Compassion in Transness, Culture and Relationships with Mai Nguyen
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Compassion in Transness, Culture and Relationships with Mai Nguyen

Sit down with Mai Nugyen (she/her), as she opens up with Maddy to share her personal experience and the importance of understanding compassion and empathy when approaching conversations about transness and cultural identity.

As a Vietnamese trans woman working in the trans healthcare space, Mai draws on her deep understanding of the communities she serves and the belief that inclusive healthcare relies on building bridges between people.

Mai’s honesty, heart and passion bleeds through personal stories of navigating her transness and cultural identities in her relationship with self, community, family and romantic partner.

This episode was recorded in February 2026

CONTENT WARNINGS: This episode references transphobia, sexual and domestic violence.

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References

Co-Culture Communications, Leah Maneama 

Drag is a Performance, Trans is an Identity with Cherry-Ripe, Roxee Horror & Lawrence of Australia

TransHealth, Medical Consent, Disability & Queer Healthcare with Axel-Nathaniel Rose

TransHealth is a Human Right with Clinical Nurse Consultant Maggie Smith

Understanding Transgender Lived Experience with TransHub

Collective Holding, Community Care & Mutual Aid with Danyelle Mei Kaplan & Egan Magee

LGBTQIA+ Community Care, Mental Health & Emotions with Chris Cheers

Boddhisatva of Compassion (Quan Am)

Dr Irshad Manji

Club Chrome

Sky Sirens

Accessibility is Sexy: The Intersection of Sex Work and Disability with Saul Isbister & Katia Schwartz from Touching Base

Gender Euphoria and Sex - Zoe Belle Gender Collective

Zoe Belle Gender Collective

Transfemme

Say It Out Loud

QLife

Transhub

Twenty10

Albion Centre T150 Clinic

Ending HIV - Blossoms of Prosperity: Lunar New Queer by Mai Nguyen

Rainbow Cultures

Gender Centre

AusPath

Credits

Host: Maddy Stratten

Guest: Mai Nguyen

Producers: Maddy Stratten, Winnie Adamson & Diana Karamacoska

Editing: Winnie Adamson

Music: Little Pastries Instrumental (descript)

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