Musician, movement MC, & GRP co-director Sam Rise (they/them) joins Wesley (he/him) to talk about:
+ GRP’s life-giving work creating liberatory futures through sound & joy
+ The careful year-long name change process at GRP – which feels a lot like a gender transition
+ Centering in community as a technology for connection & self understanding
For more about GRP visit https://www.girlsrockphilly.org/
To make a donation to support the work of GRP https://www.girlsrockphilly.org/donate
To learn more about Sam, check out their website http://samantharise.com/
And follow Sam on instagram @samantharise
To sit with Many Faces Sangha, a mindfulness community centering the voices & wisdom of BIPOC, women & gender minorities, TLGBQ+ folks, find out more @manyfacessangha
In this episode, the concept of capital G "Gender" and lowercase g "gender" is borrowed from the text Trans Care by Hil Malatino.
Trans Care, published in 2020, (and available to read *for free* right now online)https://manifold.umn.edu/projects/trans-care
For more, check out Season 1 Episode 5 of How's Your Gender? https://anchor.fm/howsyourgender/episodes/Hil-Malatino--Trans-Care-evr2lj
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Special thanks to our producer, Oliver Slate-Greene (he/him), Emily Bate (she/her) for the perfect theme song and Charley Parden (he/they) for writing the iconic lyrics.
If you or anyone you know is struggling with your gender, we encourage you to contact Trans Lifeline
US (877) 565-8860
Canada (877) 330-6366
