Wind Beneath My Wings

Wind Beneath My Wings

From The Parent Advocate Podcast by Stephen Chukumba

February 9, 2026 · 1h 2m · Season 3 · Episode 6

About this episode

This episode discusses various social issues including sexual abuse, gender affirming surgeries, and features an interview with Stephen Leidy about self-reflection and lived experiences.

Trigger Warning: This episode includes discussion of sexual abuse of children by a caregiver. Please take care while listening and prioritize your well-being. In this episode of the Parent Advocate podcast, we catch up on The Dads (feature) world premier at SXSW, loony siblings, and wind phobias. In Today’s Topics we discuss the AMA’s recommendation to delay gender affirming surgeries until 19, Texas A&M eliminating its women's and gender studies programs, and the Pentagon threatening the Boy Scouts funding if they don’t eliminate their DEI programs. This week we interview Minnesota retreat alumni, Stephen Leidy, and talk bodies, lived experience, loss, and the importance of self-reflection. In Allies & Assholes, we give it up to our ally, and this year’s Super Bowl halftime performer, Bad Bunny, for standing ten toes deep with the LGBTQ+ community AND for planning the gayest halftime show ever! And on the flip side, we drag this week’s assholes, the GOP, for turning a hearing about ICE abuses into another referendum on trans people.

People in this episode

Host: Stephen Chukumba

Guest: Stephen Leidy

Topics covered

  • sexual abuse of children
  • gender affirming surgeries
  • women's and gender studies
  • DEI programs
  • self-reflection
  • LGBTQ+ community
  • political commentary

Keywords

  • sexual abuse
  • gender affirming surgeries
  • LGBTQ+
  • self-reflection
  • politics
  • Bad Bunny
  • Texas A&M

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: AMA, Texas A&M, Pentagon, Boy Scouts, GOP

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