(S01E04) The Transgender Empress Elagabalus
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(S01E04) The Transgender Empress Elagabalus

The Empress Elagabalus was probably the most powerful woman who ever lived. She became the ruler of Rome at the ridiculous age of fourteen and ruled for just four years before being betrayed by her own grandmother and assassinated by her personal guard. She routinely scores as one of the worst rulers that Rome ever…

American Atrocities Past and Present: What Can 20th Century Bigotry Tell Us About 21st Century Transgender Rights

American Atrocities Past and Present: What Can 20th Century Bigotry Tell Us About 21st Century Transgender Rights

Throughout humanity’s time on our planet it has often been advantageous for those in power to stigmatize either a separate population or a portion of it’s own population. Hidden in the preceding sentence, so dry and academic, is a well of human suffering deeper than any ocean. In this essay we will examine the causal…

(S01E03) The Ancient Transgender Tradition Mosaic
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(S01E03) The Ancient Transgender Tradition Mosaic

This episode features a number of transgender traditions throughout the ancient world! From the Scythian Anarya to the Bellonarii of Bellona, learn the stories of six different transgender religious traditions from Siberia to Rome! YouTube Podcast Script Introduction Hello and welcome to episode three of Valentine’s Voice, the show with napalm in its veins and…

What Can History Tell Us About Being Transgender under a Hostile Regime?

What Can History Tell Us About Being Transgender under a Hostile Regime?

Are We Going to Be Ok? I’ve heard this question on repeat from various sources virtually every day regarding the transgender community since we realized that the United States of America was in for another four years of Trump. The question is meant in different ways from different people. Some people mean the transgender demographic,…

(S01E02) Cybele and the Galli: Transgender Empire
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(S01E02) Cybele and the Galli: Transgender Empire

YouTube Podcast Script Hello and welcome to episode two of the new and improved Valentine’s Voice, the show fueled by estrogen and escapism. As always, I am your host, Valentine Valcourt. I appreciate everyone that took the time to give me feedback on the new format, and all in all it seems to be viewed…

(S01E01) Inanna and Enheduanna: Transgender in the Beginning
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(S01E01) Inanna and Enheduanna: Transgender in the Beginning

YouTube Podcast Script and Slides Introduction Welcome to the new and improved Valentine’s Voice, the show fueled by caffeine and curiosity! I am your host, Valentine Valcourt. This is a reboot of the show that I’ve been working on for a bit and I hope that you will enjoy at least as much. I’ll go…

Hormones and Hormone Replacement Therapy
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Hormones and Hormone Replacement Therapy

In this episode we talk about Hormones, Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT), who takes them, and some huge surprises I had on HRT. YouTube Podcast Script Hello and welcome to another episode of Valentine’s Voice, the educational and hopefully entertaining show hosted by me, Valentine Valcourt. Apologies for the delay in getting this out, finals for…

Gender Dysphoria, Transitioning, and Elf?
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Gender Dysphoria, Transitioning, and Elf?

In this episode we explore what gender dysphoria feels like using the movie Elf as an example. We also look at the differences between social transitioning and medical transitioning. This episode is dedicated to Ms. Julie, who passed to the other side this week and left the world a little darker for her loss. Video…

Introducing the Gender Bread Person
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Introducing the Gender Bread Person

In this episode we walk through the different parts of us that make up our gender, sex, and sexuality with the help of the Gender Bread Person! The Gender Bread Person Worksheet:https://www.itspronouncedmetrosexual.com/downloads/Genderbread%20Person%20v4%20ALL.pdf Video Podcast Click Here for Gender Bread Person Worksheet Script Hello and welcome to Valentine’s Voice, the show for and by transgender people…