Ep.10.5 Audio Extra! We Respond to Negative Comments & Discouraging Words

<Porch Talk Video HERE.> Our current Pride Special episode features an interview with Olivia Hill, Tennessee's first transgender elected official. Part of our outreach on socials included boosting a video of a short extra interview with Olivia to a wider Facebook audience than we usually get to.

And it worked! The first day we got hundreds of new views--and then we got comments. All of which were, shall we say, discouraging and negative, and all prompted by Olivia's statement that she has transitioned and is no longer male: "You're a DUDE." "DNA." "Yes, SIR!" And so on and so on.

So we decided to talk about this negativity, how to create a dialogue rather than knee-jerk-ism, and whether (and how) to continue getting out of our silo.

We made a short video of us talking it out, and this is the audio of that.

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