For Pride Month, hosts Emiliano Lemus and Violet Moon welcome Sol Meira Do Valle and Laurel Birch for a two-part roundtable discussion on traditional approaches to gender-affirming care. Dr. Sol (@soledad__soleil) is a doctor of East Asian Medicine based on Lenape land in Brooklyn; they are passionate about helping people reconnect with their bodies and move through pain, stress, life transitions, and gender affirming surgery with care. Laurel Birch (@msteabotanica) is a bioregional herbalist, artist, medicine maker and founder of Ms. Tea, residing on unceded Coast Miwok land.

Hosted and produced by Emiliano Lemus and Renée Camila. Additionally hosted by Sam Roberts and Violet Moon.

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