Strong and Feminine

GRRRL Talk

Tahverlee sits down with Janae who opens up about finding herself and her transgender journey. As a child she knew she just wanted what she felt inside to match her outside, but in a pre-internet world, information, empathy and access to a community, were hard to come by. Janae competed as a body builder and professional powerlifter for many years and in 2009 set the world record in powerlifting in the men’s weight class with a 738 pound bench press, 810 pound deadlift and 1003 pound squat. After being outed in 2015 via social media, Janae lost a lot of her sponsors and her job as a pharmacist, and her competitive path in strength sports took a back seat to focus on her life. But that’s not where she allowed her story to end. Janae is an author and speaker and is the subject of the award-winning documentary Transformer. This story will make you ask yourself questions about our almost sub-conscious gender bias and the juxtaposition of strength of the feminine and of the masculine. As a trans/genderfluid/nonbinary human, Janae talks about the importance of being true to yourself. It’s also an education to hear how lack of knowledge is limiting transgender athletes to compete in sports, and lastly, it’s a story of triumph and love. Show Links: https://www.grrrl.com/ https://www.instagram.com/kortney_olson/ https://www.instagram.com/tahverlee/ Janae Kroc: https://www.instagram.com/janaemariekroc/ https://www.janaekroc.com/ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.