Gender affirming voice blog
Discover voice tips, announcements for events, videos stories about Christie’s clients, or press about New York Speech & Voice Lab.
Voice tips for video calls
Here are some tools and video set-up that can help you achieve and maintain gender techniques and healthy voicing while on a video call.
Free voice workshop in May (new date!)
On Thursday, May 1, 2025, 6:30 - 8:00 pm, I will lead a free gender-affirming voice workshop for anyone who is modifying their voice or curious about making voice changes.
“Finding my voice”
Filmmaker Rouven Gueissaz created this short film about Bernie Wagenblast and my client, Jade Stephan, about their experiences with their voices.
Aligning your inner voice with your outer voice
The voice in your head may not have a sound to you, but if it does, it may sound more like an undesired, unmodified voice and less like the speaking voice that is changing and serving you better. In that case, aligning your inner voice with those outer changes may help you achieve more overall progress and vocal satisfaction.
Start and end well
Maintaining your chosen voice techniques can be challenging at any level of your gender affirming voice process. Are you starting to practice talking, and find it mentally challenging to think of what to say while also modifying how you sound?
Say NO to "no pain, no gain"
New vocal habits do not require that you push your voice hard. Instead, they demand precision and accuracy.
Free assertiveness workshop at online conference
Building communication skills for assertiveness and self-advocacy, General Track E, Saturday, July 23, 2022, 2:15 - 3:15 pm
Tracking your voice in different contexts
Have you noticed how your voice and communication can change depending on the situation? How do you talk to a coworker, boss, classmate, friend, family member, coffee shop barista, or pet? What words do you use? How does your voice sound?
Free online voice workshops at the Philly conference
Get loud in a more masculine voice, General Track C, Friday, July 23, 2021, 2:15 - 3:15 pm
Get loud in a more feminine voice, General Track C, Friday, July 23, 2021, 3:30 - 4:30 pm
Strained or tired voice? Sing through a straw!
Straw phonation, or making sound through a straw, is a common therapeutic exercise for vocal health problems such as vocal strain or tired voice.
Live Zoom discussion about voice
On Wednesday, June 10, 2020 at 1:00 pm EST, Lilia Koss of FACIALTEAM will host a FREE live Zoom event with myself, Christie Block, and my colleague, Christella Antoni, as special guests for a discussion about the nature of voice training for transfeminine speakers.
Is changing your pitch enough? What testosterone can and can't do for your voice
Are you on testosterone but still feel unsatisfied with your voice? The pitch may not have dropped enough or there may be other ways you are still using your voice that can be perceived as feminine.
Free voice workshops in July
Ten Exercises for a More Feminine Voice, Friday, July 26, 2019, 3:00 - 4:00 pm
Ten Exercises for a More Masculine Voice, Saturday, July 27, 2019, 1:45 - 2:45 pm
"Vocal training helps trans women find their voices"
My client Lillian Primrose was featured in this news story in the Guardian on May 20, 2019.
"Does it bring you joy?"
Here is a link to the 4/8/19 episode of Nancy, the critically-acclaimed podcast on WYNC that features stories and conversations about TGBTQ experiences:
https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/nancy-podcast-does-it-bring-you-joy
In this episode, one of the hosts, Tobin Low, a cisgender gay man, discusses how he came to see me in my office in order to verify if he was lowering his pitch on purpose to avoid sounding too feminine, and whether that was the cause of his vocal fatigue and hoarseness.