"Queering in Friendships": Rae McDaniel, Sex Therapist & Author of Gender Magic Returns

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Katie Dalebout

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4.9 • 826 Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2023

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

This week Rae McDaniel is back. Rae is a non-binary gender and sex therapist who works primarily with transgender/non-binary/questioning folks transitioning their gender identity. We talk about how everybody has an opportunity to look at their gender identity and decide how they want to express it to see they want to present themselves. You might remember from our last episode they were writing a book. It's out now and called: Gender Magic—I read an early copy and loved it. We covered some of my favorite parts like how they see gender as a galaxy, human centered design thinking, how they approach decision making, naming fear rather than ignoring it, evolving personal style and the importance of kinship through “queering” intimacy in friendships, and much more. Let us know if you listened and Happy Pride!

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0:00.0	The world is better when we are all able to show up as our most authentic selves,
0:08.0	as our biggest self, as our most lit up self, free from fear and shame.
0:13.0	And I hope that that is a mission that we can all get on board with, no matter what your identity. Let me let it go.
0:31.6	Let it go. Hi, Hi, Welcome back. This week, we have a repeat guest, Ray McDaniel, is back on the program. You might
0:57.1	remember Ray's episode from a little over a year ago, but they have a new book out called
1:02.0	Gender Magic, which I got to read an early copy of, and I absolutely loved. They were working on it
1:08.4	the last time they were here. And honestly, I learned so much and got to parse out some of my favorite parts in this episode, which you're about to hear.
1:19.8	We get into talking about design-centered thinking, how they approach decision-making, the importance of kinship and making
1:30.0	friendships more romantic and making romantic relationships more friendly, and so much more.
1:38.1	I think Ray is really cool and I'm happy that I got to have this conversation and that you get to listen to it.
1:45.7	So I can't believe it's already June when this is coming out.
1:49.5	If you're listening to it in real time, maybe you noticed, maybe you didn't, but we're taking a summer Friday of sorts.
1:57.7	We're releasing every other week for a little while, so this will give you a chance
2:02.8	to catch up on some of the long, nearly three-hour episodes that maybe you didn't listen to
2:09.3	in one sitting, or explore the plethora of other podcasts. But for now, here's my conversation
2:17.0	with therapist, certified sex therapist, and author
2:21.6	of the new book, Gender Magic, Ray McDaniel.
2:29.8	Okay, welcome back, Ray. I'm so happy to see you. I was just saying the last time you were here
2:36.7	was I think just over a year ago and we were talking about you writing your book. I think where
2:43.9	were you in the process then? Do you remember? If it was a year ago, I was probably, I was right in the middle of it because I was finishing up the last chapters in like January of this year.
2:58.9	So I must have been right in the midst of it.
3:03.1	Yeah, that seems right because I remember us talking about your writing process and that was feeling really good to you.
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