Becoming the First of Your Name with Denne Michele Norris
Added 2022-08-31 20:11:21 +0000 UTCThis month, we’re releasing behind-the-scenes audio of Tuck's recent chat with Gender Reveal alumna Denne Michele Norris, which was originally recorded for the NPR Life Kit podcast. (Denne Michele graciously called into the interview while vacationing on Fire Island, which makes it extra gay.)
Topics include:
- Advice for taking your first steps towards a potential name change
- Honoring your father by changing your name away from his
- Creating a uniquely trans name
- Why NOT changing your name is also rad!
- Plus: Chloe the wine meets Montucky the beer
ICYMI, you can still check out the name change Life Kit episode or transcript. (Life Kit also put out a queer sex ed episode this week, which I have not listened to yet but am excited to see.)
You can find Denne Michele on Twitter and Instagram @TheDenneMichele, and on Food 4 Thot and Electric Lit.
As always, I don’t get download analytics on these, so if you listened and enjoyed the ep (or have thoughts / feedback / questions / etc) please feel free to leave a comment, xoxoxo.
Comments
I would be interested in the secret advice questions. Also would love to hear why you've avoided answering these questions publicly
Sam
2022-09-05 01:38:14 +0000 UTCLoved this episode, thank you for sharing!!
Taylor
2022-09-04 01:54:00 +0000 UTCI loved this so much; hilarious and relatable and great! Helped me get through some chores this morning 😅
vexbatch
2022-09-03 13:12:27 +0000 UTCSo glad you were able to share the audio! I listened to this the same day I finally shared my chosen name with my family, so that was fun (my mid-70's retired pastor father was chill about it and I don't know how to handle that information, this is a wild timeline). ALSO YES - I agree with everyone else, bonus secret advice ep w/ Mckenzee sounds fantastic.
Visucien
2022-09-02 20:35:11 +0000 UTCthis was great, Gender Conceal is my favorite podcast, don’t tell Gender Reveal 🤫😎 and an advice episode would be wonderful if you two would have fun doing it!
Math
2022-09-01 18:21:21 +0000 UTCThis was great. Thanks to you, Denne Michele, and our public radio overlords for putting it in the feed. (+1 to VIP secret advice episode.)
K
2022-09-01 18:10:04 +0000 UTCLoved this conversation! I'm so glad they let you share it. Every few months I go back and forth about changing my name, and it's always good to hear more stories. Also YES please a bunch of advice questions you've been avoiding answering in public from you and Mckenzee! That sounds fun.
remmedy - they them
2022-09-01 16:32:49 +0000 UTCI KEEP SAYING THIS I went from one dog name to another totally of my own volition
Max Turner
2022-09-01 11:48:39 +0000 UTComg it's literally so powerful of you to go from the most popular dog name for "girls" to the most popular dog name for "boys" this is incredible I love it.
Tuck
2022-09-01 04:54:15 +0000 UTCThis is such an interesting conversation for me - Tuck and I actually have the same deadname, and I never considered changing it until they changed theirs 😅 I love when people don't change their names, and I love when they change it a bunch of times, names are made up anyway
Max Turner
2022-08-31 21:04:47 +0000 UTC
