![]() ![]() I started to worry that the excessive arguing turned them off of the episode and they chose not to run it. A second month went by, and still nothing. After a few weeks, I set my PVR and checked their website for the next week’s episodes daily. We recorded the show on February 17, 2022, and the producer said the show would run in about a month. It was time to shine and make the best of the opportunity. I might only get these 15 minutes to change the heart of a parent of a transgender child. But I remembered why I do this in the first place-to show the humanity behind a letter on an acronym. I started to question if I was on Jerry Springer! I then wondered if this was the place to share our family’s story. I was so grateful to be off-camera because my gaping mouth could not have been very flattering. If you watch the episode, you will see the rude and insulting crosstalk in the first few segments. I will not share their names as I don’t feel their misinformed opinions from cherry-picked studies need any more oxygen. Marci Bowers debating a neuroscientist turned political commentator and a psychologist. In an effort to show both sides of the argument, the show had Dr. My solo segment was to come at the end, but I was able to watch the first few segments while they happened. Then finally, I was in the big Zoom room with several producers and camera angles, the doctor hosts and the doctor guests. The taping got pushed off by an hour or so, and then I was in a Zoom breakout room for a bit as I met with some of the crew. Taping a television show during the pandemic looks like testing your internet speed, setting up ring lights, a trip to the hairdressers, doing your own makeup, kicking everyone out of the house, kenneling the dog, and turning off phone ringers. ![]() When he called to say yes, and they’d decided to give me my very own segment, I was over the moon. Of course, the associate producer had to take it forward to the higher-ups. Once I had some back and forth with the producer and a date and time were selected, I asked about the possibility of mentioning my book Beyond Pronouns. I might sound like a broken record to my clients, but mainstream articles are a great way to build clout as a writer. They found me through the article I wrote for Today’s Parent in 2019. This is so important because it was before I had started any real promotion for my book besides my social media accounts. One of my first questions to the producer was to ask where they’d heard of me. Go for it.” I will never not check in with my family as this is as much their journey as it is mine-I just happen to be a writer and comfortable with public speaking. In Mitchell’s wise words, “Mom, the book is already written. Once that was established, I proceeded to freak out! I let my hubby and kids know about the invitation and wanted to clear with everyone-again-that my being a public figure on this topic was okay. I was being approached as an “expert on how LGBT children identify.” My first reaction was to google the person’s name to make sure they were a legitimate person who indeed worked as an associate producer for the show. It came in an email with the subject line: The Doctors TV CBS – Appearance Inquiry. Here’s my behind-the-scenes perspective and some of what I learned. While I’ve been on a few local news segments in the past, mainly for my advocacy work, I had no idea what appearing on an American syndicated talk show sharing our family’s story would look like-especially during a pandemic. ![]()
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