Trans(re)lating

00:00 Opening 01:00 Introduction – I no longer have my cool job – Balticon was awesome 05:23 Field Report: Trans Queering Your Sex – Practice good pronoun usage – Courtesies you learn for trans people are good for all people – Gender identity, gender presentation, gender attribution – Get clear on terminology and roles – […]

00:00 Opening 01:00 Introduction and to what I’ve been up – I have a cool job – I didn’t win NaNoWriMo again – I’m in another podcast novel – I’m taking classes again in the spring – I got a dog over the summer 05:07 Question: “Why bother with transition?” – It’s either worth it […]

Part 1 00:00 Opening 01:05 Introduction 05:04 Conversation with Nobilis (second half) – Nobilis: I think change happens best in quiet, personal conversations, not in vast impersonal media. – DDog: I tend to agree, but I don’t think that is the only tool available. Big media can act as a starting point for the smaller […]

Part 2 00:00 Opening 01:05 Introduction 02:25 Conversation with Nobilis (first half) – Nobilis: Actors change themselves all the time for roles. Why is gender identity different than things like hair color? – DDog: Hair color isn’t the right analogy. Some totally inadequate comparisons are blackface and characters with disabilities being played by actors without […]

This story was originally published at Paulette Jaxton’s short fiction podcast, Form Letter Rejection Theatre. I’ve been meaning to drop it in the feed for awhile now, and since I’m not ready to put the next proper episode out quite yet, here it is. Original show notes and cast can be found here. If you […]

00:00 Opening 00:59 Introduction – Explanation of changes 04:11 Transgender in film 12:00 Upcoming episodes & contact information 13:45 Promo for “Empress Sword” by Paulette Jaxton 15:00 Links mentioned: List of transgender characters in film and TV (Wikipedia) What’s In a Name? (rationale for changing podcast name) Empress Sword by Paulette Jaxton Email: feedback@transrelating.com Twitter: […]

This promo is new, featuring some gender-bending characters known in myth and fiction, and 60 seconds long. Trans(re)lating promo 2 (60 seconds)

I redid the original promo so that it would feature the new music and new name and other info, and tweaked it a little so it’s only 30 seconds long. Trans(re)lating promo 1 (30 seconds)