Hosts Frankie and Zorian share about their trans experience, exploring the spectrum of feelings from shame and resistance to beauty and liberation all in the effort to be their full, true selves.

Contents & Content Warnings…

Please expect to hear “queer” used as an identity term throughout this episode & series.

00:00 - Introduction from Zorian - What makes you feel most like yourself?

1:16 - Meet Zorian & Frankie

2:02 - Let’s talk HRT - Hormone Replacement Therapy

7:10 - Ari & Sam

• In this segment, please expect to hear mentions & discussions of…
• Shame & internalized bias
• Desire, sex & sexuality
• Transphobia
• White supremacy & racism

17:15 - Zorian’s Transition Journey

• 21:05- 22:20 - Instances of homophobic/transphobic rhetoric

23:30 - What is Gender Dysphoria? What about Gender Euphoria?

26:10 - Frankie’s Transition Journey

28:23 - Masculinities & Toxic Masculinity

• Beginning at 30:40, please expect to hear mentions & discussions of…
• Death & grief
• Homelessness & being forced out of one’s home
• Parental estrangement
• Homophobia & Transphobia

38:52 - Queer Youth Animated: Kiwi

• 40:25 - 40:30 - Instances of hate speech
• 40:30 - 40:47 - Mention of familial conflict, being forced out of one’s home

43:28 - Outro

43:26 - Coming up next

44:07 - Show notes & resources

44:54 - Credits

FPP Information…

To learn more about The Future Perfect Project and all of our free arts programming for LGBTQIA+ youth, visit thefutureperfectproject.org or find us on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, and bandcamp @thefutureperfectproject

Crisis Resources…

If you or a young person you know between the ages of 13-24 is currently in crisis, check out thetrevorproject.org for LGBTQIA+-specific support through text and chat, or call 1-866-488-7386.

Mentions…

• “The role of the artist is to make the revolution irresistible.” - Toni Cade Bambara

This quotation is most commonly attributed to a compilation of conversations with Toni Cade Bambara, appropriately titled “Conversations with Toni Cade Bambara,” edited by Thabiti Lewis. Find more information on this author, documentarian, activist, teacher, and speaker is available online and through libraries & other places of education throughout the world.

• Keep an eye (and ear) out for season two of I’m Feeling Queer Today, coming September 2024, and look forward to some bonus content in the interim!
• View Kiwi's animatied story at https://www.youtube.com/@TheFuturePerfectProject

Credits…

I’m Feeling Queer Today is produced by The Future Perfect Project with support from Radio Kingston, WKNY AM1490, FM1079, Kingston, NY.

Episode six of I’m Feeling Queer Today was produced by Frankie Gunn, Zorian Edwards, and Ari, and features Sam and Kiwi. Special thanks to executive producers and mentors, Julie Novak and Celeste Lecesne, as well as Future Perfect Project team members Ryan Amador, Jon Wan, and Aliya Jamil.

Mixing & mastering for I’m Feeling Queer Today by Julie Novak, with assistance from Emma Jayne Seslowsky.

Visit the show website at thefutureperfectproject.org/podcast

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