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Gender Stories

by Alex Iantaffi

Every body has a relationship with gender... What's your story?In this podcast Alex Iantaffi, author of "How to Understand Your Gender: a practical guide for exploring who you are" will reflect on how gender impacts different areas of our lives, such as relationships, spirituality, parenting and more. They will have guests to explore these topics as well as reflect on their own experiences as a therapist, writer, educator and trans masculine, non-binary person (don't worry if you don't know what that means, there will be a podcast episode about terminology!). If you have a relevant topic you would like to talk about contact Alex at [email protected] They would love to chat with you and maybe invite you on the podcast!

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Episodes

  1. In Conversation with Dr Markie Twist on Digitality

    Markie Louise Christianson (L. C.) Twist, PhD, MEd, MA, BS, LMHC, LMFT, CSE, CSE-S, RegCOSRT (dr./she/they) dr. Markie is Teaching Faculty and the Graduate Student Research Chairperson in the Doctoral and Masters Couple and Family Therapy (CFT) programs, as well as the Sexuality Studies...

  2. Transgender people belong to every community: in conversation with Leigh Finke

    In this compelling interview, Dr. Alex Iantaffi interviews transgender pioneer and Minnesota State Representative Leigh Finke. They discuss cross-movement solidarity, the recent militarized occupation of Minnesota by ICE during Operation Metro Surge, the impact of the current political violence…

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  3. Roguish Goblin Stories: exploring gender through Shakespeare and beyond with Beks Roen.

    Dr. Alex Iantaffi geeks out about Shakespeare, gender, and the power of theatre with Beks Roen, founder of Roguish Goblin Stories, an online queer art library where enbies and aspecs are the main characters. Alex and Beks discuss the joy of Shakespeare in the park, the power of exploring gender...

  4. Transcendence Cabaret. In conversation with Eun Bee Yes.

    Dr Alex Iantaffi interviews Eun Bee Yes, the fabulous founder, show director, and producer for Transcendence Cabaret, a trans, genderqueer, two-spirit, and gender expansive drag troupe that centers BI&POC artists in the Twin Cities. They discuss the importance of representation and mentorship in...

  5. The Collective Alchemy of Gender Liberation

    Drs. Mackenzie Steiner and Alex Iantaffi discuss their collaborative program, The Collective Alchemy of Gender Liberation. This is a new, somatic-based program created by trans people for trans people in service to our collective liberation. In this episode, they talk about how the program…

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  6. Queering Sex Therapy with Dr Dulcinea Alex Pitagora

    Drs Dulcinea Alex Pitagora and Alex Iantaffi discuss academic journeys, the complexities of aging as a queer person, and the importance of community and intergenerational connections. They discuss the challenges faced by the queer and trans communities in the current socio-political climate, the...

  7. Somacultural Liberation with Dr Roger Kuhn

    Drs Roger Kuhn and Alex Iantaffi discuss the intersection of creativity, gender identity, and spirituality. Dr Kuhn shares parts of his own journey of self-discovery through music and writing, as well as delving into the impact of colonization on gender. They also explore the intersection of...

  8. Navigating Conscious Marketing with Tristan Katz

    Dr Alex Iantaffi talks with Tristan Katz about conscious marketing, social justice, and how to navigate the intersection of personal integrity and professional practices. They explore the complexities of marketing in the so-called “wellness space”, the importance of engaging in critical thinking,...

  9. Relationality in a F***ed Up World with Dean Spade

    Dr. Alex Iantaffi speaks with Dean Spade about his life-long work in queer and trans liberation, the challenges of writing about relationships, and the importance of emotional awareness and conflict resolution in relationships and movement building. Dean Spade has been working in movements for...

  10. Radical Relating with Mel Cassidy

    Dr. Alex Iantaffi talks with Mel Cassidy about relationships, non-monogamy, queerness, the power of somatic practices, and love on the path towards collective liberation. Mel Cassidy is a somatic relationship coach committed to the path of liberatory love and rewilding intimacy. They specialize…

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  11. How to Understand Your Relationships: A conversation with the authors Meg-John Barker and Alex Iantaffi

    'Profound and vulnerable. An essential gift for all of us that relate' - Anne Mauro What do we mean when we say 'relationship'? How do we separate our needs and desires from norms and expectations? How can we approach our relationships with mutuality, care and compassion? This down-to-earth guide...

  12. In Conversation with Anne Mauro

    Anne Mauro (she/her) is a Licensed Couples and Family therapist, American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapist (AASECT) certified sex therapist, sexuality educator, sex therapy supervisor, and American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) clinical…

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  13. In Conversation with Maeve Duvally

    MAEVE CHEVONNE DUVALLY Maeve is a transgender multi-cultural communications specialist, storyteller and LGBTQ+ advocate. She spent the bulk of her career as a journalist and corporate spokesperson, most recently at Goldman Sachs. After a lifetime of working for large companies, she now consults…

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  14. Finding Our Voices with Gender-Affirming Voice Teacher Renée Yoxon

    Renée Yoxon is a queer, nonbinary, and disabled gender-affirming voice teacher with a passion for voice education, creativity, and vocal curiosity. Since 2010, they have taught thousands of students how to love their voice. Their strength as a teacher is explaining complicated concepts in plain...

  15. Frighten the Horses, a memoir by Oliver Radclyffe

    Oliver Radclyffe is part of the new wave of transgender writers unafraid to address the complex nuances of transition, examining the places where gender identity, sexual orientation, feminist allegiance, social class and family history overlap. His work has appeared in The New York Times and...

  16. In Conversation with Eli Lawliet, Ph.D. The Gender Doula

    Eli Lawliet, Ph.D., (he/him) is the dreamer and weaver of The Gender Doula. In addition to a decade of experience researching trans healthcare, law, policy, and history, he has formal training as a full spectrum doula, breathwork facilitator, and tarot reader, as well as many years of surviving…

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  17. Creating the Communities and Content That Reflect Us with Justine Mastin

    Justine Mastin, LMFT (she/her) is a pop culture psychology expert and so much more. She literally wrote the book on Therapeutic Fanfiction—Starship Therapise: Using Therapeutic Fanfiction to Rewrite Your Life—and she offered support to healers in The Grieving Therapist: Caring for Yourself and…

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  18. Mental Health Advocacy and a Gender Neutral Future with Non-Binary Rapper Dean FM

    Dean FM (Dean-Fraser Milford) is a Boston Massachusetts based non-binary rapper, activist and influencer. His music encapsulates eclectic thoughts that scat over percussive rhythms and exotic sounds. His performances exude drag culture and satiric expression. In 2016, Dean released his debut EP...

  19. Queer and Trans Pleasure: In Conversation with Dr Damon Constantinides, PhD, LCSW, CST

    Damon Constantinides, PhD, LCSW, CST Damon is a queer trans man and sex nerd who loves being a dad, teaching and talking about queer and trans pleasure, and growing plants as a way to connect with magic and the sacredness of the earth. He is trained as both a clinical social worker and a sex...

  20. Gender Affirming Therapy: A Guide to What Transgender and Non-Binary Clients Can Teach Us

    Laura Scarrone Bonhomme (she/her), is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist who specialises in Gender, Sexual, and Relationship Diversity. She provides assessment, psychotherapy, and training to other professionals through www.affirm.lgbt. https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-scarrone-bonhomme-3749087a...

  21. Pelvic Health Support for All Patients with Alex Papale PT, DPT

    Alex Papale PT, DPT (they/them) is a pelvic health physical therapist, consultant, sex educator and international speaker based in Boston MA. They specialize in queer and trans health, and treating patients of all genders at Flourish Physical Therapy. Alex especially loves to help patients with...

  22. Queering Magical Practice with Enfys J Book

    Enfys J. Book (they/them) is an author, priestx, blogger, teacher, performer, singer, songwriter, and comedian. They wrote the Gold COVR award-winning Queer Qabala: Nonbinary, Genderfluid, Omnisexual Mysticism & Magick (Llewellyn, June 2022); co-authored (with Ivo Dominguez, Jr.) Sagittarius…

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  23. Representing Queer Characters in Fiction with Miah Jeffra

    Miah Jeffra is author of The Fabulous Ekphrastic Fantastic! (Sibling Rivalry 2020), The Violence Almanac (Black Lawrence 2021), the chapbook The First Church of What’s Happening (Nomadic 2017), and co-editor, with Arisa White and Monique Mero, of the anthology Home is Where You Queer Your Heart...

  24. Graphic Journaling with Visual Artist Nicoz Balboa

    Nicoz Balboa is an Italian visual artist, using his life events as inspiration for works ranging from painting, drawing, tattoo, to pyrography, graphic journal and sketchbook. He reveals his hopes, failures and successes in candid and, at times, excoriating work that is frequently both tragic and...

  25. Trans Day of Visibility: A Conversation with Marissa Stein

    Marissa Stein is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in the state of Washington (LMHC), an AASECT Certified Sex Therapist (CST), and a Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC). They are a non-binary, neuroqueer, kinky, and queer, Pagan, practitioner of magic, who lives with chronic pain and…

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  26. In Conversation with House Mother Alice O'Callaghan

    Alice O'Callaghan is a transgender community activist and CEO for the queer production company Zenith City Horror. She is a "20 under 40" award winner for her queer community and artistic leadership which spans over a decade in the Twin Ports. She is a modern day House Mother, providing advocacy...

  27. Supporting Trans Community with Aydian Dowling

    Aydian Dowling is the co-founder and CEO at TRACE. With the support of just 1 person, a trans or nonbinary youth’s risk of suicide goes down by 40%. This is why Aydian co-founded TRACE, the app created to foster a brighter and more gender-affirming future for transgender and non-binary…

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  28. Writing Her Identity with October Ryan

    Born in a small pentecostal coal-mining town in the Appalachian Mountains, October Ryan struggled to express her true self from a very early age. When her femininity was met with hate, anger, & abuse, she retreated into a series of approval-seeking fake personas. The pentecostal…

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  29. To See or Be Seen Nonbinary Tarot with PJ Desrochers

    PJ Desrochers is a visual artist who explores their nonbinary humanness through art. PJ creates images, builds sculptural installations and immersive experiences of their gender and a life well-lived. Their media originates with photographic self portraits printed on transparency film. PJ then...

  30. Masculinity in Transition with K. Allison Hammer

    K. Allison Hammer is assistant professor and coordinator of women, gender, and sexuality studies at Southern Illinois University. Masculinity in Transition traces the roots of “toxic masculinity,” showing that while toxic strains of masculinity are mainly associated with straight, white men…

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  31. The Glass Scientists: In conversation with S.H. Cotugno

    S. H. COTUGNO (Sage) is a queer and mixed-race Victorian horror nerd born and raised in Los Angeles, California. They are a director, writer and storyboard artist in the animation industry and have previously worked on projects such as Gravity Falls, The Owl House and Star vs. the Forces of Evil....

  32. The Power of Story and Representation with D'Lo

    D’Lo is a queer/transgender Tamil-Sri Lankan-American actor/writer/comic. He has toured his solo shows internationally, his last show “To T, or not To T?” running last year at the Kirk Douglas Theater in LA. Acting credits include: LOOKING, TRANSPARENT, SENSE 8, and MR.ROBOT, CONNECTING, Quantum...

  33. Nobody Needs to Know with Pidgeon Pagonis

    Pidgeon Pagonis is an activist on behalf of intersex and marginalized people. They have advanced youth advocacy with interACT, launched an intersex YouTube channel, written for Everyday Feminism, cofounded the Intersex Justice Project (IJP) and the #EndIntersexSurgery campaign, and introduced the...

  34. Building a Web of Care with GenderMeowster

    GenderMeowster (they/them) is a white, trans masc, nonbinary, AuDHD, mobility aid using, disabled content creator on Twitch, YouTube, and social media platforms. They, along with their friends, curate and maintain the Meowster’s Clowder discord server, Trans101 content on social media, and host…

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  35. Searching for What's True with Eli Conley

    Eli Conley is an indie folk singer-songwriter, teaching artist, and activist based on Miwok and Nisenan land (Sacramento, California). He makes music for queer and trans folks, justice seekers, and anyone who doesn’t fit easily in a box. Eli's voice is tender and heartfelt, with melodies and that...

  36. BEGIN TRANSMISSION The trans allegories of THE MATRIX with Tilly Bridges

    Tilly Bridges is one part of the trans woman / cis woman writing team (with her wife Susan) and creators of comics, screenplays, teleplays and audio dramas. On June 27th, Bridges releases BEGIN TRANSMISSION – The Trans Allegories of the Matrix, tracking one person’s transition journey — from…

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  37. Speculative Queer Fiction with Redfern Jon Barrett

    Redfern Jon Barrett (they/them) is author to novels including Proud Pink Sky, a speculative story set in the world’s first LGBTQ+ state – which will be released by Bywater Books in March 2023. Redfern’s essays, reviews, and short stories have appeared in publications including The Sun Magazine,...

  38. Gender Affirming Care: in conversation with Coltan Schoenike

    In this episode of Gender Stories, Alex talks to Coltan Schoenike, (they/them) a queer, nonbinary, trans and femme marriage and family therapist mentee, sex therapist, sex educator, doctoral student, researcher, and author. Together they discuss gender affirming care: what it is, what it isn't…

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  39. Finding Dee with Dee Fish

    Dee Fish is a Pennsylvania-based cartoonist, illustrator, and graphic designer. As a cartoonist, she is the creator of the online comic strip, “Dandy & Company“. An all-ages humor comic strip in the vein of “Looney Tunes” and “Peanuts” surrounding the misadventures of a dog and his boy that ran...

  40. DEI Deconstructed with Lily Zheng

    LILY ZHENG (they/them) is a no-nonsense Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion speaker, strategist, and consultant who specializes in creating diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplaces through hands-on systemic change. A dedicated change-maker and advocate named a Forbes D&I Trailblazer, 2021 DEI...

  41. Greedy: Notes from a Bisexual Who Wants Too Much with Jen Winston

    Jen Winston (she/they) is a writer, creative director, and bisexual based in Brooklyn. Their work bridges the intersection of sex, politics, and technology, and has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, CNN, and more. Jen is passionate about unlearning and creating work...

  42. Neuroqueer Theory with Nick Walker

    Nick Walker is a queer, transgender, flamingly autistic writer and educator, best known for her foundational work on the neurodiversity paradigm and Neuroqueer Theory. She is a professor of psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies, senior aikido instructor at the Aiki Arts…

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  43. Heaven Come Down: The Story of a Transgender Disciple with Chrissie Chevasutt

    Chrissie Chevasutt facilitates the online community Transgender Church and is well-known as an advocate for transgender awareness in the Church. She and her wife Pam have lived, worked and witnessed in Oxford for more than thirty years. Facebook:...

  44. Singing Our Gender: Interview with Rascal Miles

    Trans/Non-Binary artist Rascal Miles is part of a new wave and generation of artists emerging into the music scene who are well familiar with challenge and adversity but who are excelling because of it and not being defined by it. Rascal has been working towards the release of music that is...

  45. How We Do Family with Trystan Reese

    Trystan is the solo author of How We Do Family, a book described as “a refreshing new take on family life for the LGBTQ community and beyond.” He is also a 2021 Lambda Literary Emerging LGBTQ Voices Fellow. Trystan co-wrote a children’s book with his partner, Biff. It’s called The Light Of You…

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  46. I have always been me: in conversation with Precious Brady-Davis.

    Alex Iantaffi interviews Precious Brady-Davis to discuss her book "I have always been me: a memoir" and the themes of family, life transitions, healing, faith, and belonging . Precious Brady-Davis is an award-winning diversity advocate, communications professional, and public speaker. She…

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  47. Jamie Windust & Alex Iantaffi in conversation

    This episode was recorded live on April 21st, 2021 for London's fabulous, independent bookstore Pages of Hackney. Jamie Windust, model, presenter, contributing editor at Gay Times, TedxLondon speaker, and author of In Their Shoes discusses their book and writing process with Alex Iantaffi, author...

  48. Black Boy Out of Time: a conversation with Hari Ziyad

    Alex Iantaffi interviews author, artist, screenwriter and speaker Hari Ziyad about their new book Black Boy Out of Time. They talk about family, mental health, gender, growing up Black and queer, abolition, ancestral grief and wisdom, and healing. Hari Ziyad is a cultural critic, a screenwriter,...

  49. Trans Sexualities: a conversation with Lucie Fielding

    Alex Iantaffi interviews Lucie Fielding, author of the forthcoming book Trans Sex: Clinical Approaches to Trans Sexualities and Erotic Embodiments (Routledge, May 2021). They talk about sex, sexuality, gender, educating providers, the brilliance of trans people, and so much more. Please be aware...

  50. Pausing puberty for gender expansive youth: a conversation with Dr. Angela Kade Goepferd

    Alex Iantaffi interviews Dr. Angela Kade Goepferd about puberty blockers, in light of the Bell V Tavistock decision in the UK. They discuss why this decision is relevant in the UK and beyond, what puberty blockers are (and what is puberty), as well as the reasons why this is such a safe and...

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Every body has a relationship with gender... What's your story?In this podcast Alex Iantaffi, author of "How to Understand Your Gender: a practical guide for exploring who you are" will reflect on how gender impacts different areas of our lives, such as relationships, spirituality, parenting and more. They will have guests to explore these topics as well as reflect on their own experiences as a therapist, writer, educator and trans masculine, non-binary person (don't worry if you don't know what that means, there will be a podcast episode about terminology!). If you have a relevant topic you would like to talk about contact Alex at [email protected] They would love to chat with you and maybe invite you on the podcast!

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Alex Iantaffi

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