Gender Identity Weekly

In this episode, I have an informal discussion with my good friend Alison (Dragon) Hiester - because any discussion we have is informal!  We talk about what it means to be cis / het in a world of rainbow, what would make a good speech language pathologist, and apologize to Robert DeNiro.

REFERENCES:
Prismatic Speech Services:  https://prismaticspeech.com/
Alison Hiester on Prismatic:  https://prismaticspeech.com/about-us/#alison
Gender Identity Today:  https://genderidentitytoday.com/

  • (00:00) - Show opening
  • (00:33) - Introducing Alison
  • (02:50) - Gender and communication
  • (03:54) - Being cis/het in a rainbow world
  • (08:55) - We all need validation
  • (14:21) - From Alison to the community...
  • (19:10) - Using pronouns make you a good person
  • (21:49) - Do transgender people get a free pass on being polite?
  • (24:55) - We will all mess up at one point
  • (27:38) - And then some people just want to piss you off
  • (29:27) - Is a cisgender speech therapist better?
  • (34:38) - Observing gender voice roles
  • (37:38) - The best speech therapist
  • (42:04) - Performing nonverbal communication
  • (45:30) - Being Robert DeNiro - or not
  • (48:29) - What it takes to live the voice
  • (50:47) - Speaking is not like breathing - at first, anyway
  • (54:31) - Show closing

Creators & Guests

Host
Amethysta Herrick
Writer, Transgender Activist, Philosopher, and sometimes Software Consultant

What is Gender Identity Weekly?

Every week, join Amethysta Herrick and contributors to Gender Identity Today for a pithy discussion of the challenges facing humanity as each of us discovers our identity and gender.