Trans Wise Trans Strong

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Carolyne O'Reilly

12 episodes

1 week ago

Provides facts and insights, whilst combating prejudice, not only about the trans, non-binary and intersex communities, but also the wider LGBTQIA+ community, with humour and a little bit of politics.

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Episodes (12/12)

Trans Wise Trans Strong

A Journey of Transition: Carolyne's Story - Part Three

In the final part of my story we begin with my decision to come out as a trans woman, and to begin my actual journey of transition.

Warning: This episode contains a graphic description of a medical procedure, and also the post-operative care, hence the explicit language rating.

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1 week ago

28 minutes 27 seconds

Trans Wise Trans Strong

A Journey of Transition: Carolyne's Story - Part Two

In the second part of my story we begin when I had just left school and was unemployed and we follow my journey to when I decided to transition.

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1 month ago

29 minutes 53 seconds

Trans Wise Trans Strong

A Journey of Transition: Carolyne's Story - Part One

This is the first episode of a trilogy where I will discuss my transition journey, and in this part we start with my birth and end when I left school.

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2 months ago

21 minutes 6 seconds

Trans Wise Trans Strong

Celebrating Trans Films - Part Two

In this episode I will discuss ten trans films from the 21sth century that I feel are worth seeing, and the films are; Southern Comfort (2001), Wild Side (2004), Transamerica (2005), Tangerine (2015), The Danish Girl (2015), Girls Lost (2015), Girl (2018), Disclosure (2020), Emilia Perez (2024) & Will & Harper (2024).

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2 months ago

30 minutes 54 seconds

Trans Wise Trans Strong

What Are Words Worth

In this episode, I will explain the origin, meaning, and evolution, of the letters that make up the initialism, LGBTQIA+.

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3 months ago

31 minutes 26 seconds

Trans Wise Trans Strong

Celebrating Trans Films - Part One

In this episode I will discuss ten of trans films, I feel are worth seeing and a number to avoid, and the films discussed are; Women in Revolt (1971), In a Year of 13 Moons (1978), The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), The World According to Garp (1982), Paris Is Burning (1990), The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert (1994), Ma vie en Rose (1997), The Matrix (1999), Boys Don’t Cry (1999), All about My Mother (1999)

The Crying Game (1992), Psycho (1960), Dressed to Kill (1980), Silence of the Lambs (1991), Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)

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4 months ago

27 minutes 3 seconds

Trans Wise Trans Strong

The Kings and Queens of Drag

In this episode I will explore, the origins of the word drag, in the context of drag queens and drag kings, and discuss some notable drag performers.

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4 months ago

19 minutes 36 seconds

Trans Wise Trans Strong

There's a Woman on the Stage

Drag can be satirical

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5 months ago

16 minutes 19 seconds

Trans Wise Trans Strong

Trans Lives Matter

In this episode I will consider the implication of the Supreme Court ruling in the case of, "For Women Scotland Ltd (Appellant) v The Scottish Ministers (Respondent)", which ruled on the meaning of biological sex, and illustrate with examples, that the notion of humans being a strictly binary species, either male or female, is not an absolute.

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6 months ago

28 minutes 1 second

Trans Wise Trans Strong

The New Eugenics

In this episode I will look at the discovery of the mechanism of inheritance, how a racist idea misunderstood how inheritance functioned, the consequences of a belief in superiority that led to one of the greatest atrocities of the 20th century, and how the prejudices of those in positions of power is having areal world impact on trans and non-binary people.

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7 months ago

28 minutes 12 seconds

Trans Wise Trans Strong

Take Pride in Your Flag

In this episode I will look at the origin and evolution of the original Rainbow Pride flag and describe a Pride flag for each letter of LGBTQIA, and few of the many other Pride flags which I feel might be worth highlighting.

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8 months ago

40 minutes 35 seconds

Trans Wise Trans Strong

In The Beginning

In this episode I will explore, how Differences of Sex Development question the notion that we are a strictly binary species and how the life of David Reimer illustrates that ones gender identity is an internal sense of self.

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9 months ago

24 minutes 46 seconds