A Life Lived Trans
A Life Lived Trans is a podcast hosted by Mardi P. and Lenny Z., two trans elders who have been transitioning collectively for over 60 years. Each week, they are bringing you their stories of what it was like transitioning in the 70s, 80s, 90s, and 00s. For full episodes and to support our hosts, please visit our Patreon page.
Episodes

5 days ago
5 days ago
Good morning working divas, working dolls, and working action men!
This week we're talking about SURVIVAL WORK, that's right expect a no-holds-barred discussion about the not so beautiful world of working the stroll and making your bag, yes gawd.
What we have have to do to survive our life lived trans experience, is sometimes not a beautiful and wonderful experience, but it's our history, and for us, there is beauty AND value in remembering what we had to be here today.
TLDR Sex work is work, decriminalise sex work now but also OMG IT'S LOWKEY RLLY BAD FOR SOME OF US.
Chile anyways, enjoy the show! 💅
Follow your hosts Mardi & Lenny!

Tuesday Jun 24, 2025
Tuesday Jun 24, 2025
You don't pay her!This weeks episode is a PAID episode, meaning unelss you are listening on our Patreon you will only be hearing the first 10 minutes of our 45 minute long conversation! Head over there to get the full tea, or even see our beautiful faces on video!
In this episode we're talking about hormones, not the oldest profession, but the things that pump through our bodies and determine everything from how we look to how we smell! From self medicating through to what they change about us and how they interact with our internal processes, they're so fun!
And yes, this HAS been your reminder, have you taken your hormones today?!?!?!
We hope you enjoy this episode, and be sure to support us on our Patreon to listen to the whole episode! where you can listen to all our paid episodes! Follow your hosts Mardi & Lenny!A Life Lived Trans is a Diva Down production, produced by Carmen & Carly.

Monday Jun 16, 2025
Monday Jun 16, 2025
Y'all better quiet down!!!!
This weeks episode is a PAID episode, meaning unelss you are listening on our Patreon you will only be hearing the first 10 minutes of our 45 minute long conversation! Head over there to get the full tea, or even see our beautiful faces on video!
In this episode we're talking Pride and Prejudice, no not the book, but the experience of pride throughout our trans history! From the iconic Sylvia Rivera "Y'all better quiet down" speech at the Christopher Street Liberation Day event, through to the increasingly fractured community of LGBTQIA+ people we live amongst today, join your hosts in exploring everything Pride, and Prejudice!
We hope you enjoy this episode, and be sure to support us on our Patreon to listen to the whole episode! where you can listen to all our paid episodes! Follow your hosts Mardi & Lenny!A Life Lived Trans is a Diva Down production, produced by Carmen & Carly.

Tuesday Jun 10, 2025
Tuesday Jun 10, 2025
This weeks episode is a PAID episode, meaning unelss you are listening on our Patreon you will only be hearing the first 10 minutes of our 45 minute long conversation! Head over there to get the full tea, or even see our beautiful faces on video!
In this episode Mardi brags about her famous friends, Lenny and Mardi discuss what it’s like to exist as a trans elder on social media and how they cope with hate and abuse emenating from the screens on their space machines, and Lenny tries to think of a current trans female pop star that isn’t Kim Petras.
We hope you enjoy this episode, and be sure to support us on our Patreon to listen to the whole episode! where you can listen to all our paid episodes! Follow your hosts Mardi & Lenny!A Life Lived Trans is a Diva Down production, produced by Carmen & Carly.

Tuesday Jun 03, 2025
Tuesday Jun 03, 2025
HELLO: and welcome to A Life Lived Trans, with your hosts, Mardi & Lenny! In this FREE episode (only the first episode of each month is free going forward!) we're slicing AND dicing, and talking all about gender affirming surgeries, or as we called them in our day... SEX CHANGE SURGERIES. From clitoroplasties that don't take, if trans men or trans women have it better, to crusty capsules growing around breast implants, and what it's like to have top surgery as a trans guy! We also dare to dream of a world where neovagina doesn't need to be stretched out all the time! IF ONLY.
We hope you enjoy this episode, and be sure to support us on our Patreon where you can listen to all our paid episodes! After our first 4 episodes go live, only 1 episode a month is available for free to you'll want to snatch that trophy (subscribe to our Patreon) to get all the goods! Follow your hosts Mardi & Lenny!A Life Lived Trans is a Diva Down production, produced by Carmen & Carly.

Tuesday May 27, 2025
Tuesday May 27, 2025
HELLO: and welcome to A Life Lived Trans, with your hosts, Mardi & Lenny! In this FREE episode we dive into everything mothers (because we recorded this episode on Mother's Day) and the things we do for them, from wearing dresses when you've transitioned into being a man, to balancing books on your head and mincing around the room. We also talk about the emotional response Mardi had after receiving a copy of the 40th Anniversary Blu Ray of Hookers On Davie, and Lenny asks "how can we meet our higher selves?!".
We hope you enjoy this episode, and be sure to support us on our Patreon where you can listen to all our paid episodes! After our first 4 episodes go live, only 1 episode a month is available for free to you'll want to snatch that trophy (subscribe to our Patreon) to get all the goods! Follow your hosts Mardi & Lenny!A Life Lived Trans is a Diva Down production, produced by Carmen & Carly.

Tuesday May 20, 2025
Tuesday May 20, 2025
HELLO: and welcome to A Life Lived Trans, with your hosts, Mardi & Lenny! In this FREE episode we dive into how we came to learn we were trans, reading about the magical transition of Christine Jorgensen in gossip magazines! We talk about what binds us together, and how despite growing up in different countries and travelling in different directions our stories are eerily similar! Mardi also talks about her yearning for some jiggle in her youth and Lenny tries to convince Mardi to lift weights!
We hope you enjoy this episode, and be sure to support us on our Patreon where you can listen to all our paid episodes! After our first 4 episodes go live, only 1 episode a month is available for free to you'll want to snatch that trophy (subscribe to our Patreon) to get all the goods! Follow your hosts Mardi & Lenny!A Life Lived Trans is a Diva Down production, produced by Carmen & Carly.

Tuesday May 13, 2025
Tuesday May 13, 2025
HELLO: and welcome to A Life Lived Trans, with your hosts, Mardi & Lenny! In this FREE episode we introduce ourselves and give a little bit of background into our life stories, and what you can expect from A Life Lived Trans! We talk about our journeys, why we are starting this podcast, and touch on the anxiety that comes with being out and trans in 2025.
We hope you enjoy this episode, and be sure to support us on our Patreon where you can listen to all our paid episodes! Only 1 episode a month is available for free to you'll want to snatch that trophy (subscribe to our Patreon) to get all the goods! Follow your hosts Mardi & Lenny!A Life Lived Trans is a Diva Down production, produced by Carmen & Carly.

Tuesday May 06, 2025
Tuesday May 06, 2025
HELLO: and welcome to A Life Lived Trans, with your hosts, Mardi & Lenny! In this FREE episode we introduce ourselves and give a little bit of background into our life stories, and what you can expect from A Life Lived Trans! We talk about our journeys, why we are starting this podcast, and touch on the anxiety that comes with being out and trans in 2025.
We hope you enjoy this episode, and be sure to support us on our Patreon where you can listen to all our paid episodes! Only 1 episode a month is available for free to you'll want to snatch that trophy (subscribe to our Patreon) to get all the goods! Follow your hosts Mardi & Lenny!A Life Lived Trans is a Diva Down production, produced by Carmen & Carly.

Sunday Apr 27, 2025
Sunday Apr 27, 2025
Coming to you Tuesday 4/29: A Life Lived Trans podcast. Your Hosts Lenny Zenith and Mardi Pantz. Two trans elders in their 60s, bring you decades of wisdom and survival stories for today's trans people. Our first four episodes will be free in full, future episodes will be published in full on our A Life Lived Trans Patreon page. The first episode of each month will be published to our feed in full, for free. Thank you for supporting trans stories.