Afleveringen
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Kennedy is a 26-year-old lesbian competitive bodybuilder - a sport in which the periodic use of prescription steroids is common, even in the female category. She describes some of the risks of steroid use, including liver damage and elevated triglycerides which is monitored through routine bloodwork. She’s not currently experiencing any health problems. Through bodybuilding, she’s achieved the masculine physique she desires for herself. Single-sex spaces are a challenge for her, as a sex nonconforming woman but, despite the social pressures to conform to femininity standards, she feels confident about her lesbianism and her female body.
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Xenon is a 24 year old actor, handyman and welder from North Carolina who is a part of the North American radical feminist lesbian “land dykes” community, historically associated with the Michigan Women’s Music Festival. Xenon has struggled with reconciling her firm commitment to radical feminism and lesbianism with her decision to take testosterone to masculinize her appearance.
Lisa Vogel’s book about the history of Michfest: https://www.amazon.com/We-Can-Live-Like-This/dp/B0D3W2Y6Z5
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Zijn er afleveringen die ontbreken?
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Jessi returns to the Bearded Lesbians for an in-depth conversation about the challenges we face reidentifying as women and lesbians after years of testosterone use and male-passing.
Interview with Keira Bell: https://youtu.be/vLiXgY6ZJPw?si=a-NSgMZeHXhljW29
Transparency Podcast: https://www.genderdysphoriaalliance.com/podcast
Support for detransitioners
Beyond Trans: https://beyondtrans.org
Therapy First: https://www.therapyfirst.org
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Jessi is a 69 year old butch lesbian living on communal lesbian land in Oregon, USA. In this episode, she tells her story of starting testosterone in 1987, at age 31 and the challenges she faced while appearing as a man and taking the steps back to lesbian spaces.
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Joey came out as a lesbian in high school and started to explore her identity, first identifying as a transman, and started taking testosterone at age 19. She’s since reidentified as a masculine (butch) lesbian.
Follow Joey on TikTik @petitewolverine
Stone Butch Blues: https://www.lesliefeinberg.net
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