A full transcript of this episode is now available at transandcaffeinated.com/transcripts Payment | Venmo: @bloggerbrit Social | Twitter: @bloggerbrit Instagram: @bloggerbrit Links | Buy Brit’s novel: All We’ve Ever Done Brit’s blog: The Non-Binary Barista The Twelfth Annual Sprudgie Award Nominations Umeko Moyotoshi’s "A Better Table" interview with Alice Wong Umeko Moyotoshi Alice Wong Background Info | Brit Alexandria and I have confusingly parallel online presences. I’m a coffee person, they...
Sep 25, 2021•44 min•Season 2Ep. 19
Oh hey, there. You’re pretty cute. Haven’t seen you around here before… Heh heh, come here often? Oh, you work here? So you’re here to stay? Oh fuck yeah, they fired the other guy? Honestly, I never liked him—yeah, what was his name… Uhh… what was that? Oh, yeah, Penis , that’s right, Penis used to be there Penis used to be there but now here you are all shiny and new and pretty and well… You’re mine. I mean, you were always mine but four months ago I woke up from a surgery and they were like “y...
Sep 11, 2021•1 hr 19 min
SOCIAL | IG/Twitter: @meghanannette PAYMENT | Ca$happ: $MeghanAnnette Venmo: @mrsgoodwin LINKS | Likewise Coffee Canary Coffee Bar US Coffee Championships World Barista Championships Coffee and Good Spirits Glitter Cat bootcamps Glitter Cat DiGiTiTiON Cup Taster’s DiGiTiTiON Getchu Some Gear Black and White Coffee Q Grader Certification BACKGROUND | If you’re a coffee person like myself... which many of you are... chances are you’ve seen M-A Reida’s face flash across your timeline at least once ...
Aug 28, 2021•36 min•Season 2Ep. 3
A full transcript of this episode is now available at https://transandcaffeinated.com/transcripts/ LINKS | Hudson Valley Amps, Facebook / Instagram www.morganrosedean.com SOCIAL | IG: @_morgandean_ Twitter: @_morgandean_ INFO | Like many millennials, Morgan Dean grew up in a world controlled by a generation who were taught that feelings are private, and mental illness is shameful. As a child and into their adolescence, Morgan bounced from doctor to doctor, many of them suggesting that their symp...
Aug 14, 2021•43 min•Season 2Ep. 2
A transcript of this episode is now available at transandcaffeinated.com/transcripts/ PAYMENT | Venmo: @charli-mandel SOCIAL | IG: @gnarli_xcx LINKS | Documentary: Fixed up - A Terrible Idea Cycling Tips Article: Everesting on a Fixie with a Hormone Headwind ABOUT | It’s hard to know which one Charli Mandel learned first: how to walk, or how to ride a bike. You know, come to think of it, you probably need to be able to walk before you can learn how to ride a bike… but if it were possible to ride...
Jul 31, 2021•49 min•Season 2Ep. 1
PAYMENT Venmo: @bleeeeeez SOCIAL IG: @Getchu some gear Twitter: @Getchu some gear ABOUT Bok bok. Who’s there? Chris Mcauley. Chris Mcauley who? Did you know that Chris Mcauley has chickens? It’s definitely not the coolest thing about him, but it’s up there. Chris Mcauley is the founder of Getchu Some Gear, which he launched a little under two years ago alongside his partner, Chelsea. Getchu set out to hook up marginalized coffee workers with free coffee stuff, but they’ve since expanded the scop...
Feb 27, 2021•42 min•Season 1Ep. 15
When is the last time you laid down on your bed with a sweet, purring cat curled up on your chest, took a long, deep breath, and remembered to forget the world, if only for a moment? If your answer is “never” or “I can’t remember,” then take a second—if you can—to do that right now. Pause this episode, take a deep breath in, take an even longer breath out, ground yourself in this moment, and remind yourself that it is okay to just be . This is what Mx. Lex Pe’er Horwitz wants you to remember: th...
Feb 13, 2021•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Have you heard of Felix Tran? ...no? Well, that’s surprising! Felix is a Seattle-based, Vietnamese-American, transgender artist voted most likely to have huge bursts of energy at 1:00 AM and work until 5:00. A little under two years ago, Felix co-founded and designed a logo for Coffee at Large—or “CAL”—which launched with a barista-led coffee-shop walkout that rocked the coffee world. Within days, everybody and their cousin had set CAL’s logo as their Instagram profile picture, in solidarity wit...
Jan 30, 2021•43 min•Season 1Ep. 13
It’s never easy to navigate the dichotomy of upholding anti-capitalist principles and beliefs while running a for-profit business—but Cheyenne Xochítl Love remains mindful of this balance, while learning new skills along the way. Cheyenne is the Indigenous, two-spirit, non-binary trans girl behind Queer Wave Coffee , where she roasts Honduran coffee on Chochenyo Ohlone land or precolonized Oakland, CA. For her, being queer means that we create new avenues that allow us to break free from the str...
Jan 16, 2021•57 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Mar León is a lot like nature: their gender cycles with the passage of each season, they are justifiably angry about the impact of capitalism, and they are tired of white people-centric approaches to problem-solving. Mar is raising their voice and fighting for justice in the face of oppressive systems designed to disempower their communities. As a disability justice advocate, Mar’s efforts are focused through the lens of community care, interdependence, and communal abundance-making, with the un...
Jan 02, 2021•46 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Em Rabelais is the white, disabled, queer, trans feminine, and non-binary ethicist, nurse, scholar, white feminism dismantler, and potential kept themmebian you never knew you needed. Until now. WHOOO that was a mouthful. As an academic, their scholarship is rooted in disrupting and dismantling white supremacy in nursing—but Em’s work doesn’t end there. They are deeply committed to pushing back against all forms of oppression, including the rampant ableism and transmisogyny they regularly endure...
Dec 19, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Faith woke up one morning with a single thought weighing heavy on her mind: “I don’t even know who I am.” For years, she internalized the resounding sentiment of those around her that it was not okay to be herself - until one day, she came to a crossroads wherein she could no longer bear to live as anybody else. Now the owner of Wish Me Luck, Chicago’s very first Black, trans, queer-owned tattoo shop, Faith demonstrates the healing power of community spaces, especially for people who have histor...
Dec 05, 2020•57 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Growing up in a conservative, evangelical home, Mya suspected that coming out as trans could mean parting ways with her parents. However, she firmly rejected the notion that it was her responsibility to adjust to the comfort of those around her. She felt, rather, that it was their responsibility to adjust and accept her for who she is. Mya always says that her number one goal in life is to help people. And even at times when Mya has faced immense hardship, she has continued to lead with her empa...
Nov 21, 2020•38 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Like many trans people, Fiora spent her formative years consuming media where cisgender actors repeatedly played transgender characters, usually in a very unflattering light. After her marriage ended, Fiora relocated to New York City and enrolled in an acting class. Suddenly and to her initial surprise, she found herself surrounded by queer and trans actors, in a city where directors not only respected but actively sought to cast trans people. Though she fully acknowledges that TV and film still...
Nov 07, 2020•53 min•Season 1Ep. 7
As a child, Jesse found respite from their religiously conservative community within the pages of manga. Hidden in those words and images were tales of unapologetic queer love that affirmed their identity, even when their family would not. Jesse always knew that they felt attraction to people of different genders, and when they first heard the word “pansexual” as a teenager, something just clicked . These days, Jesse channels their “queer angst” from high school into everything they do; be it by...
Oct 24, 2020•54 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Cheers, queers, and welcome to the very first Special Edition episode of the Trans and Caffeinated podcast. Today, I have the unique honor of sharing with you the words and stories of six trans and gender non-conforming poets. Spoken word poetry is one of my absolute favorite art forms. It is uniquely powerful in that it conveys meaning and emotion both through the text itself, as well as the intonation, inflection, punctuation, and feeling that that author provides in their reading. These poets...
Oct 10, 2020•46 min
When I recorded this episode in Summer 2020, I had no idea how little time we had left with my dearest friend Jeff. This episode is now and forever a tribute to the kind, loving, generous, incredible soul that was Jeffrey Scott Guillermo. May he rest in the sweetest, most beautiful peace. I love you forever, Jeff❤️️ -- Jeff Guillermo was 13 years old when he first learned that gay people even exist. Growing up as the child of religious immigrants, LGBTQ+ people were rarely the topic of discussio...
Sep 26, 2020•35 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Daya always knew that coming out as trans might force her to reexamine and restructure several parts of her life. As a classically trained vocalist and a music minister in a Protestant church, the communities in which she was involved did not always create space for trans and gender non-conforming people to thrive. When she began to transition, she realized that maintaining her connection with God would mean converting religions— and that maintaining employment would mean pivoting careers. Daya ...
Sep 12, 2020•56 min•Season 1Ep. 4
From the time they were young, Payton knew they were different from those around them. They didn’t have words to describe exactly how , and living in the politically conservative, hyper-religious, suburban town of Plano, TX, people weren’t exactly open to helping them explore. When Payton was 15, they mustered up the courage to come out to their family as gay. After that, they were quickly admitted to conversion “therapy,” a manipulative and egregiously harmful abuse tactic to which many young L...
Aug 29, 2020•31 min•Season 1Ep. 3
When Ary first came out, he had to reckon with the realization that transitioning might mean losing the support of his parents. For quite some time, his parents held firm that they could not support his transition, and begged him to reconsider. Ary knew that for him, living his truth was a matter of life or death. He chose life, in spite of how his parents may react. Ary has been out as trans for several years now, and has taken it upon himself to share about his journey with others. He works in...
Aug 15, 2020•44 min•Season 1Ep. 2
When Sophie Kozub was growing up, she often felt out of place - she was a legacy student in an all boys’ catholic school, a long-time Boy Scout, lined up with the boys when she knew she should be in line with other girls. Though she found subtle ways to transgress the confines of her prescribed roles in high school, it wasn’t until college that she truly allowed herself to break from masculinity. As she rowed through the uncertain waters of her gender, she tried on a number of labels to find one...
Aug 01, 2020•38 min•Season 1Ep. 1
This podcast is rooted in a singular dream -- to aid our culture’s growth by fostering collective education, encouraging open discussion, and most importantly nurturing and inspiring new generations of my transgender siblings. Don’t forget to subscribe to and review this podcast, so you can stay up to date on the latest episodes. If you feel inclined to support this work financially, you can head to our Patreon . You can follow my personal accounts on Twitter and Instagram @ariellergordon, and y...
Jul 27, 2020•3 min•Season 1Ep. 1
