#159 Black Trans Talk (with Diamond Stylz)

Tea with Queen and J.

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… Our friend and trans activist Diamond Stylz talks to us about uniting cis & trans women against the patriarchy, subverting the system with sex work, dating from the same pool of poop, and mad other sh!t This week’s hot list: sex work, Nicki Minaj tried it, Sarah Baartman, Instagram models, using cisgender privilege to combat transphobia, getting past trans 101, white feminism and they foolishness, all of us are bad at dating women, who identifies as queer and who doesn’t, Diamond hits us with the most hard core pit ever, and entertainment industry OG Sway interviews music artist Nate Grants on behalf of white supremacist patriarchal capitalism. How Sway????????? Tweet us while you listen! #teawithqj @teawithqj Add #podin on twitter to help others discover Tea with Queen and J. podcast! WEBSITE www.TeaWithQueenAndJ.com SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: twitter.com/teawithqj Instagram: Instagram.com/teawithqj Facebook: www.facebook.com/TeawithQueenandJ Tumblr: teawithqueenandj.tumblr.com EMAIL [e-mail] DONATE www.paypal.me/teawithqj OR www.patreon.com/teawithqj EVENTS NYC Join us for our third annual JUNETEENTH AFTERWORK KICKBACK on Tuesday, June 19th from 6-10pm at Von, 3 Bleeker, NYC! Celebrate Black ass freedom with us! FREE.99 with RSVP: https://juneteenth-afterwork-kickback.eventbrite.com BROOKLYN WinC Con aka Women in Comics Con is Saturday, June 30th from 10-6pm. Learn more and RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/winc-con-2018-tickets-42373045921 Queen is teaming up with Vagesteem podcast to bring you SEX TRIVIA BROOKLYN. Chill with us at Starr bar in Brooklyn, NY and talk sex with us, we have prizes from Babe Land sex toys, Uber lube and more. Free with RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sex-trivia-brooklyn-tickets-46553865866 PAY BLACK WOMEN NYC Check out Harlem Hops, owned by Kim Harris, Stacey lee, and Kevin Bradford for craft beers, wines and finger foods! Located at 2268 Adam Clayton Powell Blvd. NOTES & EXTRA TEA Be sure to check out our guest Diamond Stylz on all social media & listen to her amazing podcast! Diamond’s Twitter & Instagram: @DiamondStylz Marsha’s Plate: Black Trans Talk podcast Twitter & Instagram: @MarshasPlate Podcast: https://soundcloud.com/danella-xuc/tracks Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1NHOXUlO4uGQggAl5RVqrw Check out Marsha’s Plate: Black Trans Talk episode #36 Rich Whites Going Out and Zee Pregnancy Coming In? https://soundcloud.com/danella-xuc/36-rich-whites-going-out-and-zee-pregnancy-coming-in Visit https://blacktrans.org/ for more info on the Black Trans Advocacy Coalition and more. Listen to QueerWOC: The Podcast episode #43 “Out @ Werq” for a detailed outline of how to check in on your friends and help reduce the rates of suicide: https://soundcloud.com/queerwoc/werq Listen to our Dear White People review podcast series “Dear Black People”: https://soundcloud.com/tea-with-queen-and-j/sets/dear-black-people This week’s closing clip features Diamond Stylz opening Marsha’s Plate #PoseFX podcast review series: https://soundcloud.com/danella-xuc/marshas-plate-review-pose-fx-review-ep-1 Engineering by Indie Creative Network: www.icn.dj/ Libations to our friends Casey & Domingo who help keep this show running by giving their money to Black women. Libations to Ohene Cornelius for our show intro, check out his latest album Flight Risk available everywhere online now. You can find Ohene on instagram and twitter @ohenecornelius and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ohenecornelius/ Libations to T.Flint for our News That's Not News intro! Find him at www.tflintvoiceovers.com/