Episode 7: Gatekeeping & A Word On Leelah Alcorn

Trigger Warnings:
Ostracization
Homophobia
Transphobia
Suicide & Self-Endangerment
Sexual Abuse
Violence against people of the LGBT community.
Torture
Surgery
Victimization of children
Pedophilia
~Please be a responsible listener.~

In this episode we start off talking about surgery on vocal cords and the gatekeeping on certain terms, two things which aren’t necessarily related. Then we mention Leelah Alcorn and conversion therapy, two things which are very much related. If we’ve learned anything from the life and death of Leelah Alcorn, it’s that transgender youth need acceptance and that conversion therapy must end. Conversion therapy is not only a denial of the validity of someone’s sexual or gender identity, but also a heinous torture.

On the brighter side, we throw Stonewall and Laverne Cox some love.

Credits
Special Guest (G&S Specialist) : Klaus McHendry
Intro/Outro : Cosmo Cavanaugh and Tracy
Sound Editing: Cosmo Cavanaugh
Script : Cosmo Cavanaugh and Tracy
Hosted by, all the above, and : Anne Beaudoin and Kyle Mitchell

Music
“Ark” by Ship Wrek & Zookeepers
hip Wrek SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/theshipwrek
Ship Wrek YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/theshipwrek
Zookeepers SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/zookeepersdk
NCS Release: https://soundcloud.com/nocopyrightsounds/ship-wrek-zookeepers-ark-ncs-release
NCS YouTube Video: https://goo.gl/Teud5J
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

“Black Hole Sun (Soundgarden Cover)” by barbarabrowning
https://soundcloud.com/barbarabrowning/black-hole-sun
barbarabrowning SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/barbarabrowning
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Social Media
iTunes: goo.gl/bsW0Ab
YouTube: goo.gl/3qMdwm
Blog: goo.gl/3Y6NkO
Twitter: goo.gl/vM5HUD
SoundCloud: goo.gl/MjRcVt
Reddit: goo.gl/6CcA7l
Facebook: goo.gl/b0g3xA

© 2015 Geometric Octopus Some Rights Reserved