516: Rae McDaniel: Taking The Suffering Out Of Transitioning for Trans People

Rae McDaniel, MEd, LCPC, CST (They/Them) is a Gender and Certified Sex Therapist and Coach who works with folks feeling anxious and lost about a transition they’re experiencing in sex, gender, sexual identity, or relationships. Rae also provides consultation & training for professionals and organizations wishing to uplevel their knowledge and expertise in these areas.

Rae is the founder of Practical Audacity, a Gender & Sex Therapy group practice in Chicago, and GenderFck: The Club, an online group coaching community designed to help transgender/non-binary/questioning folks transition with less suffering and more ease.

Listen in to hear Rae share:

• Their experience growing up adopted into a family of evangelical christian missionary puppeteers
• The evolution of their identity from bisexual to queer to non binary
• The relief of coming out as non binary
• Why not everyone in your life needs to know all the ins and outs of your identity and how you can prioritize safety when coming out
• How gender exists on a spectrum, not just two categories of male and female
• Why they are having top surgery and how they came to this decision
• Why they use they/them pronouns and why pronouns matter
• Why it’s inaccurate to refer to someone’s pronouns as their “preferred pronouns”
• How they are working to take the suffering out of transitioning for trans people

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Connect with Rae: Practical Audacity

Join Rae’s Genderfck program

Rae on IG/FB: @practicalaudacity

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