Trans Touch 3: Sex and Being Touch-Starved

So what does the science say about trans people and sports? You're not gonna believe this (yes you will), but it's entirely on the side of... trans people. So are elite cis women athletes. So what's the reason behind this push to keep trans women out of women's sports? Bigotry! And yes, we have proof (they've actually admitted it). Also a whole lot of sexism and the belief cis men are simply the best at everything and get super mad when they're not (there's proof of this too). Zoe Aurora Slater, former trainer of competing powerlifters and bodybuilders, returns to discuss the physics of photography and straight hesitancy. Be open to finding yourself along the way, friends. And fight for trans people's rights to compete in sports with our true genders! ZOE AURORA SLATER Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zoeslaterphotography TEXT VERSION https://www.tillystranstuesdays.com/2025/09/09/trans-sports-2-science-and-bigotry/ FURTHER READING (topics discussed with essays available at http://TillysTransTuesdays.com) Trans Sports 1: Origins and "Advantages," Trans Politics 1-2, The Erasure of Trans Men, The False Dichotomy REFERENCE MATERIAL They're lying to you about transgender women and girls in sports - https://ftw.usatoday.com/story/sports/2025/03/13/transgender-lgbtq-rights-women-sports-ncaa-debate-trump-tuberville-lies/82331359007/ This study on trans women's athletic disadvantages ought to change the debate - https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/olympic-trans-women-ioc-study-rcna148437 U.S. Olympic officials ban transgender women from women's events - https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/45798587/us-olympic-officials-ban-transgender-women-women-events Why There Are No Trans Women Competing at the Paris Games - https://www.thenation.com/article/society/trans-athletes-paris-olympics/ Transgender sportswomen ‘at a disadvantage’ study claims - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/2024/04/11/transgender-sportswomen-at-a-disadvantage-study-claims/ Transgender Athletes Could Be At A Physical Disadvantage, New Research Shows - https://www.forbes.com/sites/lindseyedarvin/2024/04/25/transgender-athletes-could-be-at-a-physical-disadvantage-new-research-shows/ Body composition, exercise-related performance parameters and associated health factors of transgender women, cisgender women and cisgender men volleyball players - https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/59/15/1073 The sports where women outperform men - https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240731-the-sports-where-women-outperform-men The Woman Who (Maybe) Struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig - https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-woman-who-maybe-struck-out-babe-ruth-and-lou-gehrig-4759182/ Madge Syers was a British figure skater. She became the first woman to compete at the World Figure Skating Championships in 1902 by entering what was previously an all-male event and won the silver medal - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madge_Syers The 1992 Summer Olympics was the last skeet competition open to both men and women, and the only mixed shooting competition at the Olympics ever won by a woman: Zhang Shan - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_at_the_1992_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Mixed_skeet Kathrine Switzer was the first woman to run the Boston Marathon as an officially registered competitor - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathrine_Switzer Megan Rapinoe Discusses Transgender Sports Bans - https://time.com/6188583/megan-rapinoe-equal-pay-title-ix-transgender-sports-bans/ Title IX: Athletes can play amid sexual misconduct inquiries - https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/39970530/title-ix-rules-athletes-sexual-misconduct Dutch beach volleyball player who was convicted of rape is booed before losing first Olympic match - https://apnews.com/article/2024-olympics-convicted-rapist-beach-volleyball-b90c5652e620cf355c28b97a36a5566b Swimmer Riley Gaines Admits She's Just Using Sports to Make Trans Rights "Crumble" - https://www.them.us/story/riley-gaines-sports-trans-rights Special thanks to Daisy and Jane for the use of "Sorry Not Sorry" as our show's theme music. Please stop by and show your support at daisyandjane.bandcamp.com and soundcloud.com/daisyandjane --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Bluesky: @pendantaudio.bsky.social‬

Trans people in sports?! Huge if true. Republicans would have you believe this is a national emergency of the utmost unfairness, and for some reason a lot of otherwise good allies fall into the "well I just don't know about sports..." trap. So let's talk about where the origins of policing trans bodies in sports comes from (spoilers: it's literally the nazis), and how "unfair advantages" are actually what sports are all about. And let's talk about how trans women don't have those "advantages" anyway. You're gonna learn! Zoe Aurora Slater, former trainer of competing powerlifters and bodybuilders, joins us to discuss how everything has joy in it and a catch-22 in hell. What's the whip? ZOE AURORA SLATER Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zoeslaterphotography TEXT VERSION https://www.tillystranstuesdays.com/2024/08/13/trans-people-in-sports/ FURTHER READING (topics discussed with essays available at http://TillysTransTuesdays.com) Bad Representation: Emilia Perez, Trans Kids and the Intake Exam, Gender Dysphoria, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Trans Trauma 2: Societal Gaslighting, Gendered Childhoods, Trans Body Hacking, One Year - Five Years Out and on HRT Retrospectives, Trans History 1: How and Why We Name Trans People in History, The 2022 US Trans Survey Report parts 3 - 4 REFERENCE MATERIAL World swimming bans transgender athletes from women’s events - https://apnews.com/article/transgender-swimmers-new-rules-fina-world-governing-body-c17e99d3121fa964336458b57ae266f7 Want to be a pro basketball player? That's a tall order - https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/kidspost/want-to-be-a-pro-basketball-player-thats-a-tall-order/2015/10/28/52c1ce40-78ff-11e5-a958-d889faf561dc_story.html At 7’9", he’s about to become the tallest college basketball player ever - https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/21/sport/olivier-rioux-tallest-college-basketball-player-cec/index.html Why Michael Phelps Has the Perfect Body for Swimming - https://www.biography.com/athletes/michael-phelp-perfect-body-swimming Ten ethical flaws in the Caster Semenya decision on intersex in sport - https://theconversation.com/ten-ethical-flaws-in-the-caster-semenya-decision-on-intersex-in-sport-116448 Explained: The gender controversy miring women's Olympic boxing - https://www.rte.ie/news/primetime/2024/0731/1462837-explained-the-gender-controversy-miring-womens-olympic-boxing/ False accusations surrounding Olympic boxer highlight debate around gender and sports - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/false-accusations-surrounding-olympic-boxer-highlight-debate-around-gender-and-sports J.K. Rowling Invents A Trans Olympian To Get Mad At - https://defector.com/j-k-rowling-invents-a-trans-olympian-to-get-mad-at?giftLink=6afdf0d572fc26922a8c8efbc8862dd0​ The Humiliating Practice of Sex-Testing Female Athletes - https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/03/magazine/the-humiliating-practice-of-sex-testing-female-athletes.html The Nazi-Era Myth Behind Olympics Gender-Testing Rules - https://time.com/6998445/nazi-myth-olympics-gender-testing/ Discrimination against trans Olympians has roots in Nazi Germany - https://www.vox.com/culture/364032/trans-athletes-olympics-2024 Tested podcast: a surprising history of women’s sports - https://www.tested-podcast.com/ Lady Ballers - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Ballers The Behind-the-Scenes Journey of The Daily Wire’s Trans-Panic Sports Movie Disproves Its Entire Thesis - https://www.themarysue.com/ben-shapiro-admits-the-daily-wires-transphobic-movie-lady-ballers-is-nonsense/ Lance Armstrong doping case - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance_Armstrong_doping_case Special thanks to Daisy and Jane for the use of "Sorry Not Sorry" as our show's theme music. Please stop by and show your support at daisyandjane.bandcamp.com and soundcloud.com/daisyandjane --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Bluesky: @pendantaudio.bsky.social‬

Let's wrap up discussion on this last batch of 2022 US Trans Survey data! This week we get into trans people's mental health (and the reasons it's maybe not great), detransitioners, and the absolutely bananas (complimentary) success rates of social and medical transition! Improviser Sara Rose Caplan returns to discuss compulsions and our mind buffers failing! This is not a fascist podcast! SARA ROSE CAPLAN Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sararosecaplan/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@sararosecaplan TEXT VERSION https://www.tillystranstuesdays.com/2025/08/26/the-2022-us-trans-survey-results-part-4/ FURTHER READING (topics discussed with essays available at http://TillysTransTuesdays.com) 2022 US Trans Survey parts 1-3, Trans Intersectionality REFERENCE MATERIAL Health and Wellbeing, findings from the 2022 U.S. Trans Survey - https://transequality.org/sites/default/files/2025-06/USTS_2022Health%26WellbeingReport_WEB.pdf Regret in Surgical Decision Making: A Systematic Review of Patient and Physician Perspectives - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1007/s00268-017-3895-9 Empire of Normality: Neurodiversity and Capitalism by Robert Chapman - https://bookshop.org/p/books/empire-of-normality-neurodiversity-and-capitalism-robert-chapman/19939695 Special thanks to Daisy and Jane for the use of "Sorry Not Sorry" as our show's theme music. Please stop by and show your support at daisyandjane.bandcamp.com and soundcloud.com/daisyandjane --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Bluesky: @pendantaudio.bsky.social‬

We're finally getting some results from the 2022 US Trans Survey, the largest of its kind ever conducted in the US. Let's dive into the results and talk about some of the biggest findings. In this episode, our experiences with healthcare providers (spoilers: it's not great). Improviser Sara Rose Caplan joins us to discuss doin' prov' and confronting our own dysphoric attitudes! SARA ROSE CAPLAN Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sararosecaplan/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@sararosecaplan TEXT VERSION https://www.tillystranstuesdays.com/2025/08/19/the-2022-us-trans-survey-results-part-3/ FURTHER READING (topics discussed with essays available at http://TillysTransTuesdays.com) 2022 US Trans Survey parts 1 and 2, Gender Dysphoria, Transmedicalism (and WPATH version 1), Complete Trans Healthcare (or lack thereof), Anecdotal Trans Healthcare, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Proactive Allyship, No Escape 2: Some Escape (due to cis allyship) REFERENCE MATERIAL Health and Wellbeing, findings from the 2022 U.S. Trans Survey - https://transequality.org/sites/default/files/2025-06/USTS_2022Health%26WellbeingReport_WEB.pdf Special thanks to Daisy and Jane for the use of "Sorry Not Sorry" as our show's theme music. Please stop by and show your support at daisyandjane.bandcamp.com and soundcloud.com/daisyandjane --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Bluesky: @pendantaudio.bsky.social‬

Time to wrap up our discussion on the complicated relationship trans people have with touch. This week, we look at our feelings about consensual sex and just how touch-starved many of us feel. Painter and color designer Erin Rodriguez returns to discuss holding onto childhood dreams, and mentoring the trans people who come out after us. Let's all try to be more accepting of having a good time! ERIN RODRIGUEZ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heyoerinpaints TEXT VERSION https://www.tillystranstuesdays.com/2025/08/12/trans-touch-3-sex-and-being-touch-starved/ FURTHER READING (topics discussed with essays available at http://TillysTransTuesdays.com) Trans Touch 1: Personal Experiences, Trans Touch 2: Platonic Touch and Hugs, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Transmedicalism (and WPATH version 1) Special thanks to Daisy and Jane for the use of "Sorry Not Sorry" as our show's theme music. Please stop by and show your support at daisyandjane.bandcamp.com and soundcloud.com/daisyandjane --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Bluesky: @pendantaudio.bsky.social‬

We continue our series on trans people and our complicated relationship with physical touch, diving into your survey responses and comments about platonic touch and hugs. Did transition make a difference in how we perceive and feel about them? Painter and color designer Erin Rodriguez returns discuss horror and the queer psyche! Also cats! I'm weird! Apparently. ERIN RODRIGUEZ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heyoerinpaints TEXT VERSION https://www.tillystranstuesdays.com/2025/08/05/trans-touch-2-platonic-touch-and-hugs/ FURTHER READING (topics discussed with essays available at http://TillysTransTuesdays.com) Trans Touch 1: Personal Experiences, Anecdotal Trans Healthcare, Transmedicalism (and WPATH version 1), Gender Dysphoria, Compliments, Bodily Autonomy (and my tattoo), Names and Pronouns Special thanks to Daisy and Jane for the use of "Sorry Not Sorry" as our show's theme music. Please stop by and show your support at daisyandjane.bandcamp.com and soundcloud.com/daisyandjane --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Bluesky: @pendantaudio.bsky.social‬

Physical touch is something I've struggled with for most of my life, because it's invariably tangled up in my gender dysphoria, and I was so surprised to see how it all shifted for me after transition. And I'm not alone! I've seen so many trans and nonbinary people struggle with it, so I ran a survey to get your thoughts, and you flooded me with them! This week I'm going to discuss my own complicated feelings on the topic, and then over the next two weeks we're going to dive into the wealth of data you all sent me to see if we can find some commonalities! Painter and color designer Erin Rodriguez joins us to discuss being in tune with your body, and how we're NOT going to discuss the cookie. No crappy sandwiches! ERIN RODRIGUEZ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heyoerinpaints TEXT VERSION https://www.tillystranstuesdays.com/2025/07/29/trans-touch-1-personal-experiences/ FURTHER READING (topics discussed with essays available at http://TillysTransTuesdays.com) Gender Dysphoria, What is Trans Tuesday?, Trans Grief 1 and 2, Bodily Autonomy (and my tattoo), Gender Euphoria, Hormone Replacement Therapy Special thanks to Daisy and Jane for the use of "Sorry Not Sorry" as our show's theme music. Please stop by and show your support at daisyandjane.bandcamp.com and soundcloud.com/daisyandjane --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Bluesky: @pendantaudio.bsky.social‬

Hi babes! New Trans Tuesdays will be back next week, but this week we're doing a feed swap with the Lez Hang Out podcast! They're running a Trans Tuesday episode, and I'm running one of theirs! if you're not familiar with Lez Hang Out, the show dives into LGBTQ+ media, life, and representation with iconic guests and sapphic hilarity. So here's the interview they did with me a couple years back about my book Begin Transmission: The Trans Allegories of The Matrix! It was still early on in my voice therapy, so my voice is a bit yikes to me, but it's good stuff! have a listen! and check out the rest of their episodes for a very queer good time! LEZ HANG OUT https://www.lezhangoutpod.com --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Bluesky: @pendantaudio.bsky.social‬

Though I've known I was trans for over a decade, this week marks my five years out and on HRT milestone! So lets see where things are at physically, mentally, socially, and more! What kind of more? Heels! Bikinis! Booooooobs?? I'm a good weird! TEXT VERSION https://www.tillystranstuesdays.com/2025/07/08/five-years-out-and-on-hrt-check-in/ FURTHER READING (topics discussed with essays available at http://TillysTransTuesdays.com) One Year Retrospective, Two Year Retrospective, Three Year Retrospective, Four Year Retrospective, Trans Tabletop Roleplaying Games, Confidence, Confidence 2: Into the Unknown (aka What is Happening aka A Whole New World), Body Hair, A Pandemic Transition, Photos and Reflections, Photos 2: The Selfie Apocalypse, Photos 3: Tilly's Guide to Selfies, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Hair, Hair 2: First Haircut, Trans Voices 1: Gendering, Trans Voices 2: Hearing the True You, Trans Voices 3: Interview with a Speech-Language Pathologist, Parents Who Will Never Know the Real You (aka My Dad), Performative Allyship, Body Hacking, Gender Euphoria, Bodily Autonomy, Anecdotal Trans Healthcare, Transition Setbacks, Finding Our Trans Style Special thanks to Daisy and Jane for the use of "Sorry Not Sorry" as our show's theme music. Please stop by and show your support at daisyandjane.bandcamp.com and soundcloud.com/daisyandjane --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Bluesky: @pendantaudio.bsky.social‬

For trans people who transition as adults, lost childhoods are something we struggle with in a myriad of ways. But sometimes you might just get a little glimpse into what could have been... from art that speaks to you in ways you never could have imagined. This is about life, and love, and loss, this is about Paper Girls, this is about KJ... and this is about me. Writer and nerd June Green returns to discuss betting on yourself and paying the cheese tax. Let's all go pilot our flesh mechs! JUNE GREEN Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/saint_june_bloom/ TEXT VERSION https://www.tillystranstuesdays.com/2024/08/08/the-new-past/ FURTHER READING (topics discussed with essays available at http://TillysTransTuesdays.com) Heavily Gendered Clothes and Trans People, Bad Representation: Lovecraft Country, Bad Representation: Emilia Perez, Good Representation: Cyberpunk 2077, Finding our Own Representation (P!nk), Physical Representation and the Hollywood Ideal, The Past and Why it Haunts Us, Trans Representation in Media 2022, Trans Representation in Media 2023, Trans Representation in Media 2024, Hair, Hair 2, Trans Grief 1, Trans Grief 2, Trans Trauma 2: Societal Gaslighting REFERENCE MATERIAL Long Away film short - https://seedandspark.com/fund/long-away Special thanks to Daisy and Jane for the use of "Sorry Not Sorry" as our show's theme music. Please stop by and show your support at daisyandjane.bandcamp.com and soundcloud.com/daisyandjane --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Bluesky: @pendantaudio.bsky.social‬