Everyone is talking about transgender people, but few are talking to transgender people. Join me as I peel back my defenses and share intimate struggles and experiences from my life. From growing up in a Pentecostal cult to living as a gay man in a conservative town to how I'm handling the very difficult process of my physical, emotional, and social transition, get to know what it's really like growing up transgender.
October Ryan was raised in the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia and currently lives in Los Angeles, California. She came out as a proud transgender woman in 2020 and is finally expressing her authentic self. Her debut novel, The Beginning of October: A Tale of Transgender Life & Love, was published in 2021 to overwhelmingly positive reviews. She writes and records music in her spare time and is a big fan of The Last Podcast on The Left and Taylor Swift.