Ep. 140: On being trans (w/ Xander Ready)

It’s Pride month! In celebration, CoRri’s childhood chum Xander Ready joins JoAG to talk about the fears and the joys of being trans today, and his journey to living authentically in a world that can be real shitty about it. Highlight: [0:00] CoRri tells her friend Xander about the radium girls[15:59] We introduce our guest, Xander Ready, talk about his role in Out in Oki, and discuss the kind of cringey Pride fest CoRri went to[42:18] We talk about Xander’s aversion to horror and our overactive imaginations around horror images[56:00] We talk about Xander’s Christian upbringing and journey of deconstruction[73:50] We discuss dealing with family who aren’t supportive, and finding chosen family who are[90:40] Xander explains what’s scary about trans life right now and we discuss what cis people’s can and should be doing[116:46] Xander talks about trans joy and gender euphoria Find Xander on the internet! Linktree Xander’s zine Stuff we referenced: The Forgotten Story Of The Radium Girls, Whose Deaths Saved Thousands Of Workers’ Lives Radium Girls: The Women Who Fought for Their Lives in a Killer Workplace The Story Of The Radium Girls And Their Decades-Long Fight For Justice A visit with one of the last “Radium Girls” THE RADIUM GIRLS: RADIUM JAW AND THE WOMEN DOOMED TO DIE How Fascism Works by Jason Stanley