Kate Brookes (a.k.a. Transister Mom) is an award-winning TV reporter/anchor turned producer/filmmaker who, as field produced for The Discovery Channel, has interviewed celebrities like Beyonce to Barbara Walters. She's written for Today.com, and emcees galas, live events, and webcasts for non-profits and Fortune 500 companies. As a mom to one 13-year-old son and one 13-year-old transgender daughter, Kate is engaged in the trans community at home in NYC and nationwide, producing videos for the Ackerman Institute's Gender and Family Project, and formalizing her role as a trans ally and advocate bringing her heartfelt message of hope, acceptance. Her family story chronicled in her book, Transistor: Raising Twins in a Gender-Bending World, is a key resource for parents of a trans child. "The key messaging for any parent I talk to is around the fact that your support is protective. Don't burden a young person with educating us."