This week on the show, Emily welcomes Ali, a nonbinary, disabled small business owner, and founder of Q Space, living in Southeast Kansas. IG @thewitchybibliophile Catch the show live, Tuesday nights at 9pm Eastern Twitch.tv/TheTransverse YouTube.com/TheTransverse #transgender #trans #transition #thetransgendershow #thetransverse #interview #nonbinary #enby ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★...
This week on the show is Angela aka Mama Pistachio. Angela is a self proclaimed nerd, demi-girl, and avid role player, has always been passionate about creating a safe space for diverse populations including LGBTQ+ and neurodivergent folks. Using an intersectional approach, Angela helps her clients understand how their lived experience, including sex and sexuality, affect all areas of their lives from the games they play to personal relationships to running their own businesses. ★ Support this p...
This week’s episode features Kari-Aidyn, a beloved member of The Transverse family that we lost in August of 2024 to heart disease complications. Kari-Aidyn was a long time family member of The Transverse. She started out as a fan and supporter of The Transgender Show, then became a mod on the Twitch channel and Discord server, then became the producer for the Transverse News show. She was always kind, goofy, and offered to help whenever and wherever she could. She was incredibly loved by the co...
This week on the show is Kasen Truth, a 32 year old trans man who is currently living in Baltimore, Maryland with his wife. Originally born and raised in Houston, TX, he’s an advocate for social justice, 1/2 of renskaise on YouTube, photographer and a social worker. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Adrienne Janene Wehr is a multi-disciplinary artist, and story teller and the cisgender wife of former guest Jessika Janene. Included among Adrienne's myriad stories projects are: In the Company of Ghosts (a multi-disciplinary stage performance that she produced, co-created and co-performed), The Bread, My Sweet (an award winning indie film she produced/performed), Dog Bytes (award-winning web series she produced/performed). She was also the Associate Producer for the Emmy award-winning children...
Ryan Cassata (he/him) is an award-winning singer-songwriter, actor, performer, published writer, LGBTQ+ activist, and transgender motivational speaker. Ryan's music and story has been showcased on The Larry King Live Show, The Tyra Banks Show, CNN, GRAMMY.com, Rolling Stone, Billboard, The New York Times, Newsweek, and The NY Daily News. Ryan has been at the forefront of the transgender liberation movement since his early teens, appearing on the Larry King Live Show at 15 years old, the Tyra Ban...
Ruth E. Macy and Courtney Naliboff are the co-authors of Your Postpartum Body, the first book for people of all gender identities and childbirth experiences to fully address the phisical experience AFTER pregnancy. Both are passionate about education, inclusion, and allyship. They saw that the physical changes and challenges people face postpartum were not being discussed and people were often left on their own to just figure it all out. They also recognized that people who are not parents postp...
As a Transition Mentor, Wendy Cole uses her life experiences to help clients face the significant life changes that come with gender transition. Since 2017, Wendy has guided others through this process. She believes in the mind’s powers; she practices mindfulness, shifting her beliefs and energy to support herself going forward, making profound changes in her life, health, and finding joy in being. At age 67, Wendy changed her life with her transition. Beginning in January 2015 she focused inter...
Krystal is a woman of many talents. She is a dedicated Field Service Technician with a diverse educational background. She holds qualifications in Aircraft Maintenance, both in civilian and military fields, and graduated in the top 5 of her class from an LPN Nursing program. Currently, Krystal is expanding her horizons by studying Animation and Video Game Design in college. She is a proud parent of two teenagers and has been in a loving marriage for 14 years. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★...
This week on the show, Emily speaks with the authors of Gender Without Identity. Ann Pellegrini and Avgi Saketopoulou are psychoanalysts who have focused their attention on gender and sexual identity. In their work, they have found the notion of a “core gender identity” or the “born this way” argument too simplistic and even problematic. All genders and sexualities, they argue, whether queer, straight, trans, nonbinary, or cis, are the result of complex psychic and social processes. Their contro...
This week's guest is Jasmine Vine, a 25 year old transgender woman from Adelaide, South Australia and host of the Trans Boss Podcast. Her story is one of great hardship including bullying, domestic violence, serious mental illness, and both parents dying by 21, yet she's overcome it all to become a powerhouse inspiration to her thousands of followers. Suicidal from age 7 and being diagnosed with all sorts of things including bipolar type 1 which landed her in the psych ward at 17, she now owns h...
Tuesday night, Emily welcomes Toni Leslie to The Transgender Show. She's a Native American transgender female writer and artist From upstate New York. Her many past jobs have included professional photographer, contractor, pilot, radio station DJ, and photo collage artist. Toni is currently working as a peer recovery coach in addiction and working on a memoir describing her life and transition. Recorded LIVE on The Transverse Twitch.tv/TheTransverse #trans #transgender #thetransgendershow #thetr...
Dean FM (Dean-Fraser Milford) is a Boston Massachusetts based non-binary rapper, activist and influencer. His music encapsulates eclectic thoughts that scat over percussive rhythms and exotic sounds. His performances exude drag culture and satiric expression. In 2016, Dean released his debut EP “Watch It”, which received local and national coverage. In 2020, Dean FM released his EP entitled “SISSY.” The music video for his lead single “Bottom Bit” shines a light on the exploitation of prostituti...
Amethysta Herrick, Ph.D. is a writer, podcaster, and activist. Her works focuses on the origin and nature of identity, especially gender. Ami has been a geneticist, a chemist, a software engineer, and a manager, but her greatest challenge to date is taking on the entrenched fallacy that identity and gender are only of concern to the LGBTQ community. Instead, she teaches that identity is an ongoing process every human engages in throughout life. In her spare time, Ami speaks about the scientific ...
Kalie is an ordained pastor in Georgia and an advocate for LGBTQIA+ inclusion in religious institutions. She has a passion for building community and supporting and protecting the rights of individuals. She was dismissed from her seminary after being outed as trans. She joined the lawsuit challenging religious exemptions in Title IX in order to stop religious institutions from discriminating against LGBTQIA+ students while receiving federal funding. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★...
Corey is a transgender man who began his gender journey 21 years ago at the age of 25. Since then, he's lived mostly in stealth and integrated into male culture undetected. He worked as an automotive mechanic for 10 years before beginning his spiritual journey on the Appalachian Trail in 2011. That adventure taught him a lot about true strength and being comfortable in uncomfortable situations. He's been happily married for 10 years with 2 beautiful daughters who accept him as their father. Core...
Van is a queer, non-binary, socialized as female, autistic, trans person dedicated to social justice. They are dually licensed as a Marriage & Family Therapist and a Professional Clinical Counselor. Van is passionate about holding space for all intersections of one’s identity(ies). Van aims to use a trauma informed lens to help folks learn ways to help support themselves in the best way possible. Van is author of the interactive book Exploring My Identities and produced a Documentary called ...
Justice Renée, born trans-female, was raised in a Fundamentalist Evangelical Home. Her father was a leader in the Young Earth/Creation Science movement in Utah and surrounding states through the 1980s and 90s. She was taught through shame to hate her trans identity. In her preteens, Justice dedicated her life to Jesus and began ministry work with her church, AWANA, and CEF and gave her first evangelistic message at 13. She went on to get Bachelor of Arts in Biblical Studies with a Missions Empha...
A New Jersey native, Shannon is a graduate of Rutgers University, with a concentration in Historic Preservation and Political Science. She is a digital creator with content focusing on gender, race, and social justice. With her wife Rachel she co-hosts the podcast 'Our Life In Transition'. You can also find her every week boosting transition posts from other trans creators on Instagram, all the while proclaiming, "It's Tuesday!" ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★...
Laser Malena-Webber is musician and writer — known for their nerdy folk-pop band the Doubleclicks. The Doubleclicks sing about dinosaurs, cats, and queer feelngs. Laser's latest project is the musical Teaching a Robot to Love, which just debuted on the Billboard Cast Albums chart. Teaching A Robot To Love is a story about change, acceptance, queer experiences, and also robots. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
This week on The Transgender Show, Emily welcomes Mallery Jenna Robinson, an AfraCarribean Transwoman and transgender and HIV healthcare advocate in Los Angeles. From 2019-2021 Mallery worked with The LGBTQ Center Long Beach in their Transgender Health Department, responsible for case management of clients, linkage to care, PrEP and PEP services, STI screening and HIV testing. While there she implemented several successful essential programs such as: Rack and Roll (a clothes closet), Snack Shack...
Daniel is a 37-year old working-class transgender veteran running a nonpartisan grassroots congressional campaign for California’s 38th Assembly District. He was born and raised in Maryland by a hard-working single mom. Daniel started working at 14, came out as a lesbian at 16, and graduated from high school the year after 9/11. Unable to break the poverty ceiling, Daniel joined the United States Navy at 24 and served four years supporting the troops in the Middle East. After separating from the...
Dr. Jé Exodus Hooper (they/them) teaches Theatre History, is a doctor of the Arts and Theology, and an Ethical Humanist clergy. Both as performer and clergy within the Ethical Culture Movement and First Unitarian Society of Minneapolis, their ritual-based performance is grounded in the act of homiletics, decolonial Humanism and Black Intellectual Thought. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
This week on the show is Jessica, a trans, bi, ace computer programmer by day and D&D Dungeon Master by night. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
This week on the show is Dani, she works as a manager in the male-dominated electrical sector and hosts support groups for trans teens and adults in northern California. Dani is a 50 year old trans woman in the middle of her second go at transition. She’s worked in the Power Distribution business for over 27 years and as a member of the IBEW (electrical workers) Union for most of that time. Coming out in her male-dominated industry meant she was the first to transition within her company as well...
Lieutenant Colonel Bree Fram is an active duty astronautical engineer in the US Space Force currently assigned to the Pentagon to lead space policy integration for the Department of the Air Force. Bree previously served in a wide variety of Air Force positions including a Research and Development command position and an oversight role for all Air Force security cooperation activity with Iraq. Bree is the President of SPARTA, an organization that advocates and educates about transgender military ...
This week on the show is non-binary, trans masc, streamer, Podcaster, and purveyor of a Vibrant Online Nonbinary Community, Gender Meowster ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Tonight on The Transgender Show, we welcome Jada. She describes herself as “a little kind, a little sultry, and a lot of sass.” As a BIPOC transgender model, Jada is passionate about opportunities that push her out of her comfort zones and allow her to be an activist for her community. Her goal is to promote trans visibility and be a role model for the generations to come. When she’s not trailblazing, you can find Jada Vogueing and spending time with her dog. Instagram and Tiktok: @poshgirljada ...
This week on the Transgender Show is Bre Starr, in her own words a psychologist with a big mouth who meets herself at the intersection of many margins. Be sure to check out our guest, Bre on TikTok at Fairy.Pusss Recorded LIVE on 11/16/2021 at Twitch.tv/TheTransverse ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
