Transformation Thursday

In this episode, Transformation Thursday General Counsel Jamie Rodriguez and Amy Stephens chat with Kyle Wallace. Residing in London, England, Kyle produces, hosts, and performs at many of the shows he puts on through G&B Comedy. Jamie and Amy discuss with Kyle Amy's first set in London with G&B, how operations have changed during the lockdown, what comedy could look like post-pandemic. In the second segment, Kyle discusses what American politics looks like to him from across the pond.

Podcast co-host Penny Sterling checks in with podcast co-host Amy Stephens as she prepares for Gender Confirmation Surgery (GCS), a procedure that has been scheduled and rescheduled for nearly a year. They talk about the emotional toll of these delays, the excitements and fears of surgical procedures, and the amount of effort it takes to try and continue living and growing while this happens. 

Also in this episode: Amy forgets how to breathe. We are not making this up. 

This Thursday Penny Sterling chats with Darren and Heather Stevenson, Founders of PUSH Physical theatre, about the rigors and rewards of two decades of making often grueling art while also raising a family while taking the show on the road. 

CW: COVID-19 Pandemic, Mental Health, and Suicide Ideation/Planning

Eleven months into the COVID-19 pandemic, Amy checks in on Penny to see how she's doing and purposely asks Penny, "Are you safe?" Penny describes some of the mental health challenges she has had recently, and the girls discuss how their friendship has suffered since the outbreak of the pandemic. In the second segment, Penny discusses how the New York State of Health vaccination website is transgender and gender diverse exclusionary. Finally, Penny reads the letter she has sent to the department looking for answers.

In this episode, Jamie Rodriguez and Amy Stephens interview Senior Speech-Language Pathologist from the University of Rochester Medical Center Gerriann Jackson, M.S., CCC-SLP. Gerriann (she/her) discusses the importance of vocal training for her transgender and nonbinary clients. How recent policy changes from the outgoing Trump Administration affected health insurance approvals. In the second segment, Gerriann guides Jamie and Amy through a set of vocal training lessons. To reach Gerriann about her private practice, she can be reached directly at 585-365-4633.

#transgender #nonbinary #vocaltherapy

In the spring of 2020, Penny and Amy chatted with Chris Thompson about how he had taken his activism online during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. With the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in May of 2020, Chris took his online activism offline during a raging pandemic. In September of 2020, when the news broke of Daniel Prude's murder at the hands of the Rochester, New York Police Department. Chris hit the streets peacefully protesting for reform of his adopted hometown's police department. In this episode, Amy and Penny discuss with Chris having pizza outside of the Rochester, New York Public Safety building to get pepper-sprayed. With the Biden Administration in the White House, now is not the time to stop fighting for equality and many other things. To follow Chris Thompson on Instagram or Twitter, follow @chronsofnon, you won't be disappointed with his content.

CW: Suicide Ideation

This week Penny Sterling and Amy Stephens talk to their egg selves, knowing what they know about how their lives have turned out as transgender women living as their authentic selves.

This week we launch a new monthly podcast dedicated to legal issues affecting LGBTQIA+ communities. Transformation Thursday Podcast General Counsel Jamie Rodriguez and Amy Stephens will examine these issues and explore the arc towards equality throughout our nation's history.

In episode one, Jamie and Amy discuss the Executive Orders signed by President Biden during his first few days in office. After recording the episode the very next day, President Biden signed an Executive Order overturning the Trump Transgender Military Ban, so Jamie and Amy recorded a breaking news segment to discuss how lifting the ban will affect transgender service members already serving and those trans folx who want to enlist in the future.

CW: Sexuality, Sex, and T4T Relationships

Episode 69 is about sex, NICE. In this episode, Amy and Penny discuss Carta Monir's zine titled Napkin, the magic of trans4trans (T4T) dating, and guys putting on their socks right after sex. Here's a link to Carta's website Diskette Press, https://diskettepress.com/