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More excerpts from Middletown, Madison, North Haven, Worcester, North Adams, Holyoke and Hampshire Pride. Transqat is a safe space for respectful conversations about transgender issues and queer people. Learn more at transqat.com. Show Notes Sponsor: Prism Counseling LLC ACA Subsidies HR 1399 Kennedy-Oz Press Conference FDA & Binders Seneca the Elder Treme -John Goodman Iris Rocks Madison Prid...

The artist and author of Butch Heroes and More Butch Heroes joins Clare to discuss their 15-year project of depicting gender variance in history. Transqat is a safe space for respectful conversations about transgender issues and queer people. Learn more at transqat.com. Show Notes Sponsor: Goodspeed Musicals Ria Brodell Butch Heroes More Butch Heroes Antonio de Erauso Catholic Prayer Cards Gouache...

 In a spin-off series of mini-episodes, host Clare McCarthy spotlights queer-themed books. Today's episode focuses on Mike Curato's 2025 graphic novel Gaysians . 

Excerpts from conversations at Middletown, North Haven, Madison, Hampshire, Worcester, North Adams and Holyoke Pride events. Transqat is a safe space for respectful conversations about transgender issues and queer people. Learn more at transqat.com. Show Notes Sponsor: Goodspeed Musicals Quantum Leap  (1989) Quantum Leap  (2022) Mason Alexander Park Gaylordsville CT Conversion Therapy Intersex Soc...

Marybel Delgado, founder and Executive Director of Transcending Beyond, a Holyoke-based nonprofit working to support and educate parents, caregivers and allies of trans folx. 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,...

In honor of Trans Day of Remembrance, Dr. Anthony Redgrave of the Trans Doe Task Force talks with Clare about working LGBTQ+- related cold cases and missing persons. 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-...

Todd Rennebohm talks with Clare about his podcast series Transgression: My Search for the REAL Trans Agenda in Saskatchewan. 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 Note...

Writer/director Robert Larriviere and producer Brooklyn ___ of the short film This Is Jan join Clare to dissect and appreciate this short film. A special, limited-time screening is available to Transqat subscribers. Link: https://vimeo.com/1013685119?share=copy Password: Transqat2025 Transqat is a safe space where transgender and queer people can stand together.  We stand for respectful conversati...

Clare proves she knows how to read by discussing TJ Klune's The House in the Cerulean Sea and Somewhere Beyond the Sea .

Clare celebrates 100 episodes with a compilation of clips from the first 25 shows.  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

Julia Serano, author of Whipping Girl, Excluded, and Sexed Up, joins Clare to discuss how trans folx are represented (and misrepresented) in this cultural moment. 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-mon...

Transformation, a 1-man show by friend of Transqat Quyen Tran, plays at Wesleyan University in Middletown this week. 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.

Clare speaks with LICSW & CST Jordon Anderson about deconstructing sexual scripts  and why all sex is queer sex.   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:

Clare Knows How to Read is a series of mini-episodes featuring reviews of LGBTQ+-themed books. This episode spotlights Marsha: The Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. Johnson by Tourmaline (2025, Penguin Random House).

Clare talks with the artist/author of the graphic novel Spill the T. 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 available at transqat.com/show-notes-S4

Dr. Nicolas Meade of the Yale School of Medicine and the Yale Pediatric Gender Program speaks with Clare about using VR in GAC, recent changes in Yale's program, and the resilience of trans youth. 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 b...

Author Sarah Miller talks with Clare about her new book, Hick: The Trailblazing Journalist who Captured Eleanor Roosevelt's Hear t. 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 Stan...

The Torch Song Revival Collective, in association with Easthampton (MA) Theatre Company is staging Harvey Fierstein's class play July 25-August 3. Join actor (Arnold), director, and arts administrator Patric Madden stage manager Benji Macroni to discuss this production.  Transqat is a safe space where transgender and queer people can stand together.  We stand for respectful conversations, for...

 Last day of Pride 2025. Connecticut LBGTQ+ community leaders drop by to share their thoughts and observations. Transqat is a safe space for respectful conversations about transgender issues and queer people. Learn more at transqat.com. Show Notes:

The season finale focuses on the evolving language of SOGIE and features and includes a conversation with Bill Ollayos and Robin McHaelen of the LGBTQ+ Justice & Opportunity Network. 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...

Amanda Redfern of Triangle Community Center in Norwalk and Laura Boccadoro of the New Haven Pride Center join Clare  to discuss providing essential services in difficult times. 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...

Ellen Paul, Executive Director of the CT Library Consortium, Ramona Burkey, Director of the Russell Library in Middletown, and Jennifer Billingsley, Director of the Portland (CT) Library join Clare to discuss censorship, funding, and the preserving America's libraries. Transqat is a safe space where transgender and queer people can stand together.  We stand for respectful conversations, for o...

The Grand Marshals of Middletown Pride 2025, Ace Ricker and Chris Forte)  join Clare. 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

In the first of five episodes celebrating Middletown Pride 2025, Clare is joined by the  Bree, MP's Organizer and Steven, Chair of Middletown's LGBTQIA+ Commission. 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,...