20 October 2023 - Gender-Affirming Voice Therapy

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