Gender Reveal

Tuck speaks with musician, drag performer, and community organizer TAYLOR ALXNDR (they/she) Topics include: Drag as a political organizing tool “I feel like gender is still a competition… especially on social media” Collaborating on hundreds of Southern Fried Queer Pride events without collapsing from burnout or internecine squabbles. Gender social contagion (Would I want tits on a desert island?) Plus: Lumpy Space Princess gender, the RuPaul Industrial Complex, and MITOCHONDRIHANNA! This Week in Gender: Ozzy teaches us about Apayauq Reitan and more trans Iditarod history.  Find Taylor @tayloralxndr and at tayloralxndr.com. Southern Fried Queer Pride is @sfqp. Join our Patreon (patreon.com/gender) to get access to a brand-new bonus podcast, 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 Go

Tuck speaks with Avery Tucker (he/him) from Girlpool. Topics include: Losing control of your voice… as a touring musician.  Learning to accept the existence of your pre-transition self The joys and fears of “trans voice”  Plus: Juno, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Theypool? This Week in Gender: Wales banning conversion therapy; Montana judge blocking birth certificate law; doctor suing UT-Southwestern; sanctuary state bills to support trans families; MCR wants to sell binders Find Girlpool music & merch at girlpoolmusic.com. Avery is @girlpoool and @av33333ry on IG. Forgiveness is out now!  Join our Patreon (patreon.com/gender) to get access to a brand-new bonus podcast, 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 was from Lavender Menace Press. Find episode transcripts and starter packs for new listeners at genderpodcast.com. We’re also on Twitter and Instagram @gendereveal. Associate Producer: Ozzy Lli

Tuck speaks with Edgar Gomez (he/she/they), author of the memoir High-Risk Homosexual. Topics include: TFW Facebook suggests that you friend-request the Pulse shooter  The pros & cons of Latinidad (the concept) and Latinx (the word) Writing about your family’s homophobia without making them into telenovela villains The intersections of class/poverty and queerness  Plus: Sporty Spice, trans villain representation, and post-credits Drag Race goss. This Week in Gender: Rebecca Kling critiques the recent Washington Post op-ed “What I wish I’d known when I was 19 and had sex reassignment surgery.” References: Cristina Silva’s article about the word Latinx in USA Today.  Find Edgar at edgargomez.net, and find High-Risk Homosexual through Soft Skull Press or wherever books are. Join our Patreon (patreon.com/gender) to get access to a brand-new bonus podcast, plus our weekly newsletter and other fun perks. Browse our nonprofit merch shop at bit.ly/gendermerch. Our spring grant is now open for applications at

Tuck speaks with stand-up comic and actor River Butcher (he/they). Topics include: Bisexual men of dyke experience If men have hurt me, how do I come to terms with being a man? Being a comic who is trans, not a trans comic (and also not Che Diaz) Embracing perpetual transition and life in “the middle time” Plus: “Can I just say on this podcast… and hopefully it doesn’t become like a viral moment…”  This Week in Gender: The Biden administration marked TDoV by trying to make TSA stop doing gender-based gropes, among other things. Find River’s tour dates, Comedy Central special and more at riverbutcher.com and @rivbutcher. Browse our nonprofit merch shop at bit.ly/gendermerch. Our spring grant is now open for applications at bit.ly/tpoc22. Learn more about our past grant winners at genderpodcast.com/grant. Join our Patreon (patreon.com/gender) to get access to a brand-new bonus podcast, plus our weekly newsletter and other fun perks. Submit a piece of Theymail: a small message or ad that we’ll read on the s

After Tuck makes a few exciting announcements, Vidhya Aravind and Erique Zhang share their perspectives on what trans visibility means and who it serves.  Find Erique Zhang at eriquezhang.com and @er_ique. Find Vidhya Aravind at @kid_vidh and on Episode 74 of our podcast. Donate to our spring mutual aid drive via PayPal, Cash App ($TuckWoodstock) or Venmo (@Tuck-Woodstock). Trans folks of color can apply to receive mutual aid funds at bit.ly/tdos22. Our limited edition Trans Day of Having a Nice Snack merch is available through April 9 at bit.ly/gendermerch. Join our Patreon (patreon.com/gender) to get access to our weekly newsletter and our new patron-only bonus pod.  Find episode transcripts and starter packs for new listeners at genderpodcast.com. We’re also on Twitter and Instagram @gendereveal. Associate Producer: Julia Llinas Goodman Logo: Ira M. LeighMusic: Breakmaster CylinderAdditional Music: Blue Dot Sessions Sponsors: Our patrons! Thank you!

Afte an exciting merch announcement, Tuck shares a new episode of the Homo Schedule, featuring queer actors Jasmin Savoy Brown, Liv Hewson and Leo Sheng.  ----- What's it like being cast in a show that influenced your identity as a kid? How do you make space for yourself while growing up as one of the only queer and Asian kids in your town? And where are all the queer Disney royals? All that and more as Liv and Jasmin talk to Leo Sheng! Citations - In Hollywood, Asian American stories are rare, but Asian American LGBTQ stories are even rarer by Lakshmi Gandhi for NBCNews - During the 1970s, Social Workers Began Placing LGBTQ Youth with Queer Foster Families by Matt Katz for WNYC’s The Takeaway - And here is Leo’s Twitter thread about queer & trans BIPOC!

Tuck speaks with sex educator and ~sensualist~ Ev’Yan Whitney (they/she). Topics include: What sensuality looks like when it’s painful to be in your body The superpower of being an asexual sex educator Advice for folks worried that transitioning will harm their romantic relationships Is it fine to dissociate our way through the pandemic? Plus: We’ve been eating apples wrong this whole time?! This Week in Gender: Watch Framing Agnes and don’t reinvent the wheel. (Trans elder podcasts include Stealth: Transmasculine Podcast and Call Me Mother.) Find Ev’Yan at evyanwhitney.com and @evyan.whitney. Their book and podcast are both called Sensual Self. Submit a piece of Theymail: a small message or ad that we’ll read on the show. Today’s messages were from Jaye’s Top Surgery Fund and the Dimlit Tarot. Join our Patreon (patreon.com/gender) to receive our weekly newsletter, plus stickers and other rewards. Find episode transcripts and starter packs for new listeners at genderpodcast.com. We’re also on Twitter and

Tuck speaks with Krys Malcolm Belc (he/him), author of The Natural Mother of the Child. Topics include: Parallels between being pregnant and starting HRT Parenting a trans femme child as a trans masc parent The value of disagreeing with other trans people(!) Creating trans pregnancy representation without becoming a cis spectacle Plus: gender-y childhood photos; bottom growth; real apologies; and why we’re wearing Carhartts right now(?) Find The Natural Mother of the Child at Bookshop.org. Krys also has a chapbook called In Transit, which is available from The Cupboard. Join our Patreon (patreon.com/gender) to receive our weekly newsletter, plus stickers and other rewards. 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 jthequeertrainer[at]gmail[dot]com. Associate Producer: Julia Llinas Goodman Logo: Ira M. LeighMusic:

Producer Jules(!) speaks with actor, writer and comic D’lo (he/him). Topics include: Creating a trilogy of solo shows about transition & queer life Queer community as a spiritual practice Using art and comedy to reshape traumatic narratives “Nobody can touch us, the more vulnerable we are” Plus: The god/freak complex and the short hair to transmasc pipeline This Week in Gender: Mr. Manley makes Ohio history; Andrea Jenkins becomes president of the Minneapolis Council; Mj Rodriguez wins a Golden Globe; Republicans propose more bills against trans youth; and an Olympic skater says not to focus on them being nonbinary (oops). Find D’lo at dlocokid.com and on Twitter/IG @dlocokid. Join our Patreon (patreon.com/gender) to receive our weekly newsletter, plus stickers and other rewards. 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. Associate

Tuck speaks with printmaker, comic-doer, and A.B.O. cofounder Io (they/them), who also started the whole “be gay do crime” thing.  Topics include: The origins of “Be Gay, Do Crime” What we mean when we say do crime! Train-hopping to outrun your gender feelings A.B.O. Comix and trans prisoner support Plus: gender nihilism, anarchist D&D, bike helmet phrenology, 3 futures of gender, and a debate over the transness of Dune.  This Week in Gender: Amy Schneider makes more Jeopardy history; Lithuania doesn’t go far enough; April Ashley passed away; Quidditch begins to rename itself; And Just Like That fully does a meme.  Io’s print shop (featuring the original Be Gay Do Crime design) is at etsy.com/shop/bumlung. You can also find Io on twitter (@bum_lung) and IG (@bum.lung.press). Join our Patreon (patreon.com/gender) to receive our weekly newsletter, plus stickers and other rewards. Find episode transcripts and starter packs for new listeners at genderpodcast.com. We’re also on Twitter and Instagram @g

Tuck speaks with writer, organizer, and #8toAbolition cofounder K Adetoyin Agbebiyi (they/them). Topics include: An abolitionist take on “cancel culture” The difference between nonprofits and mutual aid The connections between disability justice, reproductive justice, and prison abolition Supporting incarcerated trans people without giving more power to the prison industrial complex Plus: treating work like a video game, navigating the perils of leftist twitter, and relearning being gay. This Week in Gender: Your gender doesn’t need to be convenient to other people!  Find K’s work at kagbebiyi.com and freeashleydiamond.com. K also recommends Survived & Punished and Pocket Change Pools. 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 receive our weekly newsletter, plus stickers and other rewards. Find episode transcripts and starter packs for new listeners at genderpodcast.com. We’re also on Twi

Tuck catches up with BFF of the show Mckenzee Griffler (she/her) before tackling another stack of advice questions. Topics include: How do I know if my loved ones are really seeing me? Should I risk parental support to explore my gender? Can my cis girlfriend use all pronouns? How can demisexuals explore their queerness? Plus: When becoming a girl is like cutting out egg (lol) in bread products. This Week in Gender: Here’s the New York Magazine phallo essay. Don’t read the comments :) 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 receive our weekly newsletter, plus stickers and other rewards. 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/genderslack2. Associate Producer: Julia Llinas Goodman Logo: Ira M. LeighMusic: Breakmaster CylinderSponsors: Enby (promo code: Gende

Tuck speaks with musician Ezra Furman (she/they). Topics include: Gender as a religion; transness as a mystical cult The power of taking control (and overcoming HRT hang-ups) Trans voice feelings as professional voice-users  A collection of genders based off Billy Joel lyrics Plus: sympathetic pregnancy, Lou Reed, rabbinical school, and coming out as a mom.  This Week in Gender: New Zealand unanimously passes its self-ID law; a trans student in Missouri wins a sex-discrimination lawsuit; Chile legalizes same-sex marriage; a study says HRT access improves trans youth’s mental health (obvi); and Canada successfully bans conversion therapy. Find Ezra’s music, merch, tour dates and more at ezrafurman.com. Join our Patreon (patreon.com/gender) to receive our weekly newsletter, plus stickers and other rewards. Find episode transcripts and starter packs for new listeners at genderpodcast.com. We’re also on Twitter and Instagram @gendereveal. Associate Producer: Julia Llinas Goodman Logo: Ira M. LeighMusic: Br

Tuck speaks with theorist, author, and abolitionist Da’Shaun Harrison (they/them). Topics include: The way fatness functions as its own gender Working towards a better world without hope that we’ll achieve it Why the concept of health is unsalvageable  Why we’re tired of talking about pronouns with cis people  Plus: destroying gender! This Week in Gender: WPATH’s Standards of Care 8 is open for public comment through Dec 16. Find Da’Shaun and Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness at linktr.ee/DaShaunLH. References: “Mama’s Baby, Papa’s Maybe” by Hortense J. Spillers. Join our Patreon (patreon.com/gender) to receive our weekly newsletter, plus stickers and other rewards. 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/genderslack2. Associate Producer: Julia Llinas Goodman Logo: Ira M. LeighMusic: Breakmaster CylinderAdditional Music: “Littl John ” by Blu

Tuck speaks with Calvin Kasulke (he/him), author of Several People Are Typing. Topics include: The secret(?!?) baby-trans subtext of Calvin’s debut novel Writing fiction (about Slack dot com) vs journalism (about bodega dick pills) Parallels between sobriety and transitioning Calvin asks Tuck a question (a.k.a. “there’s cops here and I’m gay”) Plus: GLAAD Awards Travis Bickle // nu-metal Big Bird // cyberpunk Rodney Dangerfield This Week in Gender: A town in Bangladesh elects a hijra mayor(ish); Switzerland made it easier to change your name and gender marker; Canada is in process of banning conversion therapy; the Dutch government is finally apologizing for forced sterilizations; and an important French dictionary adds the gender-neutral pronoun iel, causing insufferable backlash. Find Calvin at calvinkasulke.com, and pick up a copy of Several People Are Typing wherever books are sold. Here are links to the stories we mentioned about choosing your name and buying dick pills and packing. Join our P

Tuck speaks with game designer and cultural consultant Yeonsoo Julian Kim (they/she). Topics include:   Creating games where every playable character is nonbinary (or, in other cases, Korean) The joys of BDSM tea party games and horror erotic fiction  Why “romanticizing colonialism” is a surprisingly common game plot Playing to win vs. playing to process your feelings and maybe have a nice cry Plus: divorcing fear from gender; and the DnD to HRT pipeline This Week in Gender: Iowa Medicaid must start covering trans surgeries; R*wling once again claims to be victimized by trans people; Stu Rasmussen was the country’s first openly trans mayor; Trans Day of Remembrance happened; Amy Schneider is crushing it on Jeopardy. Find Yeonsoo @yjuliankim and at yeonsoojuliankim.com. (Want more? Their interactive novel The Fog Knows Your Name is available here, and the Strange Lusts/Strange Loves anthology is being released in installments here [NSFW].) Join our Patreon (patreon.com/gender) to receive our weekly newslet

Tuck speaks with lawyer and trans advocate Chase Strangio (he/they). Topics include:   Why everything is going to keep getting worse (sorry!) How “biological” sex only exists in the law to exclude trans people Trans joy as a political counterpoint to right-wing legislation Cis women’s crucial role in combatting transphobia Plus: Throwing yourself on the ground screaming at the gender binary This Week in Gender: The IOC releases new guidelines for trans & intersex athlete eligibility; and California will require gender-neutral toy sections. Find Chase @chasestrangio on Twitter/IG and at aclu.org. Join our Patreon (patreon.com/gender) to receive our weekly newsletter, plus stickers and other rewards. 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: Julia Llinas Goodman Logo: Ira M. Leigh Music: Breakmaster Cylinder Additional Music: “Gentle Son” b

Tuck speaks with Jackie Ess (she/her), author of Darryl. Topics include:   The future of trans literature (whatever that means) Writing from the outside and avoiding tokenization How to avoid being the worst kind of reader Hints to the subjects of Jackie’s next two books Plus: Jonathan Franzen, Jack Harlow, Casey Plett, Torrey Peters, Hugo Grotius, and the Situation? This Week in Gender: Para sports and the Paralympics. (You can read WBC’s trans inclusion policy here.) Find Jackie on Twitter @jackie_ess. Buy Darryl on Bookshop or wherever books are. Join our Patreon (patreon.com/gender) to receive our weekly newsletter, plus stickers and other rewards. Find episode transcripts and starter packs for new listeners at genderpodcast.com. We’re also on Twitter and Instagram @gendereveal. Browse our nonprofit merch shop at bit.ly/gendermerch. Associate Producer: Julia Llinas Goodman Logo: Ira M. Leigh Music: Breakmaster Cylinder Additional Music: “Friction Model” by Blue Dot Sessions Sponsors: Enby (promo code:

Tuck speaks with sports writer Britni de la Cretaz (they/them). Topics include:   Can sports be reformed? How do trans sports bans affect transmasc athletes? Sobriety, gender, and the cisheteronormativity of AA Making your relationship hotter by coming out as trans Plus: Unearthing trans elders & dyke drama while writing about football This Week in Gender: Dana Zzyym finally gets a passport; Cancel Me, Daddy interviews two prominent trans Netflix employees; and the Supreme Court indirectly allows a trans man to sue a Catholic hospital for discrimination. Find Britni at britnidlc.com and on twitter/IG @britnidlc. Their book, Hail Mary, is on sale now.  We also recommend Britni’s Sports Illustrated feature “Living Nonbinary in a Binary Sports World” and their InsideHook article, “What About the Trans Athletes Who Compete — And Win — in Men’s Sports?” ~ Join our Patreon (patreon.com/gender) to receive our weekly newsletter, plus stickers and other rewards. Browse our nonprofit merch shop at bit.ly/gend

Tuck speaks with writer Denne Michele Norris (she/her), cartoonist Mattie Lubchansky (they/them) and organizer Mateo Guerrero (he/they) at Starr Bar in Bushwick. Topics include:   Setting boundaries with friends and family Working to decriminalize sex work in New York Coming out as a trans woman after coming out as nonbinary Plus: “TGNCIQ”; “transhet”; figure skating; the trans rock climbing obsession; trans lit representation; surviving public restrooms; f•cking around and finding out. The article Denne mentions is “Trans Characters Are In Vogue, But Where Are the Thinkpieces?” by Eli Cugini. We also mention Refuge Restrooms. Find Denne at dennemichele.com and on twitter/IG at @thedennemichele. For more of her work, subscribe to the Food 4 Thot podcast and the Electric Lit newsletter. Find Mateo on IG @mateoguerrero_. Make the Road NY is at maketheroadny.org and on IG/Facebook @maketheroadny.  Find Mattie on twitter @Lubchansky and IG @mattielubchansky. For more of their work, join their Patreon, subscribe