Transgender Woman Talking

Elle discusses the bad faith question from her perspective, including observations about TERF ideology, the erroneous conflation of sex and gender, and the existence of exceptions to the rigid rules extreme conservatives would like to enforce. She talks about Siddhartha Mukherjee's book "The Gene", Kate Borenstein's "Gender Outlaw" , and Julia Serrano's amazing work on biology and gender. What do...

Elle talks about several assumptions that people in her life have made and expressed about trans people -- many of which have been harmful. She clarifies these errors from her own experience and references some excellent resources on the history of transgender people (by Susan Stryker), dismising the defunct theory by Ray Blanchard on autogynephilia, and challenging the asinine concept of "rapid o...

Elle talks about her experience as a parent who is transgender. Some of this includes dysphoria that came up as it relates to pregnancy (and specifically her inability to become pregnant), suicidality when considering going through transition, cultural judgments about "father figures" and the misogynistic, patriarchal, queerphobic assumptions that animate them. She also discusses the coming-out pr...

In this episode, Elle talks about people who disappeared from her life after she came out as transgender and began her transition. Recently, she became aware of some of the reasons for this disappearance; she addresses them in this podcast. Some of the additional themes include: drawing boundaries, dealing with gaslighting, the pain and fear of coming out, the reasons queer people stay in the clos...

Here's that post by Mardi https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch76YmdrwR8/ Also, I really like this lady's stuff on how to change our voices to better suit our needs - https://thevoicestylist.com/ 

In this episode, Elle talks about internalized and cultural transphobia, her experiences with being stared/gawked at in public, and feeling unsafe. She also briefly talks about FFS (facial feminization surgery) and how this procedure can assist transfeminine people in appearing more cisgender while in public. 

The Gene - by Siddhartha Mukarghee Iatrogenic Illnesses Crip Camp - documentary on Netflix ADA Federal Court Ruling

An audio journal of my life as a person who identifies as transgender. Reach out with thoughtful comments, good-faith questions, and relevant input.