Let's explore how voice work intersects with gender expression, self-care, resistance, and community building.
Looking to bring meaningful, research-backed content on gender-affirming voice work to your conference, organization, or podcast? I'd love to collaborate with you.
Whether you're organizing a professional development event for speech-language pathologists, leading LGBTQIA+ programming, or hosting conversations about trans health and self-determination, I bring both expertise and lived experience to create sessions that educate, inspire, and empower.
Let's work together to expand understanding, challenge assumptions, and support trans and nonbinary communities in finding and exploring their voices.
What Renée Offers
Conference Presentations & Keynotes
Engaging talks that blend vocal pedagogy, lived experience, and critical perspectives on trans healthcare and education. My presentations work for both professional audiences (SLPs, educators, healthcare providers) and community settings.
Workshops & Training Sessions
Interactive sessions that give participants hands-on tools—whether for their own voice exploration or to better support trans clients, students, and community members with compassion and practical skill.
Podcast & Media Appearances
Thoughtful conversations about voice, gender expression, trans joy, resistance, and the ways we navigate identity through sound and embodiment. I bring warmth, nuance, and a non-clinical approach that resonates across audiences.
Guest Lectures & Educational Content
I've taught at McGill University, University of Toronto, Carleton University, and Université de Montréal, and I'm available for guest lectures in programs related to speech-language pathology, music, theatre, gender studies, health sciences, and community education.
Key Topics
Gender-Affirming Voice Work: Practical, accessible approaches to voice exploration and training that center student agency, joy, and self-determination rather than clinical gatekeeping.
Trans and Nonbinary Identity: Navigating gender expression, embodiment, and the ongoing process of becoming who we are—beyond binary frameworks and medical narratives.
Inclusive Pedagogy for Gender-Diverse Learners: How educators, clinicians, and community leaders can create affirming learning environments that honor diverse experiences and communication styles.
Digital Tools and Accessibility in Trans Education: Leveraging online platforms, courses, and content creation to reach people who can't access traditional clinical care or in-person support.
Resistance, Self-Care, and Trans Joy: How practices like voice work, creative expression, and community building can be both survival strategies and acts of resistance.
Supporting Trans Communities: Practical allyship for healthcare providers, educators, and organizations—moving beyond performative inclusion to meaningful support and structural change.
Content Creation and Community Building: Lessons learned from building an audience of millions across platforms and creating educational resources that actually serve marginalized communities.
Watch Renée Speak
Available Presentations
Gender-Affirming Voice 101
An interactive introduction to voice modification covering vocal anatomy, the four key characteristics of gendered voice (pitch, resonance, weight, contour), and hands-on exercises. Perfect for beginners and professionals alike.
Sounding Like Ourselves: Trans Voice Work as Resistance and Self-Care
An exploration of how voice training can be both a practical skill and an act of self-determination, challenging medicalized narratives while centring agency, joy, and community care.
Making Noise: Improvisation as a Tool for Gender-Affirming Voice
A playful, embodied approach to voice exploration using improvisation techniques that lower barriers, invite experimentation, and reconnect people with the pleasure of making sound.
Meeting Clients Where They Learn: Using Digital Tools in Gender-Affirming Voice Training
Practical strategies for educators and clinicians on integrating accessible, trauma-informed digital resources into teaching, and what it means to meet people where they actually are.
Mix & Match: Designing Your Nonbinary Voice
Moving beyond the gender binary in voice work—exploring how to support people in creating voices that feel authentic without fitting prescriptive feminization or masculinization models.
Custom Topics Available
I'm happy to tailor presentations to your audience's specific needs, whether that's focusing on clinical application, community support, advocacy, or intersections with other aspects of trans experience.
Interviews with Renée
Gender Reveal Podcast
Explore topics of trans voice alteration on Tuck Woodstock's acclaimed podcast!
Fifty Shades of Gender
Renée speaks with host Esther Lemmens about the fluidity of gender and identifying as who you are right now.
Inner Voice with Jeffrey Marsh
Renée joins best-selling author and acclaimed speaker Jeffrey Marsh to go deep into voice, identity, and belonging.
About Renée
Renée Yoxon (they/them) is a Canadian gender-affirming voice teacher, educator, and content creator who has been teaching voice since 2008 and specializing in trans voice work since 2019. They have worked with thousands of trans, nonbinary, and gender-diverse students around the world to explore and shape their voices using behavioural training methods grounded in both vocal pedagogy and lived experience.
Notable Accomplishments:
- CGLCC 2SLGBTQI+ Young Entrepreneur of the Year (Winner, 2024)
- Featured on CBC discussing trans health, voice, and gender expression
- Planning Committee Member for International Congress of Voice Teachers - Voice Uplifted, Toronto 2025
- Course Creator: Mindful Voice Feminization, Masculinize Your Voice Without Testosterone, and Mix & Match: Designing Your Nonbinary Voice
- Author of widely-used educational resources including Learn How Your Voice Works: A Trans Vocal Anatomy Guide, Practice Games for Endurance in Trans Voice Work, The Vocal Anatomy Colouring Book, and The Voice Feminization Journal Prompts Workbook—used by educators and speech-language pathologists globally
- Content reach: 121k TikTok followers, 28k YouTube subscribers, 15k Instagram followers, and 8,000+ newsletter subscribers
- Peer Reviewer for Wholehearted Voice Pedagogy: An Integrative Approach to Training Vocal Artists (Routledge) and The Singing Teacher's Guide to Transgender Voices, 2nd Edition (Plural Publishing)
- Workshop Facilitator for organizations including Point of Pride, Canada Department of Fisheries and Oceans, and various healthcare providers
- Guest Lecturer at University of Toronto, McGill University, and Université de Montréal
As both an educator and a trans person, Renée brings a unique perspective that bridges professional practice with lived experience, centering what trans people actually need rather than what institutional frameworks assume we need.
Renée has appeared on CBC and numerous podcasts internationally, sharing their expertise on trans voice, gender expression, and vocal autonomy with audiences around the world. Their educational content has reached millions across continents, creating a passionate global community drawn to their trademark accessibility and "what if it were easy?" philosophy.
Beyond content creation, Renée has been recognized as a leader in gender-affirming education, winning the CGLCC 2SLGBTQI+ Young Entrepreneur of the Year award and speaking at premier conferences including the American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA) Convention, the University of Victoria's Moving Trans History Forward conference, the Philadelphia Trans Wellness Conference, and PlumeCon'25.
Renée brings a rare combination of technical expertise, lived experience, and genuine care to every presentation—challenging assumptions while making complex vocal concepts accessible to everyone from healthcare providers to community members taking their first steps toward voice exploration.
Let's Work Together
I offer flexible formats to suit your event:
Keynotes: Inspiring, story-driven talks that challenge assumptions, centre trans agency, and invite audiences into new ways of thinking about voice and identity.
Workshops: Hands-on sessions with practical takeaways for professionals, community members, or mixed audiences, grounded in both technique and compassion.
Panels: Thoughtful contributions to conversations on trans health, vocal autonomy, community care, inclusive pedagogy, and the intersections of identity and embodiment.
Podcasts & Media: Accessible, engaging discussions that educate, inspire, and create space for nuance and complexity.
Get in Touch
Ready to bring conversations about voice, gender, and belonging to your audience? Let's start a conversation.
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