Billie was one of our last guests to join the show back on Earth That Was and comes back to us with an important idea for our new digital world- the way people hear your voice matters. This summer we began collecting pronouns from our callers because the more often we see ‘she/her’ paired with a booming baritone the more easily we can drop the gender critical bullshit and recognize that any voice can come from any one. And, as we work to make ourselves a more accepting society, Billie walks us through some of the dangers and opportunities found in the world of voice therapy. Let us hear your voice by calling in and catch the episode live at 7p CT 11/19 and be sure to check back afterwards for some footNOTES!
Find Billie and her work with Texas Queer Counseling here.
Transgender Voice Therapy from Gender Confirmation Center
How Transgender Women Are Training Their Voices to Sound More Feminine by Angela Chen for Smithsonian Magazine
How to Completely Feminize Your Voice from A Nerdy Trans Girl
L’s Voice Training Guide (Level 1) for MTF transgender vocal feminization from r/transvoice
TRANS AND GENDER-DIVERSE VOICE & COMMUNICATION THERAPY Competency Framework from Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists- 2019
