EP2: What’s In a Name?

What’s In a Name?

Photography and Cover Art By Rhys Carter Lombardo

Welcome, my friends!

Welcome to Episode 2 of The Queer Carter Podcast! Join us for the first-ever interview of the show!

This episode was written and produced by Rhys Carter

Join us for the first-ever interview of The Queer Carter Podcast! We sit down with honorary guest, Reverend Dr. M. Colette Gaffney, experienced chaplain, pastor, U.S. Army Veteran, and ACPE Certified Educator! Together we explore their fascinating thirteen years working in healthcare, mental health, and palliative care and discuss the courage and vulnerability it takes to change their name and pronouns in key areas of their life, from their church to their workplace. The Queer Carter Podcast Informs and Inspires!

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Sources referenced during this episode:

Reference 1: Wikipedia. Transgender Personnel in the United States Military. Wikipedia, "Executive Orders". National Archives. August 15, 2016. national Archives. Accessed: October 2023. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgender_personnel_in_the_United_States_military#cite_note-6

Reference 2: Joshua Block, Senior Staff Attorney, ACLU LGBT & HIV Project, Chase Strangio, Deputy Director for Transgender Justice, ACLU LGBTQ & HIV Project, James Esseks, Director, “LGBTQ & HIV Project, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), 2018. “ Breaking Down Trump’s Trans Miltary Ban“ Accessed: October 2023. https://www.aclu.org/news/lgbtq-rights/breaking-down-trumps-trans-military-ban

Reference 3: MLA – Rothberg, Emma. “Marsha P. Johnson.” National Women’s History Museum, 2022. Date accessed. Chicago – Rothberg, Emma. “Marsha P. Johnson.” National Women’s History Museum. 2022. Accessed: October 2023 www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/marsha-p-johnson

Reference 4: Wikipedia, Monica Helms, Reference 10: "Trans Resilience and Military Service: Notable Transgender and Non-binary Veterans" (PDF). U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, October 12, 2022. “Wikipedia and VA Community Provider Toolkit” Accessed: October 2023 https://www.mentalhealth.va.gov/communityproviders/assets/docs/populations/TRANS_RESILIENCE_AND_MILITARY_SERVICE.pdf

Reference 5: The National Museum of the United States Army. Albert D.J. Cashier, b. Jennie Hodgers Private Co. G, 95th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, 2nd Brigade, Sixth Division, XVII Corps, Army of the Tennessee December 25, 1843 – October 10, 1915. The National Museum of the United States Army. Accessed: October 2023. https://www.thenmusa.org/biographies/albert-cashier/

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