Kathy, Diana & Cheryl from the CT chapter of Free Mom Hugs bring acceptance and love to the show. Show Notes Sponsor: Small State Provisions Trevor Project Survey Free Mom Hugs Sara Cunningham Chasten Buttigeig New Haven Pride Center SOGIECon 2024 The Green Mile Transqat.com Donate Sponsor...
Nov 22, 2024•59 min•Season 3Ep. 69
Trans youth advocate, author, and friend of the show Tony Ferraiolo returns to talk with Clare about his memoir, Finding My Way Out of the Darkness. Transqat is a safe space where transgender and queer people can stand together. We stand for respectful conversations, for open minds and open hearts, for a better understanding. We stand against bigotry, willful ignorance, and fear-mongering. Transqat: We Stand. Show Notes Tony Ferraiolo Transqat Episode 1 (Tony Ferraiolo) Transqat Episode 29 ( A S...
Nov 08, 2024•1 hr•Season 3Ep. 68
Xander from Texas ells his story. Transqat is a safe space for respectful conversations about transgender issues and queer people. Learn more at transqat.com. Show Notes: Transqat Episode (Nex Benedict) Transqat Episode (Mack Beggs ) Xander on Days of Our Lives Empire Boys Don’t Cry Brandon Teena Story Tubi Boy Meets Girl Eastenders Maya on The Bold & the Beautiful Pose Angelica Ross Paris is Burning The Aggressive s Montrose Center Springsteen Endorses Harris/Walz Transqat.com Donate Sponso...
Oct 25, 2024•27 min•Season 3Ep. 67
Melissa Combs, Founder & Chief Cogitator of the OUT Accountability Project, joins Clare for a substantive look at queer youth in Connecticut schools. Transqat is a safe space for respectful conversations about transgender issues and queer people. Learn more at transqat.com. Show Notes OUT Accountability Project US DOE Investigates Farmington MS Barking at Queer Folks CT Anti-Trans Bills North Haven Substitute Teacher Freedom of Information Act Equality C T Husky 4 Immigrants Pre-K Child Init...
Oct 18, 2024•1 hr•Season 3Ep. 66
Stories from this year's Rhode Island Pride. Transqat is a safe space for respectful conversations about transgender issues and queer people. Learn more at transqat.com. Show Notes Bradley Hospital Lifespan Living Michelle Fortier Planned Parenthood Unitarian Universalist Demisexual Bi-Erasure Bisexual Resource Center Untitled Goose Game WXIN Meg Tancrede Photos Aroace (aromantic-asexual) Bluey Queer Eye (Bravo) Queer Eye (Netflix) Andreas Viselias Aristotle on women Men Are From Mars, Women Are...
Oct 11, 2024•59 min•Season 3Ep. 65
It's Congressman Barney Frank! Do I really need more of an intro than that? Transqat is a safe space for respectful conversations about transgender issues and queer people. Learn more at transqat.com. Show Notes Congressman Barney Frank Smahtguy:The Life & Times of Barney Frank Transqat Episode: Eric Orner Frank:A Life in Politics From the Great Society to Same-Sex Marriage Reagan: Nine Words Clinton 1996 State of the Union LV’s cabinet fails At War With Ourselves, HR McMaster DADT Madam Spe...
Sep 27, 2024•56 min•Season 3Ep. 64
Abi Maxwell, author of the new memoir One Day I'll Grow Up to Be a Beautiful Woman joins Clare to talk about this riveting memoir. Transqat is a safe space for respectful conversations about transgender issues and queer people. Learn more at transqat.com. Show Notes Abi Maxwell One Day I’ll Grow Up and Be a Beautiful Woman (the book) For Today I Am a Boy (the song) ANOHNI Gilford, NH I Am Jazz Maxwell Family Leaves NH Queer History Trivia Registration Congressman Barney Frank...
Sep 20, 2024•50 min•Season 3Ep. 63
Wrestler, MMA fighter, champion, Texan, trans-man: Mack Beggs joins Clare to discuss elite-level sports, supporting trans athletes, and mastery of trash-talk. Transqat is a safe space for respectful conversations about transgender issues and queer people. Learn more at transqat.com. Show Notes Changing the Game ESPN 30-for-30: “Mack Wrestles” MMA Travis Clark Trinity HS, Euless TX Fallon Fox Alana McLaughlin Gender Revolution: A Journey with Katie Couric Justin Bieber haircut tutorial Texas Trib...
Sep 06, 2024•1 hr•Season 3Ep. 62
Clare gathers stories from participants at Boston, Middletown, Guilford & Haddam-Killingworth Pride. Transqat is a safe space for respectful conversations about transgender issues and queer people. Learn more at transqat.com. Show Notes
Aug 16, 2024•1 hr 32 min•Season 2Ep. 61
This episode Clare is beset by Amandas in a conversation about gynecology, gender-affirming health care, and Schoolhouse Rock. Transqat is a safe space for respectful conversations about transgender issues and queer people. Learn more at transqat.com. Show Notes Three is a Magic Number Amanda Rostkowski Amanda Kayte Corcora n Comprehensive Gynecology of Connecticut SAMHSA: Trauma-informed care Transqat Episode 18: Stefan Simanovich Kiplingers: most expensive states Lorals DIV Metoidioplasty Jane...
Jun 28, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 60
Lily. Eric and Zorian from the podcast I'm Feeling Queer Today talk about their work with the Future Perfect Project. Transqat is a safe space for respectful conversations about transgender issues and queer people. Learn more at transqat.com. Show Notes Celeste Lecesne Trevor Project Future Perfect Project I’m Feeling Queer Today Saegertown PA BOE Minority Stress Syndrome Dykes to Watch Out For Fun Home GN Fun Home musical Stone Butch Blues 1993 March on Washington Frank Langella’s Dracula OutFi...
Jun 21, 2024•46 min
The Rep. from the 134th district talks with Clare about the legislature, trans health care, and her remarkable non-binary child. Transqat is a safe space for respectful conversations about transgender issues and queer people. Learn more at transqat.com. Show Notes: Rep. Sarah Keitt Nex Benedict Transqat Episode 49: Nex Benedict vigil Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz Society for Women’s Health Research CT LGBT Caucus Rep. Dominique Johnson Rep. Jeff Curry Rep. Marcus Brown Rep. Raghib Allie-Brennan Yale ...
Jun 14, 2024•46 min•Season 2Ep. 58
Political cartoonist Eric Orner talks with Clare about his graphic novel Smahtguy: The Life and Times of Barney Frank. Transqat is a safe space for respectful conversations about transgender issues and queer people. Learn more at transqat.com. Show Notes: Eric Orner Smahtguy: The Life and Times of Barney Frank 1981 word processor The Boston Phoenix The Concord Monitor Bay Windows The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Greene Winter Hill Gang The Village Voice Jules Pfeiffer Mimi Pond Ben Kat...
May 31, 2024•55 min•Season 2Ep. 57
Michael Roberts, attorney with the CT Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities, talks with Clare about Soule et al. v. CT Association of Schools et al. Transqat is a safe space for respectful conversations about transgender issues and queer people. Learn more at transqat.com. Show Notes CHRO Soule et al. v. CT Association of Schools et al. AD(NT)F 303 Creative LLC v Elenis Southern Poverty Law Center on AD(NT)F CIAC Bowers v. Hardwick Lawrence v. Texas Justitiability Federal Courts of Appeal...
May 24, 2024•52 min•Season 2Ep. 56
Ianne Fields Stewart, Jeff Calhoun, and Jonathan Brielle join Clare to discuss the new musical A Complicated Woman. Transqat is a safe space for respectful conversations about trans issues and queer peopole. Learn more at transqat.com. Show Notes: Goodspeed Opera House A Complicated Woman Ianne Fields Stewart Jonathan Brielle Jeff Calhou n Equity card Kenley Players Tommy Tune Sam Salmond Johnny Mercer Writers Grove Lee Shubert Oklahoma Showboat Dom DeLuise South Pacific : You’ve Got To Be Caref...
May 10, 2024•49 min•Season 2Ep. 55
Clare chats with Ben Greene, author of My Child Is Trans, Now What ? Transqat is a safe space for respectful conversations about trans issues and queer people. Learn more at transqat.com Show notes: Ben Greene TEDxTalk Trans Regret Stats: Fact Trans Regret Stats: Fiction Transqat Episode 36: Moms Speak Out Strands for Trans Refuge Restrooms Yelp: Open To All GLSN ACLU CHRO Southern Trans Youth Emergency Project One Supportive Adult A Complicated Woman Game Nigh t Eliot Page Acquires “Darkness” E...
May 03, 2024•47 min•Season 2Ep. 54
Voices from First Event 2024 (the Trans Community of New England's annual conference). Transqat is a safe space for respectful conversations about trans issues and queer people. Learn more at transqat.com. Show Notes: TCNE First Event 2024 Ted Kopppel on Iraq Invasion Michael Kelly Souq Al Mubarakeya Fantasia Fair Pygmalion and Galatea (Jean-Leon Gerome) Alcoholics Anonymous Transgender in Sobriety Narcotics Anonymous A Complicated Woman Springfield Pride Middletown Pride Boston Pride For the Pe...
Apr 19, 2024•25 min•Season 2Ep. 53
Susie Cleary, BAA Director of Athlete Services and marathoner Danny Riordan join Clare to discuss the Boston Marathon's addition of a non-binary runner category. Transqat is a safe space for respectful conversations about trans issues and queer people. Learn more at transqat.com Show notes: Boston Marathon 2024 Patriots Day Hopkinton Start Line Wellesley Scream Tunnel Heartbreak Hill/Johnny Kelly Citgo sign Fenway Right on Hereford, Left of Boylston Road of Rainbows Jack Fleming BAA Distance Med...
Apr 12, 2024•50 min•Season 2Ep. 52
Dru Levasseur, Director of DEI at the LGBTQ+ Bar, joins Clare just ahead of Trans Day of Visibility. Transqat is a safe space for respectful conversations about transgender issues. It's a place for queer people to tell their stories. Learn more at transqat.com . Show notes: Dru Levasseur LGBTQ+ Bar Lavender Law 365 Lambda Legal Jim Collins Foundation Dr. Claudine Gay Coca-Cola lawsuit Equity vs. equality Lusardi v. McHugh Debevoise & Plimpton Rep. Ayanna Pressley Tony Ferraiolo Aaron Reeves ...
Mar 29, 2024•56 min•Season 2Ep. 51
Clare sits down with public radio host Chion Wolf for a conversation about compassion, curiosity, Delight, and the role of beans in chili. Transqat is a safe space for respectful conversations about transgender issues and queer people. Learn more at transqat.com. Show notes: Chion Wolf Audacious with Chion Wolf “Otter of the Universe” Brilliant! Chion’s Team: Meg Dalton Megan Fitzgerald Kahleel Rahman Jessica Severin de Martinez Catie Talarski The Transqat Team Delirium of the Endless Neil Gaima...
Mar 15, 2024•58 min•Season 2Ep. 50
Clare attends the vigil for Oklahoma teen Nex Benedict, held at the State Capitol in Hartford on February 28. Transqat is a safe space for respectful conversations about transgender issues and queer people. Learn more at transqat.com Show Notes: GLAAD: Nex Benedict news updates Sandy Hook Promise Rep. Sarah Keitt Ace Ricker singer The Villag e - Wrabel Leah Juliett, Equality CT Rev. Aaron Miller Two-Spirit OK Gov. Kevin Stitt Signs Executive Order CT ov. Ned Lamont All You Need is Love Curtis Ro...
Mar 08, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Season 2Ep. 49
Clare and speech pathologist Hilary Weissberg explore prosody, authenticity, and vulnerability. Transqat is a safe space for respectful conversations about transgender issues and queer people. Learn more at transqat.com Show Notes: Hilary Speech Therapy TEDx: prosody Andrew Scott Macbeth V.5 Romeo & Juliet II.11 US Trans Survey 2022 All of Us Strangers Nex Benedict Music by Samuel F. Johanns from Pixabay...
Mar 01, 2024•46 min•Season 2Ep. 48
Dr. Carl Streed, Research Lead for the GenderCare Center at Boston Medical Center & Associate Professor of Medicine at BU's School of Medicine , talks with Clare about the difference between sex and gender, the diversity in chromosomal, hormonal and genital determinations of sex, and data-driven health care for trans folks. Transqat is a safe space for respectful conversations about transgender issues and queer people. Learn more at transqat.com. Show Notes: Dr. Carl Streed TEDx: Advocating ...
Feb 16, 2024•44 min•Season 2Ep. 47
Witer-Director Christopher Cunetto and Producer-Actor Mauricio Pita join Clare to discuss their short film Safe Word. Transqat is a safe space for respectful conversations about trans issues and queer people. Show Notes: Safe Word (imdb) Christopher Cunetto Mauricio Pita Transqat Episode #35 OutFilm CT OutFilm CT creator interviews Eva von Schweinitz Three Objects on a Table Shibari Solar-powered dancing flower Narcissist Radio playlist ALEX, Inc event...
Feb 09, 2024•57 min•Season 2Ep. 46
Briana & Tony join Clare to discuss polyamory in general and their experiences in specific. Transqat s a safe space for respectful conversations about transgender issues and queer people. Learn more at transqat.com. Show Notes The Quality of Mercy ( Merchant of Venice , IV.i) This Son of York ( Richard III , I.1) This Thing of Darkness ( Tempest , V.i) Hole in the Wall Theater Sweet Transvestite ( Rocky Horror Picture Show ) Throuple On Good Authority Tony’s Flour Shop Secretary Tess of the ...
Jan 26, 2024•54 min•Season 2Ep. 45
Clare talks with author, activist and trans man Rowan Jette Knox about transitions, love and mental health. Transqat is a safe space for respectful conversations about transgender issues and queer people. Learn more at Transqat.com . Show Notes: Rowan Jette Knox Love Lives Here One Sunny Afternoon Order of Ottawa 2021 Phalloplasty Rowan in the blue suit The Blogess Maven of Mayhem Time June 9 2014 Jazz Jennings My Son Has Changed. My Love Hasn’t (March 2 2014) Microsoft’s #my24hours Imposter Syn...
Jan 09, 2024•1 hr 6 min
Robin Trepanier and Jessica Kohut from the CT Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities talk with Clare about enforcing the state's civil rights legislation. Transqat is a safe space for respectful conversations about trans issues and a place for queer people to tell their stories. Learn more at transqat.com Show Notes CHRO CHRO Regional Offices Protected Classes in CT CHRO v Edge Fitness et al. CHRO on Facebook CHRO on Instagram Guide for Pro Se Litigants in CT Soule at al. v. CT Association...
Dec 29, 2023•49 min•Season 2Ep. 43
Clare talks with three members of the Armored Artemises, an all-genders robotics team from Glastonbury about STEM, STEAM, FIRST and other acronyms. Transqat is a safe space for respectful conversations about trans issues. It's a place for queer people to tell their stories. Show Notes Armored Artemises 16008 FIRST FIRST Kick-Off Video The Robot Community Outreach LGBTQ+ of FIRST NSF: Diversity in the STEM Workforce SWE UConn Queer Science Conference Battle Bots: Vengeance in Vegas II ALEX Inc Ev...
Dec 22, 2023•49 min•Season 2Ep. 42
NYT best-selling author Eliot Schrefer returns to the show to discuss his new novel, Charming Young Man , a YA historical fiction set in Paris at the end of the 19th century. Transqat is a safe space for respectful conversations about trans issues and queer people. Learn more at transqat.com. Show notes: Eliot Schrefer Charming Young Man Endangered The Darkness Outside Us Queer Ducks Seattle Art Museum Leon Delafosse by John Singer Sargent John Singer Sargent Claude Debussy Gabriel Faury Marcel ...
Dec 08, 2023•49 min•Season 2Ep. 41
Transwoman Shannon Kuffel shares her story with Clare. Transqat is a safe space for respectful conversations about trans issues. It's a place for queer people to tell their stories. Learn more at Transqat.com Show notes: Blue Rose Tattoos Baltimore Aquarium Game Night #1 Always Love Me...
Nov 24, 2023•45 min