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 Goodman Logo: Ira M. LeighMusic: Breakmaster CylinderAdditional Music: “Pitho Magnus” and “Luper” by Blue Dot Sessions Sponsors: Zoned Out Podcast & Urbody (promo code: TUCK15) 

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 Llinas Goodman Logo: Ira M. LeighMusic: Breakmaster CylinderSponsors: Urbody (promo code: TUCK15) 

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 bit.ly/tpoc22. Learn more about our past grant winners at genderpodcast.com/grant. Submit a piece of Theymail: a small message or ad that we’ll read on the show. Today’s messages was from Cambridge Solidarity Fund / bit.ly/solidaritystickers. 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: “Mosic” and “Greyleaf Willow” by Blue Dot Sessions Sponsors: Urbody (promo code: TUCK15) 

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 show. Today’s messages was from Moncho Alvarado. 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: “Kovir Straight” by Blue Dot Sessions Sponsors: Urbody (promo code: TUCK15) 

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: Ozzy 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 Instagram @gendereveal. Do you have gender questions that you’d like answered on the show? Submit questions anonymously via this Google form. Join the Gender Detectives Slack at bit.ly/genderslack2. Associate Producer: Julia Llinas Goodman Logo: Ira M. LeighMusic: Breakmaster CylinderAdditional Music: “Fermin Canyon” by Blue Dot Sessions Sponsors: Our patrons! Thank you!

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: Ozzy Llinas Goodman Logo: Ira M. LeighMusic: Breakmaster CylinderSponsors: Bistitchual 

Producer 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 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 Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman Logo: Ira M. LeighMusic: Breakmaster CylinderAdditional Music: “Torna Rho” by Blue Dot Sessions Sponsors: Bistitchual 

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 @gendereveal. Submit a piece of Theymail: a small message or ad that we’ll read on the show. Today’s message was from Panaphonica. Associate Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman Logo: Ira M. LeighMusic: Breakmaster CylinderSponsors: Bistitchual