💼🧺 We are all laborers

Published about 2 months ago • 1 min read

It’s Labor Day in the U.S. - a day to honor the American labor movement and to recognize the contributions of workers.

The labor movement brought us “the right to organize in the workplace, the eight-hour workday, the five day work week, workman’s compensation, the abolishment of night work without compensation, equal pay for equal work, and the abolishment of child labor … Labor may be physical, use brain power, or be a labor of love—volunteer work.” (from the Smithsonian website)

So we are all laborers, including parents of trans kids. Caring for and supporting our trans offspring is work! 😮‍💨

Today, recognize your hard work, and rest your brains and bones if you can.

LAST DAY!

🎉We’ve got 5 free copies of KB Brookins’s memoir, Pretty, to give away!🎉

Complete the Zoom registration for our upcoming author event with KB by September 7 (TODAY!), and you’ll be entered into the drawing. Winners will be selected on September 8.

The author event will include a reading by KB, a lil' fireside chat with KB and me, and the chance for YOU to ask KB questions about their book, which just so happens to be winner of the 2025 Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Nonfiction.

🗓️ September 29 | ⏰ 7 pm CDT | 💻 Zoom

Mandy Giles (she/her)
Founder and CEO
Parents of Trans Youth

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