Kindred Transmissions by the Digital Transgender Archive
Kindred Transmissions is a podcast by the Digital Transgender Archive that tunes into the revolutionary voices of trans people from history. Through archival recordings, personal reflections, and conversations with contemporary trans artists, scholars, and activists, we trace the echoes of kinship across generations.
From Stonewall icons like Marsha P Johnson to visionary artists and activists like Red Jordan Arobateau, Rupert Raj, and Aiyyana Maracle, each episode invites listeners to experience trans history not as distant or static, but as alive, resonant, and still transmitting through time.
What does it mean to tune in to the archives? How is trans kinship built across time and space? And how can revisiting these frequencies help us imagine new futures?
Listen to Kindred Transmissions anywhere you get your podcasts, and discover the wisdom, resilience, and revolutionary magic of trans people past and present.
Episodes
5 episodes
Our Gender Is Infinite: On Aiyyana Maracle with Syrus Marcus Ware
Closing out our season, we turn to the story of Aiyyana Maracle, a multidisciplinary artist, scholar, educator, and storyteller from Canada. A self-described “transformed woman who loves women,” Aiyyana invited audiences to rethink gende...
It’s Like Electricity: Rupert Raj with Jules Gill-Peterson
In our third episode of Kindred Transmissions, “It’s Like Electricity,” host Jules Gill-Peterson shares a deeply intimate conversation with Rupert Raj—a Eurasian-Canadian trans activist, therapist, poet, and lifelo...
I Like to Hear My Voice: On Red Jordan Arobateau with Daniela Valdes
This week on Kindred Transmissions, we tune into the fierce, unapologetic voice of Red Jordan Arobateau—author, poet, playwright, and visual artist. A self-published force of nature, Red created a vast body of work center...
Frequency of Aliveness: On Marsha P. Johnson with Tourmaline
On the heels of Pride, Kindred Transmissions by the Digital Transgender Archive revisits the history of the Stonewall Uprising and its enduring legacy in New York City, where trans communities continue to resist st...
