Why Do We have Labels?

In this episode, Dianne and Ash explore what it means to transition and why a Nonbinary person may be appearing not to do so. The chicken song also makes a comeback, as well as a new song that I'm sure we'll be hearing about more. 

It's hard when a parent won't use your new name. Ash and Dianne discuss their sides of it, Ash's experience, and view it from a lense of love and kindness. Also, Dianne's laptop wasn't working so this epsiode was recorded on a tablet and there are some sound issues.

How do you interact with queer people? In this episode, Dianne and Ash delve into the age old question of making a queer person feel safe. The answer seems to have a lot to do with how to properly cook Hungarian dishes.

This episode, Ash and Dianne flip the script as Ash asks Dianne what's it like for a parent when someone comes out to them!

In this episode, Dianne paraphrases a question from a listener: what are the words? How do we find the words I can use? Why is it not okay to make the joke "I identify as [blank] and my pronouns are [blank]" eg "I identify as an attack hellicopter"? Also, we talk about Gender Wiki, which can be found here: https://gender.fandom.com/wiki/Gender_Wiki

In this episode, a listener asks why we have labels? What purpose do they server? Would it be better (i.e. less divisive) if we didn't have them? Dianne also asks whether she, a person who is not queer, is allowed to use the word queer.

In the introduction of our already famous podcast, we talk about what we think we're doing. Who is this podcast for and how will we handle ourselves?  Do you have a question? Ask it at www.transparentcast.com !