The Daily Whatever, Aug 6: Parenting Trans Kids with Melissa Corrigan & Sophia Kelly Grace
A Pink Hair & Pronouns reunion
Back in 2023, I launched a tiny publication on Medium to create a community for storytelling and advice for parents of gender-nonconforming kids.
I hoped other writers would find it and want to share their stories.
Not in my wildest dreams did I hope to find two amazing writer/editor/thinkers like I found in Melissa Corrigan, she/her and Sophia Kelly Grace, yet somehow, they found me—and together, we created Pink Hair & Pronouns.
So much has changed since the summer of 2023, and not for the better for trans and nonbinary folks. Especially not in the United States.
It was incredible to learn more about Melissa and Sophia’s origin stories as writers, and to get their wise, practical advice for how to endure during these trying Trump years.
Here are their respective origin stories:
Sophia’s origin story:
Melissa’s origin story, and her latest about what it means to parent an 18-year-old trans son in 2025:
And if you loved Melissa’s t-shirt, you can order one just like it through Lawrence Winnerman’s online shop!
Thank you Abby Paradis, An Advocate for Spirit, Artb3ing, Beth Cruz, BiffBiff, Brandon Ellrich, Cat, @cindy508460, Damon Kenner, Dina Ide, Dorothy Arney Yantis, Dr. Amber Hull, Eldridge Brown, John Baker, Frances, Füsun Aydın, Jo Leightner, Melissa Corrigan, she/her, Jim Tipping, John Pearce😀🦋🌈 🦅🌻, Karen Marie Shelton, PhemK, Jo, Pietra Shirley, The Momster 🧷, The One Minute Daily Boost, LPC, Lawrence Winnerman, Obladioblada, Emma, Polly Walker Blakemore, Musings on Interesting Times, RLBII, Robin Wilding, @sallysandoval, Samantha Paige (she/they), Sara Stansberry, Scott Knabel, Nick Paro, Gordon Soukoreff, Soso, The Bathrobe Guy 👘, Lisa | We Are The Third Estate, Wicem Gindrey, Williamma Bell, fi fyza kahani, and Lisa Joy 💜🏳️🌈 for joining us today.
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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
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
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