20 October 2023 - Gender-Affirming Voice Therapy

In this episode, I have an informal discussion with my good friend Alison (Dragon) Hiester - because any discussion we have is informal!  We talk about what it means to be cis / het in a world of rainbow, what would make a good speech language pathologist, and apologize to Robert DeNiro.REFERENCES:Prismatic Speech Services:  https://prismaticspeech.com/Alison Hiester on Prismatic:  https://prismaticspeech.com/about-us/#alison Gender Identity Today:  https://genderidentitytoday.com/(00:00) - Show opening (00:33) - Introducing Alison (02:50) - Gender and communication (03:54) - Being cis/het in a rainbow world (08:55) - We all need validation (14:21) - From Alison to the community... (19:10) - Using pronouns make you a good person (21:49) - Do transgender people get a free pass on being polite? (24:55) - We will all mess up at one point (27:38) - And then some people just want to piss you off (29:27) - Is a cisgender speech therapist better? (34:38) - Observing gender voice roles (37:38) - The best speech therapist (42:04) - Performing nonverbal communication (45:30) - Being Robert DeNiro - or not (48:29) - What it takes to live the voice (50:47) - Speaking is not like breathing - at first, anyway (54:31) - Show closing ★ Support this podcast ★