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"Do I have to call you Mommy?"

Knowing that she did not have long to live, Corinthia Isom's mother reached out to her good friends Kathleen and April, whom she had met and gotten to know through an LGBTQ+ gospel choir. Listen as Kathleen and Corinthia talk about the early days of their new relationship and why Corinthia says that her mom "made a good choice, a very good choice."

Dee

Who is Dee?

"Do I have to call you Mommy?"

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Dee

Gender Identity Our core sense of who we are as a man, a woman, a mixture of both, or neither.

Gender Expression How we show up in the world through choices like clothing, hair style, mannerisms or tone of voice.

Attraction How we feel toward others sexually, romantically and/or emotionally.

Biological Sex Physical attributes such as reproductive organs and genitalia, chromosomes, genes and hormone levels.

"Do I have to call you Mommy?"

Featured Content

References:

Dee

Gender Identity Our core sense of who we are as a man, a woman, a mixture of both, or neither.

Gender Expression How we show up in the world through choices like clothing, hair style, mannerisms or tone of voice.

Attraction How we feel toward others sexually, romantically and/or emotionally.

Biological Sex Physical attributes such as reproductive organs and genitalia, chromosomes, genes and hormone levels.

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