Gender Reveal

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Episode 118: Avery Tucker May 02, 2022

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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!

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

Episode 117: Edgar Gomez Apr 25, 2022

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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.

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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)

Episode 116: River Butcher Apr 18, 2022

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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)

BONUS: Trans Day of Visibility (and Snacks) 2022 Mar 31, 2022

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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!

BONUS: The Homo Schedule (feat. Leo Sheng) Feb 22, 2022

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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!

Episode 115: Ev'Yan Whitney Jan 31, 2022

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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!

Episode 114: Krys Malcolm Belc Jan 24, 2022

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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.

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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

Episode 113: D'lo Jan 17, 2022

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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.

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

Episode 112: Io (the "Be Gay Do Crime: Origins" episode) Jan 10, 2022

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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

Episode 111: K Agbebiyi Jan 03, 2022

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Tuck 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 gay.

This Week in Gender: Your gender doesn't need to be convenient to other people!

Find K's work at kagbebiyi.com and freeashleydiamond.com. K also recommends Survived & Punished and Pocket Change Pools.

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, 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.

Associate Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman Logo: Ira M. LeighMusic: Breakmaster CylinderAdditional Music: "Latecomer" by Blue Dot Sessions and "It's Okay to Cry" by SOPHIE Sponsors: Bistitchual and Rev Nat's (promo code: SNACKS)

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