Zavier Williams (he/him/his), a Black man of Trans* experience, grew up in the Bronx and is now a California-based speech-language pathologist who shares his perspectives on intersectional student-centered therapy during COVID-19, barriers and community in society and higher education, being a father, the storming of the U.S. Capital building in January 2021, and much more. Mr. Williams wants to extend special thanks to National Black Association for Speech-Language and Hearing (NBASLH), Trans Voice Initiative, United Women's Coalition (UWC), and his fraternity, Alpha Omega Nu. 

This episode is released in memory and celebration of Leo Lyons (they/them) who was our dear friend and first podcast guest (6/27/1989 - 12/21/2020).

Playwright Ai Aida (they/them), director Keiko Carreiro (she/they), co-director and actor Nick Ishimaru (he/him) sit with the Hyndsyte Project to discuss their gender expansiveness and fluidity in the context of Japanese culture, exploration of gender and activism through theatre, and the process of creating a diversely-cast, online theatre production with multidisciplinary art forms to both honor and deconstruct Japanese folktale tropes and stereotypes in The True Tale of Princess Kaguya (written by Aida, directed by Carreiro, co-directed by and starring Ishimaru), as part of SF Playground's 2020 Innovators Showcase. 

Free tickets with options for donation available here for 11/20 (Fri), 11/21 (Sat), and  11/22 (Sun). More information on the production can be found here.

Romy Keuwo (he/him) is a poet, singer, and graduate student in speech-language pathology at Kansas University in Lawrence, KS who discusses navigating gender nonconforming and bisexual identity in the Cameroonian community, spirituality, advocacy for Black and queer students in academia, and the creation of art within these intersections in 2020.

Special thanks to Sam Wells (she/her) and Romy Keuwo, as well as French Exit Records, for use of the song "Dear Black People" from their "Black Lives Matter Compilation" available here. Special thanks to friends of the show, Teresa "Tree" Girolamo and Samantha Ghali for their ongoing mentorship and advocacy for underrepresented and minority students at KU.