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Welcome back to Gender-Affirming Voice 101! I'm thrilled you’re here for Part 6, where we dive into the fascinating world of inflection—a key element in shaping your unique voice. Hi, I’m Renée, a gender-affirming voice teacher, and I’m here to guide you through the process of finding and refini...

Hi, I’m Renée, a gender-affirming voice teacher. Recently, during a TikTok Live session, someone asked me an intriguing question: “Does my masculine voice have to be monotonous?” It’s a question that touches on deeper issues of gender expression and the stereotypes we often find ourselves navigat...

Welcome back to Gender-Affirming Voice 101! This is part 4 of our 8-part series, where we explore the basics of gender-affirming voice work. Today, we’re focusing on Pitch—also known as the fundamental frequency, which determines the highness or lowness of your voice. Hi, I’m Renée, a gender-aff...

In less than 48 hours, my very first trans voice course, Trans Vocal Exploration, will leave my store forever… Hello! I’m Renée, a gender-affirming voice teacher. If you haven’t heard already, I’m retiring the very first trans voice course I ever put out. It will be leaving my store on Sunday, S...

In just a few days, I will be retiring the very first trans voice course I ever released. As I prepare to say goodbye to this chapter of my work, I wanted to take a moment to share the story of how this course came to be—a story that intertwines personal transformation, passion, and the pursuit o...

Hello, fabulous readers! I’m Renée, your friendly neighbourhood gender-affirming voice teacher. Welcome to part one of my eight-part series on the basics of gender-affirming voice work. Trust me, you won't want to miss a beat, so make sure to follow, save, and drop a comment on TikTok, Instagram,...

Alright, folks, we're diving in. Let's chat about the voice heard 'round the world – Elizabeth Holmes'. Hi, I’m Renée, your go-to gender-affirming voice teacher. In 2022, Holmes was convicted of defrauding investors out of hundreds of millions of dollars through her company, Theranos. Yet, amids...

Over the past few years, my library of free trans voice resources has grown and grown. It's one of the accomplishments that I'm most proud of! In case you haven't checked it out in a while, I thought I would recap some of my favourites: Voice Warm-Up Videos Follow along with me as I teach yo...

Hey there, fabulous voice explorers! Today, I’m tackling a question that pops up quite often in our community: "How do I avoid the T voice after starting testosterone?" One of my students asked this, and it's such an important topic that I’ve dedicated a whole TikTok to it. But let's dive deeper ...

Hey there, fabulous folks! I’m Renée, your friendly neighborhood gender-affirming voice teacher, and today, I want to address a comment that really got me thinking. Someone recently said, “I just don’t voice train because I don’t care. I don’t know why I just don’t. It’s not for me, you know? Is...