The Trans Narrative Podcast

On this episode, Arlo Z. Graves joins Caroline, Foxx, and Noah to explore storytelling, creativity, navigating life as a nonbinary person in a rural community, and the process of building a body of work across multiple genres. The conversation sits with what it means to write queer-normative fiction alongside stories where queer characters face real-world dangers, grounded in resilience, humor, and authentic self-expression. 

Arlo speaks about their break into the publishing industry with Gerald: a Memoir, a short, true story detailing their experience during the CZU Lightning Complex Fire. They open up about medically transitioning, living in a salvaged shack in the woods named Gerald, loving night hikes, chips and salsa, and navigating life in a rural area with supportive, self-described hillbilly parents. 

Together, they dive into Arlo's broader literary work, including the weird west horror novella Black Rose and the fantasy novel The Ice Moves for No One, unpacking how rural environments and personal identity influence narrative craft. 

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About the Guest

Arlo Z. Graves is a nonbinary author and creator based in a rural woods community. Their work spans multiple genres, including the weird west horror novella Black Rose, the fantasy novel The Ice Moves for No One, and their award-winning short nonfiction piece Gerald: a Memoir. Through their writing, they explore queer resilience, speculative fiction, and the complexities of rural life. 

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About the Podcast

The Trans Narrative Podcast is an international storytelling and archival platform dedicated to preserving trans and gender-diverse lives through long-form narrative. With over 150 episodes across five seasons and listeners in more than 80 countries, each episode captures lived experience from beginning to end, treating every story as historical record rather than soundbite. 

🎙 Trans or gender-diverse? Share your story at [email protected] 🏳️‍⚧️ 

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Resources

Suicide Hotline: 1 800 784 2433

Trevor Project: 1 866 488 7386

National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1 800 799 7233

Drug Abuse National Helpline: 1 800 662 4357

S A F E Self Abuse Finally Ends: 1 800 366 8288

Family Violence Prevention Center: 1 800 313 1310

On this episode, Jasmine Williams-Jacobs sits down with Caroline and Alicia Mullens to record their full life narrative for the archive-a journey spanning early roots in South Carolina, the discovery of spoken word artistry, navigating workplace discrimination, and ultimately founding Black Remote She.

Spanning personal memory and systemic reality, Jasmine reflects on finding belonging within Black, queer, and gender-expansive communities, surviving workplace harassment and burnout, and pivoting toward freelancing and entrepreneurship. The narrative traces how lived struggle transformed into collective care-from building economic survival infrastructure for marginalized and disabled workers to honoring Ella Baker's legacy of catalytic leadership.

This record documents the realities of adapting in a hostile climate, overcoming imposter syndrome, vetting inclusive spaces, and creating non-capitalist pathways to collective liberation.

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About the Guest

Jasmine Williams-Jacobs is a cultural worker, communication strategist, and the founder of Black Remote She, a platform dedicated to connecting Black, queer, trans, and non-binary individuals to remote employment, resources, and community-led support. Grounded in economic justice and disability access, their work bridges the gap between labor and liberation by advocating for human-centered policies, mutual aid, and sustainable livelihoods for marginalized workers.

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About the Podcast

The Trans Narrative Podcast is an international storytelling and archival platform dedicated to preserving trans and gender-diverse lives through long-form narrative. With over 150 episodes across five seasons and listeners in more than 80 countries, each episode captures lived experience from beginning to end, treating every story as historical record rather than soundbite.

🎙️ Trans or gender-diverse? Share your story at [email protected] 🏳️‍⚧️

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Resources

Suicide Hotline: 1 800 784 2433

Trevor Project: 1 866 488 7386

National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1 800 799 7233

Drug Abuse National Helpline: 1 800 662 4357

S A F E Self Abuse Finally Ends: 1 800 366 8288

Family Violence Prevention Center: 1 800 313 1310

On this episode, Amar Monroe joins Caroline and Kaz Phillips to trace a journey moving through music, constant movement, transition, and the intentional creation of community space. The conversation sits with what it means to build an authentic life as a trans artist navigating the independent music industry, grounded in resilience, self-belief, and the grounding power of creative expression.

Amar speaks about his earliest memories shaped by music and the stability it provided through a childhood marked by frequent moves across the country. He opens up about transitioning in his early twenties, navigating the visceral shifts in his singing voice with patience and grace, and learning to inhabit his truth fully both on and off the stage. The discussion explores his work as an artist and advocate, the spiritual and personal shifts that accompanied his transition, and his decision to meet the world with love and steady presence in conservative spaces.

Together, they dive into the founding of The Review Room—a platform born out of a desire to uplift, review, and create genuine infrastructure for independent and queer artists.

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About the Guest

Amar Monroe is a Persian-Salvadoran artist, musician, and creator based in the independent music scene. Through his blend of lounge R&B and genre-crossing sounds, his work explores authenticity, identity, and the journey of self-actualization. He is also the founder of The Review Room, a dedicated live platform focused on providing constructive feedback, community support, and exposure for independent musicians navigating the industry.

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About the Podcast

The Trans Narrative Podcast is an international storytelling and archival platform dedicated to preserving trans and gender-diverse lives through long-form narrative. With over 150 episodes across five seasons and listeners in more than 80 countries, each episode captures lived experience from beginning to end, treating every story as historical record rather than soundbite.

🎙️ Trans or gender-diverse? Share your story at [email protected] 🏳️‍⚧️

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Resources

Suicide Hotline: 1 800 784 2433

Trevor Project: 1 866 488 7386

National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1 800 799 7233

Drug Abuse National Helpline: 1 800 662 4357

S A F E Self Abuse Finally Ends: 1 800 366 8288

Family Violence Prevention Center: 1 800 313 1310

On this episode, Angel Lovely joins Caroline and Jordan sit for a conversation that moves through care, survival, art, and the responsibility of witnessing. The discussion is expansive, grounded in what Angel names as “the dimensionality and depth humans can carry” and the multidimensionality we hold within.

Angel speaks about writing, painting, and self-portraiture as practices that held them through isolation, dysphoria, and dissociation. They trace how creative work became a method of returning to the body, building language for non-binary experience, and documenting lives often left outside official records. The conversation explores family distance with care, the impact of hypersexualization on gender perception, and the ongoing work of living authentically. Joy emerges as method: dancing, cooking, reading, and witnessing other queer people living openly become forms of survival and record.

The conversation moves into Angel’s archival practice, centering Black and Indigenous queer tenderness, pre-colonial gender fluidity, ecosensuality, and the ethics of documenting community without extraction. Angel reflects on spirituality beyond lineage, decolonizing ideas of madness and consciousness, and the importance of unlearning bias when holding other people’s stories.

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About the Guest

Angel (they/them) is an artist and writer whose work centers Black and Indigenous narratives as acts of witnessing and archival care. Their practice documents lives, homes, communities, histories, loves, and everyday tenderness often excluded from dominant records. They are interested in literature that feels like home, work that affirms possibility, fluidity, rupture in form, and decolonial, anti-colonial, and Indigenous practices.

Their creative work treats storytelling as a living archive that holds people with care rather than extracting from them. Estrangement from biological family is part of their history and may be discussed with care but is not the focus of this conversation.

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About the Podcast

The Trans Narrative Podcast is an international storytelling and archival platform dedicated to preserving trans and gender-diverse lives through long-form narrative. With over 150 episodes across five seasons and listeners in more than 80 countries, each episode captures lived experience from beginning to end, treating every story as historical record rather than soundbite.

🎙️ Trans or gender-diverse? Share your story at [email protected] 🏳️‍⚧️

“Make it real to me” written by Athena Promachus

Featuring: Talk my Ear Off by Mateo Briscoe and Cameron Love, with the local Slothbois

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Resources

Suicide Hotline: 1 800 784 2433

Trevor Project: 1 866 488 7386

National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1 800 799 7233

Drug Abuse National Helpline: 1 800 662 4357

S A F E Self Abuse Finally Ends: 1 800 366 8288

Family Violence Prevention Center: 1 800 313 1310

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On this episode, Aaron C. Wade joins Caroline and Skye for a conversation about creativity, identity, and unmasking as a genderqueer person. Aaron traces hir path from early childhood fascination with color, texture, and costume to publicly coming out in 2017, exploring how hir artistic practice developed alongside social anxiety, autistic unmasking, and faith deconstruction. Ze reflects on the challenges of navigating societal expectations, dissolving hir marriage, and rebuilding identity through creative work in theater, film, and playwriting.

The discussion moves through Aaron’s experiences of gender dysphoria, masking, and the tension between private self and public presentation, highlighting hir fascination with heels, fabrics, and costume as early sites of gender inquiry. Ze also shares discovering Neo-pagan spirituality as a framework that supported personal exploration and departure from inherited religious narratives. Creativity becomes a method of survival, self-expression, and relational offering, with open collaborative spaces central to growth and healing.

Aaron frames hir work as a way to hold complexity, invite authenticity, and navigate independence as a solo artist. From early experiments with color to current playwriting projects, the episode centers the labor of unmasking in a culture enforcing conformity, illustrating how personal and artistic resilience intersect, and how queer creativity can carve space for self-discovery, community, and enduring expression.

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About the Guest

Aaron C. Wade is a writer, photographer, filmmaker, and craftsperson working across theater and live entertainment. Identifying as genderqueer, Aaron’s work examines identity, spirituality, neurodivergence, and the performance of self. Hir creative projects span stage productions, film work, and emerging playwriting focused on post-divorce identity, pagan spirituality, and personal reinvention.

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About the Podcast

The Trans Narrative Podcast is an international storytelling and archival platform documenting trans and gender-diverse lives through long-form narrative. With more than 150 episodes across five seasons and listeners in over 80 countries, the project treats each conversation as historical record rather than commentary.

🎙️ Trans or gender-diverse? Share your story at [email protected] 🏳️‍⚧️

Created and produced by Caroline Essence

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Resources & Support

Donate | Mutual Aid | Advocacy

Crisis & Safety:

• ​Suicide Hotline: 1‑800‑784‑2433
• ​Trevor Project: 1‑866‑488‑7386
• ​Trans Lifeline: 877‑565‑8860
• ​National DV Hotline: 1‑800‑799‑7233
• ​Drug Abuse Helpline: 1‑800‑662‑4357
• ​S.A.F.E.: 1‑800‑366‑8288
• ​Family Violence Prevention: 1‑800‑313‑1310

Legal & Advocacy:

• ​ACLU: https://www.aclu.org
• ​Lambda Legal: https://www.lambdalegal.org
• ​NCLR: https://www.nclrights.org
• ​Transgender Law Center: https://transgenderlawcenter.org

Trans‑Led Mutual Aid:

• ​Black Trans Fund: https://www.theblacktransfund.org
• ​Marsha P. Johnson Institute: https://marshap.org
• ​Sylvia Rivera Law Project: https://srlp.org
• ​Trans Lifeline: https://www.translifeline.org
• ​ILGA: https://ilga.org

💛 Donate, share, and extend mutual aid — financial support and resource circulation keep trans communities safe, connected, and resilient worldwide.

On this episode, Cardioncè Ross-Derèon (Mz. Cardioncè) joins Caroline and Lusi for a conversation that moves through survival, migration, faith, and the material work of building support networks for trans people navigating violence and displacement. Mz. Cardioncè traces her early experiences with gender identity in a conservative Christian environment, the impact of domestic abuse, and the barriers she faced in education and healthcare while seeking affirmation outside formal systems.

She speaks about her current work supporting trans and queer asylum seekers, including coordinating community-based efforts that helped a gay man flee homophobic violence in Uganda and resettle safely in Toronto. The discussion centers the practical realities of mutual aid: social media as infrastructure, informal fundraising, cross-border coordination, and the role of trans-led networks in providing housing, documentation support, and pathways to stability.

The conversation also explores Mz. Cardioncè’s ongoing education in child care, her plans to expand nonprofit work focused on safe spaces for trans and gender-diverse people, and the importance of representation, self-belief, and collective care.

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About the Guest

Cardioncè Ross-Derèon  is a Toronto-based trans androgynous, female-identifying artist, community advocate, and creative voice. Her work and lived experience sit at the intersection of self-expression, resilience, and community structure. Through art, public engagement, and digital platforms, she uses storytelling as a tool to support gender-diverse and marginalized people with an emphasis on authenticity, visibility, and collective care.

Her background includes organizing within women-centered spaces and developing group structures that prioritize resource-sharing and pathways toward independence. As she continues her education, her work has expanded to focus more intentionally on transgender, queer, and socially segregated communities, reflecting an ongoing commitment to growth alongside the people she serves.

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About the Podcast

The Trans Narrative Podcast is an international storytelling and archival platform dedicated to preserving trans and gender-diverse lives through long-form narrative. With over 150 episodes across five seasons and listeners in more than 80 countries, each episode documents lived experience as historical record.

🎙️ Trans or gender-diverse? Share your story at [email protected] 🏳️‍⚧️

Created and Produced by Caroline Essence

“Make it real to me” written by Athena Promachus

Featuring: Talk my Ear Off by Mateo Briscoe and Cameron Love, with the local Slothbois

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Resources

Suicide Hotline: 1 800 784 2433

Trevor Project: 1 866 488 7386

National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1 800 799 7233

Drug Abuse National Helpline: 1 800 662 4357

S A F E Self Abuse Finally Ends: 1 800 366 8288

Family Violence Prevention Center: 1 800 313 1310

National Human Services Hotline: 1 800 662 4357

On this episode, Stevie Bees (they/he) joins Caroline, Foxx Cant and Jordan Braxton to share their life, work, and community initiatives.

Stevie reflects on childhood in London, Ontario, where music and imagination offered refuge and space for self-expression. Growing up without clear role models, they learned through experience and discovered the first contours of their creativity and identity. These early years surfaced later in the ways Stevie approached personal expression, relationships, and community.

As the conversation moves into adulthood, Stevie traces the evolution of their identity and creative work. They share how their clothing brand began, how attention arrived unexpectedly, and how they responded by supporting community and mutual aid. They discuss the nonprofit they founded, Fairy Godparents, which provides youth and community support through sponsorship programs, toy and period equity drives, and memorial scholarships. They are also the author of the forthcoming children’s book, What Is a Safe Space?

Throughout the episode, Stevie shows how personal, creative, and community work intersect, emphasizing care, connection, and practical support. The conversation remains grounded in lived experience, preserving the nuances of their story beyond public recognition.

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About the Guest

Stevie Bees, who uses they/he pronouns, is a community organizer, artist, and writer based in London, Ontario. They founded an independently grown apparel brand and later established the Fairy Godparents nonprofit. Through this work, they support youth and community with sponsorship programs, toy and period equity drives, and memorial scholarships. They are also the author of the forthcoming children’s book What Is a Safe Space?

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About the Podcast

Preserving trans voices, one story at a time

The Trans Narrative Podcast is an international storytelling and archival platform dedicated to preserving trans and gender-diverse lives through long-form narrative. With over 150 episodes across five seasons and listeners in more than 80 countries, each episode captures lived experience from beginning to end, treating every story as historical record rather than soundbite.

🎙️ Trans or gender-diverse? Share your story at [email protected] 🏳️‍⚧️

Created and Produced by Caroline Essence

“Make it real to me” written by Athena Promachus

Featuring: Talk my Ear Off by Mateo Briscoe and Cameron Love, with the local Slothbois

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📧 [email protected]

💵 Support via PayPal: CarolineREssence

Find us on Facebook, TikTok, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeartRadio, or wherever you listen.

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Resources

Suicide Hotline: 1 800 784 2433

Trevor Project: 1 866 488 7386

National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1 800 799 7233

Drug Abuse National Helpline: 1 800 662 4357

S A F E Self Abuse Finally Ends: 1 800 366 8288

Family Violence Prevention Center: 1 800 313 1310

National Human Service Call Center: 2 1 1

On this episode, Erica Deuso (she/her) joins Caroline and Jordan, with special guest co-host Jessie Gender, for a conversation about her life, work, and community leadership.

Erica reflects on childhood in Vermont, where growing up in a working-class family shaped her sense of service and responsibility. Early experiences with economic insecurity, scouting, and public service influenced her commitment to affordability, safety, and care at the local level.

As the conversation moves through Erica’s transition and entry into politics, she shares her approach to leadership rooted in listening, transparency, and practical problem solving. Rather than centering opposition or ideology, Erica focuses on building trust, addressing housing and flood mitigation, supporting first responders, and fostering a Good Neighbor culture in a growing town.

This episode marks both the Season 5 premiere and the four-year anniversary of The Trans Narrative Podcast. It is a conversation about service over spectacle, community over culture war, and what it looks like to lead with empathy while staying grounded in the everyday needs of the people she serves.

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About the Guest

Erica Deuso, who uses she/her pronouns, is a scientist, community advocate, and the Mayor of Downingtown, Pennsylvania. Raised in a working-class family in Vermont, Erica studied biology and chemistry and has spent her career helping organizations better serve their communities. She transitioned at age 29 and later entered local politics with a focus on public safety, housing affordability, flood mitigation, and transparent governance. In 2026, she was elected mayor, becoming the first transgender mayor in Pennsylvania.

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About the Podcast

Preserving trans voices, one story at a time

The Trans Narrative Podcast is an international storytelling and archival platform dedicated to preserving trans and gender-diverse lives through long-form narrative. With over 150 episodes across five seasons and listeners in more than 80 countries, each episode captures lived experience from beginning to end, treating every story as historical record rather than soundbite.

🎙️ Trans or gender-diverse? Share your story at [email protected] 🏳️‍⚧️

Created and Produced by Caroline Essence

“Make it real to me” written by Athena Promachus

Featuring: Talk my Ear Off by Mateo Briscoe and the local Slothbois, with Cameron Love

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📧 [email protected]

💵 Support via PayPal: CarolineREssence

Find us on Facebook, TikTok, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeartRadio, or wherever you listen.

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Resources

Suicide Hotline: 1 800 784 2433

Trevor Project: 1 866 488 7386

National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1 800 799 7233

Drug Abuse National Helpline: 1 800 662 4357

S A F E Self Abuse Finally Ends: 1 800 366 8288

Family Violence Prevention Center: 1 800 313 1310

National Human Service Call Center: 2 1 1

On this episode, Monica Helms (she/her) joins Caroline, Jordan, Kaz Philips and Tess White for a conversation about her life, work, and enduring impact as a pioneering activist and creator of the Transgender Pride Flag.

Monica reflects on childhood in Sumter, South Carolina, and upbringing in Arizona, tracing her path through military service, transition, and advocacy. Serving aboard nuclear submarines from 1970 to 1978, including during the Vietnam War, Monica’s early experiences shaped her commitment to resilience, integrity, and visibility in spaces that excluded trans people.

The conversation moves through her post-military life, the creation of the Transgender Pride Flag in 1999, and the founding of the Transgender American Veterans Association (TAVA) in 2003. Monica shares how her work has fostered community solidarity, visibility, and practical support for trans service members and veterans. Themes of courage, creativity, and continuity run through the episode, emphasizing the tangible impact of one person’s dedication to collective care.

This episode honors a living legend whose work continues to ripple across generations. It is a conversation about persistence, creativity, and the belief that every person deserves to live authentically and be seen in full color.

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About the Guest

Monica Helms, who uses she/her pronouns, is an activist, author, and U.S. Navy veteran. Born in Sumter, South Carolina, and raised in Arizona, Monica served in the Navy from 1970 to 1978. After coming out as transgender in 1997, she became a pioneering advocate for visibility and equality, founding the Transgender American Veterans Association in 2003—the first organization dedicated to trans service members and veterans.

Her creation of the Transgender Pride Flag, first flown at a Phoenix Pride parade in 2000 and now housed at the Smithsonian, has become one of the most recognized symbols of trans pride worldwide. Through her memoir More Than Just a Flag, Monica continues to educate and inspire, centering authenticity, advocacy, and dignity for trans people everywhere.

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About the Podcast

Preserving trans voices, one story at a time

The Trans Narrative Podcast is an international storytelling and archival platform dedicated to preserving trans and gender-diverse lives through long-form narrative. With over 150 episodes across five seasons and listeners in more than 80 countries, each episode captures lived experience from beginning to end, treating every story as historical record rather than soundbite.

🎙️ Trans or gender-diverse? Share your story at [email protected] 🏳️‍⚧️

Created and Produced by Caroline Essence

“Make it real to me” written by Athena Promachus

Featuring: Talk my Ear Off by Mateo Briscoe and the local Slothbois, with Cameron Love

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💵 Support via PayPal: CarolineREssence

Find us on Facebook, TikTok, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeartRadio, or wherever you listen.

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Resources

Suicide Hotline: 1 800 784 2433

Trevor Project: 1 866 488 7386

National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1 800 799 7233

Drug Abuse National Helpline: 1 800 662 4357

S A F E Self Abuse Finally Ends: 1 800 366 8288

Family Violence Prevention Center: 1 800 313 1310

National Human Service Call Center: 2 1 1

On this episode, Caroline, Jordan, and Kevin meet Augustine Lorrie, a queer and transfemme singer, writer, and performer making their Cleveland Play House debut in The Christine Jorgensen Show, a musical cabaret inspired by the life of America’s first transgender celebrity.

Together, they explore Augustine’s journey from a rural upbringing in Northern California to the international stage, tracing a path through UC Santa Barbara, the Yale School of Drama, and performances across Europe. Augustine shares how their identity as a transfeminine artist shapes their craft, how mentorship and method ground their approach to character, and what it means to embody Christine Jorgensen—a figure whose courage redefined gender and media visibility in the 1950s.

This conversation bridges art, activism, and ancestry, examining how storytelling can reclaim trans history and transform public consciousness. Through humor, empathy, and rigorous artistry, Augustine brings Jorgensen’s voice back to life for a new generation, reminding us that liberation begins in truth-telling, and that performance itself can be an act of historical repair.

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Augustine Lorrie is a queer and transfemme singer, writer, and performer making their Cleveland Play House debut in The Christine Jorgensen Show. A graduate of UC Santa Barbara and the Yale School of Drama, Augustine has appeared in productions such as Julius Caesar, Next to Normal, and original solo works performed internationally in Prague and Sicily. Their artistic practice integrates theatre, music, and storytelling to explore trans identity, legacy, and liberation through performance.

TICKETS CAN BE FOUND AT https://www.clevelandplayhouse.com/

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About the Podcast

The Trans Narrative Podcast is a storytelling platform centering trans voices through authentic dialogue and lived experience. With over 130 episodes across four seasons and listeners in 75 countries, the show creates space for guests to share their journeys, insights, and work—on their own terms.

“Make it real to me” written by Athena Promachus

Created and produced by Caroline Essence

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Resources

Suicide Hotline: 1-800-SUICIDE (784-2433)

Trevor Project: 1-866-4-U-TREVOR

National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-SAFE

Drug Abuse National Helpline: 1-800-662-4357

S.A.F.E. (Self Abuse Finally Ends): 1-800-DONT-CUT

Family Violence Prevention Center: 1-800-313-1310

National Human Service Call Center: 2-1-1