For a lot of transgender people, their voice is a major source of gender dysphoria, which is a feeling of significant distress or impairment that stems from a strong desire to be another gender. As ...

Transfeminine people with deep, stereotypically masculine voices may train their voices to sound more in line with their gender identity. Working with a vocal coach or an app can help them speak in a ...

NORTHAMPTON — Five years ago, Cooley Dickinson speech language pathologist Laurie Korza began doing gender-affirming voice training with a transgender patient for the first time. Today, these patients ...

The National Institute of Health (NIH) has awarded over $200,000 to researchers to create a "transgender voice training" app that aims, in part, to help trans women sound more feminine. A transgender ...

A soft-spoken, middle-aged woman slides into a chair in a small, bare room at George Washington University’s Speech and Hearing Center, then smiles at the clinician sitting across from her. After a ...

Some trans women, transfeminine people, and other gender-expansive folks may opt for voice feminization surgery when medically transitioning. As such, voice feminization surgery is a type of gender ...

This story was originally published in Uncloseted Media, an LGBTQ focused investigative news outlet. On “Blurring Time,” the title track to Bells Larsen’s latest album, listeners hear the song sway ...

Think about all the ways you show the world who you are. How you dress, how you look, what you prefer to be called, who you spend your time with, even how you sound — they all convey your specific ...

Trans voice training, explained: This guide explains the ins and outs of affirming voice training for those just starting their journey. “I can pass if I don't talk,” Rax, a Los Angeles-based ...

Jennifer Oates does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Calling customer service is a situation we all know and dread. We navigate a maze of automated voice commands, hoping to speak with a real live person. For some that live connection is a relief—but ...