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Elle Baade

My Daughter Is the Trans Girl Playing Sports Everyone Is So Worried About

As the country battles over whether or not trans kids can play sports on teams of their own gender, my own transgender child just started…

Jun 7, 2021

My Daughter Is the Trans Girl Playing Sports Everyone Is So Worried About

Jun 7, 2021

Taco Soy Curl Tenders

Anyone who knows us has heard us talking about soy curls. And that’s because they came along and knocked our hand-knitted socks off and…

Feb 6, 2021

Taco Soy Curl Tenders

Feb 6, 2021

Three Things I Wish Everyone Knew About Having a Transgender Child

#1. Emotionally supporting my transgender child is a life-and-death decision.

Oct 30, 2020

Three Things I Wish Everyone Knew About Having a Transgender Child

Oct 30, 2020

How I Won’t Be Spending the Rest of 2020

I’ve been having trouble sleeping, which isn’t really news, considering our country is a sinking ship. Insomnia is an old friend, if you…

Aug 4, 2020

How I Won’t Be Spending the Rest of 2020

Aug 4, 2020

Reflections on Three Years of Plant-Based Life

We didn’t realize what we were embarking on when our family began our whole food plant-based journey three years ago, nor did we know how…

Jul 27, 2020

Reflections on Three Years of Plant-Based Life

Jul 27, 2020

Why I Let My First Grader Play A Rated M Video Game

We are all stretching out of our comfort zones and learning a new version of paretning as we work our way through these strange and…

Jul 9, 2020

Why I Let My First Grader Play A Rated M Video Game

Jul 9, 2020

George Floyd and The Violence of Change

In the wake of George Floyd being publicly murdered by an officer while other stood by and watched, I woke up to the expected swarms of…

May 28, 2020

May 28, 2020

The Coronavirus Rollercoaster

Some days I wake up and I feel like it’s going to be okay. The sun is shining, the kids aren’t fighting, and nothing in the morning news…

May 1, 2020

The Coronavirus Rollercoaster

May 1, 2020

My Transgender Child’s Real Name

Most of you know the story of our amazing daughter and how bravely she walks through the world being true to herself. You know how she…

Sep 24, 2019

My Transgender Child’s Real Name

Sep 24, 2019

If It Costs More Than I Have

We live in divisive and trying times. We all know it and we all feel it, no matter how much we try to “stay out of it” or avoid…

Sep 20, 2019

If It Costs More Than I Have

Sep 20, 2019

Elle Baade

Elle Baade

Truth-teller. Writer. Photographer. Banjo/guitar/ukulele player. Mom to four kids, one is transgender. Married to my favorite person. www.ellebaade.com

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