2 DEC 2016 · A lot has happened in the country, in the trans community, and in my own personal life in the last 5 weeks. The bulk of it has left me very angry and broken. Join me on this episode of The Strong Stance, as I discuss the events of the past month, including the Transgender Day of Remembrance, the election and its aftermath, my recent move and the toll that it’s all taken.

7 SEP 2016 · Moving to any new environment always means adjustment: Taking a new job, starting a new family, moving to a new city. With each of these shifts often comes a new culture and a new social circle. And while building that circle can be at least somewhat difficult for most people, it’s particularly more onerous if you belong to a community that is not widely accepted or even understood. Combine that with any other minority status and the intersectionality of those identities can compound those adjustments. And what if that new culture is one that tends to be significantly more conservative? Tonight we have two guests that have recently made moves from larger cities in the North and Midwest to the Deep South state of Georgia and we are going to talk to them about their experience of ‘Adjusting to Southern Intersections’. Guests: Melvin Whitehead Morgan Rich Resources: America In Transition: http://americaintransition.org/

5 JUL 2016 · The month of June was particularly eventful for a lot of the queer community: Philadelphia Trans Health Conference, Pride, the Pulse shooting in Orlando and more...and clearly not all of it was positive. These events affected people in different ways and, in the case of Benny Rodriguez, they weren’t the only events that made June emotionally taxing. So we sat down for a chat about...Benny’s June. We discussed the Latinx community, the anti-blackness found at many of the aforementioned events, and the erasure that was so blatantly evident in the wake of tragedy. Resources: Philadelphia Trans Health Conference: https://www.mazzonicenter.org/trans-health Pulse shooting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Orlando_nightclub_shooting Pete Sessions claims Pulse not Gay Nightclub: http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/gop-lawmaker-says-orlando-shooting-site-wasnt-gay-club House GOP Leaders block LGBT vote: http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/283531-house-gop-leaders-block-lgbt-vote-after-orlando-shooting Gay flag burned in Adams Morgan: http://www.washingtonblade.com/2016/06/16/rainbow-flag-burned-outside-adams-morgan-restaurant/ Anti-gay message in Dupont Circle: https://www.borderstan.com/2016/06/13/anti-gay-message-spray-painted-on-dupont-circle-sidewalk/ Goddess Diamond is 14th trans person murdered: http://www.autostraddle.com/black-trans-woman-goddess-diamond-becomes-12th-trans-person-murdered-in-the-u-s-this-year-341818/ TransWomen of Color Collective: http://www.twocc.us/ Lady Dane Edidi: http://www.ladydanefe.com/ Stanford Rapist, Brock Turner: http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/06/us/sexual-assault-brock-turner-stanford/