The Queer Carter Podcast

Send a text A Few Words of Support: Living Through That Iffy, Messy Middle S2, E4 This episode is a little pep talk for anyone stuck in the “??? phase” of life. You know — the in-between season where nothing is fully wrong, nothing is fully right, and everyone keeps asking “So what’s next?” . I share a few honest, comforting thoughts from the middle of my own limbo — about waiting, trusting the pr...

Send a text #S2 E3 Traveling Trans and Delicious Sour Guava Beers January's adventure:  • Queer Carter vs. TSA license protocols 🙃  • Binary World: “Male or Female?”  • Me: “✨Plot twist✨”  • TSA agent: buffering… ⏳ Survived security, found guava beer in Colorado, so honestly I’m thriving 🤌🍻 Being queer out in the world is wild sometimes —  like trying to fit your entire gender into a dr...

Send a text #S2 E2 Happy Sunday, my Friendlings!  Sundays....one of my favorite days to relax, drink Puka Love tea, and contemplate all the wonderings of this life. My main topic today, how to bring more peace, ease, and joy into life by understanding a concept I'm totally digging on right now.... The Window of Tolerance, a term coined by Daniel J. Siegel, a clinical professor of psychiatry a...

Send a text #S2, 1 Does popcorn ever really go bad? Are Honey Nut Cheerios truly made with real honey? And why do people keep calling me ma'am?? My first attempt at "Micro Podcasting"! I think that is what it's called.... Darcy queer style, other ramblings, and more! Check out our homepage : https://queercarterpodcast.buzzsprout.com If you feel drawn to this episode, please lea...

Send a text #8 This one is for you if you have been struggling with your own Trans identity and the desire to claim your name on your social security card, driver's license, and the important documents that support claiming your true and authentic identity. Today I share my lived experience going to the Social Security Administration with a legal court order to change my name and a request to...

Send a text #7 Join Queer Carter as he continues the conversation with Colette about everyday Transgender courage, gender expression, and the power of showing yourself love in the face of loss and grief. Join two friends as they explore all of this and more on the Queer Carter Podcast!   Check out our homepage : https://queercarterpodcast.buzzsprout.com And...if you feel drawn to this episode, ple...

Send a text #6: Join Queer Carter with his good friend, Colette Gaffney, as he turns the mic on himself for a personal reflection on his own gender transition. Rhys explores all his physical changes, emotions, and the courage it takes to challenge gender norms and face his new reality as a transmasculine man! Check out our homepage : https://queercarterpodcast.buzzsprout.com And...if you feel draw...

Send a text #5 Join Queer Carter as he sits down with Mandy Giles, Founder of Parents of Trans Youth and the Everyday Trans Activism podcast , for this wonderful discussion about activism, courage, and the “stick-with-it-ness” it takes to fight with heart for our Trans Youth in America today. Parents and Trans friends, this one is for you if you have been struggling with how to best support your t...

Send a text #4 Join Queer Carter in his first episode back as he vulnerably shares his own feelings about November 5th's significant U.S. election. Receive words of comfort and encouragement no matter where you are as we acknowledge the sadness and fear but also the hope and strength that can come from being Transgender in America.  Show notes are available at: https://queercarterpodcast.com/...

Send a text #3: Are you Transgender or LGBTQIA+? Do you live in a small rural town? Or maybe you are an artist, activist, or simply someone who wants to know what it is like to run a small business while living openly as Transgender or gender non-conforming. Sam Wróbel specializes in the Polish paper-cutting folk art of Wycinanki and is a gay, trans, man, and queer artist living in the American So...

Send a text #2: Join us for the first-ever interview of The Queer Carter Podcast! We sit down with honorary guest, Reverend Dr. M. Colette Gaffney, experienced chaplain, pastor, U.S. Army Veteran, and ACPE Certified Educator! Together we explore their fascinating thirteen years working in healthcare, mental health, and palliative care and discuss the courage and vulnerability it takes to change th...

Send a text #1: Since 2014, Rhys Carter, "Queer Carter" has lived openly as an LGBTQIA+ gay person and since 2021 as a Transmasculine Transgender person, recently deciding enough was enough and they were ready to live a life of joy, inspiration, fulfillment, and fun. A relatable, well-traveled, humble, yet energized voice from the South, in New Orleans, Louisiana, Queer Carter is on the...