Podcasts about gender ambiguity

In this podcast, Nina Cnockaert-Guillou talks to Roan Runge about Queerness in Celtic Studies. Roan explains their doctoral research on medieval Irish literature using Queer and Trans theory. They also discuss what it is like to be Queer in the field of medieval Irish studies and Celtic Studies, how students react to Queer readings of medieval Irish literature and what steps we can take to ensure the field is open and welcoming both to people who identify as Queer and/or LGBTQ+, and to Queer readings.  Content warnings: From 0:45:00 to 0:47:45: transphobia  From 0:59:30 to 1:01:12: transphobic attitudes and politics Registration for the 2024 Celtic Students Conference (30 May - 1 June) is now open! This year's conference will be a hybrid event. Guests are warmly invited to attend in-person presentations at the Université de Bretagne Occidentale, in Brest, or to attend online if they prefer. Please complete the registration form in your language of choice at the following ⁠link⁠. At the top of the registration form is a link to the Eventbrite payment form. Please note that you have until the 15th May to register for in-person attendance. Music: “Kesh Jig, Leitrim Fancy” by Sláinte, CC BY-SA 3.0 US (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/), available from freemusicarchive.org Links to initiatives, organisations and people mentioned in the episode: Bad Gays (podcast and recent book by Huw Lemmey and Ben Miller; https://badgayspod.com) Cruising Utopia: The Then and There of Queer Futurity – Jose Esteban Miñoz (2009) Emmet Taylor's blog post: ‘Pride Month: Medieval Ireland' (Celtic Students blog: https://celticstudents.blogspot.com/2021/06/pride-month-medieval-ireland.html) Stiofán Ó Briain and Eoin McEvoy, ‘LADTA+ na Gaeilge' (Celtic Students Podcast, https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/celticstudents/episodes/LADTA-na-Gaeilge-eht2jd) Roan's PhD thesis (currently under embargo; https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.106567) ‘species capacities' is from Hayward, Eva, ‘Spider city sex', Women & Performance: a journal of feminist theory 20.3 (2010), 225–51, at p. 234. Tom Peete Cross, Motif-Index of Early Irish Literature (Bloomington, IN, 1952; repr. 1969); see also the Aarne–Thompson–Uther Index (ATU Index) Poem on ‘Fintan and the Hawk of Achill', ed. and trans. Roan Runge (https://www.ambf.co.uk/fintan) Aided Echach mac Maireda (open access translation: Standish Hayes OʼGrady, Silva Gadelica vol. 2 (1892), pp. 265–9 https://archive.org/details/silvagadelicaix00gragoog/page/264/mode/2up) (recent translation: Ranke de Vries, Two texts on Loch nEchach: De causis torchi Corc' Óche and Aided Echach maic Maireda, Irish Texts Society 65 (2012)) ICCS Utrecht (https://celticstudiescongress.sites.uu.nl) One from the Vaults (podcast, https://soundcloud.com/onefromthevaultspodcast) Story of the Abbot of Drimnagh (translation: Tadhg Ó Siocháin, The case of the abbot of Drimnagh: a medieval Irish story of sex-change, Cork Studies in Celtic Literatures 2 (2017); reviewed by Roan in Celtica 32 (2020), pp. 274–9) Alicia Spencer-Hall and Blake Gutt (eds.), Trans and Genderqueer Subjects in Medieval Hagiography (2021) Medieval Feminist Forum (2019), issue 55 vol. 1, ‘Visions of Medieval Trans Feminism' Susan Stryker, ‘My Words to Victor Frankenstein above the Village of Chamounix: Performing Transgender Rage', GLQ (1994), vol. 1, nb. 3, pp. 237–254. Sandy Stone, ‘The Empire Strikes Back: A Posttranssexual Manifesto' (1987). First published: Kristina Straub and Julia Epstein (eds.), Body Guards: The Cultural Politics of Gender Ambiguity (1991). Sarah Sheehan and Ann Dooley (eds.), Constructing gender in medieval Ireland (2013) Phillip Bernhardt-House, ‘The motif of sex metamorphosis in insular Celtic literatures and folklore', Béascna 3 (2006), pp. 54–64. Phillip Bernhardt-House, ‘The werewolf as queer, the queer as werewolf, and queer werewolves', in: Noreen Giffney and Myra Herd (eds), Queering the non-human (2008), pp. 159–183. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/celticstudents/message

We need correct principles and truths to govern our lives. The Demasculinizing of Males & Rising of Gender Ambiguity with Randy & Dave P2.The world panel discusses the Rising of the upside down politics with Randy & Dave. Society is turning males into feminine men. What this means and its impact on our society as a whole. The signs of the times, and the implications of the political agenda on those that want to follow true doctrine and principles. Many have and will bow the knee. Those that have eyes will see the vision of a new tomorrow and will prepare for the economic impact of tomorrow's wasteland. Let's look at the effects of society today. We have gone down the twisted path, and where has it taken us? Has any of this madness created a better society? Is America beautiful? Or are things getting worse and more unlike our America the great?

The Demasculinizing of Males & Rising of Gender Ambiguity with Randy & Dave.The world panel discusses the Rising of the upside down politics with Randy & Dave. Society is turning males into feminine men. What this means and its impact on our society as a whole. The signs of the times, and the implications of the political agenda on those that want to follow true doctrine and principles. Many have and will bow the knee. Those that have eyes will see the vision of a new tomorrow and will prepare for the economic impact of tomorrow's wasteland. Let's look at the effects of society today. We have gone down the twisted path, and where has it taken us? Has any of this madness created a better society? Is America beautiful? Or are things getting worse and more unlike our America the great?

Lily Zheng is a sought-after diversity, equity, and inclusion speaker, strategist, and organizational consultant who specializes in hands-on systemic change to turn positive Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion intentions into positive DEI outcomes for workplaces. Lily has been featured in and writes for media outlets including the New York Times, NPR, Harvard Business Review, Quartz at Work, and HR Executive. They are the co-author of the book Gender Ambiguity in the Workplace and of a second book, The Ethical Sellout. They are also the author of, DEI Deconstructed: Your No-Nonsense Guide to Doing the Work and Doing It Right. They talk about why DEI initiatives often don't work. And we'll discuss what leaders can do when employees push back on DEI initiatives and when they claim that it is reverse discrimination. Host: Marie-Line Germain, Ph.D. Mixing: Kelly Minnis

Alison Ash PhD is a sex and intimacy coach, educator, and creator of many sex positive workshops including her upcoming, very popular Sexual and Emotional Intimacy Skills Mastercourse. This dialogue was stunningly rich and informative for both of us. We freely converse about sex positivity and how consent skills make it possible to skillfully and joyfully give and receive pleasure, flirt and seduce, have more intimacy, and better understand monogamous and non-monogamous relationships. We also discuss how the lingering pain and shame from sexual trauma impedes healthy sexuality and what systemic healing and resolution of sexual trauma entails. Alison clearly explicates the difference between pornography and erotica, and the deleterious effects of widespread porn use by teens, adults and couples. This episode is a romp through a diverse landscape of contexts and practices in which sex positivity is being experienced and enjoyed. Alison Ash PhD is a sex and intimacy coach, educator and creator of many sex positive workshops including her upcoming Masterclass. She coaches individuals and couples in sex positivity. Her book Gender Ambiguity in the Workplace: Trans and Genderqueer Discrimination was published in 2018. In addition to her private practice she is a Stanford University lecturer in the Wellness Education program teaching Sexual and Emotional Intimacy Skills to both undergraduate and graduate students. Her website is https://www.turnon.love/

Today on the show, we discuss and celebrate the beauty and resilience of the LGBTQIA+ community. In the wake of recent decisions made by the Supreme Court, I sit down with a prolific author, change-maker, and advocate of the queer community to discuss issues that affect the trans community.   We're excited to welcome to the show Lily Zheng (they/them), a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) strategist and consultant who works with organizational leaders to turn their positive intentions into positive impact. A dedicated change-maker and advocate, Lily was named a Forbes D&I Trailblazer. They were also named a 2021 DEI Influencer and Top Voice on Racial Equity. In addition, Lily's writing and opinions have been featured in the Harvard Business Review, New York Times, and NPR.   They are the author of Gender Ambiguity in the Workplace (2017), The Ethical Sellout (2019), and most recently DEI Deconstructed: Your No-Nonsense Guide to Doing the Work and Doing it Right, which will be out in November 2022. Lily holds an MA in sociology and a BA in psychology from Stanford University.   Lily is widely recognized as an advocate and a force to be reckoned with. They continue to use their voice to discuss and promote further conversation on effective allyship and advocacy in the workplace. Today we discuss: Core characteristics that contribute to the resilience and strength of the trans and gender-diverse community; Why correct pronoun use is great but insufficient; and Our collective gender socialization, the limitations of the gendery binary, and hegemonic masculinity. Read Lily's wonderfully generous LinkedIn post on advocacy and five critical questions for us to ask ourselves in socially tumultuous times. Inclusion Catalyst invites you to become our next guest host. Learn more here: http://inclusioncatalyst.com/join-us-as-a-guest-host/ Support Inclusion Catalyst by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/inclusion-catalyst This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Today we're traveling back to 1930s Paris with Victor Victoria! Join us to learn more about gun molls, Gay Paris, French Leave, and more! Sources: Gay Paris: Elspeth H. Brown, "Queering Interwar Fashion: Photographers, Models, and the Queer Production of the "Look,"" Work!: A Queer History of Modeling (Duke University Press, 2019). https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv1220kh4.8 Robert Aldrich, "Homosexuality and the City: An Historical Overview," Urban Studies 41:9 (August 2004): 1719-1737. https://www.jstor.org/stable/43201476 Michael Sibalis, "Urban Space and Homosexuality: The Example of the Marais, Paris' 'Gay Getto'," Urban Studies 41:9 (August 2004): 1739-1758. https://www.jstor.org/stable/43201477 Denis M. Provencher, Queer French: Globalization, Language, and Sexual Citizenship in France (Taylor & Francis, 2007). Michael D. Sibalis, "Homophobia, Vichy France, and the "Crime of Homosexuality": The Origins of the Ordinance of 6 August 1942," GLQ 8:3 (2002): 301-18. Phil Hubbard, Cities and Sexualities (New York: Routledge, 2012). http://ndl.ethernet.edu.et/bitstream/123456789/26730/1/96.pdf Leslie Choquette, "Beyond the Myth of Lesbian Montmartre: The Case of Chez Palmyre," Historical Reflections 42:2 (Summer 2016): 75-96. https://www.jstor.org/stable/44631073 Darryl W Bullock, "Pansy Craze: the wild 1930s drag parties that kickstarted gay nightlife," The Guardian (14 September 2017). https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/sep/14/pansy-craze-the-wild-1930s-drag-parties-that-kickstarted-gay-nightlife http://www.jazzageclub.com/queer-paris/630/ Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica, "Brassai" Encyclopedia Britannica Academic (23 August 2012). Mee-Lai Stone, "The City of Light and its shadows: Brassai's Paris--in pictures," The Guardian (8 October 2019). https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2019/oct/08/city-of-light-brassai-paris-in-pictures-photography Queer Music Heritage, "Brevities" http://www.queermusicheritage.com/gayephemera5.html Brassai, Young Couple Wearing a Two-in-One Suit at the Bal de la Montagne Sainte-Genevieve, Photograph, c. 1931, The Met Museum. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/265457 Brassai, Le Monocle, the Bar, Paris. On the Left is Lulu de Montparnasse. Photograph, 1933, MoMA. https://www.moma.org/collection/works/58849 ; Brassai, Bal de la Montagne Sainte-Genevieve, Photograph, c. 1932, MoMa. https://www.moma.org/collection/works/44009?artist_id=745&page=1&sov_referrer=artist You can find Brassai'd collected works at MoMA here: https://www.moma.org/artists/745#works Film Background: Steve Cohan, "'I Think I Could Fall In Love With Him': Victor/Victoria and the 'Drag' of Romantic Comedy," in Terms of Endearment: Hollywood Romantic Comedy of the 1980s and 1990s eds. Peter William Evans and Celestino Deleyto 37-57 (Edinburgh University Press, 1998). John C. Tibbetts, "Robert Preston Talks about Typecasting, Cecil B. Demille, and Victory/Victoria," (interview conducted 1982), American Classic Screen Interviews (2010). Thomas Hischak, "Victor/Victoria" The Oxford Companion to the American Musical (Oxford University Press, 2009). "Julie Andrews on Late Night, February 17, 1982," https://youtu.be/IBtRZiKVH00 "Julie Andrews and James Garner at the premiere of Victor Victoria," https://youtu.be/29xk8LEw8N4 Rotten Tomatoes https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/victor-victoria Roger Ebert, "Victor/Victoria," (1 January 1982). https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/victorvictoria-1982 Vincent Canby, "'Victor Victoria,' A Blake Edwards Farce," The New York Times (19 March, 1982). https://www.nytimes.com/1982/03/19/movies/victor-victoria-a-blake-edwards-farce.html Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor/Victoria Associated Press, "NFL Great Alex Karras Dies" ESPN https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/8485773/alex-karras-detroit-lions-defensive-great-dies-age-77 ; Detroit Lions, "Alex Karras headed to Hall of Fame," YouTube https://youtu.be/wCSrlVW4FFI Male Impersonators: Cornell University Library Digital Collections, Postcards of Male and Female Impersonators Cross-Dressing in Europe and the United States, 1900-1930. Available at https://digital.library.cornell.edu/collections/impersonator-postcards Jeanne Bloch Postcard, Cornell University Digital Library Collections, Available at https://digital.library.cornell.edu/catalog/ss:24415912 Drag King History, Timeline, available at https://dragkinghistory.com/dk-timeline/ Lenard R. Berlenstein, "Breeches and Breaches: Cross-Dress Theater and the Culture of Gender Ambiguity in Modern France," Comparative Studies in Society and History 38, 2 (1996) French Leave: "French leave, n." Oxford English Dictionary Seth Stevenson, "Don't Say Goodbye Just ghost." Slate (3 July 2013). https://slate.com/human-interest/2013/07/ghosting-the-irish-goodbye-the-french-leave-stop-saying-goodbye-at-parties.html Gun Molls: IMDB List of Films Featuring Gun Molls: https://www.imdb.com/search/keyword/?keywords=gun-moll&sort=year,asc&mode=detail&page=1 The Mob Museum, Top Five Women of Organized Crime. Available at https://themobmuseum.org/blog/top-5-women-of-organized-crime/ Claire Bond Potter, "I'll Go to the Limit and Then Some: Gun Molls, Desire, and Danger in the 1930s," Feminist Studies 21, 1 (Spring 1995)

Episode #7 with Lily Zheng: The Tactics and Boundaries of the Ethical Sellout: Avoiding Purity Politics and Cancel Culture in DEI-Focused Work Would you like to attend? The Intersection: Diverse Folx Converse with Special Guest, Lily Zheng, DEI Strategist and Consultant and Author of The Ethical Sellout and Gender Ambiguity in the Workplace In this Episode, Lily talks all about their book project The Ethical Sellout While tackling the complexities and need for greater collaboration with DEI practitioner discourses. And discussing these questions: • How do we have conversations around the issues that matter most to us as marginalized people and work to support one another rather than tear each other down? • Why does purity politics and cancel culture even happen within DEI? • What is Manichaeism and how does it affect our outlook when hearing something that doesn't land well on us? • And how can we have compassion when we or others make mistakes and the tools to allow for one another to be human. And to grow and change. To better our DEI efforts and communities? —We discuss these questions and so many more.

On the Shelf for April 2018 The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 48 with Heather Rose Jones Your monthly update on what the Lesbian Historic Motif Project has been doing. In this episode we talk about: Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blogGonda, Caroline. 2006. “Lesbian Narrative in the Travels and Adventures of Mademoiselle de Richelieu” in British Journal of Eighteenth-Century Studies 29, no. 2: 191-200. Epstein, Julia & Kristina Straub (eds). 1991. Body Guards : The Cultural Politics of Gender Ambiguity. Routledge, New York. ISBN 0-415-90388-2 Nardizzi, Vin, Stephen Guy-Bray & Will Stockton, eds. 2009. Queer Renaissance Historiography. Ashgate, Burlington VT. ISBN 978-0-7546-7608-9 Announcing this month's author guest, Alyssa Cole This month's Book Appreciation will be by Liz Bourke New and forthcoming fictionThe Covert Captain: Or, A Marriage of Equals by Jeannelle M. Ferreira (self-published) Berlin Hungers by Justine Saracen (Bold Strokes Books) Murder on the Titania and Other Steam Powered Adventures by Alex Acks (Queen of Swords Press) The Archer by K. Aten (Regal Crest) Ask Sappho: Ann Terpstra asks about research sources for lesbians and queer women in 1920s Chicago. Some suggested starting points include:Encyclopedia of Chicago: Gays and Lesbians Chicago Whispers: A History of LGBT Chicago before Stonewall by St. Sukie de la Croix Homosexuality in the City: A Century of Research at the University of Chicago (download link) Call for submissions for the 2020 LHMP audio short story series. See here for details. A transcript of this podcast is available here. Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online Website: http://alpennia.com/lhmp Blog: http://alpennia.com/blog RSS: http://alpennia.com/blog/feed/ Twitter: @LesbianMotif Discord: Contact Heather for an invitation to the Alpennia/LHMP Discord server The Lesbian Historic Motif Project Patreon Links to Heather Online Website: http://alpennia.com Email: Heather Rose Jones Twitter: @heatherosejones Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)

On the Shelf for March 2018 The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 43 with Heather Rose Jones Your monthly update on what the Lesbian Historic Motif Project has been doing. In this episode we talk about: The stories chosen for the new audio fiction episodes"Peaceweaver" by Jennifer Nestojko "At the Mouth" by Gurmika Mann "Inscribed" by V.M. Agab "One Night in Saint Martin" by Catherine Lundoff Publications on the BlogConner, Randy P. 1997. “Les Molles et les chausses: Mapping the Isle of Hermaphrodites in Premodern France” in Queerly Phrased: Language Gender, and Sexuality, ed. Anna Livia & Kira Hall. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-510471-4 Bonnet, Marie-Jo. 1997. “Sappho, or the Importance of Culture in the Language of Love” in Queerly Phrased: Language Gender, and Sexuality, ed. Anna Livia & Kira Hall. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-510471-4 Watt, Diane. 1997. “Read My Lips: Clipping and Kyssyng in the Early Sixteenth Century” in Queerly Phrased: Language, Gender, and Sexuality, ed. Anna Livia and Kira Hall. New York, Oxford University Press.  ISBN 0-19-510471-4 Merrill, Lisa. 2000. When Romeo was a Woman: Charlotte Cushman and her Circle of Female Spectators. The University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor. ISBN 978-0-472-08749-5 Leach, Joseph. 1970. Bright Particular Star: The Life and Times of Charlotte Cushman. Yale University Press, New Haven. Summerscale, Kate.  1997.  The Queen of Whale Cay.  Viking, New York.  ISBN  0-670-88018-3 Gonda, Caroline. 2006. “Lesbian Narrative in the Travels and Adventures of Mademoiselle de Richelieu” in British Journal of Eighteenth-Century Studies 29, no. 2: 191-200. Straub, Kristina. 1991. “The Guilty Pleasures of Female Theatrical Cross-Dressing and the Autobiography of Charlotte Charke.” in Body Guards: The Cultural Politics of Gender Ambiguity, ed. Julia Epstein and Kristina Straub. New York: Routledge. pp. 142-66 Putter, Ad. 1997. “Transvestite Knights in Medieval Life and History” in Cohen, Jeffrey Jerome & Bonnie Wheeler (eds), Becoming Male in the Middle Ages. Garland, New York. pp. 279-302 New and Forthcoming BooksStone Mad by Elizabeth Bear The Northwoods by Jane Hoppen Free to Love by Ali Spooner and Annette Mori Undiscovered Country: A Novel Inspired by the Lives of Eleanor Roosevelt and Lorena Hickok by Kelly O'Connor McNees A special interview with composer and artist Phoebe Legere about her new one-woman musical about lesbian celebrity and speedboat racer Marion “Joe” CarstairsSpeed Queen: The Joe Carstairs Story - A musical by Phoebe Legere, playing March 7-24 at the Dixon Place Theater in New York City Special discount code for our podcast listeners, get $5 off  with the code “Speedqueen” when you order tickets Phoebe Legere's YouTube video with a brief into to Joe Carstairs (language NSFW) A transcript of this podcast is available here. Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online Website: http://alpennia.com/lhmp Blog: http://alpennia.com/blog RSS: http://alpennia.com/blog/feed/ Twitter: @LesbianMotif Discord: Contact Heather for an invitation to the Alpennia/LHMP Discord server The Lesbian Historic Motif Project Patreon Links to Heather Online Website: http://alpennia.com Email: Heather Rose Jones Twitter: @heatherosejones Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)

The Scottish author spoke with Eleanor in 2014 about her award-winning novel, which explores the lives of two young people: a 15th-century Renaissance painter and a 21st-century Cambridge teenager.

How do you balance your authentic self, your values, and your identity with the compromises your career and life may demand. In the book THE ETHICAL SELLOUT, Lily Zheng, and co-author Inge Hansen share stories of those facing that same dilemma, and their ideas on how to maintain your integrity while making compromises. My guest Lily Zheng is a Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Consultant whom works with organizations to build more inclusive and innovative workplaces. She is also the author of Gender Ambiguity in the Workplace: Transgender and Gender-Diverse Discrimination.

How do you balance your authentic self, your values, and your identity with the compromises your career and life may demand. In the book THE ETHICAL SELLOUT, Lily Zheng, and co-author Inge Hansen share stories of those facing that same dilemma, and their ideas on how to maintain your integrity while making compromises.My guest Lily Zheng is a Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Consultant whom works with organizations to build more inclusive and innovative workplaces. She is also the author of Gender Ambiguity in the Workplace: Transgender and Gender-Diverse Discrimination.

Many organizations recognize the importance of being diverse, equitable, and inclusive (DEI), but don't know how to motivate everyone to work together to make that a reality. In this episode, Lily Zheng shares about her career as an organizational consultant, executive coach, author, and design researcher who works with organizations to create healthy, inclusive, and innovative workplaces. We learn about her advocacy work as a student and administrator at Stanford University, and hear her perspective on questions including:How do you respond when people lament that diverse hires "lower the bar"?How can new organizations invest in institutionalized resources that match the size and responsibilities of their organization as it scales? Most media coverage of DEI is about DEI fails. What do you think are the most impactful practices that we should be celebrating?More about Lily Zheng: Zheng is a coauthor of Gender Ambiguity in the Workplace and The Ethical Sellout, she has written for dozens of media outlets, including the New York Times, Quartz at Work, Entrepreneur, and Psychology Today. Zheng frequently speaks at companies such as Google, Affirm, and Entelo. Zheng received her master's degree in sociology from Stanford University. She also received the Lyons Award for Service, the Outstanding Achievement Award, and the President's Award for Excellence through Diversity from Stanford University. Recently, she was named in Forbes Magazine's "10 Diversity And Inclusion Trailblazers You Need To Get Familiar With." Articles mentioned in the episode:https://hbr.org/2019/07/its-not-your-coworkers-job-to-teach-you-about-social-issueshttps://hbr.org/2019/10/how-to-show-white-men-that-diversity-and-inclusion-efforts-need-themFollow Lily Zheng:https://twitter.com/lilyzheng308http://lilyzheng.co/https://www.linkedin.com/in/lilyzheng308/Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/bambooandglass)

Lily Zheng is an organizational consultant, executive coach, and diversity & inclusion expert who works with organizations to turn positive intentions into positive impact. She works to create just, inclusive, and innovative workplaces for her clients through data-driven assessments, strategic advising, training, and collaborative content creation. A dedicated change maker and advocate, she has co-authored multiple books and had her work published in the New York Times, Entrepreneur, and HR Executive.

Lily Zheng is an organizational consultant, executive coach, and diversity & inclusion expert who works with organizations to turn positive intentions into positive impact. She works to create just, inclusive, and innovative workplaces for her clients through data-driven assessments, strategic advising, training, and collaborative content creation. A dedicated change maker and advocate, she has co-authored multiple books and had her work published in the New York Times, Entrepreneur, and HR Executive.

Stanford Pathfinders with Howard Wolf: "Workplace Activism with guest Lily Zheng" Author, consultant, and activist Lily Zheng talks about some of the successes and hardships that the trans community is facing in corporate America. Lilly shares some of the surprising findings she experienced while researching her book, “Gender Ambiguity in the Workplace: Transgender and Gender-Diverse Discrimination”. Originally aired on SiriusXM on October 6, 2018. Recorded at Stanford Video.

Lily Zheng, author, consultant and activist, discusses some of the successes and hardships that the trans community is facing in corporate America and shares surprising findings from the research for her book, Gender Ambiguity in the Workplace: Transgender and Gender-Diverse Discrimination.

On the Shelf April 2018 The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 21a Your monthly update on what the Lesbian Historic Motif Project has been doing. In this episode we talk about Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blog Gonda, Caroline. 2006. “Lesbian Narrative in the Travels and Adventures of Mademoiselle de Richelieu” in British Journal of Eighteenth-Century Studies 29, no. 2: 191-200. Epstein, Julia & Kristina Straub (eds). 1991. Body Guards : The Cultural Politics of Gender Ambiguity. Routledge, New York. ISBN 0-415-90388-2 Nardizzi, Vin, Stephen Guy-Bray & Will Stockton, eds. 2009. Queer Renaissance Historiography. Ashgate, Burlington VT. ISBN 978-0-7546-7608-9 Announcing this month’s author guest, Alyssa Cole This month’s Book Appreciation will be by Liz Bourke Forthcoming books include: The Covert Captain: Or, A Marriage of Equals by Jeannelle M. Ferreira (self-published) Berlin Hungers by Justine Saracen (Bold Strokes Books) Murder on the Titania and Other Steam Powered Adventures by Alex Acks (Queen of Swords Press) The Archer by K. Aten (Regal Crest) Ask Sappho: Ann Terpstra asks about research sources for lesbians and queer women in 1920s Chicago. Some suggested starting points include: Encyclopedia of Chicago: Gays and Lesbians Chicago Whispers: A History of LGBT Chicago before Stonewall by St. Sukie de la Croix Homosexuality in the City: A Century of Research at the University of Chicago (download link) More info The Lesbian Historic Motif Project lives at: http://alpennia.com/lhmphttp://alpennia.com/lhmp You can follow the blog on my website (http://alpennia.com/blog) or subscribe to the RSS feed (http://alpennia.com/blog/feed/) If you have questions or comments about the LHMP or these podcasts, send them to: contact@alpennia.com A transcript of this episode can be found here. If you enjoy this podcast and others at The Lesbian Talk Show, please consider supporting the show through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheLesbianTalkShow

In today’s episode, Leigh and Gretchen head way back in time to Ancient Egypt. That’s right, get ready to walk like an Egyptian! Take a tour through Egyptian mythology to discuss what Set and Nephthys imply about Egypt having a concept of third gender. Plus, the dancing woman mummy, gender transformation in burial, the gender presentation of women pharaohs like Hatshepsut, and Gretchen’s favorite gay Egyptian tomb! By the end, you’ll see why having 3 genders in Ancient Egypt is more likely than people think! Outline0:00 – Introduction 5:38 – A Note on Mythological Sources 9:44 – Gender Ambiguity in Mythology 30:29 – What Does this Have to do with Gender? 40:00 – Other Evidence of Non-Cisheteronormative Gender 54:58 – Linguistic Evidence of Third Gender 1:07:36 – Two Famous hm Priests: Niankhkhnum and Khnumhotep 1:23:52 – Takeaways 1:29:39 – How Gay Were They? 1:36:51 – Closing and Where to Find us Online Find our full list of sources and bonus content at www.historyisgaypodcast.com. Get at us on twitter @historyisgaypod, tumblr at historyisgaypodcast, and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts! Don't forget to rate and review so more folks can see the show!

On the Shelf March 2018 The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 20a Your monthly update on what the Lesbian Historic Motif Project has been doing. In this episode we talk about The stories chosen for the new audio fiction episodes "Peaceweaver" by Jennifer Nestojko "At the Mouth" by Gurmika Mann "Inscribed" by V.M. Agab "One Night in Saint Martin" by Catherine Lundoff Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blog Conner, Randy P. 1997. “Les Molles et les chausses: Mapping the Isle of Hermaphrodites in Premodern France” in Queerly Phrased: Language Gender, and Sexuality, ed. Anna Livia & Kira Hall. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-510471-4 Bonnet, Marie-Jo. 1997. “Sappho, or the Importance of Culture in the Language of Love” in Queerly Phrased: Language Gender, and Sexuality, ed. Anna Livia & Kira Hall. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-510471-4 Watt, Diane. 1997. “Read My Lips: Clipping and Kyssyng in the Early Sixteenth Century” in Queerly Phrased: Language, Gender, and Sexuality, ed. Anna Livia and Kira Hall. New York, Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-510471-4 Merrill, Lisa. 2000. When Romeo was a Woman: Charlotte Cushman and her Circle of Female Spectators. The University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor. ISBN 978-0-472-08749-5 Leach, Joseph. 1970. Bright Particular Star: The Life and Times of Charlotte Cushman. Yale University Press, New Haven. Summerscale, Kate. 1997. The Queen of Whale Cay. Viking, New York. ISBN 0-670-88018-3 Gonda, Caroline. 2006. “Lesbian Narrative in the Travels and Adventures of Mademoiselle de Richelieu” in British Journal of Eighteenth-Century Studies 29, no. 2: 191-200. Straub, Kristina. 1991. “The Guilty Pleasures of Female Theatrical Cross-Dressing and the Autobiography of Charlotte Charke.” in Body Guards: The Cultural Politics of Gender Ambiguity, ed. Julia Epstein and Kristina Straub. New York: Routledge. pp. 142-66 Putter, Ad. 1997. “Transvestite Knights in Medieval Life and History” in Cohen, Jeffrey Jerome & Bonnie Wheeler (eds), Becoming Male in the Middle Ages. Garland, New York. pp. 279-302 Announcing this month’s author guest, Elizabeth Bear New and forthcoming lesbian historical fiction titles Stone Mad by Elizabeth Bear The Northwoods by Jane Hoppen Free to Love by Ali Spooner and Annette Mori Undiscovered Country: A Novel Inspired by the Lives of Eleanor Roosevelt and Lorena Hickok by Kelly O’Connor McNees Ask Sappho: A special interview with composer and artist Phoebe Legere about her new one-woman musical about lesbian celebrity and speedboat racer Marion “Joe” Carstairs Speed Queen: The Joe Carstairs Story - A musical by Phoebe Legere, playing March 7-24 at the Dixon Place Theater in New York City Special discount code for our podcast listeners, get $5 off with the code “Speedqueen” when you order tickets Phoebe Legere’s YouTube video with a brief into to Joe Carstairs (language NSFW)   More info The Lesbian Historic Motif Project lives at: http://alpennia.com/lhmp You can follow the blog on my website (http://alpennia.com/blog) or subscribe to the RSS feed (http://alpennia.com/blog/feed/) If you have questions or comments about the LHMP or these podcasts, send them to: contact@alpennia.com A transcript of this episode can be found here. If you enjoy this podcast and others at The Lesbian Talk Show, please consider supporting the show through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheLesbianTalkShow

In this podcast, Tatiana Prorokova considers gender ambiguity in Vietnam War films. The Vietnam War takes a specific place in U.S. military history. Having influenced generations of Americans, the conflict unsurprisingly found a wide reflection in American cinema. The most famous, as well as the most significant ones were the films created in the 1970s-80s, including Michael Cimino’s Deer Hunter, (1978), Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now (1979), Oliver Stone’s Platoon (1986), Stanley Kubrick’s Full Metal Jacket (1987), and Brian De Palma’s Casualties of War (1989). In these films, the directors aptly touch upon the questions of the army, war, and morality, which are generally the key themes of war films. Yet, they also unveil the issue of gender representation, discussing the problem of masculinity. The issue of gender, precisely the problem of masculine power and female vulnerability, is one of the leading themes in these films. Interestingly, such issues as class, race, and nationality apparently disappear “in the ‘brotherhood’ of war,” while gender always remains a thorny question (Messner 25). What one can see in the films on Vietnam is that masculinity establishes itself as the only right and legitimate agency. Women practically do not appear in films on Vietnam, and even if they do, they are depicted as prostitutes, a role that serves to reaffirm masculinity as well: to erase femininity as it is and strengthen the power of a masculine collective. The examination of the above mentioned films, therefore, allows me to contend that Vietnam War films overtly focus on the issue of gender; yet, they celebrate masculinity and mock femininity. To illustrate the problem of “mocked” femininity, I look over the representation of women in Platoon, Full Metal Jacket, and Casualties of War. First of all, it is important to mention that women always appear as individuals rather than in groups. We often see one woman, usually weak and dependent, surrounded by a group of men (for example, the prostitute in Full Metal Jacket or the kidnapped Vietnamese girl in Casualties of War). I argue that this technique visually helps directors oppose masculinity and femininity. A woman is always depicted as patently distinguished from a man: she is lonely and weak. Moreover, she is obviously the only one who does not belong to the world of war, which is made obvious from the way she is dressed, i.e., she does not wear a uniform, and from the absence of any physical power that is, indeed, an important aspect in war. Thus, all the three directors draw a thick red line between men and women, and, as a result, between masculinity and femininity in their conventional sense. Therefore, Vietnam War films reject the idea of feminization that can be applied to men, strictly identifying it only with women. The issue is visually illustrated through images of demeaning and weak women, whom men always have to try to separate themselves from, both visually and verbally, or exercise power over. Hence, male soldiers do not only clearly differentiate themselves from these women but they also subdue any manifestation of womanliness in themselves. Notably, women appear as part of the Vietnam War only in two movies: Full Metal Jacket and Casualties of War. I do not consider Linda (Meryl Streep) from The Deer Hunter because we see her only at the beginning of the film – during the wedding – and in the end, when the war is over. Hence, she is never shown on the battlefield, but rather, is represented as part of a domestic environment, taking a traditional female role in patriarchal society. Both Full Metal Jacket and Casualties of War, however, clearly support my idea that the main role the woman is given in a Vietnam War film is the one of a prostitute. This is made apparent in Full Metal Jacket as we literally see a female prostitute. The same idea is obliquely conveyed in Casualties of War as the main female heroine is entirely disrespected, humiliated,

Kyle Ranson joins us via skype from his home in New York. We talk John Trippe, Greenwich Village, Uncomfortable Work, The Misfits, Strawberry Smog, Imparting Wisdom, Muddguts, Mono-Culture, The Search, Lou's Records, Portraits and Pornography, Gender Ambiguity, Rehab, The Salvation Army, and Currency

In this series we are talking about the receptivity of our culture to the Gospel message. Last week we concluded that part of our role as followers of Jesus is to be concerned about soil preparation. We are not just to spread the Gospel seed but to take care to improve the soil conditions so that the seed has an optimal opportunity for germination and fruitfulness. We have become aware there are some stones in the soil that need to be removed. One of the big rocks in our culture is the way Christians deal with the Homosexual issue. First of all, we need to be careful not to label people by their sexual practices, as if this one thing defines their personhood. There is a tendency for this group to label themselves as the Gay or LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) community. While I believe this is an attempt to draw attention to an agenda and promote solidarity among folks who perceive themselves to be poorly treated by the rest of society; I'm not sure if it is a helpful label. I find it more reasonable to refer to people who deal with Same Sex Attraction or in some cases Gender Ambiguity; in the transgender community. Secondly, we should treat people who have a different moral creedo, as Jesus treated those in his world who did not share his moral code. His position was to love and befriend those who were unlike him, his Jewish companions, or the religious leaders of his day. In fact, it was this ability to associate with and engage those considered unclean or sinful by his contemporaries that set Jesus apart from his peers. The label "Friend of Sinners" (Matt. 11:19) sums up his approach to those outside his moral comfort zone. Did Jesus disagree with Matthew's questionable taxation practices? Was he distressed over the adulterous woman's affairs? Did the promiscuity of the woman at the well bother him? Of course; they were all signs of human brokenness. But his love for these folks was first and foremost in his interactions with them. Homosexual practice is one of many sexual sins mentioned in scripture. Our text makes it clear that even in the First Century people were struggling with this kind of sin and the church was familiar with people who had come from this kind of background. But the power of the Gospel washed, sanctified and justified all those who would come to Jesus. The same remedy applies to all sin. We all need it liberally applied and graciously delivered. We are washed – a metaphor from the family home; we are sanctified (made holy) – a metaphor from the Jewish religion; and we are justified – a metaphor from the legal system. The church does Jesus a disservice and hardens the soil when it treats those outside the fold as insiders. In other words, it endeavours to impose a moral code on folks who have not signed up for the journey. We can be politically active and endeavor to promote just laws while at the same time loving those who differ from our views. This is the delicate and difficult balance of being a Jesus follower.

In this series we are talking about the receptivity of our culture to the Gospel message. Last week we concluded that part of our role as followers of Jesus is to be concerned about soil preparation. We are not just to spread the Gospel seed but to take care to improve the soil conditions so that the seed has an optimal opportunity for germination and fruitfulness. We have become aware there are some stones in the soil that need to be removed. One of the big rocks in our culture is the way Christians deal with the Homosexual issue. First of all, we need to be careful not to label people by their sexual practices, as if this one thing defines their personhood. There is a tendency for this group to label themselves as the Gay or LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) community. While I believe this is an attempt to draw attention to an agenda and promote solidarity among folks who perceive themselves to be poorly treated by the rest of society; I'm not sure if it is a helpful label. I find it more reasonable to refer to people who deal with Same Sex Attraction or in some cases Gender Ambiguity; in the transgender community. Secondly, we should treat people who have a different moral creedo, as Jesus treated those in his world who did not share his moral code. His position was to love and befriend those who were unlike him, his Jewish companions, or the religious leaders of his day. In fact, it was this ability to associate with and engage those considered unclean or sinful by his contemporaries that set Jesus apart from his peers. The label "Friend of Sinners" (Matt. 11:19) sums up his approach to those outside his moral comfort zone. Did Jesus disagree with Matthew's questionable taxation practices? Was he distressed over the adulterous woman's affairs? Did the promiscuity of the woman at the well bother him? Of course; they were all signs of human brokenness. But his love for these folks was first and foremost in his interactions with them. Homosexual practice is one of many sexual sins mentioned in scripture. Our text makes it clear that even in the First Century people were struggling with this kind of sin and the church was familiar with people who had come from this kind of background. But the power of the Gospel washed, sanctified and justified all those who would come to Jesus. The same remedy applies to all sin. We all need it liberally applied and graciously delivered. We are washed – a metaphor from the family home; we are sanctified (made holy) – a metaphor from the Jewish religion; and we are justified – a metaphor from the legal system. The church does Jesus a disservice and hardens the soil when it treats those outside the fold as insiders. In other words, it endeavours to impose a moral code on folks who have not signed up for the journey. We can be politically active and endeavor to promote just laws while at the same time loving those who differ from our views. This is the delicate and difficult balance of being a Jesus follower.

Gene Pompa is back on this very special episode of Jim and Eddie TalkS hit. After a Bottle of wine Gene is tosted and things get a little harry as he talks about fighting a bum. The guys share their cocktails while Lilit tells us how to check out a dudes penis. All this and more when Jim and Eddie TalkS hit.