In this episode of Coming Out & Beyond: LGBTQIA+ Stories, host Anne-Marie Zanzal speaks with transgender advocate and educator, Ben Greene. Ben is a sought after speaker who has spoken at international events and conferences about topics surrounding transgender inclusion. After coming out in 2015 living in a small town in Connecticut and givng a popular TEDx talk at Brandeis University, Ben has dedicated his career to spreading empathy, education, and storytelling around the trans experience. He has spoken to groups at companies, hospitals, schools, religious organizations and government entities sharing what it means to be transgender and how to show up as an ally.
He is a fierce advocate for transgender youth, regularly speaking up for them at the Missouri state capital. When he is not speaking during working hours he is delivering free presentations to parent support groups around the country and spending hours speaking one-on-one with families with newly-out transgender loved ones. He is passionate about educating others from a place of compassion, no matter where they are starting from.
In this episode, Anne-Marie and Ben talk about Ben’s coming out experience, what it’s like to be queer in New England, the importance of sharing positive and ‘normal’ transgender narratives and much more.
Ben’s coming out song is Riptide by Vance Joy: https://youtu.be/lYoWuaw5nSk?si=BHa6bqGR1y_K1M01https://www.youtube.com/embed/lYoWuaw5nSk
A book that resonates with Ben is Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers.
Ben’s book is called ‘My Child is Trans, Now What?’
You can find Ben online at bgtranstalks.com
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