S2E5: Trans Miniseries: Macey

April 27, 2022

Season 2

Episode 5

Episode Summary

Macey loves people and is an amazing human who happens to be trans

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Show Notes

  • 1:20 Macey loves people
  • 1:56 What would your younger self be surprised about your current self?
  • 2:42 What prompted you to transition in your 40s?
  • 6:51 What was the first conversation you had with your wife like?
  • 9:19 What was it like transitioning from a heterosexual marriage to a homosexual marriage?
  • 11:22 I imagine that a lot of your life didn’t change at all…
  • 15:03 Was there a moment you looked in the mirror and went, “Ahhhhhh”?
  • 19:38 Your relationship with your wife was never in question. I’m extrapolating from that that your relationship with your son wasn’t either?
  • 20:57 This pulls other people into the closet with you.
  • 21:47 The two most important people, no problem. What about concentric circles outside of that?
  • 36:25 Every time you meet a new person, there’s the coming out decision. How do you decide to whom, when, how?
  • 40:01 You mentioned a story about a guy from Wyoming…
  • 41:41 What do cis people take for granted?
  • 42:55 Do you get a lot of questions about your genitals or your sex life?
  • 43:50 How do you think this experience might be different if society was less gender-rigid?
  • 48:39 Have you noticed any differences in how people interact with you as a female than as a male?
  • 49:30 Do you expect the non-passableness to change?
  • 51:33 What’s your experience with medical care?
  • 53:01 Is there a question you’re tired of being asked?
  • 54:19 How did you choose your name?
  • 57:48 Do you have any advice for someone contemplating the switch?
  • 59:26 Ending with a question from the Person Next Door series: if you had to be famous, what would it be for?

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4 thoughts on “S2E5: Trans Miniseries: Macey”

  1. Thank you for thinking of me when you were wanting to do this series! I had such a great time doing this, especially because we laughed as much as talked.

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