The Strong Stance

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Experience changes your life. It changes how you see things, how you perceive the world and your future expectations. With experience, you may look at life, in the words of Joni Mitchell, from Both Sides Now. On this episode, I’m bringing you stories from three trans folks about seeing different sides of their own personal life events. Story Tellers: JB Fuoco [“Seeing Both Sides (and the Middle Too)”] is a Latinx, queer, transgender business analyst and native Southerner. He currently lives in Portland, OR where he serves on the board of Portland Latinx Pride. He and his spouse are heavily involved with the LGBTQ+ Business Alliance and are developing a cultural competency training around trans* folk in the workplace to be rolled out to local ...

This month on The Strong Stance we have another stories episode. These are my favorite episodes because we get to hear stories from all types of trans and non-binary people.This episode features stories from JB Diaz Fuoco, Julian, and Kris McElroy. Tune in to listen and to learn how to submit your own story!

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This month's Spotlight is focused on Chris Jennings: drag king, photographer, podcaster and host of the new weekly Facebook Live show, Coffee with Chris.

On this month's episode of The Strong Stance, tune in as Chris Jay discusses all of the amazing things they do in the drag world, with their photography, and with their newest live adventure, The Coffee with Chris Show! *Spoiler Alert:* They *might* have even taken your family photos at JCPenney...

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Tiffany Mott-Smith and Kris Oseth of The Queer Public Health Podcast join me to discuss queer public health, and the American Health Care Act (AHCA).

With the recent House passing of the American Health Care Act (AHCA), the state of queer public health is even more unsure and in danger. On this episode of #TheStrongStance, I am joined by +Tiffany Mott-Smith and +Kris Oseth to discuss queer public health and their new podcast, aptly named The Queer Public Health Podcast.

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A lot has happened in the country, in the trans community, and in my own personal life in the last 5 weeks. The bulk of it has left me very angry and broken. Join me on this episode of The Strong Stance, as I discuss the events of the past month, including the Transgender Day of Remembrance, the election and its aftermath, my recent move and the toll that it’s all taken. If you would like to donate to the work of the Trans Women of Color Collective, go to www.twocc.us and click ‘Donate’ in the upper right corner.

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The Strong Stance: Adjusting to Southern Intersections

Moving to any new environment always means adjustment: Taking a new job, starting a new family, moving to a new city. With each of these shifts often comes a new culture and a new social circle. And while building that circle can be at least somewhat difficult for most people, it’s particularly more onerous if you belong to a community that is not widely accepted or even understood. Combine that with any other minority status and the intersectionality of those identities can compound those adjustments....

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The Strong Stance Spotlight: Benny's June

The month of June was particularly eventful for a lot of the queer community: Philadelphia Trans Health Conference, Pride, the Pulse shooting in Orlando and more...and clearly not all of it was positive. These events affected people in different ways and, in the case of Benny Rodriguez, they weren’t the only events that made June emotionally taxing. So we sat down for a chat about...Benny’s June. We discussed the Latinx community, the anti-blackness found at many of the aforementioned events, and the...

June was hard for a lot of people...check out this chat I had with Benny Rodriguez about how the events of this past month affected their life.We discussed the Latinx community, the anti-blackness found at many of the aforementioned events, and the erasure that was so blatantly evident in the wake of tragedy.Tune in for this episode of The Strong Stance Spotlight to hear 'Benny's June'.

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The Strong Stance Spotlight: Basil Soper & Transilient

My wife and I recently took a trip down to New Orleans for a week. Just before we left, I was introduced to this month's guest via a mutual friend on Facebook, and in a bizarre turn of events, he happens to live in New Orleans. So long story short, I got to meet him and talk about this amazing adventure he’s about to embark on...and I had to have him on to share it with The Strong Stance listeners. My guest is Basil Soper and he is joining us to discuss his life and his newest project, Transilient....

On this episode of The Strong Stance Spotlight, Basil Soper discusses his life and his newest project, Transilient @wearetransilient. It's an amazing traveling, photo-based storytelling project that has already been featured in @theadvocatemag. TUne in to learn more!

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The Strong Stance Stories EP02_Family Matters

Welcome to another installment of The Strong Stance Stories. For those not familiar with The Strong Stance Stories, this is the this is the newest flavor of the podcast and it’s simply storytelling. These particular episodes will feature all types of stories from all types of trans and gender non-conforming people. The aim here is to showcase our community’s voices and lived experiences and to provide an outlet for art and expression. We are continually looking for stories and at the end of the show,...

Tune in to The Strong Stance Stories: Family Matters. Each of these segments features a story about events involving a family member or members. I am so amazingly proud of this episode and our storytellers, Julian and Ari.**I am still looking for stories!**If you would like to share a story on the show, send me an email at thestrongstance(at)gmail(dot)com and I'll send you all the details. There's also more info in this episode.

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Strong Stance Bathroom Bill Breakdown

In the last several weeks, both the state of North Carolina and the city of Oxford, Alabama have passed legislation limiting or prohibiting the trans community from utilizing the public facilities of their correct gender. These bills are HB2 in North Carolina and City Ordinance 2016-18 in Oxford. Join me as I breakdown some of the points, counterpoints and realities of these bills and the harm they inflict on the trans community, as well as the complete lack of protection that they provide to the people...

5/6/16: On this episode of @TheStrongStance, I break down the NC & AL bathroom bills: the points, counterpoints & realities.

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Introduction to The Strong Stance

Finally! A dedicated Tumblr account for #TheStrongStance! This has been a long time coming...

The monthly podcast was founded in Oct 2013 on the Back2Us Radio Network. We discuss issues affecting the transgender & gender non-conforming community.

I'm going to share some of the recent episodes so you can get a flavor for what we do here. Follow us and host Eli Strong (@stron003).

You can also connect w/ us on FB (https://www.facebook.com/TheStrongStance) & subscribe to the show on Spreaker (http://www.spreaker.com/show/the-strong-stance-with-eli-strong) for future episodes.

Have a story to tell? Let me know! I want to give voice to anyone in the trans/gnc community. Get in touch & I’ll get you ALL the details.