Episode 232: Avi Roque
Coming Out Pod
English - January 18, 2023 10:39 - 1 hour - 74.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 518 ratingsSexuality Health & Fitness Comedy comedy interviews business news interview women funny culture science comic Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
We cover some entirely new territory in a candid and vitally important conversation with Avi Roque, who voices Raine Whispers on The Owl House. Like many of us, Avi (they/them) had the ubiquitous "tomboy" label imposed upon them in childhood, and suffice to say it was a long and arduous road from there to their current trans/transmasculine identity. A consummate storyteller, Avi walks us through their entire journey, which includes leaning all the way into ultra-feminine stereotypes during high school, and hitting a scary rock bottom in adulthood that finally prompted them to begin the process of medically transitioning. Avi's story involves reckoning with their demons in a difficult, vulnerable, and honest way, and we hope this episode encourages nuanced dialogue about the human capacity for growth, change, and healing.
(TW: mentions of assault and suicidal ideation, but nothing descriptive)
Follow Avi on Instagram and TikTok at @avi_roque, and on Twitter at @ok_roque.