Gender Reveal

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

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)

Tuck catches up with BFF of the show Mckenzee Griffler (she/her) before tackling another stack of advice questions. Topics include: How do I know if my loved ones are really seeing me? Should I risk parental support to explore my gender? Can my cis girlfriend use all pronouns? How can demisexuals explore their queerness? Plus: When becoming a girl is like cutting out egg (lol) in bread products. This Week in Gender: Here's the New York Magazine phallo essay. Don't read the comments :) 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. Join the Gender Detectives Slack at bit.ly/genderslack2. Associate Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman Logo: Ira M. LeighMusic: Breakmaster CylinderSponsors: Enby (promo code: GenderReveal) and Rev Nat's (promo code: SNACKS)

Tuck speaks with musician Ezra Furman (she/they). Topics include: Gender as a religion; transness as a mystical cult The power of taking control (and overcoming HRT hang-ups) Trans voice feelings as professional voice-users A collection of genders based off Billy Joel lyrics Plus: sympathetic pregnancy, Lou Reed, rabbinical school, and coming out as a mom. This Week in Gender: New Zealand unanimously passes its self-ID law; a trans student in Missouri wins a sex-discrimination lawsuit; Chile legalizes same-sex marriage; a study says HRT access improves trans youth's mental health (obvi); and Canada successfully bans conversion therapy. Find Ezra's music, merch, tour dates and more at ezrafurman.com. 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 CylinderSponsors: Enby (promo code: GenderReveal) and Rev Nat's (promo code: SNACKS)

Tuck speaks with theorist, author, and abolitionist Da'Shaun Harrison (they/them). Topics include: The way fatness functions as its own gender Working towards a better world without hope that we'll achieve it Why the concept of health is unsalvageable Why we're tired of talking about pronouns with cis people Plus: destroying gender! This Week in Gender: WPATH's Standards of Care 8 is open for public comment through Dec 16. Find Da'Shaun and Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness at linktr.ee/DaShaunLH. References: "Mama's Baby, Papa's Maybe" by Hortense J. Spillers. 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. LeighMusic: Breakmaster CylinderAdditional Music: "Littl John " by Blue Dot Sessions Sponsors: Enby (promo code: GenderReveal) and Rev Nat's (promo code: SNACKS)