Episode 822: Helen Anderson, Mother of Trans Daughter, New Variety Show on May 10th

Listen, Learn & Love Hosted by Richard Ostler

Richard Ostler

Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 839 Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

My friend Helen Anderson (Lives in Utah County, BYU Grad, Mother of 4, LGBTQ Ally) joins us to share her story: · Exposure to gay people in the 70’s and 80’s—becoming supportive · Carol Lynn Pearson’s book · Documentary called “TransMormon” and how it helped prepare her · Journey to love, see, understand, and accept her transgender daughter · Pronouns · OK to cry · High school graduation (great experience) · University of Utah welcome/housing (great experience) · Have a transgender/non-binary child is not a sad tragedy—but can become a beautiful family love story Helen also talks about her new variety show called “Dear Mom: Celebrating Mothers of LGBTQIA+ Children” on May 10th (see show notes for more information). Thank you, Helen, for your courage to come on the podcast and share your beautiful family love story. I’m grateful for your voice and experiences to help us better support the transgender people in our lives—for they are wonderful. Links: Variety Show on May 10th, 2025: https://www.werehereutah.com/dearmom Helen on Instagram: @helenandersoncomedy

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0:00.0	Hello, welcome listeners to another episode of Listen, Learn, and Love, hosted by Richard Osler.
0:09.9	My guest on today's podcast, joining me from Provo, Utah, is my new friend Helen Anderson.
0:16.7	Welcome to the podcast, Helen.
0:18.9	Thank you, and thank you for letting me be a guest.
0:22.1	I'm really excited to do this.
0:25.4	Go ahead.
0:26.4	We are glad to have you as a guest.
0:28.3	And you may wonder sometimes how I find my guests.
0:31.9	Most of my guests find me.
0:34.1	And sometimes it's a DM on social media.
0:36.4	Sometimes it's an email.
0:39.3	And this is an email I got from Helen. And I'll just read a little bit because it's a DM on social media. Sometimes it's an email, and this is an email I got from Helen,
0:41.8	and I'll just read a little bit because it's a good way to introduce.
0:46.7	The short summary is, I'm an LDS mom in Provo with four kids,
0:48.7	including a young adult trans daughter,
0:51.2	currently goes to the University of Utah.
0:55.2	I've been doing stand-up comedy on the side for the last few years.
1:01.9	And I won't read all of this. My goal is to humanize queer experiences through humor.
1:11.8	My friend and I are planning a Mother's Day music comedy show to celebrate, to celebrate supportive moms of LGBTQ kids this May.
1:15.0	And she's going to talk about that show.
1:19.5	It's called Dear Mom Celebrating Mothers of LGBTQ Children.
1:22.1	It's on May 10th, 2 p.m. in Provo.
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