50% of Yourself with Vanessa Ann Hill
The Snack Nine
Mara Marek
4.8 • 582 Ratings
🗓️ 3 May 2021
⏱️ 76 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Vanessa joins Mara for this episode of Happy Never After to talk about being a transgendered person, transitioning during the most controversial time in New York City...the 70s. Maintaining the look of her biological birth sex to stay on the success track in business, specifically architecture. Revealing her true identity to her coworkers, and her wife of 26 years. Incredible story. She is an incredible soul. Just beams sunshine and you can hear it through the mic. Thank you for listening. If you want to reach out to Vanessa, you can email her at vanessa@thethinkart.com
Love you all!
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | B. Frank Network. |
| 0:03.2 | Thank you all for listening to this very special Happy Never After or H&A Pod. |
| 0:09.9 | I am Mara Merrick and today we have a very special guest and I invited her because we are coming off some of the most violent years against transgendered people. |
| 0:25.3 | Back in 2020, it was the most violent. |
| 0:30.2 | 2020 has seen at least 37 transgender and gender non-conforming people violently killed more than any other year since human rights campaign |
| 0:40.1 | began tracking this data in 2013. |
| 0:43.0 | Now, a lot of these deaths also could be mismark, so it's at least 37 transgender people |
| 0:49.0 | just for being transgender. |
| 0:52.5 | Sadly, 2021 has already seen at least 15 transgender or gender non-conforming people |
| 0:59.0 | fatally shot or killed by other violent means just because of their gender non-conformity |
| 1:06.9 | to whatever we, and I say we as the culture, have decided that they should exist under our |
| 1:17.3 | guys and our rules. |
| 1:18.9 | And not every fun fits in a box. |
| 1:21.4 | So we need to talk about the history and how we can move forward and get everybody out of the political mindset |
| 1:30.2 | and stop making anti-trans bills and start talking with our families to have families be a little |
| 1:36.8 | more accepting. And most of these transgendered people have been violently killed by |
| 1:42.5 | acquaintance or partner. So someone close to them. They're ignored, |
| 1:47.5 | ostracized, excluded from poll participation in communities, especially faith communities that are |
| 1:53.5 | supposed to be welcoming to all. I just wanted to say some stats right up front before we have |
| 1:59.0 | our guest on. And thank you guys all for listening. |
| 2:03.1 | And I love you. I hope you enjoy this episode. |
| 2:11.2 | Welcome to a very special episode of Happy Never After. I'm your host, Mara Merrick. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Mara Marek, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Mara Marek and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.