Tranzister Radio

tranzister radio is a monthly trans 4 trans talk show produced in Montreal. Our show airs at 2pm on the 2nd Thursday of every month on CKUT 90.3 FM. Call for Submissions Contact Us Tranzister Radio on: Facebook - Mixcloud - Twitter Archived Episodes: TR.40 - Public Processing TR.39 - October Creepshow TR.38 - Post Pride // Après Fierté TR.37 - PRIDE? TR.36 - Housing Trans People TR.35 - Porn Again TR.34 - Rule 34 Trans Feminism TR.33 - Gaming with Anthropy TR.32 - Family Dynamic TR.31 - Trish Salah & Bill 35 TR.30 - Self Care TR.29 - Trish, Aiyyana & Imogen TR.28 - Child Psych TR.27 - AudioZine TR.26 - Comics & Video Games TR.25 - Trans Lit w/ Casey Plett TR.24 - Busted! TR.23 - The Escape Episode TR.22 - Strategies 4 Compassion TR.21 - February Folk/Funk TR.20 - Royce Icon Rules! TR.19 - 2013 w/ Sybil Lamb TR.18 - NOOOvember TR.17 - Screaming Queens TR.16 - 3 unrelated Topics TR.15 - Summer - Pervers/Cite TR.14 - Taking on the CIS-tem TR.13 - Need a new scene! TR.12 - Radium Angels + More TR.11 - Elections & Engineers TR.10 - ACAB + Kris Grey TR.09 - Homelessness Marathon TR.08 - Self-Love Episode! TR.07 - What's Going On?! TR.06 - Variety Hour TR.05 - TRANGSTgiving 2012 TR.04 - Trans Camp & T. Leger TR.03 - Red Durkin & More TR.02 - Brb, Copyright Claims TR.01 - The Lost Episode Tranzister Radio owes it's life to a series of workshops organized by ASTTeQ and CKUT 90.3FM

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About this Site

transmusic.org is a daily blog featuring music from transgender musicians around the world. Check back daily for tracks, albums, videos, articles, pictures, events, reviews, merch, essays, fundraisers and history lessons.  

This blog is a lot of work to maintain, and I appreciate suggestions for posts, especially news articles and cool merch. I am happy to promote shows, events, and fundraisers related to music by trans people, as well as opportunities for trans musicians.

If you are a trans musician, get in touch.

If you DO NOT want to be featured on this site, I totally understand, just let me know. I try to only post music from:

a) musicians who are actually trans and

b) out as such,

but if I mess up, please tell me.

About me: I am a non-binary musician from Durham, North Carolina. If your band is ever touring through NC, I would love to interview you!  

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Hey... long time no post! Just wanted to share this rad project by Riley D (Empty Disco, Tranzister Radio’s southern correspondent). Subscribe for daily trans jams. 

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Tranzister Radio Episode 40 - November 12th, 2015  Listen Online or Download MP3

The Public Processing Episode.  Guests: Miki Mappen, Enok Ripley, Raphaele Frigon and outgoing host Morgan Sea, discuss Facebook politics, calling in, local zine fair politics, and Morgan's decision to leave the show! Good times had!  Featuring Music by Velvet Fist, Symbiotic Trans Action, Femmepire, Empty Disco and Local Honey

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“I love your profound insecurity. I love you even when you lash out at the world, at your loves, and at yourself. I love you when you’re hurting. I love the myriad forms your pain takes. I love how funny you can be when you’re ripping someone to shreds with your tongue. I love that when you observe something hilarious that no one else has noticed, because you’re so good at noticing the ridiculous. I email my love to you when you stop talking to anyone for three days. I love your wild and volatile sexuality. I love your quiet and conscious affection. I love your emotional acumen and your emotional black spots that you could drive a truck through. I love female energy, whatever the hell that is, all I know is that you got it. I love getting all our bodies and ourselves over the nitty gritty stuff that our bodies go through, and the ingenious methods we invent to access care. I love how we are each other’s best therapists and worst enemies. I love it when you embarrass me. I love it when you inspire me. I love it when you make me laugh. I love it when you read me the filth. I love it when you make yourself vulnerable. I love it when we feel safe with each other." 

Bryn Kelly (1979-2016) From The Fully Functional Cabaret (2013)

Read more of Bryn’s writing: Party Bottom The Hussy Other Balms, Other Gileads

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Trans Erotic Fiction With Substance (Working Title) Editor: Tobi Hill-Meyer Publisher: Instar Books Deadline: April 4th, 2016 – Early submissions encouraged Payment: $50.00 & a copy of the book (there are plans for a kickstarter campaign, which if successful, will raise the payment to be $100)

Tobi is editing a book of trans erotic fiction and maybe you wanna submit to it?

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 Tranzister Radio #39 - October 8th 2015  Listen on Mixcloud or Download MP3

Onward we march towards the death of sunlight, October is the scariest time of the year for transsexuals, what with the horrifying and anxiety inducing federal election and early onset of winter sads. This month we embrace the terror head on and invite Raoule Nadeau to read from his new zine A Ghost Hunting Guide for the Non-binary. We receive transmissions from another world, Mary Amelia talks to us from Trans Planet Radio! 

Hosted by Morgan Sea & Rae Dooley Music by Girl Rituals, Mary Amelia and HOMO MONSTROUS!  Cover Image by Morgan Sea

Raoule Nadeau is a non-binary trans person living in Montreal. Their Zine - A Ghost hunting guide for the Non-Binary - is available at QPIRG McGill for $5-10 and will go towards a trip to Belguim to meet with LGBT groups. Unlike the section read on the show, the zine is bi-lingual and has beautiful illustrations. To get your own copy or to donate to Raoule’s trip contact him via his Mauve Brilliance Facebook page.  

Mary Amelia is a trans lady living in Brooklyn with her dog Hotdog Potpie. The two of them host an amazing podcast called Trans Planet Radio featuring dozens of amazing trans musicians and bands of all genres, between various skits and fake commercials that capture the surreal of trans womanhood. She site Tranzister Radio and the Loud Ladies podcast as inspiration. Mary is also a very talented musician as you can hear on her soundcloud.   Trans Planet Radio has it’s own soundcloud and facebook page.

VOTING WHILE TRANS! - I’m posting this show on the last day of early voting. If you haven’t already, please go to the polls on October 19th and vote against the conservative party. As mentioned on the show there is a resource guide available at votingwhiletrans.ca please check it out and take a friend with you to the polls. 

Local Events:

October 19th - Stephen Harper Going away party!

October 24th - Taking What we Need Presents: y2k15

October 30th - Gender B(l)ender Queer Open Mic Night

October 23rd - November 1st - CKUT funding drive

Tranzister Radio is the premier Trans 4 Trans talk show on CKUT 90.3fm. Produced by Morgan Sea and a rotating cast of trans folks, the show airs on the second thursday of every month at 2pm. Interested in getting involved in the show?

Email us at transfolkradio(at)gmail(dot)com

Join us! on our Facebook group and Twitter

Follow us on Mixcloud or Here on Tumblr

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hey mixed-race friends, i wanna start working on the call for submissions for MIXD zine #2 (finally ha)! what topics would you like the read about / explore (more) / have (more) conversations around (through writing and or visual art)??

leave a comment or feel free to pm me :>

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the 1st issue had a lot of personal narratives / experiences, which were super vulnerable brave n awesome - in this issue i’m hoping that those can be linked to broader Struggle (capital s~ lol) / contexts / nuanced politics, and maybe be laid out in a more structured way.

folks in Tiotiah:ke (‘montreal’): if you wanna work with me on writing the call out, and / or editing & making the zine together that could be really cool(!!) i’m just one (light skinned east azn white mixie) person and would be really into collaborating with other mixed race folks bringing themselves n analyses into this (whatever ‘this’ looks like)!

xx c. (feel free to boost / share btw!)

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GENDER B(L)ENDER #22: Oct 30, 2015

[English follows] ♥ ♥ ♥ Les feuilles tombent, c'est l'automne qui s'installe dans notre quotidien Montréalais… Oh, mais c'est le dernier vendredi du mois, donc c'est GENDER B(L)ENDER!! ♥ ♥ ♥ GENDER B(L)ENDER est la scène ouverte queer de Montréal, la seule, l'unique, tous les derniers vendredis du mois, avec de la musique, de la poésie, du drag, des projections, de la comédie et des trucs-machins-pouets-experimentaux avec TOÉ (oui, TOÉ, TOÉ, LÀ!) comme star sur scène! Tu veux être SUR. SCÈNE. SANS. ÊTRE. JUGÉ.E? Dans ce cas, viens à GENDER B(L)ENDER! GENDER B(L)ENDER est un open mic mensuel par des queers, avec des queers et pour des queers! GENDER B(L)ENDER est un espace sécuritaire où tout le monde peut avoir accès à une scène sans en être jugé.e. Tu veux chanter tes exploits sexuels? Danser tes identités? Jouer au piano? Dramatiser ton coming-out? Faire de l'expérimentation artistique? On y accueille de tout: du lip-sync, du catwalk, de la poésie, du stand-up, de la musique, de la parodie, du piano, du chant, de la guitare, des poses à nous faire baver, des narrations à nous faire pleurer et bien d'autres choses! Personne ne sera refusé.e, personne ne sera hué.e! Pour d'autres détails, ou pour s'enregistrer pour faire une performance, écris à [email protected]

Keep reading

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⚧ Listen to the Panelist from Montreal FierteTrans Round Table! ⚧

A panel discussion with: Kai Cheng, Betty Iglesias, Raoule Nadeau, Annie Pullen Sansfacon and Olie Pullen on August 12th 2015 - Stream on Mixcloud The group that organized this years Trans Pride festivities invites you to a panel discussion on the recent legal events affecting trans people. With the application of Law 35, expected to come into effect soon, the government of Québec will allow trans people to change their sex on legal documents without requiring physical changes such as hormones or surgeries. This is positive, yet the legislation still leaves many behind - young people, immigrants, and non-binary folks. Trans people and members of the groups left behind by this law will discuss identity, self-determination, and the changes we would like to see. This event is organized in collaboration with Fierté Montréal / Montréal Pride

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Une table ronde avec: Kai Cheng, Betty Iglesias, Raoule Nadeau, Annie Pullen Sansfacon et Olie Pullen - 12 Aout 2015 - écoutez sur mixcloud Le collectif d’organisation de la Fierté Trans – Euphorie dans le Genre vous invite à cette table ronde sur les événements juridiques récents concernant les personnes trans. Avec la mise en application du projet de loi 35, prévue prochainement, le Québec acceptera le principe du changement de mention de sexe sans modifications corporelles. Cependant, certains groupes seront toujours exclus du cadre législatif, dont les personnes mineures, les personnes immigrantes et les personnes non binaires. Des personnes trans, ainsi que des membres des groupes oubliés par la loi, discuteront de leur identité, d’autodétermination et de prochains changements à revendiquer. Dans la discussion, la parole est aux personnes concernées. Événement organisé avec la collaboration de Fierté Montréal / Montréal Pride Text From - https://www.facebook.com/events/1690229831205305/

Panel Recorded by Rae Dooley. Music by Jane Harms. Intro by Morgan Sea.

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I propose a test for trans representation in television and film

Does the trans character’s story revolve around something other than their transition?

Is the story about something other than cis people reacting to a trans person coming out?

Is the trans character played by a trans person?

Is the trans character comfortable with their body?

Is not passing as a cis person presented as being okay?

If the story is about a trans person, is that story written by a trans person?

Is the trans person’s genitals not discussed throughout the entire length of the movie or series?

If the story covers transphobia, does it it go beyond pretending it’s just a few bad apples?

Is a trans character shown talking to another trans character about something other than sex work/transition?

If the story is about a trans person, are there at least three trans actors?

Are trans women under 18, or trans men over 50 portrayed?

Are there butch trans women or femme trans men?

Are non-binary folk represented?

Is there an AMAB non-binary person?

Are families with trans parents shown where there isn’t a plot point of a conflict over their transition?

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TRANZISTER RADIO #38 - August 13th 2015 Listen Online or Download MP3

On the heals of a lovely and successful community organized Trans Pride festival in Montreal, we bring coverage of a number of great moments! From the Trans March we hear a speech by Kama La Mackerel and an interview with Gabrielle Bouchard. From the Round Table event we hear Kai Cheng Thom speak on Trans Medicalism and Betty Iglesias on Immigration. In the studio we are joined by musicians Lucas Charlie Rose and Jordan Hope Miller who were both involved in the Spectacle Trans at Cafe Cleopatre. This episode was hosted and produced by Rae Dooley and Morgan Sea.  

More info & links for today’s guests:

Kama La Mackerel - Website - Facebook Page - Tumblr

Gabrielle Bouchard - Centre for Gender Advocacy - Help her Sue Quebec - Twitter

Kai Cheng Thom - Website -  Facebook Page - Tumblr

Betty Iglesias - ASTTeQ - AGIR - Twitter

Lucas Charlie Rose - Website - Soundcloud 

Jordan Hope Miller -  Website - Twitter - Soundcloud

Montreal Trans Resources and Festivals:

Centre For Gender Advocacy

ASTTeQ - “ Québec Trans Health Action”

AGIR | Action LGBTQ avec immigrants et réfugiéEs

UGE - Union for Gender Empowerment

l‘Asterisk - LGBTQ+ Youth Drop In

Quoluer - 2QTPOC Festival

Pervers/cite - Queer Festival

Fierte Trans // Trans Pride

♥ ♥ ♥ Thanks to all of our guests and speakers for allowing us to air their work. Thanks to Rae Dooley and Raoule Nadeau for recording the Panel and the speeches (more videos of the speeches at the marche on Raoule’s Youtube). There was a lot more going on at the trans pride festival that we weren’t able to fit in. Thanks so much to the ad-hoc committee of trans folk who put the festival together!  ♥ ♥ ♥ 

Tranzister Radio is the premier Trans 4 Trans talk show on CKUT 90.3fm. Hosted by Morgan Sea and a rotating cast of trans folks, the show airs on the second thursday of every month at 2pm. Interested in getting involved in the show?

Email us at transfolkradio(at)gmail(dot)com

Join us! on our Facebook group and Twitter

Follow us on Mixcloud or Here on Tumblr

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Kama's banner from the marche Trans.

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ALRIGHT Y’ALL, HERE IT IS G.L.O.S.S. TOUR OF THESE UNITED STATES & MORE

8/31 - Tacoma, WA 9/1 - Seattle, WA 9/2 - Olympia, WA 9/3 - Boise, ID 9/4 - Salt Lake City, UT 9/5 - Denver, CO 9/6 - Kansas City, MO 9/7 - Springfield, IL 9/8 - Rockford, IL 9/9 - Minneapolis, MN 9/10 - Milwaukee, WI 9/11 - Chicago, IL 9/12 - Bloomington, IN 9/13 - Louisville, KY 9/14 - Cincinnati, OH 9/15 - Columbus, OH 9/16 - Detroit, MI 9/17 - Toronto, Canada 9/18 - Ottawa, Canada 9/19 - Montreal, Canada 9/21 - Boston, MA 9/22 - Amherst, MA 9/23 - New York City, NY 9/24 - Philadelphia, PA 9/25 - Washington, DC 9/26 - Asheville, NC 9/27 - Savannah, GA 9/29- Gainesville, FL 9/30 - Pompano Beach, FL 10/1 - Tallahassee, FL 10/2 - Birmingham, AL 10/3 - New Orleans, LA 10/4 - McAllen, TX 10/5 - Austin, TX 10/6 - Oklahoma City, OK 10/7 - Albaquerque, NM 10/8 - Flagstaff, AZ 10/9 - Los Angeles, CA 10/10 - Santa Barbara, CA 10/11 - San Jose, CA 10/12 - Oakland, CA

Hi I Updated this to include click-through links to all the Facebook events we are aware of. Add more if you’ve got ‘em.

We are leavin’ in one week! Coming to yr towns with lots of new stuff- demo 7″, four shirt designs, big buttons, Olympia WA compilation CS, and teaser CS of 2 new songs from the record we just finished! Can’t wait to see you all!!!! 

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I made this poster for Montreal’s Trans Pride events. It features 80 local trans/&or/non-binary - activists / organizers / social workers / artists / musicians /  writers / awesome folks! The festival is happening this week, so if you are in town, check out these events.  (*allies are welcome at events)

Fierte Trans // Trans Pride Events:

August 5th, Noon - 6 : Trans Pride - Poster/Banner Making @ Asterisk

August 8th, 9pm : Cabaret ASTTeQ @ Cafe Cleo’s

August 9th, 2pm : TRANS MARCH - Metro Place-Des-Art, Bleury Exit

August 9th, 2pm : TRANS PICNIC @ Parc La Fontaine

August 12th, 6:30pm : PRIDE PANEL @ Hotel Gouveneur

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Photos from the “PRIDE?” episode!* Tranzister Radio 37 - July 9th, 2015 Listen on Mixcloud or Download MP3

This month we have 6 people live in the studio for a raucous caucus on contemporary Pride Culture and Trans Politics. In order of photographs: Kai Cheng Thom, Raphaele Frigon, Rae Dooley, Morgan Sea, Local Honey, and  Lenore Claire Herrem. 

*Photos taken by Raphaele (except the photo of her, taken by Lenore)

 More links and guest info here!

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“PRIDE?” - Tranzister Radio 37 - July 9th, 2015 Listen on Mixcloud or Download MP3

This month we have 6 people live in the studio for a raucous caucus on contemporary Pride Culture and Trans Politics. Guests include: Kai Cheng Thom, Local Honey, Raphaele Frigon, Lenore Claire Herrem, Rae Dooley and host, Morgan Sea. Music in this episode was provided by White Girl Wasted (aka Local Honey).

Kai Cheng Thom, aka Lady Sin Trayda, is a Montreal based writer, spoken word artist and super educated lady. She recently published a chapbook of her poetry titled Giving Birth to Myself with a launch in September (more info tba)

LadySinTrayda.wordpress

the best articles on XO Jane

Upcoming Panel at Fierte Trans

Local Honey is a New Orleans based performer, musician, drag queen, poet and much more.

Local’s website on Cargo Collective

White Girl Wasted on Soundcloud

Local’s “YEAR OF WHORE” film

Raphaele Frigon is a francophone conceptual performance artist, bike enthusiast and probably a cyborg. She’ll be putting a second diamond under her skin at  HardFast Crawl in St. Johns

Frigo.ca

@Frigo on Twitter

@frigo_fr for french tweets

Lenore Claire Herrem, is a performance artist, fashionista/seamstress and a very lovely and funny woman from Saskatoon.

Couturiere Lenore

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Rae Dooley is a Jersey boy studying physiotherapy in Montreal. He used to work on Audio Smut and has been contributing to Tranzister for almost a year.  He doesn’t have much of an online presence... so no links. 

Morgan Sea is a performance and visual artist from Saskatoon. She’s been producing this radio show for over 3 years and is currently writing in the third person. She doesn’t really like the graphic she made for this months show and feels bad about posting the blog archive so late. 

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MorgansSea.com

 Links for Shout Outs made in this episode:

Jennicet Guiterez’s Twitter

Sass Rogando Sasot’s essay Reclaiming the Wronged Body

Laura Shepherd’s halifax based trans blog

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Fierte Trans // Trans Pride Events:

August 5th, Noon - 6 : Trans Pride - Poster/Banner Making @ Asterisk

August 8th, 9pm : Cabaret ASTTeQ @ Cafe Cleo’s 

August 9th, 2pm : TRANS MARCH - meet at Metro Place-Des-Art, Bleury Exit

August 9th, 2pm : TRANS PICNIC @ Parc La Fontaine

August 12th, 6:30pm : PRIDE PANEL @ Hotel Gouveneur 

Other Local Montreal Queer Festivals / Events:

August 6th - 16th : Pervers/cite - the underside of pride 

August 12th-23rd : Quoleur 2015 - Rage & Love

August 15th, 11-6pm : Queer Between the Covers Bookfair

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Tranzister Radio is the premier Trans 4 Trans talk show on CKUT 90.3fm. Hosted by Morgan Sea and a rotating cast of trans folks, the show airs on the second thursday of every month at 2pm. Interested in getting involved in the show?

Email us at transfolkradio(at)gmail(dot)com

Join us! on our Facebook group and Twitter

Follow us on Mixcloud or Here on Tumblr

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USA:  LGBTQ Activists Block Road Outside Trans Detention Center  Full story here: http://www.notonemoredeportation.com/2015/05/28/lgbtqshutdown/

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Congratulations to Casey Plett. This month she accepted a Lambda Literary Award for her book A Safe Girl To Love, as well as an Honour of Distinction in the Dayne Ogilvie Prize, awarded by the Writers’ Trust of Canada. We’re so thrilled that she’s been recognized by these two distinguished literary organizations. Of course, none of you needed anyone to tell you that she was a wonderful author, or that her work has established her as one of the most joyful, elegant, and beautiful literary voices to emerge in the last 5 years.  

Cheers to you, dear readers, who have championed Casey Plett since the beginning, who supported her first book, who made possible her 37 city reading tour, who joined her on stages large and small, who have shared her work with your friends, and without whom none of this would ever have happened.

Buy A Safe Girl To Love by Casey Plett

Read “Rise of the Gender Novel” by Casey Plett in The Walrus

Read “An Interview with Trish Salah and Casey Plett” by Morgan M Page

Read “I Live In The 2nd Coldest City On Earth” by Casey Plett on XOJane

Read “A Love Like In The Movies” by Casey Plett on Rookie

Rate & review A Safe Girl To Love on Goodreads

Download, share, and seed the torrent for A Safe Girl To Love [Thanks to the Writers’ Trust of Canada for the photo of Ms. Plett]