Transgender visibility, gender dysphoria & LGBTQ+ education with Phil Hill

<p>Welcome to Over the Rainbow, an LGBTQ+ podcast dedicated to queer education and queer representation. Hosted by Rachel Keighley (she/her).</p> <p> </p> <p>Episode 21: Trans visibility, gender dysphoria and LGBTQ+ education with Phil Hill (they/them)</p> <p> </p> <p>Phil is a trans, genderqueer and mental health activist who uses their social media platform to talk about all things gender and mental health in a raw and open way. They are also writing a book to make the workplace more inclusive to trans people, so do keep an eye out for that.</p> <p> </p> <p>In today’s episode Phil and I talk about trans visibility. We discuss the difficulties of growing up in a cis-gendered, binary world and how a lack of trans visibility can limit your exploration of your gender when you can’t see yourself.</p> <p> </p> <p>We answer the questions of how you can navigate the world without this representation, and what effects this lack of representation has on young people?</p> <p> </p> <p>From there we talk about the importance of LGBTQ+ education from a young age and engaging with trans folk to understand their lived experiences, what it means to be trans, and what gender dysphoria is.</p> <p> </p> <p>More information on Phil:</p> <ul><li>@phil.hill.talks <a href='https://www.instagram.com/phil.hill.talks/'>https://www.instagram.com/phil.hill.talks/</a></li> <li>My Identity and the pandemic blog: <a href='https://www.fumble.org.uk/blog-my-identity-and-the-pandemic/'>https://www.fumble.org.uk/blog-my-identity-and-the-pandemic/</a></li> <li>Tik Tok: @philhilltalks</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p>Information, support and resources:</p> <ul><li>Mermaids UK: <a href='https://mermaidsuk.org.uk/'>https://mermaidsuk.org.uk</a></li> <li>Munroe Bergdorf @Munroebergdorf <a href='https://www.instagram.com/munroebergdorf/'>https://www.instagram.com/munroebergdorf/</a></li> <li>The Proud Trust: <a href='https://www.theproudtrust.org/'>https://www.theproudtrust.org</a></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p>More information on this podcast:</p