Gender Reveal
252 episodes - English - Latest episode: 16 days ago - ★★★★★ - 1.2K ratingsWelcome to Gender Reveal, a podcast about nonbinary and transgender folks. Join us as we interview notable trans guests, analyze current events, answer advice questions and get a little bit closer to understanding what the heck gender is.
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live show tix on sale now(!!!)
December 22, 2022 20:26 - 4 minutes - 4.36 MBIt'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!
Episode 137: Dean Spade
December 19, 2022 08:01 - 57 minutes - 52.4 MBTuck 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. Fi...
Episode 136: Sabrina Imbler
December 05, 2022 08:01 - 59 minutes - 54 MBTuck 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 o...
Episode 135: Joan Summers
November 28, 2022 08:01 - 57 minutes - 52.6 MBTuck 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 h...
Episode 134: Wo Chan
November 21, 2022 08:01 - 50 minutes - 46.1 MBTuck 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 sa...
Episode 133B: Dakota Hommes
November 17, 2022 07:59 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBIn 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.) ...
Episode 133A: Spencer from Starbucks Workers United
November 14, 2022 08:01 - 35 minutes - 32.6 MBIn 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 ...
Episode 132: Howie Echo-Hawk
November 07, 2022 08:01 - 59 minutes - 54.8 MBTuck 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 ustra...
Episode 131: Cat Fitzpatrick
October 31, 2022 07:01 - 58 minutes - 53.1 MBTuck 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 ...
Episode 130: Gender 901 with Mckenzee Griffler
August 08, 2022 07:01 - 45 minutes - 41.7 MBTuck 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 Li...
Episode 129: Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
August 01, 2022 07:01 - 50 minutes - 46 MBTuck 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 H...
Episode 128: Alex Hanna
July 25, 2022 07:01 - 42 minutes - 39 MBTuck 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 ...
Episode 127: Edith Surreal
July 11, 2022 07:01 - 40 minutes - 37.5 MBTuck 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 edith...
Episode 126: Jules Gill-Peterson
July 04, 2022 07:01 - 1 hour - 56.6 MBTuck 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 Substa...
Episode 125: Jackson King
June 27, 2022 07:01 - 45 minutes - 41.6 MBTuck 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 nonpro...
Episode 124: Gretchen Felker-Martin
June 20, 2022 07:01 - 54 minutes - 49.8 MBTuck 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. Manhun...
Episode 123: Fran Tirado
June 13, 2022 07:01 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBTuck 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. ...
Episode 122: Amy Schneider
June 06, 2022 07:01 - 49 minutes - 45.2 MBTuck 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 Patr...
Episode 121: Imogen Binnie
May 23, 2022 07:01 - 59 minutes - 54.4 MBTuck 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 Watche...
Episode 120: Jo Krishnakumar
May 16, 2022 07:01 - 53 minutes - 49.2 MBTuck 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...
Episode 119: TAYLOR ALXNDR
May 09, 2022 07:01 - 57 minutes - 52.7 MBTuck 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...
Episode 118: Avery Tucker
May 02, 2022 07:01 - 43 minutes - 40 MBTuck 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...
Episode 117: Edgar Gomez
April 25, 2022 06:59 - 56 minutes - 51.3 MBTuck 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 ...
Episode 116: River Butcher
April 18, 2022 06:16 - 57 minutes - 52.4 MBTuck 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...
BONUS: Trans Day of Visibility (and Snacks) 2022
March 31, 2022 07:01 - 18 minutes - 17.3 MBAfter 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 H...
BONUS: The Homo Schedule (feat. Leo Sheng)
February 22, 2022 09:00 - 47 minutes - 43.1 MBAfte 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 ar...
Episode 115: Ev’Yan Whitney
January 31, 2022 09:00 - 50 minutes - 46.3 MBTuck 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 podcas...
Episode 114: Krys Malcolm Belc
January 24, 2022 09:00 - 58 minutes - 53.5 MBTuck 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 Book...
Episode 114: Krys Malcolm Belc
January 24, 2022 09:00 - 58 minutes - 53.5 MBTuck 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 Book...
Episode 113: D’lo
January 17, 2022 09:00 - 49 minutes - 45.7 MBProducer Ozzy(!) 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...
Episode 112: Io (from Bum Lung)
January 10, 2022 09:00 - 47 minutes - 43.2 MBTuck 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 hi...
Episode 111: K Agbebiyi
January 03, 2022 09:00 - 54 minutes - 50.3 MBTuck 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...
Episode 111: K Agbebiyi
January 03, 2022 09:00 - 54 minutes - 50.3 MBTuck 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...
Episode 110: Gender 801 + Checking in with Mckenzee Griffler
December 27, 2021 09:00 - 40 minutes - 37.1 MBTuck 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...
Episode 109: Ezra Furman
December 20, 2021 09:30 - 43 minutes - 39.7 MBTuck 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 ...
Episode 109: Ezra Furman
December 20, 2021 09:30 - 43 minutes - 39.7 MBTuck 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 ...
Episode 108: Da’Shaun Harrison
December 13, 2021 09:30 - 44 minutes - 40.7 MBTuck 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 A...
Episode 107: Calvin Kasulke
December 06, 2021 09:30 - 41 minutes - 38.1 MBTuck 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 hi...
Episode 106: Yeonsoo Julian Kim
November 29, 2021 09:30 - 49 minutes - 45.3 MBTuck 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 M...
Episode 105: Chase Strangio
November 22, 2021 10:00 - 54 minutes - 50 MBTuck 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 eligibili...
Episode 104: Jackie Ess
November 15, 2021 10:00 - 50 minutes - 46.6 MBTuck 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 Jack...
Episode 103: Frankie de la Cretaz
November 08, 2021 10:00 - 54 minutes - 50.3 MBTuck speaks with sports writer Frankie 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...
Episode 103: Britni de la Cretaz
November 08, 2021 10:00 - 54 minutes - 50.3 MBTuck 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 ...
Episode 102: Live in NYC!
November 01, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour - 55.8 MBTuck 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 ou...
Episode 102: Live in NYC!
November 01, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour - 55.8 MBTuck 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 ou...
Episode 101: Gender 101, revisited.
October 25, 2021 09:00 - 21 minutes - 19.7 MBWelcome to Gender Reveal! This week, we revisit our very first episode — and by “revisit” I mean “throw the entire thing out and start from scratch.” Topics include: Is biological sex, like, real? How closely related are sex and gender? What steps do kids and adults take to transition? What does colonialism have to do with any of this? Find an annotated transcript of this episode here or at genderpodcast.com/listen. Find us on Twitter and Instagram @gendereveal and at genderpodc...
BONUS: bad news / good news!
August 17, 2021 20:25 - 5 minutes - 4.87 MBTuck explains what's going on with this season of Gender Reveal, and announces our upcoming live show. Buy live show tickets at https://gendernyc.bpt.me. Browse our limited-edition August merch in our nonprofit merch shop at bit.ly/gendermerch. 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. Joi...
BONUS: bad news / good news!
August 17, 2021 20:25 - 5 minutes - 4.87 MBTuck explains what's going on with this season of Gender Reveal, and announces our upcoming live show. Buy live show tickets at https://gendernyc.bpt.me. Browse our limited-edition August merch in our nonprofit merch shop at bit.ly/gendermerch. 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. Joi...
Episode 100E: Carmen Maria Machado
August 12, 2021 08:30 - 33 minutes - 30.7 MBTuck chats with author Carmen Maria Machado (she/her) to wrap up Cis Day of Visibility. Topics include: The horrors of living in a gendered body Doing a press tour about your trauma Writing about gender without having an answer Is the pandemic more or less horny than Carmen’s 2013 short story? Also: vampire sex, ghosts touching, and “gender: yes or no?” Follow Carmen on IG @carmenmmachado, and find Her Body and Other Parties and In the Dream House wherever books are sold. The refe...
Episode 100D: Tobin Low
August 09, 2021 09:30 - 42 minutes - 38.6 MBTuck chats with Nancy co-creator Tobin Low (he/him) as Cis Day of Visibility continues. Topics include: Lessons learned from making Nancy What does masculinity mean, and do we care? Is the cis-trans binary useful? Is the dating scene getting less racist? Plus: Bowen Yang; the LGBRPDR community; and getting gay engaged This Week in Gender: Tobi Hill-Meyer on autogynephilia and the two-type diagnosis. You can also read the essay (with citations) on our Patreon. Browse our limited-e...