CW: Transgender, Cutting

In this episode Amy and Penny (she/her) sit down with Theresa Tangry (she/her.) Theresa is an amazing mother who supports her transgender son while he navigates the waters of high school, family, and his search for a college next year.

CW: Religion, politics

In this episode we break it into two segments with the same guest, Stephanie Townsend. In the first segment Stephanie discusses her spiritual transformation from a practicing Roman Catholic to Reform Judaism. Then in the second segment Stephanie returns, well she never left, to discuss how she ran for political office in a suburb, which was thought to be very red, but through her hard work and changing demographics actually is quite purple, and starting to become a lot more blue.

This episode features an exceptionally cool conversation with Jace Meyer-Crosby.  He talks about how intimacy directing is transforming theater into a safer space for actors to take risks in intimate scenes, then hangs out  with  Penny and I to talk about trans things.

In this episode our guest Rick Staropoli discusses multiple transitions during his life career changes, marriages, and dealing with cancer both of his own and that of his current wife. 

In this episode our guest Lore McSpadden (they/them/their) has been featured by Vice, Medium.com, and many other fitness related websites and publications for their approach to fitness that definitely is not a one size fits all approach as advocated by most of the fitness industry. This is a very personal and intimate interview, and we hope you get as much out it as Penny and Amy did conducting the interview with Lore.

Links to all the things Lore mentioned in the interview, check these out!

1. Nonnormative Body Club:  https://nonnormativebodyclub.com/ 

2. Decolonizing Fitness:  https://decolonizingfitness.com/ 

3. Queerflex:  https://www.queerflex.com/ 

4. Size and Diversity: https://www.sizediversityandhealth.org

5. Alien Athletes:  https://www.alienathletes.co/about 

6. Melissa Toler:  https://www.melissatoler.com/ 

In this episode we welcome our inspirational friend Khoury Humphrey, he discusses his experience as a transman living in Oklahoma, moving to New York State, and how his top surgery went.

Show Notes:

Welcome to episode two of the Transformation Thursday Podcast, today we are featuring the transformation story of co-host and co-producer Penny Sterling. She discusses how she started coming out in her mid-50's, and the process of dealing with her children and all the other aspects that go into transitioning gender. While Penny's story has some overlap with Amy's her story is unique in its own way, and with Penny's ability to tell a story this is one entertaining episode.

Show Notes:

JK Rowling is a TERF, https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/06/25/jk-rowling-under-fire-following-transphobe-twitter/

Evangelicals Bankroll TERFs,https://jezebel.com/the-unholy-alliance-of-trans-exclusionary-radical-femin-1834120309