start of Pride Month!
It’s a challenging time for Pride. I have my apprehensions the US will remain a relatively safe place to gather and celebrate Pride. I hope I’m wrong,
Today I perused LinkedIn ahead of the podcast and checked for the rainbow logos we’ve all grown so accustomed to in June. And I saw literally none. Wait, I take that back. Grindr has a rainbow logo. But I barely think Grindr counts, not for this. It’s not like they can hide their Pride any day of the year.
So to all those companies who jumped on the Pride bandwagon when it was easy and advantageous, who’ve now lost their rainbows under Trump 2.0? Well, I can’t say I’m surprised. But it is shameful.
With that out of the way, we welcomed Pride discussing a story of mine, called “I’m Filled with Pride for My Genderfluid Child,” sharing details about my child’s gender journey, and what it’s taught me as a parent and ally.
The TL;DR is: when you become a parent, you sign up for unconditional love. Your child’s gender or sexual orientation can’t—or at least, shouldn’t—override that. Ever.
We’d welcome your feedback—either on the podcast or the story itself.
The chat was as lively as ever today, and we thank Robin Wilding, Wendy🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🌈, Peter William Murphy, Peter Sukowski, Karen Marie Shelton, Craig Nixon, Füsun Aydın, and so many more for joining us.
Tomorrow we'll have Wendy🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🌈 joining us to talk queer history and we’re all in for a huge treat. You’re not gonna want to miss this one.
Love you mean it!
Lawrence Winnerman
The science fiction writer
Lawrence Winnerman is a science fiction writer in Fort Wayne, Indiana. After twenty-five years leading technology programs at Amazon and Microsoft, he was chief operating officer of Blue Amp Media. In his Substack publication, The Hinge & The Near Field, he writes about AI and democracy and is serializing his novel Light Shines Through. He co-hosts The Daily Whatever Show. All stories by Lawrence
Dana DuBois
The memoirist
Dana DuBois is a memoirist and Gen X word nerd based in the Pacific Northwest. She founded I Write Out Loud, her Substack publication, where she writes across a range of subjects; parenting, music and pop culture, relationships, and feminism are her favorites. She co-hosts The Daily Whatever Show. Em dashes, Oxford commas, and well-placed semicolons make her heart happy. All stories by Dana
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