Transformation Thursday

This week, Jen Durbent joins Amy Stephens to discuss comedy, family life, and the fact that GenX trans people exist.

Sarah Stubbs joins Amy Stephens to discuss the path of her life, knowing she was transgender from a young age and how her life has come together, and now she lives authentically as her best self.

Content Warning: Discussions about Suicide Ideation and Attempts

This week on the podcast returning guest Serena Jamison discusses the end of her transition and it differs from the end of Amy's transition.

This week Amy Stephens welcomes to the podcast, Patrick Pitoni from Trillium Health in Rochester, New York. Amy and Patrick discuss the services available at Trillium for trans and gender-diverse folks and how anti-transgender legislation has made Rochester a refuge for those looking for affirming care.

In this episode of Transformation Thursday, Bill Satre guest hosts the podcast to interview regular host Amy Stephens. Bill catches up with Amy as she works to conclude her transition and discusses her sobriety and her relationship status.

In this episode of Transformation Thursday, Amy Stephens welcomes to the podcast Karen Rodriguez an Ithaca, New York based filmmaker and the sister of Transformation Thursday Podcast Network's General Counsel Emeritus, Francesca Rodriguez. Karen explains how she dealt with Francesca's coming out and Francesca adds her viewpoint of how she managed the process with her sister and other family considerations. In the second half of the interview Karen discusses the documentary film project she is working about Amy as she returned to referee ice hockey last season after taking two years off to deal with her transition related goals.

Editing Credit: Todd Gursslin

Artwork Credit: Caitlin Burns

In this special episode of Transformation Thursday, Amy Stephens (she/her) previews the ImageOut Film Festival with Rochester LGBTQIA+ icon Michael Gamilla (he/him), who oversees the selection process for the festival's film selections. Grab your popcorn and favorite drink and hear what's coming to a big or device screen near you soon. Editing Credit: Todd Gursslin (he/him) / Artwork Credit: Caitlin Burns (she/her)

In this episode of Transformation Thursday, Amy Stephens catches up with Monroe County Legislator Rachel Barnhart to discuss her and others' efforts to create five majority-black legislative districts in the county. Amy and Rachel discuss how she feels the map follows the law in creating these districts and the perceived bad optics of the Monroe County Democrats in opposing the map.

Editing Credit: Todd Gursslin

Artwork Credit: Caitlin Burns

Welcome to the 2022 fall season of the Transformation Thursday Podcast. To kick off this season, Caitlin Burns, a Rochester (NY) based queer artist, discusses growing-up in a small Finger Lakes town as a lesbian, dating in Rochester with a small lesbian dating pool, and how she and Amy deal with being recognized in the community for their art while trying to date.

In this episode, the first of the Queer AF Comedy Podcast on the Transformation Thursday Podcast Network, we welcome Tuesday Thomas. Tuesday discusses being trans in the early 80s and her career as a national touring comic who has appeared on Botched, the BBC, and other media outlets around the globe.