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Transqat

Transqat is a safe place to learn about transgender issues. Hosted by Clare McCarthy, Transqat is conversations with an emphasis of civil discourse and respect.

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All Episodes

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Transqat Episode 87: (The) Farrah Garland

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2025/05/16

Disability activist, queer educator and piano noodler Farrah Garland joins Clare for the hour. Transqat is a safe space where transgender and queer people can stand together. We stand for respectful conversations, for open minds and open hearts, for a better understanding. We stand against bigotry, willful ignorance, and fear-mongering. Transqat: We Stand. Show Notes: (The) Farrah Garland Equality CT Care Work, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha Brilliant Imperfection, Eli Clare CT Ind...

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12:43

Transqat Episode 86.5: Lavender Graduation

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2025/05/12

A recording of Clare's keynote address at Albertus Magnus College's Lavender Graduation Celebration, May 7, 2025. Transqat is a safe space for respectful conversations about transgender issues and queer people. Learn more at transqat.com.

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56:20

Transqat Episode 86: Mel Cordner

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2025/05/09

Executive Director and founder of Q+ CT discusses creating safe spaces for queer youth. Transqat is a safe space where transgender and queer people can stand together. We stand for respectful conversations, for open minds and open hearts, for a better understanding. We stand against bigotry, willful ignorance, and fear-mongering. Transqat: We Stand. Show Notes

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36:46

Transqat Episode 85: Jurg Oggenfuss

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2025/04/25

APRN Jurg Oggenfuss talks about serving the needs of the LGBTQ+ community in his practice. Transqat is a safe space where transgender and queer people can stand together. We stand for respectful conversations, for open minds and open hearts, for a better understanding. We stand against bigotry, willful ignorance, and fear-mongering. Transqat: We Stand. Show Notes Sponsor: Small State Provisions Let Me Say This Affirmative Health & Wellness Justice Thomas on Obergefell ...

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50:30

Transqat Episode 84: Angela Wicke

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2025/04/18

Author Angela Wicke joins Clare to discuss her Isekai-based novel series I Left My Hormones in Another World. Transqat is a safe space where transgender and queer people can stand together. We stand for respectful conversations, for open minds and open hearts, for a better understanding. We stand against bigotry, willful ignorance, and fear-mongering. Transqat: We Stand. Show Notes

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57:09

Transqat Episode 83: Dignity Boston

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2025/04/11

Miriam, Maddy and Miles from Dignity Boston talk with Clare about deconstructing Catholicism. Transqat is a safe space where transgender and queer people can stand together. We stand for respectful conversations, for open minds and open hearts, for a better understanding. We stand against bigotry, willful ignorance, and fear-mongering. Transqat: We Stand. Show Notes

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47:03

Transqat Episode 82: Prism Counseling

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2025/03/28

Rebecca Degnan, Jillian Celentano and Emma Gulick join Clare to talk mental health, community-building and gay hedgehogs (who are the best!) Transqat is a safe space where transgender and queer people can stand together. We stand for respectful conversations, for open minds and open hearts, for a better understanding. We stand against bigotry, willful ignorance, and fear-mongering. Transqat: We Stand. Show Notes

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70:12

Transqat Episode 81: Joy Ladin

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2025/03/21

Poet, literary scholar, and essayist Joy Ladin talks with Clare about God, the naming of things, and what trans advocacy is getting wrong. Transqat is a safe space where transgender and queer people can stand together. We stand for respectful conversations, for open minds and open hearts, for a better understanding. We stand against bigotry, willful ignorance, and fear-mongering. Transqat: We Stand. Show Notes

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12:23

Episode 80.1: Executive Order 14149

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2025/03/11

Clare parses EO 14149: Restoring Freedom of Speech and Ending Federal Censorship, managing to compare 47 to Pliny the Elder. Transqat is a safe space where transgender and queer people can stand together. We stand for respectful conversations, for open minds and open hearts, for a better understanding. We stand against bigotry, willful ignorance, and fear-mongering. Transqat: We Stand.

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46:56

Transqat Episode 80: Logan Ward

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2025/03/07

Filmmaker Logan Ward discusses his documentary short Remarkable: Voice From the Trans Community. Transqat is a safe space where transgender and queer people can stand together. We stand for respectful conversations, for open minds and open hearts, for a better understanding. We stand against bigotry, willful ignorance, and fear-mongering. Transqat: We Stand. Show Notes SPONSOR: Sam Avery Media Remarkable: Voices From the Trans Community Logan Ward Sam Nordquist Restorative Justi...

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44:46

Transqat Episode 79: SOGIECon

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2025/02/21

Robin McHaelen, executive director of True Colors, talks with Clare about the upcoming SOGIECon 2025 youth conference. Also on board is UCONN MSW student Beatrice Whalen. Transqat is a safe space where transgender and queer people can stand together. We stand for respectful conversations, for open minds and open hearts, for a better understanding. We stand against bigotry, willful ignorance, and fear-mongering. Transqat: We Stand. Show Notes Sponsor: Small State Provision...

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13:35

Transqat Episode 78.1: EO 14187

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2025/02/16

Clare parses the language in Executive Order 14187: Protecting Children From Chemical and Surgical Mutilation

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55:58

Transqat Episode 78: Love Out Loud (regular)

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2025/02/14

A Valentine's Day special! Clare talks with six queer couples about what it means to love out loud in the current cultural climate. Transqat is a safe space where transgender and queer people can stand together. We stand for respectful conversations, for open minds and open hearts, for a better understanding. We stand against bigotry, willful ignorance, and fear-mongering. Transqat: We Stand. Show Notes Sponsor: Sam Avery Media Ed & Joe The bear community Hillside Camp...

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80:34

Transqat Episode 78: Love Out Loud (Extended)

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2025/02/14

A Valentine's Day special! Clare talks with six queer couples about what it means to love out loud in the current cultural climate. Transqat is a safe space where transgender and queer people can stand together. We stand for respectful conversations, for open minds and open hearts, for a better understanding. We stand against bigotry, willful ignorance, and fear-mongering. Transqat: We Stand. Show Notes Sponsor: Sam Avery Media Photos from the Event Ed & Joe The bear c...

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48:36

Transqat Episode 77: Safe Place Program

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2025/02/07

State Trooper Sam Stella, Two Wrasslin' Cats owner Mark Thiede, Cottage at Main's Tammy Lee Dunn, and Director of the Brainerd Library Andrew Maloney join Clare to discuss their involvement in the CT State Troopers' Safe Place campaign. Transqat is a safe space where transgender and queer people can stand together. We stand for respectful conversations, for open minds and open hearts, for a better understanding. We stand against bigotry, willful ignorance, and fear-mongering. T...

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18:40

Transqat Episode 76.1: Two Genders Executive Order

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2025/02/02

Clare offers her take on the 1/20/25 Executive Order titled: Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government.

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Transqat Episode 76: Bree Skowera

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2025/01/30

Director of Middletown Pride Bree Skowera joins Clare for a deeply heartfelt discussion of her gender journey.Transqat is a safe space where transgender and queer people can stand together. We stand for respectful conversations, for open minds and open hearts, for a better understanding. We stand against bigotry, willful ignorance, and fear-mongering. Transqat: We Stand.Show NotesMiddletown PrideUK Anti-Immigration RiotsWesleyan UniversityDEM/HS CybersecurityStonewall SpeakersPFLAG...

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43:47

Transqat Episode 75: Kae Ravichandran

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2025/01/17

Kae Ravichandran, a med school student at UVM who plans to specialize in Gender Affirming Care. She's also a marathoner who won the inaugural running of Boston's non-binary category.Transqat is a safe space where transgender and queer people can stand together. We stand for respectful conversations, for open minds and open hearts, for a better understanding. We stand against bigotry, willful ignorance, and fear-mongering. Transqat: We Stand.Show Notes:Kae’s 2023 Boston resultsKae’s...

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59:38

Transqat Episode 74: Rev. Darrell Goodwin

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2025/01/10

The Rev. Darrell Goodwin, Executive Conference Minister of the Southern New England Confernece UCC, talks with Clare about hope, justice and the inherent inclusivity of God's house.Transqat is a safe space where transgender and queer people can stand together. We stand for respectful conversations, for open minds and open hearts, for a better understanding. We stand against bigotry, willful ignorance, and fear-mongering. Transqat: We Stand.Show NotesRev. Darrell GoodwinSNEUCC1980s Tape ...

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50:26

Transqat Episode 73: Eliot Schrefer

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2024/12/27

Author Eliot Schrefer tells Clare all about his new novel, The Brightness Between Us. Transqat is a safe space where transgender and queer people can stand together. We stand for respectful conversations, for open minds and open hearts, for a better understanding. We stand against bigotry, willful ignorance, and fear-mongering. Transqat: We Stand.Show NotesSponsor:Small State ProvisionsEliot SchreferPopper Penguin RescueMae JemisonAmbrose as a namePsychology of the Space ExplorationHal ...

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