Gender Reveal

It's a Christmas miracle — we've got tickets on sale to our February 1st live show, feauting four of your favorite Gender Reveal alumni.  Get your tickets here while you can!  

Tuck speaks with organizer and educator Dean Spade (he/him). Topics include:  Why civil rights laws won’t save us Common mutual aid struggles: money, security culture, etc. Why does burnout convince us that we can’t take a break? Reflections 20 years after founding the Sylvia Rivera Law Project Plus: dinosaur gender, x markers, and talking people out of law school This Week in Gender: The Texas government tried to make a database of residents who changed their gender markers.  Find Dean’s work at BigDoorBrigade.com, PinkwashingExposed.net and linktr.ee/deanspade. Visit DeanSpade.net for more info on Mutual Aid, videos from past workshops, and many other resources. Find Tuck on the Rainbow Parenting podcast! Join our Patreon (patreon.com/gender) to get access to our monthly bonus podcast (featuring more of this conversation!), weekly newsletter, and other fun perks. Find episode transcripts at genderpodcast.com. We’re also on Twitter and Instagram @gendereveal. Submit a piece of Theymail: a small message

Tuck speaks with writer and creature enthusiast Sabrina Imbler (they/them). Topics include:  A Who’s Who of the ocean’s notable transsexuals  Writing about trans youth for the New York Times (lol, lmao) Seeking gender role models from creatures, plants, and fungi Why is a sad octopus more heartbreaking than a sad human? Plus: Neopets, the Great Dyke of Zimbabwe, and a goldfish driving a tank(?!) This Week in Gender: Carl Charles shares a trans Supreme Court update. Find Sabrina on Twitter @aznfusion and on tour. Their work is available on Defector and at simbler.github.io. How Far the Light Reaches is out on Dec 6, and Dyke (Geology) is available now from Black Lawrence Press. Join our Patreon (patreon.com/gender) to get access to our monthly bonus podcast, weekly newsletter, and other fun perks. Browse our nonprofit merch shop at bit.ly/gendermerch. Find episode transcripts at genderpodcast.com. We’re also on Twitter and Instagram @gendereveal. Submit a piece of Theymail: a small message or ad that we’ll

Tuck speaks with Eating for Free cohost Joan Summers (she/her)  Topics include:  Getting outed by your pastor’s wife in a movie theater parking lot Why celebrities should come out via strategic trips to CVS  Union organizing for trans healthcare… and how it can go wrong Why do famous people love the word pansexual? Plus: Should we put Harry Styles on trial for gender crimes? This Week in Gender: You can read the Daniel Aston tributes here and here and read another special message here.  (Also: oh, it’s a shark tornado!) Find Joan @laracroftbarbie and on Eating for Free. Join our Patreon (patreon.com/gender) to get access to our monthly bonus podcast, weekly newsletter, and other fun perks. Browse our nonprofit merch shop at bit.ly/gendermerch. Find episode transcripts at genderpodcast.com. We’re also on Twitter and Instagram @gendereveal. Submit a piece of Theymail: a small message or ad that we’ll read on the show. Today’s messages were from Quest Ed and Zera Bloom. Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman Logo: I

Tuck speaks with poet and drag artist Wo Chan (they/them), who performs as the Illustrious Pearl. Topics include:  Re-evaluating the narrative of your book after starting psychoanalysis Combining poetry and drag performance into… PowerPoint drag! Creating art out of testimonials from your family’s deportation proceedings Learning to share without oversharing — and without judging yourself for oversharing Plus: Ostrich feathers, Cantopop, loneliness, poop poems, and the stage as a sacrificial altar.  This Week in Gender: We recap the US midterm elections and discuss the concept of “Queering Congress” (lol lmao) Find Wo on Instagram @theillustriouspearl. Togetherness is available now from Nightboat Books. Join our Patreon (patreon.com/gender) to get access to our monthly bonus podcast, weekly newsletter, and other fun perks. Browse our nonprofit merch shop at bit.ly/gendermerch. Find episode transcripts at genderpodcast.com. We’re also on Twitter and Instagram @gendereveal. Submit a piece of Theymail: a smal

In the second half of this special two-part episode, Tuck speaks with organizer and library worker Dakota Hommes (she/her). Topics include:  Organizing the first library union in the state(!) Missouri’s ban on “explicit” books in schools Transition as a spiritual experience  Plus: Narwhal facts, TikTok, and trans Harry Potter fanfic. Find Dakota on Instagram @dakotahommes and on TikTok @dakota.danger. (Visit her Linktree for the merch and fanfic that we reference in the interview.) Join our Patreon (patreon.com/gender) to get access to our monthly bonus podcast, weekly newsletter, and other fun perks. Browse our nonprofit merch shop at bit.ly/gendermerch. Find episode transcripts at genderpodcast.com. We’re also on Twitter and Instagram @gendereveal. Submit a piece of Theymail: a small message or ad that we’ll read on the show. Today’s messages were from Ad Creeps and Teaching While Queer. Associate Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman Logo: Ira M. LeighMusic: Breakmaster CylinderSponsors: Queer Candle Co. (promo

In the first half of this special two-part episode, Tuck speaks with Starbucks Workers United organizer Spencer (they/she). Topics include:  Maintaining a 24/7 picket line for a 64-day-long strike(!) What is the best way to support the Starbucks union and employees? Why are union organizers disproportionately trans?  Plus: The literal Pinkertons and the future of labor.  Find Spencer and their coworkers on Twitter at @bostonsbwu. Join our Patreon (patreon.com/gender) to get access to our monthly bonus podcast, weekly newsletter, and other fun perks. Browse our nonprofit merch shop at bit.ly/gendermerch. Find episode transcripts at genderpodcast.com. We’re also on Twitter and Instagram @gendereveal. Submit a piece of Theymail: a small message or ad that we’ll read on the show. Today’s messages were from Craft or DIY and Allyship is a Verb. Associate Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman Logo: Ira M. LeighMusic: Breakmaster CylinderSponsors: Queer Candle Co. (promo code: GENDER10)

Tuck speaks with comedian, performer, and event producer Howie Echo-Hawk (they/them). Topics include:  What do pronoun go-arounds and land acknowledgements have in common? Is it even possible to decolonize gender? Why your comedy can’t come solely from suffering Using nature to explore identity beyond language Plus: Dance parties, autism superpowers, and punishment comedy  This Week in Gender: The past and future of the US Trans Survey, which is available until November 21 at ustranssurvey.org. (You can read the full 2015 survey results here. The 2019 NCTE staff’s open letter is here, and our segment about the Euphoria apps is in Episode 88 with Noah Adams.) Read Decolonization Is Not a Metaphor here. Find Howie on Instagram @howieechohawk, @indigenizeproductions, @_theresmore_ and @everynativeepisode. Find Every Native Episode here, and listen to Howie on the Deep End Friends podcast. ~~ Join our Patreon (patreon.com/gender) to get access to our monthly bonus podcast, weekly newsletter, and other fun pe

Tuck speaks with Cat Fitzpatrick (she/her), author of The Call-Out and cofounder of LittlePuss Press. Topics include:  Writing about Brooklyn trans girl drama in iambic tetrameter  Searching for answers on the Transsexual Internet Circa 2001 Running a small press that doubles as a community org (aka lessons learned from Topside) Why is it so hard for (trans) people of goodwill to build a functional community, let alone a just one? Plus: Cameoing in your fiction using the meanest DM you’ve ever received   This Week in Gender: Rosemary deserves a sword.  Find Cat @intermittentcat and at catfitzpatrick.net. Follow LittlePuss @LittlePussPress and littlepuss.net, and on tour now through Nov 5. The Call-Out, Faltas, and Meanwhile, Elsewhere are all available now.  Listen to Tuck on Normal Gossip! Join our Patreon (patreon.com/gender) to get access to our monthly bonus podcast, weekly newsletter, and other fun perks. Browse our nonprofit merch shop at bit.ly/gendermerch. Find episode transcripts and grant info at

Tuck tackles more advice questions with BFF of the show Mckenzee Griffler (she/her). Topics include: How should I balance my partner's comfort with my own transition? How can I get my family to fully accept my transition? Why does my child keep misgendering me? Would it be inconsiderate of me to share my pronouns?  Are feminine names going extinct? This Week in Gender: Listeners share their wins, including Carl Charles, Naseem Jamnia and Queer Society Yukon. Listen to Tuck’s Life Kit episode about how to change your name.  Do you have gender questions that you’d like answered on the show? Submit questions anonymously via this Google form. Join our Patreon (patreon.com/gender) to get access to our new bonus podcast feed, plus our weekly newsletter and other fun perks. Browse our nonprofit merch shop at bit.ly/gendermerch. Find episode transcripts and starter packs for new listeners at genderpodcast.com. We’re also on Twitter and Instagram @gendereveal. Join the Gender Detectives Slack at bit.ly/gender-slac

Tuck speaks with writer and organizer Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha (she/they). Topics include: Do non-disabled people exist? Diagnoses, autism, and how disability + transness intersect  How to build care networks without relying on social capital Why disabled people have the skills we need to survive the climate crisis, pandemics, etc.  Plus: ye olde “what does femme mean?”  This Week in Gender: The San Francisco Marathon offered a nonbinary division, which led us to 2 Hot 4 Hoodies. Find Leah on twitter @thellpsx and instagram @leahlakshmiwrites, and at brownstargirl.org. Preorder The Future Is Disabled (and browse several of their other books) via Arsenal Pulp. Find Tuck on the Trans Mutual Aid episode of the TransLash podcast, and keep an eye out for their Life Kit episode about trans name changes.  ~ Join our Patreon (patreon.com/gender) to get access to our new bonus podcast feed, plus our weekly newsletter and other fun perks. Join the Gender Detectives Slack at bit.ly/gender-slack. Find episod

Tuck speaks with sociologist Alex Hanna (she/her). Topics include: How claiming AI is “sentient” gives big tech companies more power Privacy tips for trans folks and abortion-seekers (and why they’re not enough) Using data science to predict who will win Drag Race Literally what is the point of Dall-E?  Plus: Roller derby, Star Trek, and some Macedonian teenager’s repository of faces?  This Week in Gender: A brief message from Charles Barkley. Find Alex on twitter @alexhanna and at alex-hanna.com. Learn more about DAIR at dair-institute.org. Submit a piece of Theymail: a small message or ad that we’ll read on the show. Today’s message is from Rainbow Parenting. Join our Patreon (patreon.com/gender) to get access to our new bonus podcast feed, plus our weekly newsletter and other fun perks. Browse our nonprofit merch shop at bit.ly/gendermerch. Join the Gender Detectives Slack at bit.ly/gender-slack. Find episode transcripts and starter packs for new listeners at genderpodcast.com. We’re also on Twitter an

Tuck speaks with pro wrestler Edith Surreal (she/her). Topics include: What happens when a masked wrestler gets an FFS consult? Combining ballroom culture with pro wrestling  Is playing a heel Bad Trans Representation?  Plus: Why wrestling is like a real-life comic book, a soap opera, a drag show, and Super Smash Bros. This Week in Gender: Justine Lindsay; new Pew data; Emma Corrin in Vogue; and lots of news from Germany. Find Edith @edithsurreal on Twitter and IG and at edithsurreal.com. Submit a piece of Theymail: a small message or ad that we’ll read on the show. Today’s messages are from Trans Book Box and Jordan Ross (learn more about the free voice workshop here). — Join our Patreon (patreon.com/gender) to get access to our new bonus podcast feed, plus our weekly newsletter and other fun perks. Browse our nonprofit merch shop at bit.ly/gendermerch. Join the Gender Detectives Slack at bit.ly/gender-slack. Find episode transcripts and starter packs for new listeners at genderpodcast.com. We’re als

Tuck speaks with historian and writer Jules Gill-Peterson (she/her). Topics include: Do cis people exist? Why the United States hates children The very unequal histories of trans men and trans women How both sides of the trans youth debate are failing trans kids Plus: Patti Harrison, FFS @ CVS, and “If this is what being an ally is, I am an enemy.” This Week in Gender: Listen to Jules on Death Panel instead! Find Jules on Twitter @gp_jls and subscribe to her newsletter on Substack. Histories of the Transgender Child is available through UMN Press. Join our Patreon (patreon.com/gender) to get access to our new bonus podcast feed, plus our weekly newsletter and other fun perks. Submit a piece of Theymail: a small message or ad that we’ll read on the show. Today’s messages are from TheirOpen.Page and Assigned Scientist at Bachelor’s. Find episode transcripts and starter packs for new listeners at genderpodcast.com. We’re also on Twitter and Instagram @gendereveal. Associate Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman Log

Tuck speaks with UK-based writer Jackson King (he/him). Topics include: Structural barriers to gender-affirming care faced by fat trans people Visiting Europe’s largest gay sauna What's going on in the UK!?! Can men be redeemed?! Plus: Evangelical kink and RuPaul’s egg detector This Week in Gender: Trans listeners share their wins. Join our Patreon (patreon.com/gender) to get access to our new bonus podcast feed, plus our weekly newsletter and other fun perks. Browse our nonprofit merch shop at bit.ly/gendermerch. Submit a piece of Theymail: a small message or ad that we’ll read on the show. Today’s message (and special post-credits message) was from Seattle Trans Picnic. Find episode transcripts and starter packs for new listeners at genderpodcast.com. We’re also on Twitter and Instagram @gendereveal. Associate Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman Logo: Ira M. LeighMusic: Breakmaster CylinderAdditional Music: “Rambling,” “Capering,” and “Calm and Collected” by Blue Dot Sessions Sponsors: LGBTQ&A and Bistitch

Tuck and Ozzy speak with Manhunt author Gretchen Felker-Martin (she/her). Topics include: Writing a book for trans freaks Reclaiming the gender-plague genre from TERFs Horror movies as exposure therapy  Can art be dangerous? Plus: Supermasochist, spitting, shrooms, and “my biological father, David Cronenberg” This Week in Gender: Addressing a few common talking points about how there are so many trans kids these days.  Find Gretchen on Patreon and Twitter @scumbelievable. Manhunt is out now in paperback. Join our Patreon (patreon.com/gender) to get access to our new bonus podcast feed, plus our weekly newsletter and other fun perks. Browse our nonprofit merch shop at bit.ly/gendermerch. Find episode transcripts and starter packs for new listeners at genderpodcast.com. We’re also on Twitter and Instagram @gendereveal. Submit a piece of Theymail: a small message or ad that we’ll read on the show. Today’s message was from Evolution’s Rainbow (tickets available here). Associate Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman

Tuck speaks with Fran Tirado (she/they), co-host of Like a Virgin and Food 4 Thot. Topics include: Queer reality show concepts and non-monogamous TV representation  Writing a book about “when activism gets wrapped up in capital” A quick and easy guide to reclaiming Pride from corporations  Self-work, community care, and how to stop working all the time Plus: Mustache privilege(?!) and f@gg0try as a gender    This Week in Gender: Rynn shares a heartwarming dispatch from Madison. Find Fran @fransquishco and on the Like a Virgin meme page @likeavirgin42069. Join our Patreon (patreon.com/gender) to get access to our new bonus podcast feed, plus our weekly newsletter and other fun perks. Browse our nonprofit merch shop at bit.ly/gendermerch. Find episode transcripts and starter packs for new listeners at genderpodcast.com. We’re also on Twitter and Instagram @gendereveal. Associate Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman Logo: Ira M. LeighMusic: Breakmaster CylinderAdditional Music: “Night Light” by Blue Dot Sessions Spo

Tuck and Ozzy speak with Jeopardy champion Amy Schneider (she/her). Topics include: How going on national TV helped with vocal dysphoria (and gave Amy hope for trans people’s political future) Grappling with the constant threat of milkshake-ducking The history and future of Trans Jeopardy  Why are so many trans women coders?  Plus: Kafka, Tarot, fame, orgies, and the gay green couch This Week in Gender: An exclusive clip of our new bonus episode with Cassius Adair!  Join our Patreon (patreon.com/gender) to get access to our new bonus podcast feed, plus our weekly newsletter and other fun perks. Browse our nonprofit merch shop at bit.ly/gendermerch. Find episode transcripts and starter packs for new listeners at genderpodcast.com. We’re also on Twitter and Instagram @gendereveal. Submit a piece of Theymail: a small message or ad that we’ll read on the show. Today’s message was from the band Diners. Associate Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman Logo: Ira M. LeighMusic: Breakmaster CylinderSponsors: Queer Candle C

Tuck speaks with Imogen Binnie (she/her), author of Nevada. Topics include: Revisiting Nevada 10-15 yrs later, obvi!  MichFest, Trans Camp, and womyn with a y  Playing doom metal by candlelight as a queer bonding activity Watching horror movies to feel something Plus: Piss Christmas, John Darnielle, Gene Belcher, and Melissa???? This Week in Gender: Heartstopper and the possibility of something good. Preorder Nevada here. Find Correspondences on Bandcamp. Listen to Imogen Watches Classic Films on Apple Podcasts. Imogen is @imogenbinnie, where you can also find the trans Love, Actually script. Join our Patreon (patreon.com/gender) to get access to our new bonus podcast feed, plus our weekly newsletter and other fun perks. Browse our nonprofit merch shop at bit.ly/gendermerch. Find episode transcripts and starter packs for new listeners at genderpodcast.com. We’re also on Twitter and Instagram @gendereveal. Submit a piece of Theymail: a small message or ad that we’ll read on the show. Today’s messages was

Tuck speaks with writer and researcher Jo Krishnakumar (they/them). (CW: anti-trans violence 37-42) Topics include: The neurodivergent need to take your pain and put it into ~projects~ How casteism continues to impact queer and trans spaces  Reimagining “the closet” as a cave, a balcony, or a nest How different trans communities interact in India Plus: Googling "Am I gay?” This Week in Gender: New study shows that trans kids stay trans. (Riley MacLeod weighs in.)    Find Jo (and Almaarii and Transform) at waytojo.com. Browse our nonprofit merch shop at bit.ly/gendermerch. Join our Patreon (patreon.com/gender) to get access to our new bonus podcast feed, plus our weekly newsletter and other fun perks. Find episode transcripts and starter packs for new listeners at genderpodcast.com. We’re also on Twitter and Instagram @gendereveal. Associate Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman Logo: Ira M. LeighMusic: Breakmaster CylinderAdditional Music: “Vela Vela” by Blue Dot Sessions Sponsors: Bistitchual & Queer Candle C