Renée's Blog

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...

Now that I’ve had two gender-affirming surgery, is my transition “done” now? Hi, I’m Renée, I’m a gender-affirming voice teacher, and I am also a transgender individual, specifically of the nonbinary variety and some have asked if my transition is finished now that I’ve had my surgeries, or if I...

Let's talk about something crucial—body autonomy and the freedom to make choices about our own bodies. I've had top surgery, which ruffled some feathers, but most people in my life and ecosystem were fine with it, and I'm so grateful for that! But what really seems to spark controversy is that I ...

Since 2011, Paris Hilton has been open about her famous "baby voice" being a character she created for The Simple Life. But after playing that character for five years, voice switching became so ingrained that she sometimes finds it hard to control. As a transgender voice coach sp...

Pride month is over and you know what that means! Wrath month… Hi, I’m Renée, a gender-affirming voice teacher here to remind you that while Pride month may have concluded, our spirit of pride and liberation doesn’t have to end. For many of us, pride isn’t confined to June; it’s a year-round cel...

It has been nearly five weeks since I had my hysterectomy, and I’m finally ready to talk about it! I’ve missed updating you all, but I have to admit, I’ve been struggling to figure out how much I want to share about this surgery. Trans people get gender-affirming surgeries for so many reasons, ...

I don't think it's just me. This year, Pride month feels different. I've been recovering from a hysterectomy for the last three weeks, which is why you haven't heard from me in a while (more on that in next week's letter). But I couldn't let Pride Month start without sending you a message. For ...

I am thrilled to finally announce the launch of my new course, Mix and Match: Designing Your Nonbinary Voice, available as of today! Cue the confetti and maybe a little celebratory scream because, oh boy, has it been a journey! Creating this course has been nothing short of a labour of love—lite...

I am a nonbinary transgender individual and today I want to talk about what “transition” means to me. I started identifying as genderqueer when I was about 18 years old and at that time the word “nonbinary” wasn’t in common parlance and there was virtually no discussion about what a nonbinary tr...

Can you believe it’s been a year since I had top surgery?? One year ago, I had a double mastectomy without nipple grafts at GRS Montreal with Dr. Chen Lee, and it went super smoothly. I was very lucky! Now it’s been a year, and I’m finally allowed to go shirtless in the sun!! Are you ready to s...