TPT#458 - Zero Stars, Do Not Recommend (Jail Friend, Pt. 1)

While George is in Spain, Jess sat down with the Lawyer Friend to discuss his recent experiences with the carceral system. This week, we discussed how he got there, both figuratively and literally. Next week we'll discuss his continued experiences with correctional officers and fellow inmates.

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TPT#453 - Furry Cleavage

In prior years, travel and medial appointments were both rare occurrences for us. They have both become much more common in recent years, and we are adjusting to our new normal.

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TPT#452 - I Don't Have To Do Paperwork

George's recent experiences with psychedelic mental health treatment, both as a patient and as a provider, have given him cause to consider how these experiences could benefit other queer and trans folks.

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TPT#451 - Support Groups Are Not Supposed To Be An Endurance Sport

As we were trying to wind down from the holidays, the holidays kept winding us up instead. From kids to friends to hosting a psychedelic integration group meeting that wasn't supposed to be an integration group meeting, the holidays kept holidaying.

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TPT#448 - The Meat Jello Goes Wonky (Mental Health Treatment, Pt. 3)

George processes some of his experiences with the therapies and supports that we previously discussed, then describes more esoteric approaches that he has found beneficial very recently.

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TPT#447 - It Was Manageable Suicidality (Mental Health Treatment, Pt. 2)

We continue our discussion of George's mental health care over his life, from his first access to anti-depressants during grad school, through to more modern behavioral, somatic, and pharmaceutical strategies that have helped him.

CORRECTION: At 17:35, Jess references a book that should be correctly titled "You Are The One You've Been Waiting For", not "looking for".

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TPT#446 - I Should Call My Therapist (Mental Health Treatment, Pt. 1)

George has lived with gender dysphoria and major depressive disorder for most of his life. In the first of a three-part discussion about all the therapeutic methods and treatments he's engaged with, we discuss his youth and young adulthood and the supports he was able to access at that time in his life.

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TPT#431 - Does He Blah Blah Blah

George is going on a super queer psychedelic road trip. We discuss how that came about.

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TPT#418 - I Wanted It Fixed For Everybody

One recurring theme in the ten year's we've been in your ears has been the recurring difficulties accessing testosterone. These difficulties are familiar to most trans folks on any form of HRT, and now George has been struggling to also access mental health treatment meds after an insurance snafu.

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TPT#390 - Like Two Chicken Wings

While George waits for the next stage of his surgery to get scheduled, parenting continues apace, and Child#2 has given us a run for our money the past couple of weeks.

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TPT#375 - They Show Up Before I Do

We spent the weekend at Cousin Vinnie's, and between home improvement projects, we talked about their experiences accessing medical transition and dating a gender therapist.

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TPT#342 - Fcsking Gate

Our family has a lot of experience in therapy, and George has experience as both the client and the provider. His job has been challenging lately, though, and he was considering leaving the profession, until he had an experience that made him rethink his retirement plans.

Our tall friend was in Episodes 162 and 163.

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TPT#295 - It Sucks, But We're Here For You.

Sometimes we have time and energy to devote to gender- and transition-related topics. Sometimes we have time and energy to use on our own personal development and enrichment. Other times, things like parenting take up all of our cognitive bandwidth. And with the challenges we've been experiencing recently, that parenting thing has gotten somewhat overwhelming.

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TPT#294 - I Was Awake And Didn't Mind It!

George has mentioned before that he suffers from depression, which is slightly more common among members of the LGBTQIA+ community, although the degree of prevalence and correlation varies according to supportiveness of family and community. We discussed his experiences as both a patient and practicing clinician in the mental health industry, the strategies he employs to lessen symptoms when depression worsens, and as the overlap between his gender dysphoria and his depression.

Note that George often refers to his gender dysphoria by only the word "dysphoria", which does have other psychological meanings related to depression or mental illnesses. In this discussion, he is referring specifically to the discomfort and distress related to the incongruity between his gender identity and his sex assigned at birth.

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TPT#285 - Axlotls

Everyone has a personal reality, and it's much easier to function in the world if your own reality is at least similar to the reality of those around you. In Episode 78, George discussed how good it was to have someone validating that his reality was congruent with actual reality. Today we revisited that topic, discussing the realities of transition, coparenting with a toxic person, our kids' educational needs, and accessing healthcare as a nonbinary, fat, pseudo-femme person.

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TPT#283 - Acid and Cocaine

When George took Child#2 to the therapist this week, he made sure to address his supposed fears regarding gender as discussed last episode. Aside from some confusion that his other mom had likely caused by over-explaining in words and concepts that are above his cognitive level, he wasn't actually scared about gender. He was, however, using that as an attention-getting tactic with his other mom to cover for his fears regarding her physical and mental health.

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TPT#282 - Scared Of Gender

We knew that George's ex was going to start trouble again. Just like she will again after that, and again after that, in an unending cycle of attention-seeking false accusations until the child we coparent is grown, and probably even a few attempts thereafter. But what we didn't expect, was the issue she'd pick to make trouble over this time. Transgender parents often have to worry about custody concerns because of their transition, and we thought we'd dodged that bullet. We were wrong.

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TPT#268 - Ridiculous and Far Too Long

Some while ago we discussed how we met over on Gender Rebels. Today we fleshed that story out a little more. Professional lesbians, f*ckbuddies at a cookout, crazy non-girlfriends, and a terrible movie ensue.

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TPT#259 - Resistant To Reality

When George's ex (Child#2's other mom) accused Jess of abuse, everyone knew it was bunk, but nobody realized just how much trouble she would continue to make in the long run. But even when it's not being complicated by difficult adults, parenting is still hard, and as our two youngest become tweens, we are doing our best to continue to be good parents and good people.

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TPT#255 - I Put It There But It Doesn't Really Exist (Abuse Allegations, Pt. 2)

After the shock of being accused of Jess abusing Child#2 and George allowing him to be abused, we found our footing back in reality as the surrounding circumstances began to shed light on the missing parts of the story. Jess didn't hurt their kid, George wasn't neglectful, and Child#2 and his other mom are both bullies who see themselves as victims. The damage is done, and we're still picking up the pieces, but it looks like our family is on the mend, and George's goodness is slightly less infinite but still quite plentiful.

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