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Ruby RaeD
by Ruby Rae Durand
Welcome to Ruby RaeD, a podcast about identity, transformation, and the realities we don’t always say out loud. Hosted by Ruby Rae, this channel explores personal storytelling, transgender experiences, relationships, and the deeper psychological and social layers that shape who we are. Some episodes are raw and reflective. Others break down complex topics around identity, perception, and cultural narratives. This is a space for honesty, curiosity, and perspective. If you have ever questioned who you are, who you are allowed to be, or what it means to live authentically, you are in the right place. This is Ruby RaeD. Watch the VODS on youtube @RubyRaeD or find me on Instagram @heatfromfire
Episodes
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Rabbit Hole: The History of Vaginoplasty and the Sensate Clitoris
“There is no clitoris as yet.” One sentence in the May 1972 edition of Sisters, a lesbian magazine, sent me down a medical-history rabbit hole. I thought it couldn’t be right. Then I started digging, for days. Join Ruby Rae for a journey through the development of vaginoplasty, clitoral...
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On Parental Communication: Respect, Boundaries, and When “Love” Isn’t Enough
In this late-night RubyRaeD reflection, Rae unpacks a thought sparked by a recent conversation on the Kaleidoscope podcast and explores something painfully common in LGBTQ+ families: the collision between a parent's pre-existing beliefs and the reality of the person they already love. When a…
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Reflections on Dysphoria 6 Weeks Post Op
The Performance Is Not the Identity I’m back after gender confirmation surgery, and I’m still working through what it means to finally be on this side of something I spent years moving toward. This episode isn’t really about the surgery itself. It’s about what happened when one enormous source of...
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Words As Keys, The Etymology of "Transgender"
Language changes because people need better ways to describe themselves. In this episode of the RubyRaeD Podcast, Rae explores the strange, complicated and often uncomfortable history of the words used to describe trans and gender-diverse people. From sexual inversion and eonism to transvestite,...
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A Trans Woman's Transition Regrets Days Before Surgery
Fifteen days before her gender confirmation surgery, Rae opens up about transition regret in a way that moves beyond fearmongering, panic, and anti-trans talking points. In this deeply personal episode, Rae reflects on what she actually regrets as a South African trans woman living in Asia: being...
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Transition Has Endings: Surgery Prep, Legal Progress & Becoming Myself
Episode Summary In this life update, Rae reflects on the overwhelming middle of transition: preparing for gender confirmation surgery, handling legal transition paperwork, balancing teaching responsibilities, running a daily trans history countdown, and trying to stay grounded through it all.…
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Stay Alive Long Enough to Find Yourself
Content Warning This episode includes discussion of mental health, depression, suicidal ideation, dysphoria, trauma, anti-trans reactions from loved ones, and survival during early transition. Please listen with care. Crisis Support Note If you are experiencing suicidal thoughts or feel unsafe,...
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WHO NAMED US?
Trans people did not appear when modern words appeared. The experience existed first. The words changed. In this episode, Rae explores the history and evolution of transgender language through what she calls the “fossil record” of words: the old terms, the medical terms, the community terms, and...
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The Trans Pipeline, The Meme Pipeline, and the Myth
What actually is the “trans pipeline”? In this episode of RubyRaeD, Rae breaks down the three versions of the so-called pipeline: the affirming reality of self-discovery, the transphobic myth of “indoctrination,” and the chaotic internet memeverse pipeline built from TikToks, Reddit threads,...
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Exploring Gender Mapping
What if everything you thought about gender… was just one version of the story? In this episode, Rae explores the concept of gender mapping — how different cultures, histories, and systems have understood gender across time — and why the modern Western binary is only one small piece of a much...
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The source of transgender confidence
The Source of Trans Confidence: Alignment, Expression, and Thought Experiments Rae introduces her channel RubyRaeD about her life transitioning as a trans woman living in Asia and discusses what “real” confidence is, contrasting it with performative, masculinized ideas of confidence like…
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The Signs I Was Trans Before I Knew It (And Why I Couldn’t Say It)
What does it actually feel like to know you’re trans… before you have the language for it? In this episode, I break down the early phase of being trans that most people struggle to explain, the time before coming out, before labels, where something feels off but you can’t articulate why. I talk...
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The Question that Hurts All Trans People
In this episode, Ruby Rae responds to one of the most common and emotionally loaded questions trans people hear: “Have you really thought about the lifelong medical consequences of transition?” What may sound like sincere concern often carries assumptions that trans people haven’t already spent...
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My Coming Out and Family Journey: A Personal Reflection
In this episode, Rae shares a raw and personal account of coming out as transgender, navigating family rejection, and carving out a path toward authenticity. It’s an honest reflection on identity, boundaries, and what it means to choose yourself in environments that don’t always make space for…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Welcome to Ruby RaeD, a podcast about identity, transformation, and the realities we don’t always say out loud.
Hosted by Ruby Rae, this channel explores personal storytelling, transgender experiences, relationships, and the deeper psychological and social layers that shape who we are.
Some episodes are raw and reflective. Others break down complex topics around identity, perception, and cultural narratives.
This is a space for honesty, curiosity, and perspective.
If you have ever questioned who you are, who you are allowed to be, or what it means to live authentically, you are in the right place.
This is Ruby RaeD.
Watch the VODS on youtube @RubyRaeD or find me on Instagram @heatfromfire
HOSTED BY
Ruby Rae Durand
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Welcome to Ruby RaeD, a podcast about identity, transformation, and the realities we don’t always say out loud. Hosted by Ruby Rae, this channel explores personal storytelling, transgender experiences, relationships, and the deeper psychological and social layers that shape who we are. Some...
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