Allow Me To Trans-Late

It is taking some time for Jason to really understand the full extent of which his being trans impacted his entire life, but one of the biggest eye openers was learning to recognize the trauma that simply goes with the trans experience. From the earliest memories of shaming or not being seen, to dysphoria, to shifting or losing relationships after coming out...life as a trans person is not easy and much of goes with it has a direct negative impact on one's mental health and outlook. Trust and intimacy issues can become paralyzing and close you off from your entire world. This leads to "ultra-independence" and not knowing how to ask for help. Follow: @soulesspeaks Learn more: www.wysp.us #trauma #trans #transpodcast #healingtrauma #heal --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allow-me-to-translate/message

Jason brings back another season of Allow Me to Trans-late opening with an episode explaining just why he is so open about his gender and experiences. Often times people are shocked to find someone so open and other times people assume it is for private conversations only. Helping to normalize transitioning and being a role model are huge reasons why Jason shares so much of his life with the public. Listen in to hear more about these and other reasons to live "out and proud". #openbook #transgender #transpodcast #seasonfour #bewhoyouneededwhenyouwereyounger --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allow-me-to-translate/message

Jason welcomes returning guest JaiLynn Joanna to help celebrate to release of her new show. Since being on Allow Me to Trans-late a lot has happened for her. She joins us to explain how she joined the WYSP team, the difference between her old and new YouTube channels, and how the experience helped her to believe in herself and take some chances. We are so proud to have JaiLynn Joanna in the WYSP family and it's so great to hear her unending optimism and messages of hope, in addition to her wonderful beauty tips. Reuniting with Jason you can tell just how much these two relate and adore each other and you can hear it for yourself. Tune in!! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allow-me-to-translate/message

After moving to a new apartment Jason shares his outlook of what's to come. He explains why he moved and the perks that were hidden within. Jason wants to encourage everyone to not be so afraid of change, as it's necessary for growth! The whole world is changing right now and we need to embrace it! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allow-me-to-translate/message

Welcome to this week's guest, Phillip Santiago! Phillip joins us from California to share more of his experience as a black transman doing his thing and rocking his beloved beard. He is the first openly transgender brand ambassador for Maestro's Classic, a Beard Care Product Brand. Coming out about 10 years ago means he has been living as a man, essentially stealth, for quite a while now. Working as a writer for studios like Warner Bros, Phillip is a great example of a strong transman who is driven to not let his gender hold him back. Listen in to hear more from this laidback, insightful, and funny man. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allow-me-to-translate/message

This week Jason looks back at the differences between Theresa and Jason and tries to help listeners get a clearer picture of who Theresa Soules was and how Jason feels about her now. He shares many memories and qualities about his former self that he either sees differently now or that help explain struggles of the past. Many people don't realize just how complicated the relationship trans folks have with their former identity and how that relationship shifts over time. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allow-me-to-translate/message

Joined by Mrs. Lauren Lierman, this week's discussion is about teaching the new generation. Jason and Lauren share a conversation about what teaching LGBTQ+ youth is like and talk about the teacher's role in advocacy and ultimately ensuring the best learning environment for all students. As a cisgender teacher herself, Lauren is passionate about doing everything she can for the LGBTQ+ students in her music classes. Offering a new perspective and sharing more classroom experiences, this episode hopes to shed light on the complexity of creating change and obstacles that come along. It is not meant to be a how-to workshop or teaching training, but more an open conversation. Teachers have such an impact and can no longer encourage stereotypes or silence their students. We need teachers and administrators who understand their role in the fight for equality. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allow-me-to-translate/message

This week Jason shares more about his decision to take a break from hormone therapy and the struggle to get back on testosterone. From the specifics of why he stoppwd to what actually changed after nearly 6 months with no hormones. Jason explains a bit more of his personal journey in this shorter episode to hopefully show how complex our hormones really are. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allow-me-to-translate/message

Ann Hoeppner was terrified to come out at age 54 by telling her wife "it's time to tell you about the other woman in my life....me." She had already begun hormones and was contemplating suicide if her wife wasn't on board. However, almost 20 years later they are still together, she's thriving as a woman, and here to share her story. The 73 year old former insurance agent, now does electrolysis for cis and trans folks. She's hilarious and open and someone you wanna meet! Tune in to find out more about Ann. She is proof that it's never too late to be who you truly are! Learn more: www.jasonsoules.com Follow Jason: www.instagram.com/soulesspeaks "Allow me to Trans-late" is brought to you by Whatever You Say Productions, LLC. www.wysp.us --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allow-me-to-translate/message

This week Coltan Shoenike joins Jason to share more of their experience as a non-binary, "gender free" individual. Graduating this semester with a masters degree in marriage and family therapy, Coltan is a successful local advocate who sheds light on many different topics including addressing curious children, healthy relationships, college campuses, education and advocacy work, and advice for those looking. Through their discussion, they learn there is one thing that has greatly impacted both of them is the concept of "Both/And". Tune in to find out what we mean and how it may improve your quality of life as well! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allow-me-to-translate/message

In this episode, Jason is joined by Dr. Markie Twist (she/her/they/them) and youth activist Leif (Leif/they/them/he/him). Leif is Markie’s twelve-year old child, who in this podcast shares their experiences around gender and sexual identity development. Leif shares such experiences in the context of Montessori education and Midwestern culture. Leif also discusses their passion for social justice for youth of minority backgrounds, identities, and experiences. Markie, who is returning for their second episode with Jason, adds to the conversation by sharing about their experiences growing up in a liberal home in rural Alaska, and how this foundational upbringing has influenced and continues to influence their parenting and professional practices. Learn more: www.jasonsoules.com Follow Jason: www.instagram.com/soulesspeaks "Allow me to Trans-late" is brought to you by Whatever You Say Productions, LLC. www.wysp.us --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allow-me-to-translate/message

Dr. Markie Twist joins Jason this week as we discuss everyone's favorite topic: SEX. As a sex researcher, educator, and therapist Dr. Twist helps to shed light on the complexities between sexuality and gender and why they exist. Sharing their incredible knowledge and opinions helps us to translate what concerns, fears, and obstacles transgender and gender non-conforming folks face in regards to owning their sexuality, living in healthy relationships, being physically safe, and internalized stigma/shame. Dr. Twist's open mindset, exceptional speaking skills, and humor make this an episode you won't want to miss! For more about Dr. Twist please visit their website and bio here: https://drmarkie.com/about/ Learn more: www.jasonsoules.com Follow Jason: www.instagram.com/soulesspeaks "Allow me to Trans-late" is brought to you by Whatever You Say Productions, LLC. www.wyspmedia.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allow-me-to-translate/message

Jason records from quarantine to explain how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting the trans community specifically. Recognizing we are all impacted, in every community, there are some unique obstacles and complications those in the trans community experience that you may not realize or expect. Jason also shares suggestions for using your "free time" and helps find the pros, instead of just cons, for our lives being turned upside down! Stay safe. Stay healthy. Stay home. Learn more: www.jasonsoules.com Follow Jason: www.instagram.com/soulesspeaks "Allow me to Trans-late" is brought to you by Whatever You Say Productions, LLC. www.wyspmedia.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allow-me-to-translate/message

In this episode Jason is joined by Loren Freemer, a transman who shares that though sometimes easier to ignore certain feelings and thoughts, they never really go away. It's best to face the music and explore those thoughts and feelings so you can better make sense of them and move forward in enhancing your life. We discuss sexuality, how it can evolve as you yourself do during a transition and that how we view ourselves impacts what we're comfortable with. He also shares information about the important advocacy work he has been doing since moving back home to Rhode Island. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allow-me-to-translate/message

Jason kicks off season3 with an interview with one of the brightest lights in the trans community. Listen in to hear the story of JaiLynn Joanna, a transwoman of color who has overcome incredible obstacles. With a history of emotional and physical abuse, homophobia, transphobia, and eben homelessness, she is now a powerful and brilliantly positive business woman. JaiLynn Joanna shares her story, outlook, and advice on her own YouTube series, "To Whom It May Concern." If you are looking for inspiration today, listen to the voice of this incredible person! Learn more: www.jasonsoules.com Follow Jason: www.instagram.com/soulesspeaks "Allow me to Trans-late" is brought to you by Whatever You Say Productions, LLC. www.wyspmedia.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allow-me-to-translate/message

The last episode of season 2 is Jason's detailed description of life as someone who binds their chest to flatten it. It's not just the aches and pains you'd expect. He talks about difference between how it felt in the beginning vs. now and why he feels trapped in the world of binding. After years of muscle and nerve damage, it hurts to wear one and after it's taken off!!! Tune in to find out what it's really like to smoosh your body into an extreme compression tank top almost everyday for a few years... --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allow-me-to-translate/message

This week Jason spends some time looking at the indicators throughout his life that help reinforce his being trans. He also talks about how lessons learned along the way have changed the way he looks at the past, present, and future. We often say, "If I'd only known then what I know now!" and Jason does his best to explain what exactly that means for him and his transition. From boy clothes/toys/playmates to deeper existential coincidences, listen in to hear more about what has become more clear to Jason throughout this journey. #hindsight #growth #trans #transgender #reflecting Learn more: www.jasonsoules.com Follow Jason: www.instagram.com/soulesspeaks "Allow me to Trans-late" is brought to you by Whatever You Say Productions, LLC. www.wyspmedia.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allow-me-to-translate/message

This week Dr. Alexandra Hall joins Jason to dig deep into the biology of sex and gender. We discuss the many ways nature varies from typical XX/XY chromosomes, what happens during fetal development, hormones, brain development and so much more! This highly educational episode is long, but full of mind blowing explanations and comparisons to help us all understand what it means to be transgender and what possible causes and factors exist. The science is proven! Listen to learn more! Learn more: www.jasonsoules.com Follow Jason: www.instagram.com/soulesspeaks "Allow me to Trans-late" is brought to you by Whatever You Say Productions, LLC. www.wyspmedia.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allow-me-to-translate/message

This week Jason shares how music can help someone through tough times like transitioning. Sharing songs and artists, he encourages all listeners to remember the healing power of music. Find and share songs that speak to you! Learn more: www.jasonsoules.com Follow Jason: www.instagram.com/soulesspeaks "Allow me to Trans-late" is brought to you by Whatever You Say Productions, LLC. www.wyspmedia.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allow-me-to-translate/message

This week Jason invites his best friends and identical triplet sisters on his show to discuss the last 3 years since coming out as trans. They reflect on their initial feelings vs. now the growth that can happen over time, and explain what makes their situation so complex. With honesty and humor, Liz and Becky join Jason as they explain how and why they support his transition. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allow-me-to-translate/message

This week Jason chats with WYSP's Creative Director, Sarah, about life from a cis view compared to a trans view and they find that most views are the same! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allow-me-to-translate/message

One of the most common phrases transphobic people like use is "God doesn't make mistakes." Well, what if we told you Jason agrees? What if he made us this way? Listen to find out his views on how to make sense of someone being trans in a religious sense. This episode includes more general thoughts that Jason has about his relationship with religion and it is not meant to challenge anyone's belief system. Transgender individuals and their loved one can and do lead lives in many religions. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allow-me-to-translate/message

Often times when someone describes another person as transgender to another cisperson we hear, "It's like the best of both worlds!". Is it though? Jason describes what he's noticed after living 31 years as a female and now almost three as a male. He sees life from two perspectives regarding gender stereotypes, double standards, male privilege, and how each gender communicates/connects with each other and doesn't really feel the grass is greener on either side! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allow-me-to-translate/message

One of the most frustrating and exhausting of the transition journey is dealing with insurance companies. Jason explains what is and isn't covered and why before also sharing the aggravating process he himself has been through in an attempt to have top surgery covered. Some companies are better than others and trans people have a variety of both positive and negative experiences with insurance. Tune in to learn more about the hypocrisy that taints the overall transition experience!! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allow-me-to-translate/message

This week in Transgender Awareness Week, Jason explains what transphobia is and the many ways it can affect our lives. Much like deep unconscious racism, there is often a lot more transphobia going on than we immediately recognize, even within the trans community itself. He shares examples of his own inner transphobia and the impact it has had on his life and transition. Ending transphobia is a major task and something we all need to be honest about in order to actually cause a change in our society and their views on gender. Tune in to hear more about ways you may be experiencing transphobia. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allow-me-to-translate/message

Jason kicks off season 2 of Allow Me to Trans-late by addressing the media storm surrounding parents who support their children's identity. He shares some recent experiences and his answers to today's biggest questions. Are kids too young to know themselves? Should adults be able to talk to kids about gender at a young age? What role should schools play? And why has gender become the "elephant in the room"? Tune in for the most important episode yet! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allow-me-to-translate/message

For the last episode of season 1 Allow Me to Translate brings on another fabulous guest. This week is all about drag and Ms. Fifi Dubois!!! Host of fellow WYSP podcast Fifi's Funhouse, she explains her experiences and philosophies about doing drag and we discuss the differences between being trans and doing drag. Listen for insight, laughs, and stories! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allow-me-to-translate/message

Jason shares what he knows about hormone replacement therapy and the changes he has seen in himself since starting to take weekly intramuscular injections of testosterone cypionate. He works through the physical, emotional, sexual, and reproductive changes one might experience as they transition. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allow-me-to-translate/message

This week, Jason takes some time to address the very serious and complex topic of mental health, especially regarding the anxiety, depression and suicide rates within the LGBTQ Community. While almost impossible to cover all that can be said, Jason starts by shedding light on the many stressors trans people face, his own struggles with mental health and provides provides some ideas for how to help those who may be struggling. Nobody deserves to reach "the end of their rope" and there are ways to help. Listen in, ask for help when you need it and reach out to those who may need your help. learn more at www.jasonsoules.com and @oulesspeaks on Instagram. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allow-me-to-translate/message

This week Jason explains some of his frustrations within the trans community regarding political correctness, shaming allies, never-ending sensitivities, and generally working against each other. He shares his stance on how some transphobia is actually being caused by trans people themselves and how they respond to their situation. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allow-me-to-translate/message

This week Jason invites Laura Benjamin to Allow Me to Translate. A successful business owner and the first elected official in Wisconsin that openly identifies as a transwoman, Laura is an insightful and passionate advocate for LGBT rights. They discuss a wide variety of topics including breaking down common myths and stereotypes, sharing personal philosophies about what it means to be trans and looking at some differences between the experiences of transmen and transwomen. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allow-me-to-translate/message

Jason shares his own personal coming out story and talks about how family and friends can help those who come out to them. He also shares some advice for people who are yet to come out! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allow-me-to-translate/message

This week, Jason talks about the complexities of dating as a trans man and shares a little personal history. Let's look at how trans folks dating and relationships can differ from Cis folks and why! Learn more at www.jasonsoules.com and @soulesspeaks --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allow-me-to-translate/message

This week Jason shares with us his transgender role models and what it was like to grow up and watch celebrities transition. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allow-me-to-translate/message

Jason discusses the importance of authenticity to a trans person and how much it truly means for people to validate your preferred gender. Learn more at www.jasonsoules.com and @soulesspeaks on Instagram. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allow-me-to-translate/message

In this episode, Jason describes how Gender Dysphoria made him feel like he was a "bad girl" when he was young and how it follows him into adulthood. Learn more at www.jasonsoules.com and follow Jason @soulesspeaks on Instagram --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allow-me-to-translate/message

Jason discusses the importance of using a persons preferred pronouns. He shares two stories: A time when he was properly gendered and a time when he was not and the surprising way his friends and colleagues rallied around him. Jason Soules is a Public Speaker, Teacher and Musician who answers listeners questions about what it mans to him to be a transgender man in 2019. Lean more at www.jasonsoules.com and @soulesspeaks on Instagram. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allow-me-to-translate/message

On this episode, Jason discusses "passing" which is when a transgender person passes for the gender they identify as. To learn more, join us at www.jasonsoules.com and on Instagram @soulesspeaks --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allow-me-to-translate/message

Episode one: What’s in a name? Welcome to, “Allow me to Trans-late.” This groundbreaking series by Whatever You Say Productions is hosted by Jason Soules; a speaker, teacher, brother and transgender man. Join Jason every Tuesday as he answers questions from friends and listeners alike. Learn more at www.jasonsoules.com and follow @soulesspeaks on Instagram. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allow-me-to-translate/message