QueerCME Vodcast

Join me with king yaa. king yaa is a liberatory coach and trauma care practitioner working at the intersections of reproductive justice, disability justice, and gender liberation. With over 15 years of experience, they support queer, trans, and nonbinary communities — especially Black and racialized transmasculine and queer masculine-identified people — through decolonized, trauma-informed, and bo...

🔊 Episode Description In this episode, we sit down with licensed psychologist Dr. Luke R. Allen to explore groundbreaking research showing that access to gender affirming medical care — including hormone therapy — is associated with clinically meaningful reductions in suicidal ideation among transgender and gender diverse adolescents and young adults . Dr. Allen walks us through his study’s findi...

In this episode, Dr. Bex Canner, a retired family medicine physician with years of experience practicing in Aotearoa (New Zealand), joins us to unpack the shifting legal and cultural landscape of puberty blockers for trans youth. Dr. Canner reflects on how New Zealand once seemed poised to expand gender affirming care—but now faces growing misinformation, fear-based rhetoric, and policy uncertaint...

Join me and Mel Jones of More Spoons Nutrition to learn more about the role of dietitians in gender affirming care.  Mel and I also shared these resources during the pod: Sabrina String's Fearing the Black Body Da'Shaun Harrison's The Belly of the Beast Dalai Knisey's Decolonizing Wellness The Association for Size Diversity and Health FedUp Collective Nutrition Guidance for Transgender and Ge...

What happens when you combine optical science, high fashion, and radical body autonomy? You get Briar Brodwell (he/him), LDO, ABOC, NCLEC—Licensed Dispensing Optician, queer community icon, and gender affirming eyewear stylist. In this episode, we zoom in on a lesser-talked-about aspect of gender expression: eyewear—and how something as “small” as a pair of glasses can become a transformative, aff...

Join Dr. Crystal Beal and trans tech scholar Dr. Os Keyes for a juicy deep dive into the lesser-known history of trans health clinics—from bureaucratic drama to unethical experiments masked as care. We unpack how embedding research into clinical delivery has sometimes led to violations of autonomy, consent, and trust—and what today’s clinicians can learn from these cautionary tales. Come for the h...

In this episode, Dr. Crystal Beal and Nicole Gress of Undead Voice dive into what referring clinicians need to know about voice transition. Nicole breaks down the three key influences on voice and shares the five foundational pillars of gender-affirming voice care. A must-listen for providers supporting transgender and gender diverse patients in their voice journey.   Nicole Gress, MS, CCC-SL...

In the QueerCME podcast episode featuring Dr. Colt St. Amand  (he/they), a clinical psychologist, family medicine physician, and trans man, he introduced his new educational initiative, the Gender Affirmative Supportive Surgery Evaluation Tool (Gender ASSET) . Gender ASSET is a comprehensive, 12.5-hour, CE-certified course designed to equip clinicians with skills to write affirming referral l...

In the QueerCME podcast featuring Dr. Scholar Lee of T.R.A.N.S. Parent Life Conversations , Dr. Lee shared their experience as a leader in supporting transgender and gender diverse (TGD) individuals through coaching and structured support groups. T.R.A.N.S. Parent Life offers unique group sessions tailored for both TGD individuals and their family members, creating supportive spaces for families t...

Join Dr. Crystal Beal and Dr. Eli Lawliet, Ph. D., (he/him) for a great episode learning about the work of gender doulas!!!! Eli Lawliet, Ph. D., (he/him) is the dreamer and weaver of The Gender Doula . In addition to a decade of experience researching trans healthcare, law, policy, and history, he has formal training as a full spectrum doula, breathwork facilitator, and tarot reader, as well as m...

In this episode, we are thrilled to host Jess Romeo (he/they), the visionary founder of My Gender IQ . Jess is a dual-trained Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner and clinical social worker, and an influential business owner, professional mentor, DEI consultant, and proud trans guy. Jess joins us to share his groundbreaking work in transforming mental health care to be more affirming and inclusive for t...

Join me on the first episode of season 3!!!! I got to catch up with Dylan Atler (they/them). From farmer, lawyer, and professor to ADHD Coach. NeuroQueer.org founder Dylan Alter (they/them) offers 1:1 & group ADHD coaching, co-working, workshops, and more. They've developed The PUG: A Personal User Guide To Your ADHD Brain, as a structured model for curating one's own ADHD support. Find more a...

Join me and Bowie (they/them) to learn more about the role of a gender doula in supporting your trans and gender diverse patients.  Rainbow, aka Bowie, Winnike is a gender doula who supports NeuroQueers in finding and living their truth through playful exploration. Their work combines lessons gained through lived experience, social work, art education, NeuroQueer community, and years of self...

Join me and Dr. Roden (she/her) who is an adolescent medicine specialist at Penn State to learn more about her approaches to menstrual suppression!

Join me and Mollie to learn more about the intersection of body work and trans healthcare. Mollie (she/they) is a body-positive, weight-neutral massage therapist working especially with queer and trans clients; disabled and chronically ill people; survivors of trauma; and anyone pushed to the margins of institutionalized healthcare. She works to support your nervous system by moving slowly an...

Join me and Patricio (any pronoun) the practioner at Hi Sis, an organization increasing access to hair removal for trans and gender diverse clients.   Patricio Argenta Battani (Pronoun Indifferent, Queer, Gender Queer, Latine)  Master of Public Health, Certified Clinical Electrologist Patricio Argenta Battani is a dedicated advocate and trailblazer in the field of public health and gende...

Join me and Kristina Armenakis (they/she) to learn more about support for trans and gender diverse patients experiencing chronic illness and chronic pain. She is a certified Somatic Coach who works with people experiencing chronic illness and/or chronic pain. Kristina offers a somatic support group to people experiencing chronic illness and works one-on-one with clients in a process of embodied tr...

Join me with Renée Yoxon (they/them) to learn more about vocal transition. Renée Yoxon is a queer, nonbinary, and disabled gender-affirming voice teacher with a passion for voice education, creativity, and vocal curiosity. Over the past 12+ years, they have taught thousands of students how to love their voice. Their strength as a teacher is explaining complicated concepts in plain language that an...

Does your organization need some consulting and training? Find Mitch at itch@genprideseattle.org 

Join me and NCTE to learn more about how you can fight the anti-trans legislation.   Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen (he/him) Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen is the Executive Director of the National Center for Transgender Equality. He is a transgender policy, advocacy, and messaging expert. As a Cuban American, openly transgender man, his wide-ranging experience in the LGBTQ movement has covered field organizin...

Dr. Upton of QueerDoc (they/them) and I review how we approach dosing using four different cases- 2 cases per part. Don't miss part 1! Probably one of the most informative and useful episodes to date!   You can listen on the  website ,  Spotify ,  Apple ,  Google , or watch on  YouTube .  

Thank you for the fabulous feed back on the testostesterone lecture. Someone asked me for more details on how I dose. Since dosing is so individualized, I decided to sit down with one of my colleagues, so we could go over cases together. I think this is one of the most informative episodes to date. Big thank you to Dr. Upton (they/them) of QueerDoc. Don't miss part two!   Also, if you want to...

Learn with me and Grayson Schultz (he/they) about the intersection of disabilty, traness, and sex. Clinicians these are the things we wish you knew, but maybe put us on double speed because we could talk forever.   Often called a mindful troublemaker, Grayson Schultz is an activist, educator, researcher, and writer currently living on the stolen and unceded lands of the Osage and Shawnee trib...

Join me, Susan (she/her) and Damien (he/him) from the NCSF, National Coalition for Sexual Freedom . to learn more about training and resources for clinicians and patients interested poly and kink. I also overshared a little bit in this episode as someone with lived experience in both poly and kink, so if you just want to be nosy about me, don't miss this one.   Catch the episode now on  ...

Join me as I host this amazing episode of QueerCME with Katherine Yeagel (any) who is a Surrogate Partner Therapist and Somatic Sex Educator. Katherine is a surrogate partner, somatic sex educator, and queer sex & relationship coach. They live amongst the beautiful rivers and rolling hills of Western Massachusetts on Nipmuc and Pocomtuc land. When they are not thinking, talking, and learning a...