Transmission
8 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 5 years ago - ★★★★★ - 127 ratingsTransmission is breaking transgender stereotypes one episode at a time. Host Jackson Bird sits down with a fellow trans person each episode to talk about their experiences in our new age of heightened trans visibility.
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Episodes
Trans Films By and For Trans People | Lorne Clarkson and Issa Ismail
February 08, 2019 16:43 - 45 minutes - 62.9 MBLorne Clarkson and Issa Ismail, the director and subject of the documentary A Year in Transition, join host Jackson Bird to discuss the making of the film and the importance of trans art made by and for trans people. The three also discuss male privilege as transmasculine people, visible markers of transness, fitting into the community, and more. You can watch A Year in Transition for free at ayearintransition.com Follow A Year in Transition on Facebook Follow Issa on Instagram - T...
Trans People in the American Revolution | Alex Myers
October 18, 2018 15:19 - 35 minutes - 24.8 MBAuthor Alex Myers joined host Jackson Bird to discuss his book Revolutionary, a historical fiction novel about his ancestor Deborah Samson. In the 1780s, Deborah escaped her life of indentured servitude, disguised herself as a man and enlisted in the Continental Army under the name Robert Shurtliff. Alex also shares his experiences coming out as a teenager in the 90s and his current experiences as a boarding school teacher–including what it’s like guiding young men in today’s climate and w...
How To Teach Kids About Gender | Jess Clark
March 31, 2018 13:59 - 44 minutes - 31.2 MBJess Clark, the Education and Prevention Manager at Solace Crisis Treatment Center, joined host Jackson Bird to explain how teaching about gender roles to kids and transgender basics to everyone relates to sexual violence prevention. We also touch on his own gender journey and life as a new parent – including whether he'll be raising his child without gender. Solace Crisis Treatment Center findsolace.org Facebook Twitter Instagram Jess on Instagram Transmission Facebook Tw...
Not Trans Enough | Ash Hardell
July 04, 2017 20:02 - 48 minutes - 33.2 MBYouTube creator Ash Hardell joined me at VidCon to chat about nonbinary genders, sharing their gender exploration on a public platform, not feeling trans enough, and more. You can follow Ash at AshHardell on Twitter and YouTube and at GraceHardell on Instagram ;) You can also buy her book, The ABC's of LGBT, from your local independent bookstore or follow their social media for an announcement about when the free version will be available. Some of the other folks we mentioned i...
High Alert with Naiymah Sanchez
May 23, 2017 21:44 - 42 minutes - 28.9 MBActivist Naiymah Sanchez joins host Jackson Bird to discuss prison reform, workplace challenges, growing up trans, and how everybody can be better allies. You can follow Naiymah at https://www.facebook.com/ProudTransLatina and contribute to the trans visibility campaign she’s leading for ACLU-PA by emailing her at [email protected] Some other organizations we referenced include: Creating Change http://www.creatingchange.org/ LGBTQ Task Force http://www.thetaskforce.org/ Tr...
The Double-Edged Sword of Trans Visibility | Aaron Rose
May 02, 2017 20:51 - 40 minutes - 28.1 MBCo-Producer of the podcast, Aaron Rose, joins host Jackson Bird to talk about masculinity, visibility, and violence. You can check out Aaron's work at http://aaronxrose.com, follow him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/aaronxrose, and follow his Instagram at http://instagram.com/mxjackdawson Aaron's article, "The Double-Edged Sword of Trans Visibility" can be read in full here: http://www.trans.cafe/posts/2016/9/19/the-double-edged-sword-of-trans-visibility The books we referenced were...
Let's Start Trans Visibility Month! | Episode One with Allison Kinney
April 25, 2017 20:23 - 36 minutes - 24.9 MBIn this inaugural episode of Transmission, Jackson Bird is joined by the creator of #31DaysofTransVisibility to talk about her coming out experiences, her online work with The Rainbow Community, her trans Baader-Meinhof theory, and more. Follow Allison at http://smartallyk.tumblr.com and check out The Rainbow Community on Discord at https://discord.me/page/trc-main The YouTube creator Allison mentioned is Deliah Dexaeris and you can subscribe to her channel at https://www.youtube.com/ch...
Transmission Sneak Peek – Coming April 2017
March 31, 2017 18:02 - 2 minutes - 2 MBTransmission is a new podcast coming in April 2017. Each episode, Jackson Bird sits down with a fellow trans person to talk about their experiences in our new age of heightened trans visibility. Subscribe here so you don't miss the first episode. For now, enjoy a sneak peek of episode two with Aaron Rose. You can also follow Transmission at facebook.com/transmissionpodcast jacksonbird.cool/blog And follow Jackson at jackisnotabird on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat