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):

Sam is a nonbinary trans man, a nursing student, a visual artist, and Quinn’s younger son. His partner, Lane, is a nonbinary writer and student. In this episode, they talk with Quinn about finding gender, being trans and nonbinary in the Deep South, the need for better awareness of trans and nonbinary issues in medical education, and much more.

Miles Nelson is a writer, illustrator, trans man, and cape enthusiast. In this episode, Miles talks with Quinn about coming out to some family members in his wedding invitation, how being trans does and doesn’t intersect for him with being on the autism spectrum, a dragon that used to haunt his dreams, and stories of trans joy.

Some links to things that might interest you from the episode:

• Miles Nelson’s Web site: MilesNelsonOfficial.com
• Miles’ latest novel, Riftmaster can be found on Amazon and Waterstones
• The Gender Euphoria anthology, edited by Laura Kate Dale, in which Miles’ essay and many others appear
• William Goldman’s classic (but completely non-diverse) story The Princess Bride: the movie and the book (they’re both great, but they’re a bit different)
• Trans writer April Daniels’ novels telling the story of a trans superheroine: Dreadnought and Sovereign.
• One show Quinn completely forgot to mention when the discussion turned to programs with joyful depictions of nonbinariness is Steven Universe. It starts out seeming like a weird kids’ show but goes much deeper and achieves some tremendous things.

And here’s Miles’ self-illustration that we talked about on the episode: