Jake Graf on the EHRC Ruling and Nurturing Gender Expression

About this episode

Jake Graf discusses parenting, gender expression, and LGBTQ+ rights in the UK.

Filmmaker, author and trans advocate Jake Graf joins me in the co-hosting hot seat at Homo Sapiens this week. We talk all things parenting, gender expression, growing up feeling different, and Jake’s new children’s book The Silly Frilly Dress . We discuss raising kids without rigid gender expectations, why children often understand self-expression better than adults do, and the changing, hostile climate around LGBTQ+ rights in the UK and beyond. FINAL reminder too for the Homo Sapiens Dog Walk this Saturday! Sign up using the link in our Instagram bio! ✉️Get in touch hello@homosapienspodcast.com 📲@homosapiens on instagram 🎥Watch on YouTube @homosapienspod 👆🏼Subscribe for more conversations that matter to the LGBTQ+ community ✨ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Christopher Sweeney

Guest: Jake Graf

Topics covered

• gender expression
• parenting
• LGBTQ+ rights
• children's literature
• self-expression

Keywords

• gender expression
• parenting
• LGBTQ+ rights
• children's book
• self-expression

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Spirit Studios, Christopher Sweeney

Books & works: The Silly Frilly Dress

Places: UK

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