Quinn’s guests for this episode are Dr. Joy Musser, Ph.D. CCC-SLP, a licensed Speech-Language Pathologist, and Gwendolyn Sierks, a trans woman with a passion for music. In our conversation, we talk about transfeminine’s voices and what does–and doesn’t!–work when a transfemme person/trans woman wants her speaking voice to sound more traditionally feminine. We also talk a bit about singing, and you’ll want to hear the beautiful vocal and piano performance excerpt Gwendolyn was kind enough to share.

You can find Dr. Musser’s web site at MusserVoice.com.

Note: This show is the Season 2 finale! All the Genders will be on season break for the next few months. Meanwhile, check out Quinn’s new queer science fiction mystery comedy serial podcast, The Scent of Gravity!

Chijioke Williams (she/her) is a transfemme Chicago-based voiceover artist, writer, sound designer, podcast creatrix, and parkourist. Her new urban audio drama Between Heartbeats just dropped (mid-February 2023) and can be found on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and other podcast sources. In her All the Genders conversation with Quinn, she talks about her life, her identity, and her new show.

The Between Heartbeats web site is at https://BetweenHeartbeats.wixsite.com/website

and you can find the show on Twitter @BetweenPod

and on Instagram at @BetweenHeartbeatsPod

Rudy Ramirez (they/them) is an Austin-based director, writer, and educator. In this episode, they converse with Quinn about theater, fatness, aerial performance, Dungeons & Dragons, The Little Mermaid, the severely problematic play (and now movie) The Whale, the far more insightful play A Strange Loop, and much else.

Here are some links to topics that come up in the show:

Rudy’s web site, RudyRamirez.net
The YouTube version of the Tales from the Closet podcast
The Instagram account of celebrated fat aerialist and burlesque artist Ginger Snaps
Natalie Winn’s (Contrapoints’) video essay on beauty
The Dimension 20 YouTube RPG series A Court of Fey and Flowers
Michael R. Jackson’s musical A Strange Loop, which won the Tony Award and the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for drama
… and just because Liz Phair is cool, her song A Strange Loop, after which the musical was named

To find out more about Kirsten and some of the topics we discuss, check out

• Kirsten’s web site at https://www.kirstenbaity.com/
• Their Instagram account at https://www.instagram.com/ky_inpublic/
• Consent-Based Memes at https://www.instagram.com/consentbased.memes/
• Intimacy Coordinators of Color at https://www.intimacycoordinatorsofcolor.com/

… and if you’re interested in learning more about intimacy direction, here are some resources:

• https://www.theatricalintimacyed.com/definitions
• https://howlround.com/minding-gaps-making-space-all-identities-intimacy-work
• https://www.journalcbp.com/the-certification-question-1

Canadian playwright, actor, producer, musical director, and transgender advocate Avery-Jean Brennan (they/them or she/her) joins Quinn for a two-part conversation about coming out twice, changing genders with an acting career already in progress, making queer theater, directing a trans-enhanced production of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, receiving anonymous hate mail just for being on stage, and more.

You can learn more about Avery-Jean by checking out their profile here, or you can find them on social media:

https://twitter.com/theaveryjean
https://www.instagram.com/theaveryjean
https://www.tiktok.com/@theaveryjean
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEr0jCHfRWnUiS3WhEf49Iw

Alexis Hall, author of many wonderful queer genre novels, is Quinn’s guest for this special two-episode conversation about queerness, identity, publishing, inspiration, and affirmation.

The full list of Alexis’s books can be found at quicunquevult.com on his Books page . A few that come up in the conversation include

• The trans-centric romance novel A Lady for a Duke (“A lush, sweeping queer historical romance from the bestselling author of Boyfriend Material—perfect for fans of Netflix’s Bridgerton, Evie Dunmore, and Manda Collins!”)
• Gay romcoms Boyfriend Material (“Wanted: One (fake) boyfriend, practically perfect in every way”) and Husband Material (“Wanted: One (very real) husband, nowhere near perfect but desperately trying his best”)
• A queer, multi-dimensional reimagining of Sherlock Holmes, The Affair of the Mysterious Letter (“In this charming, witty, and weird fantasy novel, Alexis Hall pays homage to Sherlock Holmes with a new twist on those renowned characters.”)

Alexis’ latest release, Paris Daillencourt Is About to Crumble (“A sweet and scrumptious romantic comedy about facing your insecurities, finding love, and baking it off, no matter what people say.”), is out the same week as part I of this conversation.

He also shares many queer book recommendations, as mentioned in the broadcast: those can be found here.

In this episode, Quinn’s guests are playwright Shualee Cook; director/producer/performer Theo Motzenbacker; and writer/director/performer Dean Grosbard, all of whom are helping bring to life Shualee’s remarkable play of trans experience in the 1890’s, Cercle Hermaphroditos, inspired by memoirs from the time.

Cercle Hermaphroditos is available to read on NPX, the New Play Exchange at https://newplayexchange.org/plays/188634/cercle-hermaphroditos and has had staged readings in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles. A new staged reading in New York may be announced soon, and we’ll update this page with any information on that we receive.

The TGNC in Theatre Facebook group mentioned on the show is “a place for (in)visible trans, nonbinary, gender non-conforming, genderqueer and genderfluid theatre makers of all races, religions, identities and abilities, to connect about our challenges, successes, questions, and collaborations.” It can be found here.

Theo Motzenbacker is a director, producer, and occasional performer in Los Angeles. He produced Company Creation Festival, a devised work incubator, at Son of Semele for several years, has directed around town, and is currently expanding a fictional solo show, Spice Up Your Sex Life til it Burns. His most recent, all-consuming project was completing a master’s degree in social work.

Dean Grosbard (he/him) is a director, performer, and writer. His directing projects include The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window by Lorraine Hansberry, Dream Inc. by Emily Brauer Rogers, and Son of A Man by Cooper Bates. His solo show Big Tits 69 was presented at Son of Semele’s Solo Creation Fest and the Asheville Fringe Festival. Dean is also the Associate Artistic Director of The Vagrancy, a theatre company in Los Angeles. Dean’s goal as an artist is to uplift stories mainstream theater can often ignore. His experiences with disability and gender inform that practice.

Shualee Cook (she/her) writes plays as a way of asking questions and figuring out possible answers within a community. She is the recipient of 2021 Chesly/Bumbalo Award, The 2020 RAC Artist Fellowship, and the 2019 Parity Commission. She has been a resident playwright in the Confluence Regional Writers Project, Stage Left Theatre, and Tesseract Theatre. Readings and performances include Cercle Hermaphroditos, And Certain Women, Earworm, and An Invitation Out.

Below are photos of some of the masks used in one of the readings for the masked ball scene:

Quinn’s guest is Dr. Jen Gonzalez, who talks about her road to understanding herself as a trans woman, coming out, teaching, HRT, trans politics, and more.

For this episode, you can also view the view of our conversation on Jen’s YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2FC0ELV2n92t3deXQKxXFA .

Trigger warning: This episode includes discussion of child sexual abuse.

In this episode, Quinn gets the opportunity to speak with the dynamic Jupiter Peraza, the Director of Social Justice and Empowerment initiatives for the San Francisco Transgender District, an area in San Francisco’s Tenderloin that is officially recognized by the city and that helps provide connection, continuity, and support for trans San Franciscans.

Jupiter talks about her experiences growing up undocumented and trans, about finding herself and finding her voice, about the work of the district, and much more.

You can learn about the Transgender District on their web site at https://TransgenderDistrictSF.com .

Manny’s, the community gathering space Jupiter mentions in the interview, is at https://WelcomeToMannys.com .

To hear more from Jupiter and from her Transgender District colleague Juniper Yun, you might be interested in the two women’s Curve interview with Jasmine Sudarkasa at https://www.curvemag.com/articles/commemorating-our-past-creating-our-present/ .

If you listened to the episode and find yourself curious about Maria Felix, here’s a clip of her in La Mujer sin Alma (The Woman Without a Soul):

Quinn welcomes friends (of theirs and of each other) Jenn Grossi and Dr. Trish Derocher to the podcast. Like Quinn, Jenn and Trish both use she pronouns and they pronouns, but they each experience their gender differently.

Both Trish and Jenn are often assumed to be cis women. What works and doesn’t work about that, and how does being nonbinary affect their lives and their relationships?

You’ll also hear about Jen’s experiences as a nonbinary actor and musician, Trish’s somatic coaching work, trans and nonbinary children (Quinn and both guests, in addition to being nonbinary themselves, also all have trans and/or nonbinary kids), and much more.

Jenn and their husband Don organize and host the Summer Street Music Series in Bradford, Vermont.

See below for more about Trish’s work and podcast.

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Heart. Change. Consciousness: Inspired Activism as a Spiritual Path
Motivation and inspiration are powerful tools that change and influence perspectives, voices, and projects that shape the world. With all the negativity in the world, it can be hard to find those rare and beautiful stories that tell of inspired spiritual activism and individual healing journeys. On Heart. Change. Consciousness. we inspire listeners to take action towards a more JUST world by hearing from authors, change-makers, influencers, activists, poets, filmmakers, and cultural workers who practice inspired spiritual activism and transform vulnerabilities into sources of strength.

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