00:00 Opening 01:00 Introduction – I no longer have my cool job – Balticon was awesome 05:23 Field Report: Trans Queering Your Sex – Practice good pronoun usage – Courtesies you learn for trans people are good for all people – Gender identity, gender presentation, gender attribution – Get clear on terminology and roles – [...]
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Trans(re)lating 009: Trans Queering Your Sex, a field report
Posted in episodes, field reports, tagged language, pronouns, sex, transgender on June 30, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Trans(re)lating 008: Why Bother?
Posted in episodes, questions, tagged transition on January 15, 2011 | 2 Comments »
00:00 Opening 01:00 Introduction and to what I’ve been up – I have a cool job – I didn’t win NaNoWriMo again – I’m in another podcast novel – I’m taking classes again in the spring – I got a dog over the summer 05:07 Question: “Why bother with transition?” – It’s either worth it [...]
Trans(re)lating 007: A Response to Trans Film with Nobilis Reed, Part 2
Posted in episodes, feedback, interviews, tagged feedback, film, Nobilis on August 1, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Part 1 00:00 Opening 01:05 Introduction 05:04 Conversation with Nobilis (second half) – Nobilis: I think change happens best in quiet, personal conversations, not in vast impersonal media. – DDog: I tend to agree, but I don’t think that is the only tool available. Big media can act as a starting point for the smaller [...]
Trans(re)lating 006: A Response to Trans Film with Nobilis Reed, Part 1
Posted in episodes, feedback, interviews, tagged feedback, film, Nobilis on April 24, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Part 2 00:00 Opening 01:05 Introduction 02:25 Conversation with Nobilis (first half) – Nobilis: Actors change themselves all the time for roles. Why is gender identity different than things like hair color? – DDog: Hair color isn’t the right analogy. Some totally inadequate comparisons are blackface and characters with disabilities being played by actors without [...]
Trans(re)lating SE003: “Regarding the Barry Fitzpatrick’s Navigator” by Paulette Jaxton
Posted in episodes, links, special, tagged fiction, podcasters, re-cast content on January 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This story was originally published at Paulette Jaxton’s short fiction podcast, Form Letter Rejection Theatre. I’ve been meaning to drop it in the feed for awhile now, and since I’m not ready to put the next proper episode out quite yet, here it is. Original show notes and cast can be found here. If you [...]
Trans(re)lating 005: Trans Film
Posted in episodes on December 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »
00:00 Opening 00:59 Introduction – Explanation of changes 04:11 Transgender in film 12:00 Upcoming episodes & contact information 13:45 Promo for “Empress Sword” by Paulette Jaxton 15:00 Links mentioned: List of transgender characters in film and TV (Wikipedia) What’s In a Name? (rationale for changing podcast name) Empress Sword by Paulette Jaxton Email: feedback@transrelating.com Twitter: [...]
Trans(re)lating SE002: Respectful Language (archive)
Posted in episodes, links on November 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This episode carries the old name of the podcast. Some of my reasons for the change can be found here. 00:00 Opening 01:04 Introduction to the episode 01:19 Tip 1: Staring 02:00 Tip 2: Avoidance 02:21 Tip 3: Pronouns* 03:46 Tip 3a: Honorifics 05:00 Tip 4: Questions 08:20 Tip 5: Terminology 10:05 Tip 5a: Epithets 12:27 [...]
Trans(re)lating 004: Does Clothing Matter? (archive)
Posted in episodes, links on May 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This episode carries the old name of the podcast. Some of my reasons for the change can be found here. 00:00 Opening 01:38 Introduction to the episode 01:58 Upcoming events: Balticon (Baltimore) May 22-24 Drum & Splash (Four Quarters Farm, Artemas, PA) July 1-5 Artscape (Baltimore) July 17-19 Baltimore Erotic Arts Festival(?) (Baltimore) Dragon*Con(?) (Atlanta) September [...]
Trans(re)lating 003: Definitions, Part 2 (archive)
Posted in episodes, links on February 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »
This episode carries the old name of the podcast. Some of my reasons for the change can be found here. Continuation of Episode #2: Definitions, Part 1. 00:00 Opening 01:05 Introduction to the episode 02:10 Definition: sex 05:53 Definition: gender 08:40 Definition: intersex 11:20 Definition: transgender 13:00 Some comments about language 15:46 Contact information 17:25 Closing [...]
Trans(re)lating SE001: Transgender Day of Remembrance (archive)
Posted in episodes, links on November 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This episode carries the old name of the podcast. Some of my reasons for the change can be found here. November 20th is the Transgender Day of Remembrance. Today, we remember those who have been murdered or committed suicide because of anti-trans bias, prejudice, and hatred. This is a special episode. I was planning to put [...]

