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Krystal is a woman of many talents. She is a dedicated Field Service Technician with a diverse educational background. She holds qualifications in Aircraft Maintenance, both in civilian and military fields, and graduated in the top 5 of her class from an LPN Nursing program. 
Currently, Krystal is expanding her horizons by studying Animation and Video Game Design in college. She is a proud parent of two teenagers and has been in a loving marriage for 14 years. 


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This week on the show, Emily speaks with the authors of Gender Without Identity.
Ann Pellegrini and Avgi Saketopoulou are psychoanalysts who have focused their attention on gender and sexual identity. In their work, they have found the notion of a “core gender identity” or the “born this way” argument too simplistic and even problematic. All genders and sexualities, they argue, whether queer, straight, trans, nonbinary, or cis, are the result of complex psychic and social processes.

Their controversial take is that no one’s gender or sexuality is innate. 

Pellegrini and Saketopoulou assert that developmental events, even traumas, play an important role in all this. But to say that trauma may sometimes have a share in becoming trans or becoming queer does not mean trans or queer people are “broken.” Rather, they argue that trauma can function as an engine for transformation and growth.


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This week's guest is Jasmine Vine, a 25 year old transgender woman from Adelaide, South Australia and host of the Trans Boss Podcast. Her story is one of great hardship including bullying, domestic violence, serious mental illness, and both parents dying by 21, yet she's overcome it all to become a powerhouse inspiration to her thousands of followers.
Suicidal from age 7 and being diagnosed with all sorts of things including bipolar type 1 which landed her in the psych ward at 17, she now owns her Javine, a company that helps transgender people feminize their voices and helps  people recover from trauma and develop an empowered mindset so they can feel more hopeful, confident, comfortable, and safe.


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Tuesday night, Emily welcomes Toni Leslie to The Transgender Show. She's a Native American transgender female writer and artist From upstate New York. Her many past jobs have included professional photographer, contractor, pilot, radio station DJ, and photo collage artist. 
Toni is currently working as a peer recovery coach in addiction and working on a memoir describing her life and transition. 
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Dean FM (Dean-Fraser Milford) is a Boston Massachusetts based non-binary rapper, activist and influencer. His music encapsulates eclectic thoughts that scat over percussive rhythms and exotic sounds. His performances exude drag culture and satiric expression. In 2016, Dean released his debut EP “Watch It”, which received local and national coverage. In 2020, Dean FM released his EP entitled “SISSY.” The music video for his lead single “Bottom Bit” shines a light on the exploitation of prostitution.
Dean FM stands for compassion, courage, and equality. In his activism, he supports the awareness and acceptance of gender neutrality. He refuses to deny his true identity — identifying himself with both he and her pronouns. Dean also advocates for the awareness of minority mental health and the prevention of animal abuse. As an influencer, Dean utilizes his platforms to further promote his art and advocacy work.


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Amethysta Herrick, Ph.D. is a writer, podcaster, and activist.  Her works focuses on the origin and nature of identity, especially gender.  Ami has been a geneticist, a chemist, a software engineer, and a manager, but her greatest challenge to date is taking on the entrenched fallacy that identity and gender are only of concern to the LGBTQ community.  Instead, she teaches that identity is an ongoing process every human engages in throughout life.  In her spare time, Ami speaks about the scientific definitions of both sex and gender.
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