Doing It! with Hannah Witton

In this episode, Hannah is joined by Kenny Ethan Jones, a writer, advocate, and content creator who made history as the first trans man to front a period campaign. Kenny discusses how he became a trans advocate, some of the books that helped influence his his growth in becoming an activist, and how modelling changed his life. He talks about how menstruating has been the single hardest thing for him to deal with as a trans man and his own journey with masculinity and learning to step into his authentic self. Hannah and Kenny discuss the misinformation out there about how testosterone can affect your fertility as a trans man, the double standards that exist for trans youth seeking similar health care services as cis young people, and the myths around gender affirming care for young people. Finally, Kenny shares some of the positive experiences he’s had in sexual health clinics and the importance of protecting your mental health as a trans person by avoiding toxic news.
CW: transphobia, mention of suicidal ideation
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Kenny Ethan Jones is a writer, advocate and content creator. He’s best known for making history by being the first trans man to front a period campaign. His advocacy is focused on all things trans but he specialises in; menstruation, body politics and language. His work has been spotlighted in the likes of Vogue, NBC news and much more.
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Welcome to the first Doing It episode of 2021! In this episode, Hannah is joined by Andy Thornton (they/he), who is a bigender illustrator, sex educator for the School of Sexuality Education, and Stonewall's Person of Faith role model. Andy discusses their experience being queer and non-binary as well as what being bigender means to him and how the way they identify relates to being a Christian. He and Hannah talk about the difference between tolerating and affirming Christian communities, social constructs of gender, and go on a tangent about language and sexual orientation. Finally, Hannah and Andy also discuss autism and vaginismus. It's a jam-packed episode this week!
MORE ABOUT ANDY THORNTON
I'm a Stonewall LGBTQ+ Person of Faith Role Model so I make noise about how God loves queers, and I mentor young people who are struggling with their Christian and queer identities and help them to embrace and love themselves! I'm also technically an author and illustrator as I published a trans children's book called Rebekah's Secret Grandpa. I've just graduated in Sociology at Bath after doing an art foundation at Oxford Brookes, and now I'm a freelance digital marketer and illustrator, working mainly with SSE (+ facilitating in schools) and Rixxo. My dissertation researched experiences of trans and bi Christians who are excluded from both queer and Christian spaces, with hour long interviews with 17 students who identified with one or both of those identities. I recently talked about my findings, and my experience as a queer Christian Quaker, on the podcast Blessed Are The Binary Breakers (which was split out into two episodes: 1 & 2), and about being a trans ally on the podcast Nobody Panic.
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/humansatsuma/
- Art Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lesgetbetter/
- Portfolio: http://andythornton.work/
- School of Sexuality Education Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/school_sexed/
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In this episode, Hannah is joined by Catherine Harry, who is a feminist vlogger and sex educator. Cath talks about growing up in Cambodia’s conservative purity culture, being made to memorise the women’s code of conduct at school, and when she started questioning what she’d been taught. She gets into why she makes videos in Khmer, her most requested video topics, and how the people that take the biggest issue with her work are actually western white men. Cath discusses what intersectional feminism means to her, her work with abortion organisations, and what it’s like navigating access to sexual health services and contraception in Cambodia. Finally, Cath and Hannah talk about how LGBTQ+ rights have been improving in Cambodia, how race impacts how accepting Cambodian society can be towards queer tourists, and the importance of having a support system who care about you when you’re working as an online sex educator.
CW: discussion of abortions, mention of sexual assault
✨MORE ABOUT CATHERINE HARRY✨
Catherine Harry is a feminist vlogger and founder at A Dose of Cath, a channel that focuses on sex education, gender equality and cultural issues from a feminist perspective. Her channel has 1 million followers on Facebook. Asides from being a vlogger, Catherine is also an agented writer.
Named one of Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia 2018 and shortlisted as one of Women of the Future Asia 2019, Catherine has been working to raise awareness on feminism and empower women to further the feminist movement.
When she’s not speaking in schools and making her vlogs, she’s an avid reader and a passionate writer who enjoys spinning tales in a way that’s never been told before. She’s also enthusiastic about environment causes and animal rights.
As an intersectional feminist, Catherine recognizes the challenges that women from different backgrounds have to overcome. She realizes that the feminist movement can’t be advanced without allies and support from other people, especially other women. With this in mind, she always looks for ways to empower women and inspire them to shine in their communities so that they can pass on the inspiration to more women.

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• Chit Chat with Kit Cath podcast
• Feminists Say What podcast

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In this episode, Hannah is joined by Ev'Yan Whitney, who is a sexuality doula and sex educator. Hannah and Ev'Yan jump around so many interesting topics this week, including sensuality: what is it? How do you incorporate it into your sex life and life in general? Why do we often neglect our sensuality? They talk about Ev'Yon's a new book, Sensual Self, which comes out later this year, and the relaunch of their podcast also called Sensual Self. Hannah and Ev'Yan also talk about breath and working on the relationship that you have with your body, and Ev'Yan talks about her experience of living apart together with her partner, and how to nourish individuality in a relationship. Finally, Hannah and Ev'Yan chat about about gender and Ev'Yan's experience of coming out as non binary and exploring their gender during lockdown.
MORE ABOUT EV'YAN WHITNEY
Ev’Yan Whitney (they/she) is a Sexuality doula, somatic practitioner, and sensualist. Since 2011, Ev'Yan has been dedicated to sex education and sexual activism for women and non-binary folks, helping individuals reclaim their unique sexual expressions and reconnect to their sensual bodies. Ev'Yan's work focuses on decolonizing, unshaming, and liberating sexuality at the intersection of identity, pleasure, and embodiment. Ev'Yan is the author of Sensual Self, a forthcoming self-guided journal that will help you come home to yourself through your senses. She also hosts a podcast of the same name. For more about her work go to [evyanwhitney.com](http://evyanwhitney.com/) and follow her on Instagram @evyan.whitney.
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It's (almost) time for Season 2! We'll be covering everything from sex robots to kink to sex positive parenting - so keep an eye out for the season launch next week to hear from our first amazing guest!
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