The Gender Yap Podcast

Before colonialism took over the globe, before Christianity, Buddhism, and the other patriarchal Religions took hold, there were trans people. In fact, EVERY pre-colonized culture had a version of trans people, many having as many as 5 recognized genders. And in every colonization story--they were the first ones targeted and unalived. Why? That's some of what we explore in PART TWO of our explorat...

You hear it a lot these days: "Trans People just came out of nowhere!", "This whole transgender thing is a made up fad!", "There's no evidence of trans people ever existing before!" Except... none of that is true. Before colonialism, before Christianity, before patriarchy... there were trans people. Trans people were such a natural part of humanity, that transgender people existed in nearly every...

What does it mean to be intersex? How many intersex people are in the world? How many different variations (that we know of) currently exist? Is it possible to be intersex and not know? (yes) Why are people so obsessed with performing nonconsensual surgery on newborns?! How much overlap is there between Intersex and Transgender rights?!?! We answer all of these questions and more in our first deep...

There is a long history of people wondering about the Lost City of Atlantis. Where did Plato hear about it? Did he make it up? Why aren't there any records? Well, we did a deep-dive into everything we know, how we know it, and the verified and unverified sources of information. Is it possible that the reason people claim it 'never existed' was... racism??? Join us on this vision quest into ancient...

When Chloe first moved to Los Angeles, she wanted to be an actor. She didn't know she was Chloe yet, was just a lost 'boy' making her way in the world, and she stumbled onto what seemed like a free ticket to success: a 'casting director' who was teaching a free acting class to find new talent. But from there, she entered into a world of lies, deceit, misery, abuse, mental manipulation, trauma, and...

As you may have seen recently (and probably for the first time) the word "transmaxxer" has been gracing our social media feeds. This is a very specific type of person, a far-right incel who *pretends* to be transgender, and is guilty of nearly every thing that the real transgender community is frequently accused of... WHAT?! As they say, *every* accusation is a confession. Is it possible the hater...

Where does the concept of narcissism come from? What causes it? Is there a genetic component? Can people with NPD be 'cured'? Chloe dug into the research and read all the studies and has an alternate take on how it all fits together. Facts like, "there is no single unifying factor that defines all narcissists," or "the only proof that we have that there is a genetic component comes from a self-rep...

In a world that treats sex workers as shameful gold-diggers or heathens, we're taking a different approach and viewing it as what it is: a job. Laura shares her experience over the last decade as a stripper - the reason she got into it in the first place, the benefits, and some of the darker side of the job. We aim only to speak honestly, and to recognize that a job is a job, and no one deserves t...

One of the hottest topics in the world right now is whether or not Trans Women should be allowed to play Women's Sports! The problem is, it's incredibly difficult to find true, proven information on the subject without falling into a rabbit hole of mis- and disinformation. So... we did the work for you! Chloe read every study ever published on trans people's athletic performance, as well as studie...

Did you know there are children being tortured in the United States every day? Or that the Mormon Church is behind a LOT of it? In this (no video) episode, Chloe asks Laura to break down her experience in the "Troubled Teen" Industry, an insidious multi-$billion scheme designed to shame parents and children in order to wring a fortune out of them by convincing said parents to send their 'disruptiv...

Project 2025 is well underway! Within his first week in office, Trump passed a number of horrifying executive orders targeting marginalized people, rescinding rights and bringing us backwards literal decades. In this episode, Chloe & Laura focus in one just one of these executive orders: the one stripping trans people of their right to an identity and government documents, and simultaneously d...

Our experience with the Los Angeles fires! (Recorded while they were still burning... we hadn't slept due to evacuation) The SoCal fires were devastating. People lost their homes, loved ones, schools, and pets. We had to evacuate from our apartment, and are very grateful our building was still there when we came back. Beyond that... there has been a LOT of misinformation going around about how the...

Is JK Rowling a trans man?! Stunning new evidence (and a lot of old evidence) suggests: yes! Chloe & Laura break down the evidence, along with a few anecdotes, descriptions & personal experiences of what’s it’s like to be a closeted and/or unknowing trans person. Do we support diagnosing people as trans without a medical license? We do not! But in this one edge case of a billionaire active...