Baddie 2 Baddie: Episode 6 Transparent AF

Transparent AF

A trio of baddies chit-chat about where they fall under the LGBTQA+ umbrella and what it's like being a member of that community as well as the cancer community. 

Does sexual orientation impact care the way our skin color does? 

How can a cancer diagnosis create an environment where we live more fully in our truths, from loving who and how we want to consider how medically necessary surgeries can be affirming to our identities? 

What can everyone do year-round to improve the experiences of LGBTQ baddies? 

Whether you're a member of the cancer or LGBTQA+ community or both, tune in to learn or be affirmed in your experience!

Guests:

Deltra is a Connecticut-based mama of five amazing girls who she strives to raise with cultural and health awareness. She's a chain tea drinker, wig hoarder, and lover of singing loudly and dancing unabashedly. Since being diagnosed with Triple Negative MBC de novo in 2019 she has focused on thriving through education, advocacy, connecting, and radical self-care. She is passionate about mental and emotional wellness, creative expression as a means of coping, community building, and connecting BIPOC women with people and spaces that can care for their whole selves. She is a member of Cactus Cancer Society's YAC advisory board, the inaugural class of For the Breast of Us Baddie Ambassador, the Our MBC Life podcast staff and serves as Diversity and Inclusion Coordinator for Project Life MBC. You can follow her at:  @deltra_does_it

Daniela Montoya-Barthelemy is a queer Chicana from a small town in northern New Mexico. In September 2020 Daniela was diagnosed with Stage III invasive lobular carcinoma. She lives with her partner and two children that were 3 and 5-years old at the time she was diagnosed. Though this breast cancer has been proven to run in her extended family, her mom died of breast cancer at the age of 45 when Daniela was almost 9-years-old. 

Daniela’s business, Mama Sin Vergüenza, was born out of her first son’s birth and her passion for social justice as well as sexual, reproductive, and holistic health. The services offered reflect her gifts in balancing strategic health research with holistic modalities of care. Daniela is using the platform of her business to speak up about the arduous journey of breast cancer treatment, the health disparities in the medical industrial complex, and holistic and traditional ways to support one’s mind and body throughout treatment and after.

You can connect with her on Instagram @mamasinverguenza9  

Mariah A. Crenshaw is a 30-year-old Black queer woman who currently resides in Louisville, Kentucky. In 2018, Mariah was diagnosed with Stage II Invasive Ductal Carcinoma and BCRA2+ mutation. At the time, she was 26 years old, living abroad in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Her treatment path includes lumpectomy, chemotherapy, double mastectomy, and hormonal therapies.

Mariah is a Criminal Justice Specialist at a local government entity. With a master’s degree in International Crimes, Conflict, and Criminology, she has always had a passion to be of assistance to others. Mariah is also a model who uses her craft to emphasize the importance of loving our bodies at every stage. Whenever possible, she enjoys traveling to different destinations, experiencing and immersing in the cultures.

IG: @muhryuhkrenshaw

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