Trans Questioning Podcast

Intergenerational Cold War Sarah reflects on her childhood, the weirdness of growing up in the middle ground between gen x and gen z, and the absurdity of the American welfare system. MORE NEW EPISODES ARE COMING SOON. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. Intro Music is "Roll Up Your Sleeves" by Molly Noise: https://linktr.ee/MollyNoise. Help support Sarah financially at patreon.com/ltas, comradery.co/sarahzedig or ko-fi.com/sarahzedig for one-time donations. Find her posts on mastodon, bluesky, and tumblr. Take care of yourselves. Find out more at https://trans-questioning-podcast.pinecast.co

Looks like we're blasting one off again! In the first interview episode of TQ2, Sarah talks to cartoonist Iris Jay about transgender surgeries, everything that goes into them, and what ultimately comes out. We also answer a listener question about whether you should come out at work! Be aware that this is an adult conversation that gets into some pretty gross nitty-gritty, so maybe don't listen to this one over a meal. Unless you're into that! CW: Surgery, needles, genital dysphoria, catheter horror, bodily fluids. Follow Iris elsewhere! Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/irisjaycomics.bsky.social Mastodon: https://shrike.club/@irisjaycomics@mellified.men Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/irisjay The Cartoonist Cooperative: https://cartoonist.coop/ Intro Music is "Roll Up Your Sleeves" by Molly Noise: https://linktr.ee/MollyNoise. Help support Sarah financially at patreon.com/ltas, comradery.co/sarahzedig or ko-fi.com/sarahzedig for one-time donations. Find her posts on mastodon, bluesky, and tumblr. Take care of yourselves. Find out more at https://trans-questioning-podcast.pinecast.co

Laser Hair Removal Progress Update She's three sessions deep into LHR and Sarah's feeling morose. While sifting through her feelings across several separate recordings, she discusses the stop-and-start nature of transition, the immateriality of intrusive thoughts, and the question of what comes next after laser has done its job. Intro Music is "Roll Up Your Sleeves" by Molly Noise: https://linktr.ee/MollyNoise. Help support Sarah financially at patreon.com/ltas, comradery.co/sarahzedig or ko-fi.com/sarahzedig for one-time donations. Find her posts on mastodon, bluesky, and tumblr. Take care of yourselves. Find out more at https://trans-questioning-podcast.pinecast.co

Let's Make Some Noise! In the first proper episode of Trans Questioning 2, Sarah kicks things off with a rattle as she discusses generational warfare, Gen Z attitudes about education, and the real problems of artificial intelligence while simultaneously restringing and tuning her guitar. That's right, it's a classic "distracted ASMR" episode. Intro Music by Molly Noise: https://linktr.ee/MollyNoise. Help support Sarah financially at patreon.com/ltas, comradery.co/sarahzedig or ko-fi.com/sarahzedig for one-time donations. Find her posts on mastodon, bluesky, and tumblr. Take care of yourselves. Find out more at https://trans-questioning-podcast.pinecast.co

THE TIME IS NOW After a lengthy hiatus, Trans Questioning is coming back! More importantly, I'm finally getting my beard lasered off! Covering the period from before my first laser session to after my second, this episode is an old school piecemeal TQ self-reflecting on why it's taken me long to get this process going, and what it means to my stalling transition. I also get tonsillitis. And through it all, naturally, I'm processing the newfound political reality in the USA as a trans woman, searching as always for a light at the end of the tunnel. Improbable as it may seem, I think I found one. For an explanation as to why this is "episode zero" of Trans Questioning "2," listen to the episode. It's the very first thing I talk about. Expect regular biweekly episodes starting sometime before spring 2025. Find out more at https://trans-questioning-podcast.pinecast.co

Food is good and so are dogs, meta or otherwise. I went to Pride and felt like I was allowed to feel attraction to other people as a transgender woman! Topics include: my mom's recipe for "shit on a shingle," lessons from pride, lesser-discussed media stereotypes that had an outsized effect on my sense of self, a song i wrote called "meta dog," and what I learned about my socioeconomic upbringing from cooking aforementioned recipe. This one's packed so buckle in!!! Music by Molly Noise: https://linktr.ee/MollyNoise Cover Art by Deerwitch: @deervvitch Help support Sarah financially at comradery.co/sarahzedig, patreon.com/ltas or ko-fi.com/sarahzedig for one-time donations. Sarah's Twitter: @hmsnofun Take care of yourselves. Find out more at https://trans-questioning-podcast.pinecast.co

This is probably healthier than twitter, tbh. In this week's episode, I do the dishes and ramble about the overturning of Roe v Wade, the state of American labor, and the place of gender within the ongoing culture war. If you like ASMR, this one's for you. Music by Molly Noise: https://linktr.ee/MollyNoise Cover Art by Deerwitch: @deervvitch Help support Sarah financially at comradery.co/sarahzedig, patreon.com/ltas or ko-fi.com/sarahzedig for one-time donations. Sarah's Twitter: @hmsnofun Take care of yourselves. Find out more at https://trans-questioning-podcast.pinecast.co

My head is a blender and society is giving me too many tropical fruits This smoothie has a bit of a neapolitan flavor. Contradictions, the pandemic, rate of profit, and my own disjointed writings on The State Of Things come together in what can be resoundingly described as "an hourlong podcast episode." Death Panel podcast: Outdoor Transmission w/ Dr. Theresa Chapple Music by Molly Noise: https://linktr.ee/MollyNoise Cover Art by Deerwitch: @deervvitch Help support Sarah financially at patreon.com/ltas or ko-fi.com/sarahzedig for one-time donations. Sarah's Twitter: @hmsnofun Take care of yourselves. Find out more at https://trans-questioning-podcast.pinecast.co

Wake up to a world with room to spare. TQ is back! This week, Sarah makes breakfast, drinks some coffee, and then reads selections from Noel Ignatiev's Adequate Men, the memoir of a communist revolutionary working inside a steel mill in the 1970s. From there we discuss the nature of work in America today, the neoliberal project of decoupling labor from the workplace & erasing the ideological commitments of the labor movement, and why there is hope to be had for the future of the revolutionary movement. "Acceptable Men: Life in the Largest Steel Mill in the World" by Noel Ignatiev. Music by Molly Noise: https://linktr.ee/MollyNoise Cover Art by Deerwitch: @deervvitch Help support Sarah financially at patreon.com/ltas or ko-fi.com/sarahzedig for one-time donations. Sarah's Twitter: @hmsnofun Take care of yourselves. Find out more at https://trans-questioning-podcast.pinecast.co

THIS WEEK: Trans Questioning is ending, whether now or a bit later. But something new will take its place, and this episode is an exploration of what that thing will be and why I feel compelled to make it a reality. NOTE: I was high and exhausted when I recorded this episode, and I did not listen to it for errors. I know that by the end I was spewing youthfully vague political generalities. I promise these discussions on Genderpunk will be a hell of a lot more specific. Music by Molly Noise: https://linktr.ee/MollyNoise Cover Art by Deerwitch: @deervvitch Help support Sarah financially at patreon.com/ltas or ko-fi.com/sarahzedig for one-time donations. Sarah's Twitter: @hmsnofun Take care of yourselves. Find out more at https://trans-questioning-podcast.pinecast.co

THIS WEEK: Wow, it sure is difficult getting your hands on the medications that make your brain work! Music by Molly Noise: https://linktr.ee/MollyNoise Cover Art by Deerwitch: @deervvitch Help support Sarah financially at patreon.com/ltas or ko-fi.com/sarahzedig for one-time donations. Sarah's Twitter: @hmsnofun Take care of yourselves.

Sarah returns with new questions for a world on fire. THIS WEEK: What the hell she's been doing the last seven months, feelings about the pandemic and the election, weird TMI dildo-based gender euphoria, the importance of playing with your identity, and plans for the future. Music by Molly Noise: https://linktr.ee/MollyNoise Cover Art by Deerwitch: @deervvitch Help support Sarah financially at patreon.com/ltas or ko-fi.com/sarahzedig for one-time donations. Sarah's Twitter: @hmsnofun Take care of yourselves.

Sarah is joined by locally infamous firebrand Sage to discuss life in late capitalism. Topics include: Good leftist podcasts, PHASE II, discord server politics meta, the compression of time, and VIOLENCE. TQ is hosted by Lunar Light Studio. Please help us in creating a platform for diverse independent media at Patreon.com/LunarLightHQ If you'd like us to shout out a friend or plug your business, go to lunarlightstudio.com/incoming-transmission to learn how. If you have a story to tell or a question to ask, email us at TransQuestioningPodcast@gmail.com or send an anonymous message at curiouscat.me/transquestioningTQ Twitter: @TransQPodcastSarah's Twitter: @hmsnofun Support Sarah Zedig on Patreon.com/LTAS or give a one-time donation at ko-fi.com/sarahzedigINTRO MUSIC by Molly NoiseCOVER ART by @deervvitchIf you are in crisis or just need a shoulder to cry on, please contact the Trans Lifeline for support at TransLifeline.org.

Mars and Miles host TQ for a very standard and regular episode of the show. Do you have questions, stories, or other gender-related gripes you want to share?Email us at TransQuestioningPodcast@gmail.com, or send an anonymous message to curiouscat.me/transquestioningThe Trans Questioning Podcast is a production of Lunar Light Studio, which hosts over a dozen other fantastic podcasts! Please help us in creating a platform for diverse independent media at Patreon.com/LunarLightHQ If you want to shout out a friend or plug your business in a future episode, head over to lunarlightstudio.com/incoming-transmission for details on how to make that happen. Support Sarah at Patreon.com/LTAS or give a one-time donation at ko-fi.com/sarahzFor podcast updates, follow @TransQPodcastYou can find Sarah @hmsnofun INTRO MUSIC by ZoestraCOVER ART by @deervvitchIf you are in crisis or just need a shoulder to cry on, please contact the Trans Lifeline for support at TransLifeline.org.

THIS WEEK: Cassidy Claymore joins Sarah in that most hallowed of social activities: just vibing.Topics include: Being trans in the south, homelessness, road trips, being an animator, and various obscenities. Follow and support Cassidy on Twitter: @CassClaymore YouTube: melt Patreon: patreon.com/melt TQ is hosted by Lunar Light Studio. Please help us in creating a platform for diverse independent media at Patreon.com/LunarLightHQ If you'd like us to shout out a friend or plug your business, go to lunarlightstudio.com/incoming-transmission to learn how. If you have a story to tell or a question to ask, email us at TransQuestioningPodcast@gmail.com or send an anonymous message at curiouscat.me/transquestioningTQ Twitter: @TransQPodcastSarah's Twitter: @hmsnofun Support Sarah Zedig on Patreon.com/LTAS or give a one-time donation at ko-fi.com/sarahzedigINTRO MUSIC by ZoestraCOVER ART by @deervvitchIf you are in crisis or just need a shoulder to cry on, please contact the Trans Lifeline for support at TransLifeline.org.

THIS WEEK: Sarah talks to Rose Benjamin about her experience as a therapist specializing in transgender issues.Topics include: The application of wisdom, the truth of ourselves, passive vs active trauma, historical roles of trans people, and the pitfalls of the stereotypical trans narrative. Follow Rose Benjamin on Instagram @transtherapistrose"Two Spirits, One Heart, Five Genders" by Duane Brayboy. TQ is hosted by Lunar Light Studio. Please help us in creating a platform for diverse independent media at Patreon.com/LunarLightHQ If you'd like us to shout out a friend or plug your business, go to lunarlightstudio.com/incoming-transmission to learn how. If you have a story to tell or a question to ask, email us at TransQuestioningPodcast@gmail.com or send an anonymous message at curiouscat.me/transquestioningTQ Twitter: @TransQPodcastSarah's Twitter: @hmsnofun Support Sarah Zedig on Patreon.com/LTAS or give a one-time donation at ko-fi.com/sarahzedigINTRO MUSIC by ZoestraCOVER ART by @deervvitchIf you are in crisis or just need a shoulder to cry on, please contact the Trans Lifeline for support at TransLifeline.org.

THIS WEEK: Sarah is joined by video essayist Dylan Clark to discuss his videos on Contrapoints, Boys Don't Cry, Dorian Electra, and others.Topics include: redefining manhood, the invisibility of men's gynecology, fandom shipping as media analysis, media analysis as astrology, and a twenty five minute conversation about canonicity in Homestuck. Follow and support Dylan on... GoFundMe: DC Needs a Hysterectomy Youtube: Boyform Twitter: @InBoyForm TQ is hosted by Lunar Light Studio. Please help us in creating a platform for diverse independent media at Patreon.com/LunarLightHQ If you'd like us to shout out a friend or plug your business, go to lunarlightstudio.com/incoming-transmission to learn how. If you have a story to tell or a question to ask, email us at TransQuestioningPodcast@gmail.com or send an anonymous message at curiouscat.me/transquestioningTQ Twitter: @TransQPodcastSarah's Twitter: @hmsnofun Support Sarah Zedig on Patreon.com/LTAS or give a one-time donation at ko-fi.com/sarahzedigINTRO MUSIC by ZoestraCOVER ART by @deervvitchIf you are in crisis or just need a shoulder to cry on, please contact the Trans Lifeline for support at TransLifeline.org.

Sarah's back yet again, and she has even more questions. THIS WEEK: Why did this show start? What will this show become? What's Sarah even been up to??? Do you have questions, stories, or other gender-related gripes you want to share?Email us at TransQuestioningPodcast@gmail.com, or send an anonymous message to curiouscat.me/transquestioningThe Trans Questioning Podcast is a production of Lunar Light Studio, which hosts over a dozen other fantastic podcasts! Please help us in creating a platform for diverse independent media at Patreon.com/LunarLightHQ If you want to shout out a friend or plug your business in a future episode, head over to lunarlightstudio.com/incoming-transmission for details on how to make that happen. Support Sarah at Patreon.com/LTAS or give a one-time donation at ko-fi.com/sarahzFor podcast updates, follow @TransQPodcastYou can find Sarah @hmsnofun INTRO MUSIC by ZoestraCOVER ART by @deervvitchIf you are in crisis or just need a shoulder to cry on, please contact the Trans Lifeline for support at TransLifeline.org.

You climb into the warm crevice of your meat mech. Its pungent copper wetness fills your nose and slides down the back of your throat... it tastes like blood and cherries. It occurs to you that this nightmare of muscle and bone feels somehow more like home than anywhere else you've ever been. You whisper your name and push your neck onto the nerve spike. As the thing you call "yourself" expands, a fire lights in the pit of your stomach. Oh, of course. This is what it feels like to be alive. This is what it feels like to be you. You are GENDER DISASTER.THIS WEEK: Game developer Heather Flowers joins us to discuss EXTREME MEATPUNKS FOREVER Season 2, which is on Kickstarter now! Topics include antifascism in video games, advice for aspiring artists, how to deal with trolls, what to do about diversity in the games industry, being transgender online, and what keeps us going in the age of fascism. Support EXTREME MEATPUNKS FOREVER Season 2: Bound By Ash on Kickstarter! Buy Heather's other games, including Meatpunks Season 1, at hthr.itch.io!Follow and support Heather on... Patreon: patreon.com/hthr Twitter: @HTHRFLWRS TQ is hosted by Lunar Light Studio. Please help us in creating a platform for diverse independent media at Patreon.com/LunarLightHQ If you'd like us to shout out a friend or plug your business, go to lunarlightstudio.com/incoming-transmission to learn how. If you have a story to tell or a question to ask, email us at TransQuestioningPodcast@gmail.com or send an anonymous message at curiouscat.me/transquestioningTQ Twitter: @TransQPodcastSarah's Twitter: @hmsnofun Support Sarah Zedig on Patreon.com/LTAS or give a one-time donation at ko-fi.com/sarahzedigINTRO MUSIC by ZoestraCOVER ART by @deervvitchIf you are in crisis or just need a shoulder to cry on, please contact the Trans Lifeline for support at TransLifeline.org.

Time to pour some milk on our faces and talk about LEFTWING MEDIA. THIS WEEK: Sarah shares some HRT updates before diving face first into some topical internet discourse by asking: what is left-tube, and is it a movement? Covers criticism of the "dirtbag left," the differences between left-tube / breadtube, a history of the likes of ContraPoints and others, Sarah's experience on youtube, left-tube's similarities with comedy non-journalism like The Daily Show, what it does well, what it does poorly, and how we could all be doing a lot better. Hint, the answer involves communism. Do you have questions, stories, or other gender-related gripes you want to share?Email us at TransQuestioningPodcast@gmail.com, or send an anonymous message to curiouscat.me/transquestioningThe Trans Questioning Podcast is a production of Lunar Light Studio, which hosts over a dozen other fantastic podcasts! Please help us in creating a platform for diverse independent media at Patreon.com/LunarLightHQ If you want to shout out a friend or plug your business in a future episode, head over to lunarlightstudio.com/incoming-transmission for details on how to make that happen. Support Sarah at Patreon.com/LTAS or give a one-time donation at ko-fi.com/sarahzFor podcast updates, follow @TransQPodcastYou can find Sarah @hmsnofun INTRO MUSIC by ZoestraCOVER ART by @deervvitchIf you are in crisis or just need a shoulder to cry on, please contact the Trans Lifeline for support at TransLifeline.org.

CONTENT WARNING: This episode gets into several heavy topics, such as emotional abuse, privacy violations, homelessness, victim blaming, and conversion therapy. Please take care of yourselves. THIS WEEK: Marble Charlotte comes on the show to discuss her experience with a family-mandated therapist whose only goal was to convince her she wasn't transgender. Follow and support Marble on... Patreon: patreon.com/sweetestskull Twitter: @marblecantus Twitch: twitch.tv/marblecantus Podcast: Deck of Friendship Do you have questions, stories, or other gender-related gripes you want to share?Email us at TransQuestioningPodcast@gmail.com, or send an anonymous message to curiouscat.me/transquestioningThe Trans Questioning Podcast is a production of Lunar Light Studio, which hosts over a dozen other fantastic podcasts! Please help us in creating a platform for diverse independent media at Patreon.com/LunarLightHQ If you want to shout out a friend or plug your business in a future episode, head over to lunarlightstudio.com/incoming-transmission for details on how to make that happen. Support Sarah at Patreon.com/LTAS or give a one-time donation at ko-fi.com/sarahzFor podcast updates, follow @TransQPodcastYou can find Sarah @hmsnofun INTRO MUSIC by ZoestraCOVER ART by @deervvitchIf you are in crisis or just need a shoulder to cry on, please contact the Trans Lifeline for support at TransLifeline.org.

Uh oh, Sarah's back and this time she has EMOTIONS. THIS WEEK: We discuss the psychological experience of being off and on HRT, as well as the comorbidity of mood disorders and learning disabilities, which makes it hard to diagnose things like ADHD, BPD, or bipolar. Hormones aren't a silver bullet for mood and habit, unfortunately! ALSO: A pair of emails, first about the state of transgender rights in the military in Singapore, and then asking about finding friends and salvaging damaged relationships after coming out. Do you have questions, stories, or other gender-related gripes you want to share?Email us at TransQuestioningPodcast@gmail.com, or send an anonymous message to curiouscat.me/transquestioningThe Trans Questioning Podcast is a production of Lunar Light Studio, which hosts over a dozen other fantastic podcasts! Please help us in creating a platform for diverse independent media at Patreon.com/LunarLightHQ If you want to shout out a friend or plug your business in a future episode, head over to lunarlightstudio.com/incoming-transmission for details on how to make that happen. Support Sarah at Patreon.com/LTAS or give a one-time donation at ko-fi.com/sarahzFor podcast updates, follow @TransQPodcastYou can find Sarah @hmsnofun INTRO MUSIC by ZoestraCOVER ART by @deervvitchIf you are in crisis or just need a shoulder to cry on, please contact the Trans Lifeline for support at TransLifeline.org.

What even is cyberpunk? THIS WEEK: Writer Aysha U. Farah joins to talk a little about their experience with gender, as well as to discuss a certain high-profile cyberpunk video game currently making the promotional rounds in the game-o-sphere. We explore what the genre means to us, why we think so many people get it wrong, and offer up some atypical examples of it being done right. ALSO: Some minor discussion of Homestuck and Hiveswap Friendsim, because what's a cyberpunk discussion without a little self-flagellation? Buy PUSS IN HEELS today!Follow and support Aysha:Twitter: @ayshaufarah Website: ayshaufarah.com Patreon: patreon.com/aufarah LINKS: Aysha U. Farah on Intermission re: Puss in Heels The Vienna Game - Homestuck Cyberpunk AU Fanfic by paraTactician Do you have questions, stories, or other gender-related gripes you want to share?Email us at TransQuestioningPodcast@gmail.com, or send an anonymous message to curiouscat.me/transquestioningThe Trans Questioning Podcast is a production of Lunar Light Studio, which hosts over a dozen other fantastic podcasts! Please help us in creating a platform for diverse independent media at Patreon.com/LunarLightHQ If you want to shout out a friend or plug your business in a future episode, head over to lunarlightstudio.com/incoming-transmission for details on how to make that happen. Support Sarah at Patreon.com/LTAS or give a one-time donation at ko-fi.com/sarahzFor podcast updates, follow @TransQPodcastYou can find Sarah @hmsnofun INTRO MUSIC by ZoestraCOVER ART by @deervvitchIf you are in crisis or just need a shoulder to cry on, please contact the Trans Lifeline for support at TransLifeline.org.

What does gender even do, anyway? THIS WEEK: Sarah lectures a room full of undergrads on her theory that the existence of transgender people undermines the foundations of so-called western civilization. We also discuss trans healthcare, public perception, the importance of internalizing genderqueer politics, and little ways you can help the trans/enby folks in your life.----Do you have questions, stories, or other gender-related gripes you want to share?Email us at TransQuestioningPodcast@gmail.com, or send an anonymous message to curiouscat.me/transquestioningThe Trans Questioning Podcast is a production of Lunar Light Studio, which hosts over a dozen other fantastic podcasts! Please help us in creating a platform for diverse independent media at Patreon.com/LunarLightHQ If you want to shout out a friend or plug your business in a future episode, head over to lunarlightstudio.com/incoming-transmission for details on how to make that happen. Support Sarah at Patreon.com/LTAS or give a one-time donation at ko-fi.com/sarahzFor podcast updates, follow @TransQPodcastYou can find Sarah @hmsnofun INTRO MUSIC by ZoestraCOVER ART by @deervvitchIf you are in crisis or just need a shoulder to cry on, please contact the Trans Lifeline for support at TransLifeline.org.

Back on meds, let's get to some questions! THIS WEEK: We dig through our backlog of anonymous curiouscat asks, which flit mostly between themes of finding community and feeling unsure how to be nonbinary in a deeply binary world. Wow, same! Can Sarah single-handedly solve these common trans problems in just thirty minutes? Guess you'll have to listen and find out!----Do you have questions, stories, or other gender-related gripes you want to share?Email us at TransQuestioningPodcast@gmail.com, or send an anonymous message to curiouscat.me/transquestioningThe Trans Questioning Podcast is a production of Lunar Light Studio, which hosts over a dozen other fantastic podcasts! Please help us in creating a platform for diverse independent media at Patreon.com/LunarLightHQ If you want to shout out a friend or plug your business in a future episode, head over to lunarlightstudio.com/incoming-transmission for details on how to make that happen. Support Sarah at Patreon.com/LTAS or give a one-time donation at ko-fi.com/sarahzFor podcast updates, follow @TransQPodcastYou can find Sarah @hmsnofun INTRO MUSIC by ZoestraCOVER ART by @deervvitchIf you are in crisis or just need a shoulder to cry on, please contact the Trans Lifeline for support at TransLifeline.org.

Time to roll up our sleeves and get right on into it. THIS WEEK: Guest Hayley Rose discusses the ups and downs of transitioning early in life, as well as her story of addiction and recovery. We also talk about how to find support as a gay / trans / otherwise queer person struggling with addiction. Hope you're ready to get REAL. Follow and support Hayley: Podcasts: Badvertising, Comradical, and Good Boys Girls Twitter: @Haystews Do you have questions, stories, or other gender-related gripes you want to share?Email us at TransQuestioningPodcast@gmail.com, or send an anonymous message to curiouscat.me/transquestioningThe Trans Questioning Podcast is a production of Lunar Light Studio, which hosts over a dozen other fantastic podcasts! Please help us in creating a platform for diverse independent media at Patreon.com/LunarLightHQSupport Sarah at Patreon.com/LTAS or give a one-time donation at ko-fi.com/sarahzFor podcast updates, follow @TransQPodcastYou can find Sarah @hmsnofun INTRO MUSIC by ZoestraCOVER ART by @deervvitchIf you are in crisis or just need a shoulder to cry on, please contact the Trans Lifeline for support at TransLifeline.org.

Now wait just a second, this isn't a Monday! THIS WEEK: Oops, we had technical difficulties. This is a short one to discuss the mental challenges of falling off HRT, untreated ADHD, and the general depression that comes with moving. ----Do you have questions, stories, or other gender-related gripes you want to share?Email us at TransQuestioningPodcast@gmail.com, or send an anonymous message to curiouscat.me/transquestioningThe Trans Questioning Podcast is a production of Lunar Light Studio, which hosts over a dozen other fantastic podcasts! Please help us in creating a platform for diverse independent media at Patreon.com/LunarLightHQ If you want to shout out a friend or plug your business in a future episode, head over to lunarlightstudio.com/incoming-transmission for details on how to make that happen. Support Sarah at Patreon.com/LTAS or give a one-time donation at ko-fi.com/sarahzFor podcast updates, follow @TransQPodcastYou can find Sarah @hmsnofun INTRO MUSIC by ZoestraCOVER ART by @deervvitchIf you are in crisis or just need a shoulder to cry on, please contact the Trans Lifeline for support at TransLifeline.org.

The Swedish Empire expands! THIS WEEK: Youtuber Mia Mulder joins us to discuss the politics, weather, and media in Sweden, including the national pride that is The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, as well as an accounting of the one and only comedy the country has ever produced. And then, in perhaps the most riveting moment in TQ history, Mia shares the amazing story of her time as an activist. Follow and support Mia: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/MiaMulder Twitter: @PotatoPolitics Do you have questions, stories, or other gender-related gripes you want to share?Email us at TransQuestioningPodcast@gmail.com, or send an anonymous message to curiouscat.me/transquestioningThe Trans Questioning Podcast is a production of Lunar Light Studio, which hosts over a dozen other fantastic podcasts! Please help us in creating a platform for diverse independent media at Patreon.com/LunarLightHQSupport Sarah at Patreon.com/LTAS or give a one-time donation at ko-fi.com/sarahzFor podcast updates, follow @TransQPodcastYou can find Sarah @hmsnofun INTRO MUSIC by ZoestraCOVER ART by @deervvitchIf you are in crisis or just need a shoulder to cry on, please contact the Trans Lifeline for support at TransLifeline.org.

Hello, I'm tired and hoarse. THIS WEEK:Sarah talks about moving to a new place in THE CITY, feeling dysphoric about facial hair, the lethargy of being low on medications, and also discusses the pros and cons of snapchat's genderswap selfie filter. The takes in this one are saucy. ----Do you have questions, stories, or other gender-related gripes you want to share?Email us at TransQuestioningPodcast@gmail.com, or send an anonymous message to curiouscat.me/transquestioningThe Trans Questioning Podcast is a production of Lunar Light Studio, which hosts over a dozen other fantastic podcasts! Please help us in creating a platform for diverse independent media at Patreon.com/LunarLightHQSupport Sarah at Patreon.com/LTAS or give a one-time donation at ko-fi.com/sarahzFor podcast updates, follow @TransQPodcastYou can find Sarah @hmsnofun INTRO MUSIC by ZoestraCOVER ART by @deervvitchIf you are in crisis or just need a shoulder to cry on, please contact the Trans Lifeline for support at TransLifeline.org.

The commie talk is coming from inside the house! THIS WEEK: Molly.Noise is stateside and holding my hand, because we're gay! We talk about the challenges of an international long distance relationship, the importance of judgment-free conversation in intimate moments, as well as what being a nonbinary trans person means to Sarah. This, of course, leads us to talking about socialist philosophy, anarchy, and the arbitrary nature of societal norms. We couldn't be more on brand if we tried, could we? Follow and support Molly: Bandcamp: mollynoise.bandcamp.com Twitter: @ImPureNoise Do you have questions, stories, or other gender-related gripes you want to share? Email us at TransQuestioningPodcast@gmail.com, or send an anonymous message to curiouscat.me/transquestioningThe Trans Questioning Podcast is a production of Lunar Light Studio, which hosts over a dozen other fantastic podcasts! Please help us in creating a platform for diverse independent media at Patreon.com/LunarLightHQSupport Sarah at Patreon.com/LTAS or give a one-time donation at ko-fi.com/sarahzedigFor podcast updates, follow @TransQPodcast You can find Sarah @hmsnofunINTRO MUSIC by Zoestra COVER ART by @deervvitchIf you are in crisis or just need a shoulder to cry on, please contact the Trans Lifeline for support at TransLifeline.org.

Welcome back to my hovel. Do you like what I've done with the place? THIS WEEK: Sarah reveals that the show has joined the Lunar Light podcast network, and will henceforth be a weekly endeavor! She also answers long, LONG overdue reader questions, touching on relationships troubled by dysphoria, whether to come out as trans when you have an STI, and fantasies of bodily rearrangement.----Do you have questions, stories, or other gender-related gripes you want to share?Email us at TransQuestioningPodcast@gmail.com, or send an anonymous message to curiouscat.me/transquestioningThe Trans Questioning Podcast is a production of Lunar Light Studio, which hosts over a dozen other fantastic podcasts! Please help us in creating a platform for diverse independent media at Patreon.com/LunarLightHQSupport Sarah at Patreon.com/LTAS or give a one-time donation at ko-fi.com/sarahzFor podcast updates, follow @TransQPodcastYou can find Sarah @hmsnofun INTRO MUSIC by ZoestraCOVER ART by @deervvitch.If you are in crisis or just need a shoulder to cry on, please contact the Trans Lifeline for support at TransLifeline.org.

Woah, wait, where's the other girl? THIS WEEK: It's just Sarah! Like old times, eh? Discussing body developments after seven months on hormone replacement therapy, the stresses of being a transgender youtuber, and how to build yourself back up after years of basing your layers on other people's expectations.----Do you have questions, stories, or other gender-related gripes you want to share?Email us at TransQuestioningPodcast@gmail.com, or send an anonymous message to curiouscat.me/transquestioningSupport Sarah at Patreon.com/LTAS or give a one-time donation at ko-fi.com/sarahzSupport May at Patreon.com/NyxFearsFor podcast updates, follow@TransQPodcastYou can find Sarah @hmsnofun and May @nyxfearsINTRO AND OUTRO MUSIC is by Zoestra, whose music can be found at SoundCloud.com/ZoestraCOVER ART is by the wonderful Emilee Bumgarner.If you are in crisis or just need a shoulder to cry on, please contact the Trans Lifeline for support at TransLifeline.org.

The dust has settled on the DK64 Nightmare Stream that raised over three hundred thousand dollars for transgender support charity Mermaids. Now, it is time to reflect. THIS WEEK: Sarah, May, and Elliot recount their experiences interacting with the likes of Cody Johnston, Chelsea Manning, and Chuck Tingle on the stream. ALSO: Twenty-one special guests share their feelings about the stream, either as viewers or participants (or, in one case, the instigator). You can find the timecode of their appearances below, as well as their twitter handles where provided.(also, in the intro, Sarah said Jan 2018 when she meant 2019. she wholeheartedly apologizes for being human)----Henlo Birb | 0:03:35 | @lastplacesnazztplace [instagram]Nik Hansen | 0:05:12 | @smuppnikSplendidland | 0:05:46 | @splendidlandAstrid Johnson | 0:09:08 | @jaffameisterOlivia | 0:11:01 | @toolongforatweeDan | 0:14:39Bats | 0:17:27 | @boxfullofbatsValerie Sinclair | 0:24:15 | @maruchan1312Brie Brunelle | 0:26:16 | @anarcho_vampireVivian Aladren | 0:30:08 | @vivialadrenEllen Murray | 0:32:33 | @ellenfromnowonAgent JR | 0:37:17 | @agentjr_lpKay | 0:40:16 | @kayandskittlesLyric Hartwell | 0:44:20 | @lyrichartwellEmily Lynch | 0:46:19 | @adequateemilyJacqueline Merritt | 0:54:47 | @jacquelinefilmAlis | 0:58:24Molly.Noise | 1:02:17 | @impurenoiseRipley Violet | 1:05:17 | @ripleystormCiaran Oisin | 1:12:18 | @ciaranoisinHarris Bomberguy | ?:??:?? | @hbomberguy----Podcast: @transqpodcastSarah: @hmsnofunMay: @nyxfearsElliot: @yourparentscoke----Do you have questions, stories, or other gender-related gripes you want to share?Email us at TransQuestioningPodcast@gmail.com, or send an anonymous message to curiouscat.me/transquestioningSupport Sarah at Patreon.com/LTAS or give a one-time donation at ko-fi.com/sarahzSupport May at Patreon.com/NyxFearsINTRO AND OUTRO MUSIC is by Zoestra, whose music can be found at SoundCloud.com/ZoestraCOVER ART is by the wonderful Emilee Bumgarner.If you are in crisis or just need a shoulder to cry on, please contact the Trans Lifeline for support at TransLifeline.org.

The Discourse continues in part 2! THIS WEEK: Misogyny in the trans community, the anger of the observer, the outrage of the unhappy, what it means to build a trans community, differences between transgender men and transgender women, complicated questions about ourselves and our media that don't make for pithy youtube videos, The Elliot Test, movies as a magic trick everyone wants to spoil, youtube as a recursive echo chamber, and toxic attitudes towards fandom.Elliot and May recommend early 2000's horror movies, Sarah recommends overly expensive out-of-print Twin Peaks memorabilia.----Follow Elliot on Twitter @yourparentscokeand message him for an invite to his new transmasc-only Discord server.----Do you have questions, stories, or other gender-related gripes you want to share?Email us at TransQuestioningPodcast@gmail.com, or send an anonymous message to curiouscat.me/transquestioningSupport Sarah at Patreon.com/LTAS or give a one-time donation at ko-fi.com/sarahzSupport May at Patreon.com/NyxFearsFor podcast updates, follow@TransQPodcastYou can find Sarah @hmsnofun and May @nyxfearsINTRO AND OUTRO MUSIC is by Zoestra, whose music can be found at SoundCloud.com/ZoestraCOVER ART is by the wonderful Emilee Bumgarner.If you are in crisis or just need a shoulder to cry on, please contact the Trans Lifeline for support at TransLifeline.org.

Let's get salty. THIS WEEK: We discuss the Nyx Fears live show, May's appearance on a certain male-dominated livestream, the commonality of mansplaining, Dark Souls hot takes, why video games are bad, uncovering the awful truth behind @Mothcub's rosy exterior, how tattoos and piercings are trans body modification, the transmasculine experience, how we destroy ourselves with cynicism and self-deprecation, and we get honest about misgendering.----Follow Elliot on Twitter @yourparentscokeand message him for an invite to his new transmasc-only Discord server.----Do you have questions, stories, or other gender-related gripes you want to share?Email us at TransQuestioningPodcast@gmail.com, or send an anonymous message to curiouscat.me/transquestioningSupport Sarah at Patreon.com/LTAS or give a one-time donation at ko-fi.com/sarahzSupport May at Patreon.com/NyxFearsFor podcast updates, follow@TransQPodcastYou can find Sarah @hmsnofun and May @nyxfearsINTRO AND OUTRO MUSIC is by Zoestra, whose music can be found at SoundCloud.com/ZoestraCOVER ART is by the wonderful Emilee Bumgarner.If you are in crisis or just need a shoulder to cry on, please contact the Trans Lifeline for support at TransLifeline.org.

Time to expose the TRUTH about the Cal Arts style. THIS WEEK: Sarah has a conversation with nonbinary artist Kallen Chi (they/them), a graduate of Cal Arts and a professional cartoonist and animator. We discuss what got them into animation, the intersections of the transmasculine and transfeminine experience, the difficulties of discussing gender with your family, the importance of finding friends, and the misconceptions of hormone replacement therapy for transmasculine people. ALSO: Kallen brought a list of notable genderqueering media and creators, and among these we tackle Evangelion, Persona 4, Wandering Son, and My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness.----Find Kallen on twitter @kallenchiThe boards for "Catcall:" https://kchiportfolio.weebly.com/story-portfolio.htmlKallen's portfolio: https://kchiportfolio.weebly.com/The episode where I answered Kallen's original question is titled This Is Just An Advice Show Now.----Do you have questions, stories, or other gender-related gripes you want to share?Email us at TransQuestioningPodcast@gmail.com, or send an anonymous message to curiouscat.me/transquestioningSupport Sarah at Patreon.com/LTAS or give a one-time donation at ko-fi.com/sarahzFor podcast updates, follow@TransQPodcastYou can find Sarah @hmsnofunINTRO AND OUTRO MUSIC is the Mii Channel Theme JAZZ COVER by insaneintherainmusic.COVER ART is by the wonderful Emilee Bumgarner.If you are in crisis or just need a shoulder to cry on, please contact the Trans Lifeline for support at Translifeline.org.

One hell year down, another hell year begins. THIS WEEK: Sarah and May discuss the concurrent release of their latest passion projects, both of which are deeply emotional explorations of trauma and the transgender experience. We discuss some hopes for 2019, May details her brand new body modifications, we address a reader question about coming out as a teen in the American South, and generally pledge to wreck stuff. May recommends Venom and Aquaman, Sarah recommends Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse.----May's album, She's Bleeding, You Asshole: nyxfears.bandcamp.com/album/shes-bleeding-you-assholeSarah's video, A Video About Transitioning: youtu.be/3PClMhVAQWg----Do you have questions, stories, or other gender-related gripes you want to share?Email us at TransQuestioningPodcast@gmail.com, or send an anonymous message to curiouscat.me/transquestioningSupport Sarah at Patreon.com/LTAS or give a one-time donation at ko-fi.com/sarahzSupport May at Patreon.com/NyxFearsFor podcast updates, follow@TransQPodcastYou can find Sarah @hmsnofun and May @nyxfearsINTRO AND OUTRO MUSIC is the Mii Channel Theme JAZZ COVER by insaneintherainmusic.COVER ART is by the wonderful Emilee Bumgarner.If you are in crisis or just need a shoulder to cry on, please contact the Trans Lifeline for support at Translifeline.org.

Hot take, ice cream is better than Red Dead Redemption 2. THIS WEEK: It's May Leitz's first official episode as cohost! We discuss her reasons for jumping ship (in a good way), workshop future show segments, answer reader questions about how to deal with acquaintances/friends/family having an attitude about your transness, and how to feel sure in your identity when you haven't socially transitioned. May recommends Scorsese's After Hours and An American Werewolf in London, while Sarah recommends Mother 3 and thoroughly does not recommend Red Dead Redemption 2.----Check out May's new album She's Bleeding, You Asshole over at nyxfears.bandcamp.com, out on Christmas day!Watch for Sarah's new video In Transition at youtube.com/c/letstalkaboutstuff----If you are in crisis or just need a shoulder to cry on, please contact the Trans Lifeline for support at Translifeline.org.Do you have questions, stories, or other gender-related gripes you want to share?Email us at TransQuestioningPodcast@gmail.com, or send an anonymous message to curiouscat.me/hmsnofunINTRO AND OUTRO MUSIC is the Mii Channel Theme JAZZ COVER by insaneintherainmusic.COVER ART is by the wonderful Emilee Bumgarner.Support Sarah at Patreon.com/LTAS or with a one-time donation at ko-fi.com/sarahzSupport May at Patreon.com/NyxFearsFor podcast updates, follow@TransQPodcastYou can find Sarah on TWITTER@hmsnofun and May @nyxfears

Sometimes, the best advice is DON'T. THIS WEEK: I visited the home of May Leitz to talk about our mutual self-harm practice of making videos for the internet. In this candid, flighty, stream-of-consciousness conversation, we discuss how we choose the topics we want to cover, how to deal with weird or negative viewer feedback, what it's like to be a transgender youtuber, as well as all those wild hot tips you need to disregard in order to find your own success.Despite her wishes, you can find May on Twitter @nyxfears, where you can also track down all her other work. Watch her bandcamp for the release of her amazing new album on Christmas day!----If you are in crisis or just need a shoulder to cry on, please contact the Trans Lifeline for support at Translifeline.org.Do you have questions, stories, or other gender-related gripes you want to share?Email me atTransQuestioningPodcast@gmail.comOR: Send an anonymous message to curiouscat.me/hmsnofunINTRO AND OUTRO MUSIC is the Mii Channel Theme JAZZ COVER by insaneintherainmusic.COVER ART is by the wonderful Emilee Bumgarner.Support me monthly on PATREON at Patreon.com/LTAS or with a one-time donation at ko-fi.com/sarahzFollow me on TWITTER @TransQPodcast and @hmsnofunand on MASTODON @hmsnofun

Alternate title: This Is Fine (Take 3). THIS WEEK: It's been a hot minute since the last episode went up, huh? Sorry about that, life's been a hell. But the hell is almost over! We're near enough yet that we don't have to contemplate the worse damnation that will assuredly follow. In this episode, I discuss why I had to record this episode three separate times before being happy with it; some observations about hormone replacement therapy as I approach the six month mark; the weirdness of an unexpected thanksgiving; and, finally, I have a VSA regarding the future of this podcast.----If you are in crisis or just need a shoulder to cry on, please contact the Trans Lifeline for support at Translifeline.org.Do you have questions, stories, or other gender-related gripes you want to share?Email me atTransQuestioningPodcast@gmail.comOR: Send an anonymous message to curiouscat.me/hmsnofunINTRO AND OUTRO MUSIC is the Mii Channel Theme JAZZ COVER by insaneintherainmusic.COVER ART is by the wonderful Emilee Bumgarner.Support me monthly on PATREON at Patreon.com/LTAS or with a one-time donation at ko-fi.com/sarahzFollow me on TWITTER @TransQPodcast and @hmsnofunand on MASTODON @hmsnofun

So many people engaged in their civic duty! THIS WEEK: Discussing the lunacy of "identifying" as a younger person; a crisis of mental health among trans people; good news from Massachusetts and Colorado; discussing the truly historic turnout of the 2018 midterms and how people disappointed by the "blue wave" aren't looking close enough; perhaps fascism can be stopped before it causes truly irreparable harm? ALSO: Reader questions about the distinction between nonbinary people and transgender people, and the challenges of discovering your transness much later in life; plus some updates about future projects from your Very Productive Girl!----SOURCES:Historic Midterm Turnout: http://time.com/5452258/midterm-elections-turnout/Implications of Blue Wave: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/11/midterms-blue-wave-statistics-data-analysis.htmlYou Can Still Be Transgender If You Don't Feel Dysphoria: https://everydayfeminism.com/2016/05/transgender-without-dysphoria/6 Affirmations for People Who Don't Feel Trans Enough: https://everydayfeminism.com/2017/03/trans-folk-dont-feel-trans-enough/Reddit Thread - Realizing You're Trans At Later Age: https://www.reddit.com/r/asktransgender/comments/3twom2/who_else_on_here_didnt_know_they_were_trans_until/Trauma and Transness: https://letsqueerthingsup.com/2016/01/16/trauma-and-transness-why-i-didnt-always-know-i-was-transgender/What It's Like to Transition at 70: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/gender-affirmation-surgery_us_5bb3a27be4b0d1ebe0e568f0----If you are in crisis or just need a shoulder to cry on, please contact the Trans Lifeline for support at Translifeline.org.Do you have questions, stories, or other gender-related gripes you want to share?Email me atTransQuestioningPodcast@gmail.comOR: Send an anonymous message to curiouscat.me/hmsnofunINTRO AND OUTRO MUSIC is the Mii Channel Theme JAZZ COVER by insaneintherainmusic.COVER ART is by the wonderful Emilee Bumgarner.Support me monthly on PATREON at Patreon.com/LTAS or with a one-time donation at ko-fi.com/sarahzFollow me on TWITTER @TransQPodcast and @hmsnofunand on MASTODON @hmsnofun

You're not garbage, okay? THIS WEEK: A conversation with transgender musician & political theorist Molly.Noise! We discuss the subtle ways language assumes maleness, the insidious ways we destroy ourselves to fit in, how we systematically devalue our art and our work in order to seem humble, the ways we apologize for existing, the ways we situate ourselves as closeted trans people in sex and relationships, the mirror phase of development in relation to gender performance, and so much more. What a conversation this was!----Molly's Stuff!Bandcamp:mollynoise.bandcamp.comTwitter: @ImPureNoiseSoundcloud: soundcloud.com/user-224272569----Do you have questions, stories, or other gender-related gripes you want to share?Email me atTransQuestioningPodcast@gmail.comOR: Send an anonymous message to curiouscat.me/hmsnofunINTRO AND OUTRO MUSIC is the Mii Channel Theme JAZZ COVER by insaneintherainmusic.COVER ART is by the wonderful Emilee Bumgarner.Support me monthly on PATREON at Patreon.com/LTAS or with a one-time donation at ko-fi.com/sarahzFollow me on TWITTER @TransQPodcast and @hmsnofunand on MASTODON @hmsnofun

I have finally embraced the inevitable evolution of this podcast into a self-help advice show. THIS WEEK: The fear of coming out and transitioning even when support is likely; the gravity of secrets and the allure of questions left unanswered; the complications of being a transgender man and the child of immigrants; how to con your ungrateful parents out of money and live your best life; why your ungrateful parents are trash and how you don't owe them a dang thing; reiterating the fact that it is okay to come out as trans but to desist later. Seriously! Coming out as trans is not a fact you've carved out in stone. Identity is weird and it's all a subjective nightmare. Stop stressing and just experiment!ALSO: Vote! Vote in the dang midterms!! Vote vote vote VOTE VOTE----Do you have questions, stories, or other gender-related gripes you want to share?Email me atTransQuestioningPodcast@gmail.comOR: Send an anonymous message to curiouscat.me/hmsnofunINTRO AND OUTRO MUSIC is the Mii Channel Theme JAZZ COVER by insaneintherainmusic.COVER ART is by the wonderful Emilee Bumgarner.Support me monthly on PATREON at Patreon.com/LTAS or with a one-time donation at ko-fi.com/sarahzFollow me on TWITTER @TransQPodcast and @hmsnofunand on MASTODON @hmsnofun

As this week comes to a close, it's hard not to feel like the US government is openly loading the gun they'll soon use for our execution. It's hard not to feel like you're going crazy as everyone else gaslights you by insisting that it's just a distraction from whatever the real problem is. Violence against transgender people is all too present already, but now we face the prospect of a mob of emboldened, bigoted blackshirts (or, in this case, redhats) taking their frustrations out on us without the fear of legal ramification. It's overwhelming, it's painful, it is traumatic.This episode is not a solution. I don't know what the solution could possibly be. I just know we need to feel entitled to our emotions if we want to survive the years to come.----Support me monthly on PATREON at Patreon.com/LTAS or with a one-time donation at ko-fi.com/sarahzFollow me on TWITTER @TransQPodcast and @hmsnofunand on MASTODON @hmsnofunbe safe out there.

That's right, you've been reading this podcast all along! THIS WEEK: Is it time to panic yet? Are we allowed to panic? Is it time to finally start saying, hey, maybe the States are in a bit of a pickle vis-a-vis fascism and blackshirt violence? Is the alarm only valid when it's rung by a straight cis able-bodied white guy? Am I being sensationalist by earnestly googling how to gtfo of the country? Am I losing my mind right now? Because it feels like I'm losing my mind right now. ALSO: Coming out to family, how to dress in gender-affirming clothes without outing yourself to the world, and a disappointing aside about western RPGs.----Do you have questions, stories, or other gender-related gripes you want to share?Email me atTransQuestioningPodcast@gmail.comOR: Send an anonymous message to curiouscat.me/hmsnofunINTERSTITIAL MUSIC is the Mirror Temple JAZZ COVER by insaneintherainmusic.INTRO AND OUTRO MUSIC is the Mii Channel Theme JAZZ COVER by insaneintherainmusic.COVER ART is by the wonderful Emilee Bumgarner.Support me monthly on PATREON at Patreon.com/LTAS or with a one-time donation at ko-fi.com/sarahzFollow me on TWITTER @TransQPodcast and @hmsnofunand on MASTODON @hmsnofun

Sometimes, things are okay. THIS WEEK: Discussing the sudden quintupling of my audience following the release of a video about Natalie Wynn of ContraPoints; answering listener questions about nonbinary identity, internal transgender repression, and the need for identifying one's birth gender within the discourse; the nasty insinuations of the healthy that one needs only to just "do it" to get healthy, and how difficult it truly is for someone with a mood disorder to live a healthy lifestyle. ----Do you have questions, stories, or other gender-related gripes you want to share?Email me atTransQuestioningPodcast@gmail.comOR: Send an anonymous message to curiouscat.me/hmsnofunINTRO AND OUTRO MUSIC is the Mii Channel Theme JAZZ COVER by insaneintherainmusic.COVER ART is by the wonderful Emilee Bumgarner.Support me on PATREON at Patreon.com/LTASFollow me on TWITTER @TransQPodcast and @hmsnofunand on MASTODON @hmsnofun

It's the thirtieth episode, and a full year after recording episode one! THIS WEEK: Answering more spam mail, answering an actual listener question about whether one can be too well off to call themselves trans and begin transitition; discussing what has changed in the year since I came out, including the recent revelation that I am genderqueer; talking about the recent Contrapoints video "The Aesthetic" and some criticisms of it (I ended up making a video about this, which you can find right here), including the nature of unfulfilling and cynical art, and the lessons one might take from Nineteen Eighty-Four. Identity! What the h*ck is it?----Do you have questions, stories, or other gender-related gripes you want to share? Email me at TransQuestioningPodcast@gmail.comINTRO, OUTRO, and INTERSTITIAL MUSIC is the Mii Channel Theme JAZZ COVER by insaneintherainmusic.COVER ART is by the wonderful Emilee Bumgarner.Support me on PATREON at Patreon.com/LTASFollow me on TWITTER @TransQPodcast and @hmsnofunand on MASTODON @hmsnofun

When you come out as transgender, the freedom of Halloween is every single day. THIS WEEK: I talk to video essayist and host of youtube show Nyx Fears, May Leitz! We discuss the hell that is life in the DFW metroplex, what it's like coming out as trans to an existing fanbase, how she figured out her transness, how she navigates dysphoria, the ambiguities of identity and the challenges of articulation, where she got her name, what the heck a "woman" looks like, and how Halloween is basically Transgender Christmas. ALSO: A lengthy discussion about vulnerability and earnestness in online media criticism, particularly on youtube, and our problems with the over-valuation of "objective" criticism.----Please watch May's coming out video "The Truth" right here, and follow the links below to all her other stuff.YOUTUBE MAIN:Nyx FearsYOUTUBE VLOG:May LeitzTWITTER:@nyxfearsPATREON:Nyx Fears----Do you have questions, stories, or other gender-related gripes you want to share? Email me at TransQuestioningPodcast@gmail.comINTRO/OUTRO MUSIC is the Mii Channel Theme JAZZ COVER by insaneintherainmusic.INTERSTITIAL MUSIC is Rosalina's Comet Theme JAZZ COVER by insaneintherainmusic.COVER ART is by the wonderful Emilee Bumgarner.Support me on PATREON at Patreon.com/LTASFollow me on TWITTER @TransQPodcast and @hmsnofunand on MASTODON @hmsnofun

#ihaveagramophone. Make it trend, or I walk. THIS WEEK: Melancholy in the Sarah's world; the loneliness of Italy without friends at home to talk to; revisiting your journal is ALWAYS a bad idea; reflections on my conversation with Shannon Strucci in the previous episode; fear of asking friends and colleagues to respect your new name and chosen pronouns; the stress of being a stealth transgender person in college; good reactions from friends and family; how cis people can help trans people.Do you have questions, stories, or other gender-related gripes you want to share? Email me at TransQuestioningPodcast@gmail.comINTRO MUSIC is the Mii Channel Theme JAZZ COVER by insaneintherainmusic.INTERSTITIAL MUSIC is the Mirror Temple JAZZ COVER by insaneintherainmusic.OUTRO MUSIC is the Mor Adain - Roaming the Wastes JAZZ COVER by insaneintherainmusic.COVER ART is by the wonderful Emilee Bumgarner.Support me on PATREON at Patreon.com/LTASFollow me on TWITTER @TransQPodcast and @hmsnofunand on MASTODON @hmsnofun

It's time to dish about the creeps that make life miserable for women on the internet. THIS WEEK: I talk to youtuber Shannon Strucci, hot off the release of her feature-length video essay about parasocial relationships. We discuss how death in the family (especially parents) can other you from friends and colleagues, the gross and creepy harassment a successful woman gets, how gender affects one's success on a public media platform, the weird real life fanfic written about Jacksepticeye and Markiplier, what it's like being a woman on a film set, and much more!----Check out Shannon Strucci's incredible series about parasocial relationships, Fake Friends:Episode OneEpisode TwoYou can follow and support Shannon on the following platforms:TWITTER: @plentyofalcovesYOUTUBE: StrucciMoviesCURIOUSCAT: plentyofalcovesPATREON: patreon.com/StrucciMovies----Do you have questions, stories, or other gender-related gripes you want to share? Email me at TransQuestioningPodcast@gmail.comINTRO MUSIC is the Mii Channel Theme JAZZ COVER by insaneintherainmusic.INTERSTITIAL and OUTRO MUSIC is the Ice Cap Zone JAZZ COVER by insaneintherainmusic.COVER ART is by the wonderful Emilee Bumgarner.Support me on PATREON at Patreon.com/LTAS ($5 patrons get 10 whole minutes of conversation that were cut from this episode!)Follow me on TWITTER @TransQPodcast and @hmsnofunand on MASTODON @hmsnofun

Two months on HRT and second puberty is in full swing. THIS WEEK: I discuss the various changes I've noticed after two months on feminizing hormones; suddenly Sarah is starting to exist; a series of digressions on topics various and sundry. ALSO: Very few people have sent me emails, so I've decided to give the spammers their due. It's time to discuss the tragedy of the late Dr. George Pascal, whose affairs in Burkina Faso promise to be profoundly lucrative.Do you have questions, stories, or other gender-related gripes you want to share? Email me at TransQuestioningPodcast@gmail.comINTRO MUSIC is the Mii Channel Theme JAZZ COVER by insaneintherainmusic.OUTRO MUSIC is A Settlement in Red Bluffs JAZZ COVER by insaneintherainmusic.COVER ART is by the wonderful Emilee Bumgarner.Support me on PATREON at Patreon.com/LTASFollow me on TWITTER @TransQPodcast and @hmsnofun