Trans Questioning Podcast

When transitioning, it helps to look at the bigger picture. THIS WEEK: Impatiently waiting for laser hair removal to yield a fruitfully barren face; facial hair as a barrier to seeing myself as my preferred gender; wishing for a transgender data nexus; pros and cons of going the less-than-legal route for hormone replacement therapy; am I imagining progress? Hairgrowth cycles and why LHR takes so long; trying to make friends and find a trans/NB community; failed attempts at socializing; a crowded trans friendly board game night; the euphoria of being gendered correctly; and a few words about my recently released video about Twin Peaks.

Do you have questions, stories, or other gender-related gripes you want to share? Email me at [email protected]

INTRO/OUTRO MUSIC is the Mii Channel Theme JAZZ COVER by insaneintherainmusic.

COVER ART is by the wonderful Emilee Bumgarner.

Support me on PATREON at Patreon.com/LTAS
Follow me on TWITTER @TransQPodcast and @hmsnofun

Looking back on those first days of accepting my transness. THIS WEEK: Reading Twitter threads from July, August, and September of 2017 about realizing I was transgender, doubting whether I was transgender, and then accepting that yeah, I was transgender. The influence of ContraPoints, Zinnia Jones, and assorted trans spotlights; "I'm definitely not trans" means you're probably trans; the importance of seeing the variety of transgender experiences, and how hairy, overweight, or otherwise atypical-bodied people transition; transition goals that have been met, to my own surprise; and the performance of an old poem that is, looking back, totally about body dysphoria.

The blog I read from here was, essentially, the backdoor pilot of this very show. You can find it right here: https://zaraenthused.tumblr.com/

Do you have questions, stories, or other gender-related gripes you want to share? Email me at [email protected]

INTRO/OUTRO MUSIC is the Mii Channel Theme JAZZ COVER by insaneintherainmusic.

SARCASTIC SELF-PROMOTION MUSIC is sans. by Toby Fox.

COVER ART is by the wonderful Emilee Bumgarner.

Support me on PATREON at Patreon.com/LTAS
Follow me on TWITTER @TransQPodcast and @hmsnofun

For the wayward soul who just wants to get blasted in the face by high-powered lasers. THIS WEEK: How to talk to professionals; why to get laser treatments; what laser hair removal is and how it works; how LHR compares to electrolysis in terms of time, pain, and cost; what a laser appointment looks like; LHR's longterm effectiveness; how to avoid outdated information; diversifying your porfolio of first-hand accounts from across the web; my experience with LHR, from length of the session to the particular sensation of the treatment itself; cost/benefit analysis and strategies for maximizing the effectiveness and cost of your treatments with hormone replacement therapy on the horizon; learning to overcome dysphoria; and at last, a few life updates involving pants, epilation, and Twin Peaks.

NOTE: The audio of my actual LHR session has been drastically edited for time. It was short, but not that short.

INTRO/OUTRO MUSIC is the Mii Channel Theme JAZZ COVER by insaneintherainmusic.

COVER ART is by the wonderful Emilee Bumgarner.

Support me on PATREON at Patreon.com/LTAS
Follow me on TWITTER @TransQPodcast and @hmsnofun

Do you have questions you want me to answer in an episode? Email me at [email protected]

When you're waiting to start, all you can think is what happens next. THIS WEEK: Questions about temporality, the bad sounds of piano, the body hair situation, how tweezers are the gateway drug to epilation, a quick first-hand account of what epilating feels like, a rant about noisy chairs, imagined placebo feminization, WHAT IS A PRETTY HAND???, the strawman of autogynephilia, the question of vocal coaching, David Lynch, the spirituality of being transgender, and an exerpt from a book that will probably never see the light of day.

INTRO/OUTRO MUSIC is the Mii Channel Theme JAZZ COVER by insaneintherainmusic.

COVER ART is by the wonderful Emilee Bumgarner.

Support me on PATREON at Patreon.com/LTAS
Follow me on TWITTER @TransQPodcast

Do you have questions you want me to answer in an episode? Email me at [email protected]

How do you find a new name for a new you? THIS WEEK: My habit of connecting names to characters; the unintuitive intuition it takes to find a new name; the incomprehensibility of the universe; the terror of going out in girl mode for the very first time publicly; "transition" as an actual phase; nervous hair plucking tics; talking frankly about SEX REASSIGNMENT SURGERY (which I incorrectly refer to as "gender reassignment surgery"); the specifics of SRS for trans women; how it feels when you aren't the trans person who hates your genitals or your entire body; trying to find some peace with yourself.

INTRO/OUTRO MUSIC is the Mii Channel Theme JAZZ COVER by insaneintherainmusic.

COVER ART is by the wonderful Emilee Bumgarner.

Support me on PATREON at Patreon.com/LTAS
Follow me on TWITTER @TransQPodcast

Do you have questions you want me to answer in an episode? Email me at [email protected]

Transgender healthcare advice is best served from uneducated cisgender practitioners. THIS WEEK: 2018 plans (again); spending time with family; more doubts about being trans; what would have helped me come out sooner?; a dream of normalcy that is probably too good to be true; crossdressing advice from a friend; a twitter thread from @transscribe where trans people discuss the many, many, many ways they've been ignored, ill-served, or outright abused by a poorly trained and biased medical establishment.

INTRO/OUTRO MUSIC is the Mii Channel Theme JAZZ COVER by insaneintherainmusic.

COVER ART is by the wonderful Emilee Bumgarner.

Support me on PATREON at Patreon.com/LTAS
Follow me on TWITTER @TransQPodcast

Do you have questions you want me to answer in an episode? Email me at [email protected]

Shut up, Zara! Let someone else talk for once. THIS WEEK: Carta Monir discusses the themes of her comics, the intersection of video games and real life, the way the internet exposes young people to new ideas, the way cis comfort is centered in trans coming out narratives, how comics are the best medium for depicting trans people, recommendations for where to buy cheap clothes, talking dead moms, indie comic recommendations, and plans for the future.

Please follow Carta Monir on Twitter @cartamonir
You can check out all her work at cartamonir.com
And you can hear her on the podcast We Should Be Friends

Here follows a list of all the comics we discussed/Carta explicitly recommended:
Stealth Mechanic by Carta Monir
Lara Croft Was My Family by Carta Monir
Meet n Fuck by Carta Monir
I Fell Asleep... by Carta Monir

Internet Murder Revenge Fantasy by Merritt K
Titty Chop Boob Slash by Higu Rose
Sex Fantasy by Sofia Foster-Dimino
Mickey Z
Youth in Decline
Michael Deforge
Jillian Tamacki
Super Mutant Magic Academy
Annie Mok
Carolyn Nowak
Czapbooks
Small Press Expo

INTRO/OUTRO MUSIC is the Mii Channel Theme JAZZ COVER by insaneintherainmusic.

COVER ART is by the wonderful Emilee Bumgarner.

Support me on PATREON at Patreon.com/LTAS
Follow me on TWITTER @TransQPodcast
Watch my YOUTUBE SHOW Let's Talk About Stuff

Do you have questions you want me to answer in an episode? Email me at [email protected]

A thought experiment regarding representation. THIS WEEK: If you make a movie about a trans woman being assaulted by a cis man, you're saying all trans women will be assaulted. If you make a movie about a trans woman being accepted by a cis man, you're saying all trans women will be unconditionally accepted. In short: the compounding interest of mass storytelling in a world full of minorities desperate for representation presents a unique challenge for young storytellers. ALSO: Christmas day doubts, not having family to go home to, dealing with questions asked by a doubtful uncle, and a renewed sense of purpose as 2018 promises big changes for this budding trans woman.

INTRO/OUTRO MUSIC is the Mii Channel Theme JAZZ COVER by insaneintherainmusic.

COVER ART is by the wonderful Emilee Bumgarner.

Support me on PATREON at Patreon.com/LTAS
Follow me on TWITTER @TransQPodcast

Do you have questions you want me to answer in an episode? Email me at [email protected]

Sometimes having a hard life makes life easier. THIS WEEK: A couple comic recommendations, male privilege as a trans woman, bad family, identifying with anime cat girls and furry characters, the shame of stuff for girls, internalized misogyny, violence against women in media, and my plans for the new year.

INTRO/OUTRO MUSIC is the Mii Channel Theme JAZZ COVER by insaneintherainmusic.

COVER ART is by the wonderful Emilee Bumgarner.

Support me on PATREON at Patreon.com/LTAS
Follow me on TWITTER @TransQPodcast

Do you have questions you want me to answer in an episode? Email me at [email protected]

Did you think we forgot? THIS WEEK: Talking about podcast hosting, fearing friends talking behind your back, taking and giving good writing advice, how cis people talk about trans people, how fascists talk about everyone, how Thor:Ragnarok made me realize that I'm a lesbian, and all of this while shaving.

INTRO/OUTRO MUSIC is the Mii Channel Theme JAZZ COVER by insaneintherainmusic.

COVER ART is by the wonderful Emilee Bumgarner.

Support me on PATREON at Patreon.com/LTAS
Follow me on TWITTER @TransQPodcast

Do you have questions you want me to answer in an episode? Email me at [email protected]