The Brothership

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THE BROTHERSHIP’S #WCW Andrea Jenkins (@shesgotgame1), self-described poet, writer, activist, artist, humanitarian and transgender warrior. As of November 7 this year, she is also the first openly transgender black woman to be elected to public office in the United States. Take some time out of your day to watch Andrea’s informative and inspirational Ted Talk, Why I Wear Purple.

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Wherever you are in your journey, you are making progress to be proud of! Remember that and keep on. (Repost from @etwithasmartphone)

#6 is why we are here.

BRO TALK promotes a positive community through engaging in conversation about topics that might be relevant to some of us at some point in our journeys. There may be weeks when you don’t have an experience to share but instead, you might have a question. You can direct message us, always with the option of being shared anonymously, and we’ll put it out there for input from other tBrothers that are taking part in the BRO TALK. There may be weeks when you don’t identify or have any feelings on a topic, we think of those times as great opportunities to learn.

Sometimes all you need is a good laugh. (Repost from @flower_boy66)

Take some tBROTIVATION! . . Regram from @imbr8knfree

Jameson Pagano (@jameson.pagano) is a Gender Therapist and Founder/President of Transparency Team Corp. Jameson was cool enough to share with @tbrothership his unique insight on seeing a therapist and being a therapist. “My name is Jameson, but I also go by Jamie (my birth name). My name doesn’t cause me dysphoria, so I leave it up to the individual person in how they want to address me. I use he/him pronouns. I didn’t come out as trans until a year ago, when I was 38 years old. I wanted to be cognizant of the significant change it would be for not only people in my personal life, but also for my clients, as I began to medically transition. So, I chose a name that I could still use Jamie as a nickname. My clients and my work are the second most important thing in my life. My kids, family, framily, and friends are my number one priority always. I have been working in the mental health field for 20 years, and I have been a therapist (LCPC) for the past 10 years. I was told in grad school that it was imperative to do your own counseling if you were going to be a therapist, so I followed that advice. My therapist is cisgender, but I have been seeing her for years. She has been my rock and I would not be the man I am today if it wasn’t for her. She keeps me grounded, and is the person who knows me the best in this world. She has been through a lot with me, including coming to terms with who I am. While she has seen other trans clients, she acknowledges how much she has learned from working with me. I am honest, vulnerable, and raw in my sessions. We have a strong therapeutic bond. This is paramount for therapy to work. Being able to trust your therapist completely.”

This is what The Brothership is all about, sharing experiences and hope and giving back to those that came before who helped to make us feel less alone. Real Boy, starring Bennett Wallace (@gentle.ben) and Joe Stevens (@bandjoeboy), according to the @realboymovie website, “is an intimate story of a family in transition. As 19-year-old Bennett Wallace navigates early sobriety, late adolescence, and the evolution of his gender identity, his mother makes her own transformation from resistance to acceptance of her trans son. Along the way, both mother and son find support in their communities, reminding us that families are not only given, but chosen. Real Boy was released on iTunes, Amazon, Google Play and other streaming services on