Gender Reveal

Tuck answers advice questions with Tehya (they/them), a nonbinary therapist. Topics include: Are my recent dysphoria feelings “real”?  Do I have to share my pronouns? How do I handle my partner’s transphobic friend?  Why do I think I’m going to get dumped for having top surgery? Plus: sailing, cis binding, and a return to lesbianism.  This Week in Gender: The Equality Act, Marjorie vs Marie, Dr. Levine vs Rand Paul, federal X markers, a win in Virginia, transphobia in Montana, nonbinary potatoes, Gallup lesbians, Lady Gaga’s dogs, and Patti Harrison vs Nabisco. Do you have gender questions that you’d like answered on the show? Submit questions anonymously via this Google form. We’re on Twitter and Instagram @gendereveal.  Join our Patreon (patreon.com/gender) to receive our weekly newsletter and other rewards. Find our new FAQ page, starter packs and episode transcripts at genderpodcast.com. Join the Gender Detectives Slack at bit.ly/genderslack2. Logo: Ira M. Leigh Music: Breakmaster Cylinder Sponsors: YOU! Thank you!

Tuck speaks with Noah Adams (he/him), co-author of Trans and Autistic. Topics include: Are transness and autism connected in some way? The compounding gatekeeping faced by autistic trans people The dark connections between ABA and queer conversion therapy The enduring legacy of Rain Man This Week in Gender: Special guest Nina Medvedeva talks about the Euphoria app and trans venture capitalism.  Purchase Trans and Autistic through Another Story (Canada) or Bookshop (US). We’re on Twitter and Instagram @gendereveal.  Browse our February merch collection at bit.ly/gendermerch. Join our Patreon (patreon.com/gender) to receive our weekly newsletter and other rewards. Find our new FAQ page(!) and episode transcripts at genderpodcast.com. Join the Gender Detectives Slack at bit.ly/genderslack2. Submit a piece of Theymail: a small message or ad that we’ll read on the show. Today’s message was from Maluli Consulting.  Do you have gender questions that you’d like answered on the show? Submit questions anonymously via this Google form. Logo: Ira M. Leigh Music: Breakmaster Cylinder Additional Music: “Welcome Home Sonny” by Blue Dot Sessions Sponsors: YOU! Thank you!

Tuck speaks with culture and entertainment journalist Tre’vell Anderson (they/them). Topics include: What Black film history can tell us about the future of trans media Are those nonbinary TV characters actually nonbinary? Why don’t some nonbinary people identify as trans? Should we be saying “All Black Lives Matter”?  Plus: identity gumbo and gender-okra soup This Week in Gender: Several states are advancing anti-trans bills, in direct opposition to Biden’s executive order boosting LGBTQ legal protections. Subscribe to Tre’vell’s podcast, FANTI. We’re on Twitter and Instagram @gendereveal.  Find our new FAQ page(!) at genderpodcast.com. Browse our February merch collection at bit.ly/gendermerch. Join our Patreon (patreon.com/gender) to receive our weekly newsletter and other rewards. 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. Logo: Ira M. Leigh Music: Breakmaster Cylinder Additional Music: “Single Still” by Blue Dot Sessions Sponsors: YOU! Thank you!

Tuck speaks with artist, filmmaker, and cultural producer Zackary Drucker (she/her). Topics include: How a trans con artist taught Zackary to cut herself some slack  Telling complicated trans stories on TV Creating T4T representation before “T4T” was a thing Gender clownery with Flawless Sabrina  Plus: Commissioning a transphobia montage featuring Tucker Carlson’s shitty dad This Week in Gender: New York finally repeals its Walking While Trans law.  The Lady and the Dale is streaming now on HBOMax.  Zackary is on Instagram @zackarydrucker. We’re also on Twitter and Instagram @gendereveal.  Find transcripts of the show at genderpodcast.com. 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 Em Solarova and “Person Who”.  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. Logo: Ira M. Leigh Music: Breakmaster Cylinder Additional Music: “Thoughtless” by Blue Dot Sessions Sponsors: YOU! Thank you!

Tuck speaks with Diamond Stylz (she/her), creator of Marsha’s Plate and executive director of Black Trans Women Inc. Topics include: Does trans representation actually help trans people? Why trans equity trainings don’t work The importance of spurning sea lions and building community How Lauryn Hill (of all people) helped Diamond embrace her voice How to be a true ally & co-conspirator  Plus: Coming out in the ‘90s, finding a HRT specialist in the yellow pages and being a trans YouTuber in 2008. BONUS! Other Black queer podcasts Diamond recommends: Box No. 512 Podcast: Grown Black Trans Women Talk; Inner Hoe Uprising; QueerWOC; Tea with Queen and J. This Week in Gender: We revisit Paige Kreisman’s views on trans military service and celebrate the singular talent of SOPHIE. Support Diamond’s work by donating at blacktranswomen.org/donate and supporting Marsha’s Plate on Patreon.  You can find Diamond on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube @DiamondStylz. We’re also on Twitter and Instagram @gendereveal.  Find transcripts of the show at genderpodcast.com. 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 Songs of Ourselves. 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. Logo: Ira M. Leigh Music: Breakmaster Cylinder Additional Music: “Lumber Down” by Blue Dot Sessions Sponsors: YOU! Thank you!

Tuck speaks with scholar and Trans Care author Hil Malatino (he/they). Topics include: Why we can’t talk about gender without talking about race How Hil’s intersex condition—and health insurance—influenced his transition Why debates about labels are debates about belonging Trans academia and the “cannibalization” of trans scholars Plus: Dad-as-gender, the best little boy in the world, and the difference between genders and Gender This Week in Gender: Dr. Rachel Levine was nominated to be the US assistant secretary of health. Support Hil’s work by purchasing Trans Care from University of Minnesota Press and Queer Embodiment from University of Nebraska Press. There’s also an open-access copy of Trans Care available here. Authors cited: María Lugones, C. Riley Snorton (Black on Both Sides), Susan Stryker, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha (Care Work) You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram (@gendereveal). Find transcripts of the show at genderpodcast.com. Browse our January merch collection at bit.ly/gendermerch. (Hurry; everything leaves the store on 1/31.) Join our Patreon (patreon.com/gender) to receive our weekly newsletter and other rewards. 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 to Sharif Youssef and Cass Adair Logo: Ira M. Leigh Music: Breakmaster Cylinder Additional Music: “Highway 430” by Blue Dot Sessions Sponsors: YOU! Thank you!

Tuck speaks with multimedia artist and Black Feast founder Salimatu Amabebe (he/they). Topics include: Feeling denied access to "womanhood" as a Black person Loving your body as a trans person Dating advice!  “I don’t really want terms that apply to me” Plus: Salimatu pitches you his food-dom TV pilot  This Week in Gender: Bell v Tavistock.  Support Salimatu’s work via Venmo (@blackfeast) or Cash App (@blackfeast, @salimatuamabebe). Follow Salimatu on IG @black.feast and @salimatuamabebe. We’re also on Twitter and Instagram (@gendereveal).  Find transcripts of the show at genderpodcast.com. 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 Heebie Jeebies Jewelry. Browse our limited-edition merch collection at bit.ly/gendermerch. (Hurry, everything leaves the store on 1/31.) 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. Logo: Ira M. Leigh Music: Breakmaster Cylinder Additional Music: “Blood Petal” by Blue Dot Sessions Sponsors: YOU! Thank you!

Tuck speaks with lawyer and TLC-reality-special star Ari Robbins Greene (they/he). Topics include: Giving birth on a TV show Pregnancy advice for transmasculine folks  Raising babies without gendering them  Fighting to get insurance companies to cover FFS Plus: telling your coworkers about your secret vagina  This Week in Gender: Democrats in Congress pass a resolution to de-gender terminology in the House Rules (via Snopes). 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 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 Ally Stoneham. Editor: Babette Thomas Producer: Isaura Aceves Logo: Ira M. Leigh Music: Breakmaster Cylinder Sponsors: YOU! Thank you!

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!