Renée's Blog

What happens when you start testosterone, expecting your voice to drop, and it mostly doesn't? That's just one of the threads in this rich, wide-ranging conversation with Rey Katz, a transmasculine nonbinary writer, advocate, and voice training student who has been part of this co...

You record yourself during voice practice. You hit stop, hit play, and immediately want to throw your phone into the sun. Sound familiar? If hearing your own recorded voice makes you want to disappear—especially when you're actively working on changing it—you're not alone, and y...

You've been putting in the work. Your masculine voice is coming along, and it feels more natural, more like you. Then you walk into a store or pick up the phone to make a reservation, and, out of nowhere, your voice does something completely different. Higher. Tighter. Nothing lik...

This isn't my typical trans voice training post, and I want to be upfront about that from the start. Today I'm here to talk about someone who has been quietly behind the scenes of this channel for years: my editor, collaborator, and dear friend, Tea. Tea is a trans woman who is f...

If you've ever taken the New York City subway, ridden the AirTrain at Newark Liberty, or commuted between Philadelphia and South Jersey on PATCO, you've heard Bernie Wagenblast's voice—likely multiple times a day, without ever knowing her name. Bernie is a voice actor, journalist...

If you've spent any time in trans voice training, you've probably heard it a hundred times: warm up before you practice. And it's true! A daily voice warm-up builds habit, develops body awareness (also called proprioception), and helps you get comfortable with the frankly ridiculo...

You've been working on your trans voice, but you're not sure where to find reliable, free tools to support your practice. Maybe you need help tracking progress, getting feedback on your technique, or understanding what's actually happening when you speak. As a gender-affirming vo...

What if accessing gender-affirming care, whether that's top surgery, voice feminization training, or a chest binder, didn't require years of saving money? For over 30,000 trans and gender-diverse people, Point of Pride has made this a reality. In the first episode of Speaking Fre...

Have you ever noticed that your voice sounds different when you switch languages? Maybe you're higher in Spanish, deeper in English, or your whole vibe shifts when you code-switch. And now you're thinking: "Wait, if I'm training a new voice for gender affirmation, do I have to do...

You're working on masculinizing your voice—lowering your pitch, darkening your resonance, maybe flattening your expression a bit—when suddenly you realize something troubling: to keep this up, you have to avoid being expressive entirely. But that doesn't feel right because you're...