Training, Community, and Advocacy
by and for Transgender and
Gender Diverse Voice Professionals
TRANS VOICE INITIATIVE
New Training Opportunities on the Horizon
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BUILDING SKILLS & COMMUNITY
Mission: The Trans Voice Initiative (TVI) is a volunteer organization of transgender and gender diverse (TGD) voice professionals dedicated to educating and supporting TGD voice professionals in developing skills for providing gender-affirming voice and communication services.
DIVERSITY STATEMENT
Built by and for the transgender and gender diverse community, the Trans Voice Initiative (TVI) aims to center diversity within the transgender community and honor intersectionality by recognizing how race, class, ability, and other identities shape social structures and individual experiences. Beyond acknowledgement, we aim to incorporate these considerations meaningfully into all operations and educational and community events, including by accounting for financial and educational barriers, accommodating varying abilities and neurotypes, and ensuring educational content is sourced from diverse professional and lived experiences.
TVI AT A GLANCE
TVI was founded in 2020 by a cohort of TGD speech-language pathologists in response to our field's urgent need for in-community leadership in the area of gender-affirming voice work. Given their shared lived experiences, trans clinicians are more fully equipped to provide nuanced and culturally humble care to other members of the transgender community. However, oppression and inequitable access to resources, education and training opportunities, particularly in the voice specialty means that very few trans and or non-binary people are gaining access to this highly specialized training.
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Over the subsequent years, TVI has evolved in our size and scope. We have expanded the community we serve to include all TGD voice professionals, including singing teachers, vocal coaches, acting coaches, and students of these disciplines who plan on serving their community. We have hosted several two-day workshops open to all providers of gender-affirming voice regardless of gender identity, as we recognize that there are many passionate allies doing the good work to provide this service with cultural humility. With this broadened scope, we hope to make the biggest impact on our field and related professions to ensure out community gets the quality of care they deserve.
