Colonel Bree Fram shares her story, from her first experience with Star Trek to her career in astronautical engineering and as a Space Force Colonel. In an emotional conversation, Bree opens up about the pain of the Trump administration’s ban on transgender people serving in the military, how it directly impacted her career and life, and how she’s moving forward.

Links:

https://www.breefram.com/
https://www.thetrevorproject.org

"How would you describe yourself to someone who couldn't see?" asks Bruce Horak, Engineer Hemmer on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. Bruce joins us to talk about his work as an actor, painter, and now filmmaker with his upcoming documentary Boldly Going for which there is currently an active IndieGoGo campaign. Boldly Going is described as "a groundbreaking documentary that chronicles Bruce Horak's inspiring journey as the first blind actor to play a blind character in the Star Trek franchise (Strange New Worlds). But this a story that goes far beyond Bruce's on-screen character. Despite losing 90% of his vision to childhood cancer. In this film, we follow him across North America and beyond as he meets others who have overcome barriers to find creative freedom and purpose. In each encounter, Bruce paints a portrait of the person he encounters creating a moment of connection captured on canvas."

Support Bruce's fundraiser at
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/boldly-going-documentary#/

We are excited to be joined by Jarrah Hodge of the legendary Women at Warp podcast which recently just wrapped with its final ever episode. In addition to co-hosting and producing Women at Warp, Jarrah is also a communications, advocacy and engagement specialist with extensive experience in the non-profit sector and labour movement. She is now serving as the communication lead at the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness. In light of Canada's recent Federal Election and ongoing housing crisis, we were eager to hear about Jarrah's ongoing work.

We also talk about visiting another podcast – The Treksperts Briefing Room where we talked DS9's "Past Tense" with Star Trek writer Lisa Klink!

Links from the Episode:

https://www.womenatwarp.com/

https://trekkiefeminist.com/

Ladies Who Trek Ottawa Fan Group https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1CFUhsAx3u/

IKV Phoenix Ottawa Fan Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/ikvphoenix/

Treksperts Briefing Room featuring the TREKtivism Podcast
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/past-tense-part-1-ds9-s3-ep-11-w-trektivisms-matthew/id1552937601?i=1000699624114