Renée's Blog

When Shaynah joined last year's cohort of my teacher training course, Learn to Teach Trans Voice Alteration in Five Weeks, they brought something special to our community. As an autistic Black musician working across Dutch and English contexts, Shaynah opened up conversations abou...

I'm thrilled to announce that I'll be speaking at PlumeCon'25, a free virtual conference created by and for the transgender and gender-expansive community. If you've been looking for accessible trans voice training resources or want to connect with other trans and nonbinary folks...

When nonbinary folks ask me how to make their voice sound neutral without being categorized as female or male, I know exactly what they're searching for, but I also know the answer is more complicated than they might expect. As a gender-affirming voice teacher who specializes in ...

For five days only, you can transform your voice journey at the biggest discount of the year. From Thursday, November 27th through Monday, December 1st, 2025, every trans voice training course on my site is 40% off with code BLACKFRIDAY2025. This includes Mindful Voice Feminizat...

Let's be real: we're all a little burnt out these days. Between navigating the world as trans, nonbinary, and gender-expansive people, and the constant work of gender-affirming voice training, sometimes we need to step back and have a little fun. That's exactly what my editor, Te...

When I sat down with Eli Conley—a queer transgender singer-songwriter and teaching artist with over 20 years of experience on testosterone—I knew we'd tackle one of the biggest myths in trans voice training: that going on T means losing your singing voice forever. Spoiler alert: ...

Voice is one of the most powerful tools for self-expression. And for trans and nonbinary people, it can be a profound pathway to gender affirmation. Recently, I had the honour of joining Jeffrey Marsh on their podcast Inner Voice to discuss gender-affirming voice work, the relatio...

You've subscribed to every trans voice creator on YouTube. You've learned the exercises, and maybe you're even seeing a private gender-affirming voice teacher or speech-language pathologist. But what does day-to-day trans voice training actually look like? As a gender-affirming ...

What does it mean to have a nonbinary voice? How do you navigate gender in a language that genders everything? These questions led me to sit down with Sergio Carazo Cardona, a nonbinary acting and voice teacher in Mexico City and designated Linklater teacher, for a conversation that explores voic...

I recently had the pleasure of sitting down with Amanda Wan for her podcast, The Layers of Us, where we explored identity, growth, and the stories that shape who we are. Our conversation dove deep into something that's both incredibly personal and universally relevant: the human voice and its con...