Gender Reveal

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: Ozzy Llinas Goodman Logo: Ira M. Leigh Music: Breakmaster Cylinder Additional Music: "Friction Model" by Blue Dot Sessions Sponsors: Enby (promo code: GenderReveal)

Tuck 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 indirectly allows a trans man to sue a Catholic hospital for discrimination. Find Frankie at britnidlc.com and on twitter/IG @thefrankiedlc. Their book, Hail Mary, is on sale now. We also recommend Frankie'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/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. Leigh Music: Breakmaster Cylinder Additional Music: "Talltell" by Blue Dot Sessions Sponsors: Enby (promo code: GenderReveal)

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 to the Nib, and buy their book via Silver Sprocket. (They were also on Episode 20 of this show.) ~ 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-related questions that you'd like answered on the show? Submit questions anonymously via this Google form. Associate Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman Logo: Ira M. Leigh Music: Breakmaster Cylinder Sponsors: Enby (promo code: GenderReveal)

Welcome 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 genderpodcast.com. You can also follow Tuck at @tuckwoodstock. Learn more about Tuck's trans-focused equity consulting at Sylveon.co. Join our Patreon (patreon.com/gender) to receive our weekly newsletter, plus stickers and other rewards. Join the Gender Detectives Slack at bit.ly/genderslack2. Do you have gender-related questions that you'd like answered on the show? Submit questions anonymously via this Google form. Associate Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman Logo: Ira M. Leigh Music: Breakmaster Cylinder Additional Music: Blue Dot Sessions Sponsors: Enby (promo code: GenderReveal)

Tuck 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. Join the Gender Detectives Slack at bit.ly/genderslack2. Associate Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman Logo: Ira M. Leigh Music: Breakmaster Cylinder Additional Music: "Kid Kodi" by Blue Dot Sessions Sponsors: YOU! Thank you!

Tuck 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 referenced vampire interview is available on Electric Lit. Browse 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. Submit a piece of Theymail: a small message or ad that we'll read on the show. Today's message was from Max Burns UX. Do you have gender-related 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: Ozzy Llinas Goodman Logo: Ira M. Leigh Music: Breakmaster Cylinder Sponsors: Bistitchual Podcast

Tuck 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-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. Submit a piece of Theymail: a small message or ad that we'll read on the show. Today's message was from Seattle Trans Beach Day. Beep boop. Do you have gender-related 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: Ozzy Llinas Goodman Logo: Ira M. Leigh Music: Breakmaster Cylinder Additional Music: "Distill" and "Illway" by Blue Dot Sessions Sponsors: Enby (promo code: GenderReveal)

Whoops! We made an episode for today, but instead of airing it, we're sharing a new podcast that we're genuinely hyped to hear. Learn more about Wait, Is thIs a Date? on Autostraddle. Find them on Twitter and Instagram @waitisthisadate. Special thanks to Drew and Christina for letting us run this in our feed. -- Browse our new August merch collection at bit.ly/gendermerch. Associate Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman Logo: Ira M. Leigh

Tuck chats with nurse practitioner and HRT provider Lola Pellegrino (she/her) as Cis Day of Visibility continues. Topics include: Reimagining "women's" health centers HRT myth-busting (e.g., what if there's air in my shot?) What's the deal with microdosing? Do birth control pills count as HRT? Plus: body goo, pharmacy goss, and when a "sex change" becomes a sex change. Find Lola @damsorrow and at lolapellegrino.com. 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. Join our Patreon (patreon.com/gender) to receive our weekly newsletter, plus stickers and other rewards. Submit a piece of Theymail: a small message or ad that we'll read on the show. Today's message was from Niko ___ Works & Dimlit Tarot. Do you have gender-related 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: Ozzy Llinas Goodman Logo: Ira M. Leigh Music: Breakmaster Cylinder Sponsors: Enby (promo code: GenderReveal)

Tuck chats with NPR's Sam Sanders (he/him) as Cis Day of Visibility continues. Topics include: Pushing the limits of "objectivity" rules "We get to be as multifaceted as white people" The cis gay usage of "girl" Should cis people be allowed to play sports? Plus: Bald guy solidarity; detransition; and why didn't anyone explain bluegrass to me? Find Sam on It's Been a Minute and on twitter @samsanders. 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. Join our Patreon (patreon.com/gender) to receive our weekly newsletter, plus stickers and other rewards. Submit a piece of Theymail: a small message or ad that we'll read on the show. Today's message was from Our Opinions Are Correct. Do you have gender-related 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: Ozzy Llinas Goodman Logo: Ira M. Leigh Music: Breakmaster Cylinder Additional Music: "Gentle Son" by Blue Dot Sessions Sponsors: YOU! Thank you!