Transform: Beyond The Transition

On todays' episode Sam and I talk with two amazing guests about the trans and queer community and intersectionality. Our guests today, Dago and Vern, talk about their own intersectional identities, their communities, and how that informs their work in the trans and queer communities.  This is only our first episode about intersectionality and the trans community. Here are some resources pertinent to this conversation. Janet Mock discusses intersectionality at UC Davis: https://theaggie.org/2018/02/15/transgender-author-janet-mock-discusses-intersectionality-uc-davis/ A Map of Gender-Diverse Cultures: http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/content/two-spirits_map-html/ We hope you enjoy the episode. Please follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pg/TransformPod and please subscribe or follow us on your favorite podcasting app. You can contact us at transformpod@gmail.com with questions or anything you would like to share with us - we do ask that you keep all correspondence respectful. Last but not l

On this week's episode, Sam and I discuss current events that impact trans folks. Below you'll find links that relate to the different events we discuss.  Gavin Grimm https://www.thedailybeast.com/gavin-grimm-is-transgender-his-legal-fight-to-go-to-the-bathroom-is-endless https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/the-3-transgender-cases-in-courts-this-last-week   California Congressional Candidate Harrasses Trans Woman in a Public Bathroom http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/388251-gop-candidate-films-confronts-transgender-woman-using-womens-bathroom   Sephora's Trans Beauty Classes https://www.elle.com/beauty/makeup-skin-care/a20873537/sephora-launches-makeup-classes-transgender-community/   Planned Parenthood List of clinics that are providing hormone replacement therapy: https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/sexual-orientation-gender/trans-and-gender-nonconforming-identities/what-do-i-need-know-about-trans-health-care https://www.plannedparenthood.org/get-care/our-services   We hope you enjoy t

On this week's podcast, Sam and I interviewed Catherine and Samantha about their lives as trans women and their experiences with everything from femininity to Feminism.  We hope you enjoy the episode. Please follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pg/TransformPod and please subscribe or follow us on your favorite podcasting app. You can contact us at transformpod@gmail.com with questions or anything you would like to share with us - we do ask that you keep all correspondence respectful. Last but not least, a huge thank you to Skylar Kergil for the use of his beautiful song "Tell Me A Story" as the intro and outtro music for our podcast. You can find more information about Skylar and you can support his work at http://www.skylarkergil.com  

Today Sam and I interviewed Kendahl Lyn and Elle Murtagh about their experiences as non binary folks. We cover a lot in this episode and we also go over in time because this is  such an important conversation. Non binary folks are an important part of the community and we don't hear enough of their stories - so please forgive us for the long episode.  One more thing,  a bit of a trigger warning. There is some very brief mention of physical and sexual abuse, as part of Kendahl an dElle's stories. If these are triggering topics for you, consider skippinbrief moments. We hope you enjoy the episode. Please follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pg/TransformPod and please subscribe or follow us on your favorite podcasting app. You can contact us at transformpod@gmail.com with questions or anything you would like to share with us - we do ask that you keep all correspondence respectful. Last but not least, a huge thank you to Skylar Kergil for the use of his beautiful song "Tell Me A Story" as the intr

Today we have a special episode called, Ask A Trans Guy! We asked you to submit your questions on social media and promised to do our best to answer them. This is our first episode dedicated to audience questions - we hope you enjoy it! If we didn't get to your question yet, we will on another episode, and if you have more questions please submit them on our Facebook page or via the survey. In the episode we talk about a resource, here is the link: The Gender Unicorn: http://www.transstudent.org/gender Please follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pg/TransformPod and please subscribe or follow us on your favorite podcasting app. You can contact us at transformpod@gmail.com with questions or anything you would like to share with us - we do ask that you keep all correspondence respectful. Last but not least, a huge thank you to Skylar Kergil for the use of his beautiful song "Tell Me A Story" as the intro and outtro music for our podcast. You can find more information about Skylar and you can su

Hello! Today Sam and I talk about outing - what it means to out someone and trans and so much more.  We hope you enjoy the episode. Please follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pg/TransformPod and please subscribe or follow us on your favorite podcasting app. You can contact us at transformpod@gmail.com with questions or anything you would like to share with us - we do ask that you keep all correspondence respectful. Last but not least, a huge thank you to Skylar Kergil for the use of his beautiful song "Tell Me A Story" as the intro and outtro music for our podcast. You can find more information about Skylar and you can support his work at http://www.skylarkergil.com Thakn you for listening to Transform: Beyond the Transition.

Today Sam and I speak with Shane Maxwell about our experiences with masculinity as trans men. Gender is a complex social construction and masculinity is one way that human beings perform malenss. We also delve into our experiences with male privilege as trans men.  We hope you enjoy the episode. Please follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pg/TransformPod and please subscribe or follow us on your favorite podcasting app. You can contact us at transformpod@gmail.com with questions or anything you would like to share with us - we do ask that you keep all correspondence respectful. Last but not least, a huge thank you to Skylar Kergil for the use of his beautiful song "Tell Me A Story" as the intro and outtro music for our podcast. You can find more information about Skylar and you can support his work at http://www.skylarkergil.com Thakn you for listening to Transform: Beyond the Transition.

Welcome to the first full episode of Transform: Beyond the Transition! Today Sam and I talk about our coming out stories and our motivations for doing this podcast and other work for the trans community. Coming out is an important process and one that looks different for everyone who comes out. We hope you will enjoy our stories, but please remember that these are our experiences and are not the experiences of every trans person. On this podcast, in coming episodes, you'll get to hear many more coming out stories. Our hope is that thsi podcast will be a place where people can listen to a wide range of incredible stories about transfolks. Here are some great resources from one of our favorite organizations, the National Center for Transgender Equality, that offer great informaiton about trans folks (for anyone wanting more information) and about supporting trans folks in your life: https://transequality.org/sites/default/files/docs/resources/Understanding-Trans-Short-July-2016_0.pdf https://transequality.o

It's Trans Day of Visiblity and we want celebrate today by announcing the launch of a new podcast called Transform: Beyond the Transition. In this teaser episode we discuss a past and present examples of trans visibilty and how that visibility can postively impact the lives of trans folks. You can learn more about Transform: Beyond the Transition on our Facebook page at: fb.me/TransformPod or by searching Facebook for @TransformPod. Be sure to subsribe on itunes or where you get your podcasts so you don't miss a single episode. And finally, thank you to Skylar Kergil for the use of his incredible song "Tell Me A Story" as the intro and outtro music for our podcast. You can purchase Skylar's music on iTunes and learn more about him and his work at http://www.skylarkergil.com