Professor Dennis Baron
A Better Pencil: Readers, Writers and the Digital Revolution
You Can’t Always Say What You Want: The Paradox of Free Speech
What’s Your Pronoun? Beyond He & She
Sister Bernadette’s Barking Dog: The Quirky History and Lost Art of Diagramming Sentences
Prescriptive and descriptive grammar
Saskatchewan Bill 137
Grammatical (not IRW) gender
Gender hierarchy in language
Benjamin Spock
Thon (& other gender-neutral pronouns)
Ella Flagg Young
Yo
Omar Comin Yo

Clare speaks with three mothers of transgender kids about the liberation and loss involved in their kids' coming out.

Transqat is a safe space for respectful conversations about transgender issues. It's a place for queer people to tell their stories.

Show Notes:
Rowan Jette Knox
Love Lives Here
One Sunny Afternoon
Self harm
PFLAG

Host Clare McCarthy talks with members of Out Film CT about this year's Festival,

Transqat is a safe space for respectful conversations about trans issues. It's a place for queer people to tell their stories.

Show Notes
Out Film CT
Cinestudio
Real Art Ways
Wadsworth Atheneum
Eventive
Egghead & Twinkie
The Sure Thing
Glitter & Doom
Tom Gustafson
Were The World Mine
Indigo Girls
Lea DeLaria
The Judgment
Mutt
Cole Doman
Henry Gamble’s Birthday Party
Film Freeway
BIPOC
Simply Nina
Rooted Out
Wolf Tone
Holding Space for Each Other
WGA & SAG-AFTRA strike
Film Industry Mixer
Labyrinth Brewing Co.
Queer Thursdays
Red, White & Royal Blue
Every Body
Little Richard: I Am Everything
Fireworks
Mondegreen
So Damn Easy Going
The Lost Boys
Skallaman
Richard Reihl murder
Stonewall Speakers

Host Clare McCarthy talks with Katy Tierney, Medical Director of the Middlesex Health Center for Gender Medicine and Wellness about the state of affirming care in Connecticut and nationwide.

Transqat is a safe space for respectful conversations about trans issues and queer people.

Shownotes:
Katy Tierney
Middlesex Health Center for Gender Medicine & Wellness
Erin Reed (Erin in the Morning)
Orchiectomy
Vaginoplasty
Matoidioplasty
Phalloplasty
WPATH Standards of Care Version 8
HUSKY Health CT
Transgender Health/Fenway
UCSF: Center for Excellence in Transgender Health
previous DSM language

Host Clare McCarthy talks with Rev. Aaron Miller of Metropolitan Community Church in Hartford CT.

Transqat is a safe space for respectful conversations about trans issues and queer people.

Show Notes:

• Rev. Aaron Miller
• Metropolitan Community Church Hartford
• Metropolitan Community Churches
• MCC Hartford’s 50th
• Rev. Troy Perry
• Yale Divinity School
• Dr. King: The Beloved Community
• Franklin Graham Hatrford Rally
• Bible references:
  • Matthew 21:12-13 (Jesus & the moneychangers)
  • Matthew 23:13-39 (hypocrisy)
  • John 10:34-38 (believe what I do)
  • Matthew 25:31-46 (the least of these)
  • 1 Samuel 18:1-5 (Jonathan & David)
  • Ruth 1-4 (Ruth & Naomi)
  • Ruth 1:16-17 (where you go)
  • Genesis 5:1-32 (the begats)
  • Deuteronomy 22:5 (crossdressing)
  • Mark 14:12-16 (man with water jar)
  • Matthew19:12 (three types of eunuch)
  • Isaiah 1:1-31 (hollow offerings)
  • Matthew 11:15; Mark 4:9; Mark 4:23 (let them hear)
  • Luke 23:39-43; Matthew 27:38-44 (crucified thieves)

Host Clare McCarthy speaks with attendees at Guilford Pride, Middletown Pride and West Hartford Pride about the intersection of pride and lived experience.

Transqat is a safe space for respectful conversations about trans issues and queer people.
Show Notes:
Guilford Pride
Middletown Pride
West Hartford Pride
RuPaul’s Drag Race
Disney Drag Villains
Keith Brown/Gay Spirit Radio
Alabama trans laws
Habitat For Humanity
The Jersey Shore
Day of Silence
Faith Middleton/Food Schmooze
Hannah Montana
CT Gay Men’s Chorus
Living on a Prayer
Stand in Pride
Prism Counseling

Host Clare McCarthy attends Pride Play, an event at The Building Comples in North Haven CT and talks queer-owned small business with Sylvia Yanez, Sam Giardina, Alexis Cariddi, Luke Nathan, and Alex Giardina.

Transqat is a safe space for respectful conversations about trans issues and queer people.
Show Notes:
Sylvia
     The Building Complex
     Instagram
     Facebook
     Sylvia’s Art
Sam
     Sam Avery Photography
     TRUK United
     Target story
     Bud Light story
     Clare’s photo shot
Luke
     North Carolina’s bathroom bills
     Lily Pulitzer bags
     Yahtzee!
     Daddy Day Care
     TikTok
     Instagram
Alexis
     Love With Pride Apparel
     Instagram
     Nature is Queer
     Henri Gadeau de Kerville
     Alexis’ new releases
     Queen of Hearts
     Outright Action International
     Print on Demand
     Banana the Python
Alex
   &

Host Clare McCarthy talks with sports journalist, trans activist, and Middletown Pride Grand Marshal Karleigh Webb.

Transqat is a safe space for respectful conversations about trans issues and queer people.

Show notes:
Karleigh Webb
Katy Tierney
ABC Sports Playset
ABC Wide World of Sports
Jackie Stewart
Jim McKay in mustard blazer
Roone Arledge
Bobby Alison 1987 crash
Omaha Public Library, Charles B. Washington Branch
Howard Cosell & Dandy Don Meredith in mustard blazers
Bowie Kuhn
Curt Flood
Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University
J.A. Adande
Mara Brock Akil
Shonda Rhimes
WGA Strike 2023
Norman Lear
Robert Mulholland
David Brinkley
John Cameron Swayze
ESPN
Barry Sacks
Reapers Women’s Football
Nick Saban
Soule et al. v. CT Association of Schools et al.
ADF
Southern Poverty Law Center re ADF
Focus on the Family
Obergefell v. Hodges
Loving v.s Virginia
Erin Reed’s Anti-Trans Legislative Risk Map

Host Clare McCarthy presents excerpts from the 10th anniversary screening of the documentary A Self-Made Man. The event, held at North Branford (CT) HS on June 10 2023, included remarks by colleagues and friends of trans youth advocate Tony Ferraiolo. 

Transqat is a safe space for respectful conversations about trans issues and queer people.
Tony Ferraiolo
A Self-Made Man
M. Dru Levasseur, Esq.
Jim Collins Foundation
Lambda Legal
Health Care Advocates International
Transitioning
Lori Petchers
Pattie McKnight
Dr. Gary Blick
Mel Cordner
Q+
Rev. Aaron Miller
Metropolitan Community Church of Hartford
TV365

Host Clare McCarthy and guest US Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel Cardona discuss Title IX, the value of diversity in education, and protecting trans kids from a culture of bullying.

Transqat is a safe space for respectful conversations about trans issues and queer people.

Shownotes:
Secretary Cardona
Introduction
     2023 Anti-Trans Legislation
     Soule et al. v. CT Association of Schools et al.|
01:00  Cardona Appointed DOE Secretary
02:30  Fact Sheet: Proposed Change to Title IX
02:40  Dr. Cardona Speaks to Congress
06:45  IEPs
10:15  Office for Civil Rights
12:10  Dr. King quote
Outro
     TDoV Statement