{"id":2656,"date":"2025-03-24T19:20:15","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T19:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wendycolegtm.net\/staging\/9199\/?p=2656"},"modified":"2025-03-24T19:20:17","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T19:20:17","slug":"ep-005-living-life-as-the-woman-shes-always-been-wendy-cole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wendycolegtm.net\/staging\/9199\/ep-005-living-life-as-the-woman-shes-always-been-wendy-cole\/","title":{"rendered":"Ep 005 Living Life as the Woman She&#8217;s Always Been &#8212; Wendy Cole"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Demystifying the Transgender Journey<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Episode 005 Living Life as the Woman She&#039;s Always Been -- Wendy Cole\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M3S84YMJLEk?start=8&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">March 21, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:22px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=M3S84YMJLEk&amp;t=8s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">YouTube<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/1qGNYkjgVgg3pq1FdqlaoP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spotify<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/episode-5-living-life-as-the-woman-shes-always-been\/id1799458202?i=1000700287932\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Apple Podcasts<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Welcome to another episode of Demystifying the Transgender Journey with your host, Lynn Murphy. 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