welcome to the soft rebellion.

This is what happens when you stop performing and start telling the truth.


I’m Lis—a genderfluid actor, singer/songwriter, and trauma-informed voice coach.

This is a space for those who have been taught to stay small, stay quiet, or stay “good”—even when it costs you your safety, dignity, or belonging.

I write about voice, grief, power, and the body: how we lose our voice, how we get it back, and what it takes to speak without disappearing.

If you’re learning to trust your voice again, you’re in the right place.



what you’ll find here

  • voice notes that live in a trans and nonbinary body

  • reflections on power, grief, identity, and voice reclamation

  • the mechanics of relational and systemic harm

A living memoir of an ex-Evangelical who has learned the cost of being “good.”


who this is for

People who have:

  • outgrown systems that required their silence

  • been mischaracterized, minimized, or made “the problem” for speaking up

  • mistaken self-abandonment and erasure for love and belonging

  • have experienced voice suppression relationally or systemically

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