Gender Reveal

Tuck speaks with author and community worker Kai Cheng Thom (she/her) in our longest episode ever. Topics include: The harm of problematic/pure and perpetrator/victim binaries The evolution of “femme” and “transsexual” The future of trans kids and class solidarity Losing faith, but not hope, in community justice Plus: Spicy trans memoir takes, Kai Cheng’s secret Goop life, and being the only masters-credentialed trans woman therapist in Canada This Week in Gender: A federal judge strikes down a transphobic policy in Ohio; Argentina now has a 1% employment quota for trans people in the public sector; and Joe Biden transes his transition team.   Authors referenced: Mariame Kaba, Sarah Schulman, Porpentine Charity Heartscape, adrienne maree brown, Janet Mock, Imogen Binnie (Nevada) Buy Kai Cheng’s books: A Place Called No Homeland (poetry), Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars (fiction), I Hope We Choose Love (essays) and From the Stars in the Sky to the Fish in the Sea (picture book).  Join our Patreon (patreon.com/gender) to receive our weekly newsletter and other rewards. We also welcome donations via PayPal, Cash App, or Venmo.  Find episode transcripts and other resources at genderpodcast.com. We’re also on Twitter or Instagram @gendereveal. Our host is @tuckwoodstock.  Browse our limited-edition merch collection — including a new design by Maia Kobabe — at bit.ly/gendermerch.  Join the Gender Detectives Slack at bit.ly/genderslack2. Do you have gender questions that you’d like answered on the show? Submit questions anonymously via this Google form. Special thanks this week to Erin Wade! Producer: Isaura Aceves Logo: Ira M. Leigh Music: Breakmaster Cylinder Additional Music: “Donnalee” by Blue Dot Sessions Sponsors: YOU! Thank you!

Tuck speaks with prison abolitionist and A.B.O. Comix cofounder Casper Cendre (he/they).  Topics include: Becoming a better ally for incarcerated people.  Living in a place where physical intimacy is a crime. Gender-affirming surgeries and medical care in prison.  Are queer people usually “out" in prison? Plus: an update on how prisons are handling Covid-19  This Week in Gender: It’s the happiest season, baybee! We recommend this episode of the Bechdel Cast, guest-starring Jes Tom.  Please help A.B.O. Comix's Holiday Commissary Fundraiser meet its goal! You can also order A.B.O. Comix anthologies and zines (and other fun merch) at abocomix.com. Sign up for a penpal at abocomix.com or blackandpinkpenpals.org or abolitionapostles.com. Follow A.B.O Comix on IG (@a.b.o.comix). We’re also on Twitter and Instagram (@gendereveal). Join our Patreon (patreon.com/gender) to receive our weekly newsletter and other rewards. A.B.O. Comix is also on Patreon at patreon.com/abocomix.  Browse our limited-edition merch collection at bit.ly/gendermerch, including "Abby and Riley should have made out in the dive bar" shirts. (Hurry, everything leaves the store on 12/31.) Join the Gender Detectives Slack at bit.ly/genderslack2. Do you have gender questions that you’d like answered on the show? Submit questions anonymously via this Google form. Special thanks this week to Oliver Mills Producer: Isaura Aceves Logo: Ira M. Leigh Music: Breakmaster Cylinder Additional Music: “A Little Powder” by Blue Dot Sessions Sponsors: YOU! Thank you!

Tuck speaks with Oklahoma representative Mauree Turner (they/she), the first openly nonbinary state legislator in the United States.  Topics include: Reimagining the justice system in the incarceration capital of the world. Working in spaces that weren’t built to accommodate your existence.  The pros and cons of representing so many different identities while your white cis coworkers get to just, like, chill.  Dress codes.... they're bad!  Plus: Which Steven Universe character is Mauree?  This Week in Gender: Send Christmas gifts to trans youth via @TranSanta. Find Mauree on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and Tiktok (@MaureeTurnerOK) and hear them chat with Imara Jones on the TransLash Podcast. We’re also on Twitter and Instagram (@gendereveal). Join our Patreon (patreon.com/gender) to receive our weekly newsletter 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 Calcifer Somerset. Browse our limited-edition merch collection at bit.ly/gendermerch. (Hurry, everything leaves the store on 12/31.) Join the Gender Detectives Slack at bit.ly/genderslack2. Do you have gender questions that you’d like answered on the show? Submit questions anonymously via this Google form. Special thanks this week to Oliver-Ash Kleine and Callie Wright Producer: Isaura Aceves Logo: Ira M. Leigh Music: Breakmaster Cylinder Additional Music: “Glass Runner” by Blue Dot Sessions Sponsors: YOU! Thank you!

Tuck answers our trickiest advice questions yet with BFF of the show Mckenzee Griffler (she/her).  Topics include: How do I stop caring about what cis people think?!?  What pronouns should I use for nonbinary people in languages they don’t speak? What if I’m being misgendered at work but don’t want to lose my job? Can you be a boy without being a man? Plus: Tuck really, really rips into some guy named Mike (and also Joe Biden?) Remember, your gender isn’t conditional on whether it makes people comfortable! :) This Week in Gender: Tulsi Gabbard continues to be anti-LGBTQ. 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 and other rewards. We also welcome donations via PayPal, Cash App, or Venmo.  Browse our limited-edition merch at bit.ly/gendermerch.  We have transcriptions available for every episode, as well as “starter packs” for new listeners, at genderpodcast.com  We’re on Twitter or Instagram @gendereveal. Our host is @tuckwoodstock.  Join the Gender Detectives Slack at bit.ly/genderslack2. Logo: Ira M. Leigh Music: Breakmaster Cylinder Additional Music: Chopin Mazurka, Op. 50 No. 3, performed by Blue Dot Sessions Producer: Isaura Aceves Sponsors: YOU! Thank you!

In the Season 6 premiere, we speak with Imara Jones (she/her), founder of TransLash Media and host of the TransLash Podcast. Topics include: Why trans rights are the secret to defeating patriarchy How to be a better ally to Black trans people Why trans folks are essential leaders for building better futures The saga of Imara’s open letter to BET  Plus: we're angry about needing to be angry This Week in Gender: Celebrating the life of Monica Roberts, creator of TransGriot. Browse our limited-edition merch collection at bit.ly/gendermerch. (Hurry, everything leaves the store on 12/31.) We now have transcriptions available for every episode from Season 1-5, as well as “starter packs” for folks new to the show. Find them at genderpodcast.com  We’re on Twitter or Instagram @gendereveal. You can also follow our host's reporting at @tuckwoodstock. Join our Patreon (patreon.com/gender) to receive our weekly newsletter and other rewards. We also welcome donations via PayPal, Cash App, or Venmo. Thank you! Submit a piece of Theymail: a small message or ad that we’ll read on the show. Today’s message was by @jay.genesis.art. Join the Gender Detectives Slack at bit.ly/genderslack2. Do you have gender questions that you’d like answered on the show? Submit questions anonymously via this Google form. Thanks to Isaura Aceves, Montana Thomas and Oliver-Ash Kleine for production help this week. Logo: Ira M. Leigh Music: Breakmaster Cylinder Additional Music: “SuzyB” by Blue Dot Sessions Sponsors: YOU! Thank you!

In this tiny bonus episode, Tuck makes a big announcement about Season 6, and recommends a few podcasts to listen to while you wait: Tuck on Behind the Bastards (part one) Tuck on LGBTQ&A TransLash podcast Marsha's Plate -- You can reach us at genderpodcast.com or on Twitter or Instagram. You can also follow Tuck at @tuckwoodstock. Season Six is on the way! Join our Patreon (patreon.com/gender) to receive our weekly newsletter and other rewards, and to support our grant/mutual aid program.  Learn more about Tuck's trans-focused equity consulting company at Sylveon.co. Logo: Ira M. Leigh Theme Song: Breakmaster Cylinder

In which Tuck whispers to you in their closet for what might be one four-minute run-on sentence.  Share the last thing that brought you joy (or just browse a lot of very good animal photos): https://twitter.com/tuckwoodstock/status/1323663746506485760 Trans Lifeline: https://translifeline.org Trevor Project: https://www.thetrevorproject.org 21 trans candidates running for office this fall: https://www.mic.com/p/meet-all-21-openly-trans-candidates-running-for-office-this-fall-40830735 I love you.

This week, Tuck belatedly announces our latest grant program and mutual aid fund. (Applications due by 10/31.) Then, we listen to Jeffrey Masters interview Laverne Cox on acclaimed queer interview podcast LGBTQ&A. Apply to the Black/Indigenous Trans and Two-Spirit Grant Program: bit.ly/GR20grant Apply to the BIPOC Trans Mutual Aid Fund: bit.ly/GR20aid Learn more about our grant program: genderpodcast.com/grant Help us fund more mutual aid payments! Send payments via Venmo (@Tuck-Woodstock), Cash App ($TuckWoodstock) or PayPal. Browse our limited-edition spooky gender merch: bit.ly/gendermerch Listen to LGBTQ&A wherever you listen to Gender Reveal. -- You can reach us at genderpodcast.com or on Twitter or Instagram. You can also follow Tuck at @tuckwoodstock. Season Six is on the way! Join our Patreon (patreon.com/gender) to receive our weekly newsletter and other rewards, and to support our grant/mutual aid program.  Learn more about Tuck's trans-focused equity consulting company at Sylveon.co. Logo: Ira M. Leigh Theme Song: Breakmaster Cylinder

This week, Tuck chats a bit before sharing an episode of the TransLash Podcast, a new show that covers news, culture and politics from a trans perspective, hosted by Peabody and Emmy-award-winning journalist Imara Jones. In this episode, Imara Jones talks with Kai Wright, who hosts WNYC’s The United States of Anxiety, about the links between transphobia, the history of fear in America and the 2020 elections. Plus, Marquise Vilson, a Black-trans actor and activist, opens up about the importance of transmasculine representation and using his platform to combat violence against trans women of color. Subscribe to the TransLash Podcast wherever you listen to this show, and learn more at translash.org.  This Week in Gender: "Woman who popularized the gender reveal party says enough already after latest wildfire" via CNN. We have brand-new merch in the shop available through September 15 at bit.ly/gendermerch. -- You can reach us at genderpodcast.com or on Twitter or Instagram. You can also follow our host's reporting at @tuckwoodstock. Season Six is on the way! Join our Patreon (patreon.com/gender) to receive our weekly newsletter and other rewards, and to support our grant/mutual aid program.  Learn more about Tuck's trans-focused equity consulting company at Sylveon.co. Logo: Ira M. Leigh Theme Song: Breakmaster Cylinder Production Help: Oliver-Ash Kleine

This week, Tuck shares an excerpt from Transcripts, a new trans activism podcast by the Tretter Transgender Oral History Project. Subscribe to Transcripts wherever you get podcasts. Find transcripts of Transcripts (lol) at bit.ly/transcriptspod. Donate to Brave Space Alliance and Black Transwomen Inc. This episode features hosts Myrl Beam (Virginia Commonwealth University and University of Minnesota) and Andrea Jenkins (Minneapolis City Council) plus guests LaSaia Wade, founder of the Brave Space Alliance, Diamond Stylz of Black Transwomen Inc., Gabriel Foster, founder of the Trans Justice Funding Project, Rickke Mananzala, former Executive Director of FIERCE, and Dean Spade, founder of the Sylvia Rivera Law Project. --- You can reach us at genderpodcast.com or on Twitter or Instagram. You can also follow our host's reporting at @tuckwoodstock. Season Six is on the way! Join our Patreon (patreon.com/gender) to receive our weekly newsletter and other rewards. We also welcome donations via PayPal, Cash App, or Venmo (Tuck-Woodstock). Thank you! Learn more about Tuck's trans-focused equity consulting company at Sylveon.co. Logo: Ira M. Leigh Theme Song: Breakmaster Cylinder