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On a fishing trip with Matthew Shepard's father, five disparate dads discuss their love, hopes and fears for their trans | dG1fdDh2MXdRWC04WjA
Transcript
00:00 So many trans families don't make it because the dads aren't on board.
00:06 They gotta fucking figure out why they're afraid.
00:10 Dads have that masculine image they want to try and keep up.
00:24 They have to get out and speak.
00:26 They have to show people that they support their child 100%.
00:32 It was important for me, as a father, to speak out.
00:36 The thread that connects us all is that we love our children
00:40 and are willing to put everything on the line for other people's children as well.
00:46 In some ways it's gotten a lot better and in other ways it's also a very scary time.
00:51 We all need to get back into the fight.
00:53 We're not doing it with our heads bowed. We're doing it with a full-throated support of this movement.
01:00 We're letting people know we're here. We're not going to shy away.
01:03 We're not going to be in the shadows. We're not going to be scared.
01:05 We're going to confront this head-on because that's all we can do.
01:08 We have to make the way safe for our children.
01:11 [Music]
01:21 [Silence]