Episode 4
20 October 2023 - Gender-Affirming Voice Therapy
October 20, 202354m 55s
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Show Notes
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
Topics
genderidentityphilosophypsychology