Complementing my performance of fictional characters, I engage audiences in real-life realities surrounding human identity.

Speaker-Instructor Presentations
  • Identity in the 21st Century, in-depth seminar examining our personal, tribal, and socio-political selves.
  • Beyond 'Trans 101', review of today's gender concepts, and putting them into action.
  • Trans Inclusion in Entertainment, a primer for stage, film, talent agencies, and related companies.

Media contact for transgender issues
  • Longform interviews for radio, TV, etc
  • Authoring articles
  • On-camera expert/consultant
For details and quotes, please contact me
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2019, corporate presentation of 'Beyond Trans 101'

Advocacy Archive

Windy City Times, Front Page Headline
Op Ed: Fighting Back
Vocalo Radio Interview
Trans Scripts & Landlocked
FACEBOOK VIDEO
Out Chicago interview begins 1:06:00
Promoting Trans Scripts & Landlocked

Published Essays

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Windy City Times:
Still a Cis World After All
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Leppen Leadership Award:
Acceptance Speech
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Howlround essay:
Igniting a Theatre Revolution in Chicago
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Conversations Surrounding Toxic Gender Roles
Presented for: Re-Envisioning Masculinity
Printed Transcript Here

Interviews in Print

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NewMagazine
Understanding Us as We Need to be Understood
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Chicago Magazine
I Am My Own Wife

Interviews on Audio

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Spiel Chicago podcast:
Hour of in-depth discussion
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Booth One podcast:
with Penny Slusher
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Your Program is Your Ticket
Podcast discussion

Quoted in these articles:

Vice Magazine, Nov 7, 2017
What Trans Folks Think About Trans Representation in Film and TV

Chicago Tribune, Sept 6, 2019
Finding roles as trans and nonbinary actors in Chicago resembles a shuffle: one step forward, two back

And so forth ...

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ShawChicago Theater Company
Her Words, Her Voice panel
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