Renée's Blog

I've been talking about Trans Voice Practice Club for quite a while now, and I'm extremely excited to let you know that the doors are finally open. You can get in right now! But only for a limited time... Join Trans Voice Practice Club Before Doors Close In: Join Trans Voice P...

You want a speaking voice that better reflects your gender presentation, whether that's more feminine, more masculine, or simply more you. But when you sit down to actually do the practice, you feel silly. You feel like you're not yourself, like you're creating a character or "fak...

Let me guess a few things about you. You may be trans, or nonbinary, or questioning your gender, and somewhere near the top of your list of transition goals is changing how your speaking voice sounds. You are not afraid of a little research. That is probably how you ended up here...

Last Friday, I had the honour and the privilege of attending the 14th annual INSPIRE Awards in Toronto, Ontario. It was a magical night of celebration and inspiration, where I got to be surrounded by amazing queer and trans people working extremely hard to make the world a bette...

Vocal fry is one of the most talked-about vocal qualities of the last decade and a half. Some people want it. Some people hate it. Some people have been told it's ruining their careers. As a gender-affirming voice teacher, I've watched this conversation swirl around my students f...

I met Floralis after she sent me a completely unsolicited email, and I am so glad she did. I've been following her on Instagram ever since, loving every bit of what she's building. Floralis is a transfeminist, anti-imperialist musician and community organizer based in Brighton, U...

Have you ever heard someone speak and immediately thought, they sound gay... without being able to explain exactly why? You're not imagining it. And you're not being reductive. You're picking up on something that linguists have been quietly investigating for decades. It's somethi...

Every June, I get asked some version of the same question: How do I actually build a voice practice habit? And for a long time, my answer was just: practice a little every day. Which is true! But it's not very helpful on its own. So this year, I made something to help with that....

Whether you want to shrink your Adam's apple, grow it, or just finally understand what it actually is, this is the guide for you. As a gender-affirming voice teacher, I find the Adam's apple comes up a lot. It's visible, it's culturally loaded, and for many trans and nonbinary pe...

As you may know, I'm usually here talking about gender-affirming voice work. But today I'm putting on a different shirt entirely (or taking one off??). Today, I'm talking about my own gender-affirming care: my top surgery. Three years ago, I had a bilateral mastectomy. Two years ...