Gender Reveal

Tuck chats with Colby Gordon (he/him), a founder of Early Modern Trans Studies. Topics include:   How much of Colby's work is writing slashfic about the Bible?? The limits of secularism in protecting trans people, and why Colby wants more trans people to have access to religion How the IRS randomly assigned Colby a trans name as a teen   Running a twitter poll to decide between rabbinical school a...

Three bits of news that couldn't wait until our next episode: Submissions for the second Girl Dad Press anthology are open now for a limited time! Learn all about the submission process here . WE'RE COMING TO BOSTON on 11/3! Tickets are on sale now ! All ages show but no guarantees that we will behave.  Lastly, patrons have until Sunday (11/6) to fill out our annual patreon survey and enter to win...

Tuck chats with drag performer and artist Yvie Oddly (she/they). Topics include: How being on Drag Race changed the way Yvie watches TV An impromptu analysis of RuPaul's memoir   Why dysphoria is universal and drag is inherently trans What Yvie and Chappell Roan have in common Plus: FtMtW transgender, unionizing Drag Race, bendy bones gender and accessibility at the club Submit a piece of Theymail...

Tuck chats with Vogue culture writer Emma Specter (she/they) about unionizing Condé Nast, embracing Bisexuality 2, and not monetizing their gender exploration.   Listen to the full episode on Patreon to hear Emma talk about seeing girlies from middle school at their book events; being asked about her boyfriend on the local news; and shoplifting gender from an infinite nonproblematic Sephora. Emma'...

Tuck and Ozzy chat with Rose Eveleth (they/them), creator of Tested . Topics include: Details and stories cut from Tested that Gender Reveal listeners would appreciate! Why individual trans and/or intersex athletes have conflicting ideas of what "fair" competition looks like   How the Paralympics can help us imagine new ways of categorizing elite sports What well-intentioned people often get wrong...

Tuck and Ozzy chat with historian Susan Stryker (she/her). Topics include: Publishing old kink erotica in a new academic reader   Truffle-hunting for niche trans subcommunities on Reddit What does it look like to embrace monstrosity in today's world? How Susan pieced together the story of Compton's Cafeteria Riot   Plus: The literal meaning of life!   Find Susan at susanstryker.net . When Monsters...

Happy pub day to Heavyweight , a graphic memoir by Solomon J. Brager! Tuck chats with Sol (they/he) about the intersections of Zionism and transphobia, the need to make up true stories, and the arguments against claims of Jewish indigeneity.   Listen to the full episode on Patreon for discussions of teaching a class called Graphic Sex, stealing boxing valor, navigating our mothers' feelings about...

Tuck shares an exciting 2 Trans 2 Furious update before chatting with Arlie Adlington (he/him) about queer labor solidarity, Pride movie recs, and normal tea.   Listen to the full episode on Patreon to hear Arlie talk about working with Sam Smith, navigating the world of UK t-shots, and writing an important song about beverages (before Sabrina Carpenter did it, even!) See you at the Bell House on...

For our season finale, Tuck catches up with historian Jules Gill-Peterson (she/her). Topics include: Why Jules might be writing a trilogy of books against ~transgender~ Why liberal trans inclusion is the "kissing cousin of fascism" A list of fun hot reasons why people have transitioned throughout history Is transphobia always rooted in misogyny? Plus: Fighting your publisher over derogatory italic...

Tuck and Ozzy chat with director Jane Schoenbrun (they/them). Topics include: Working through gender feelings onscreen with Brigette Lundy-Paine How did Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst end up in I Saw the TV Glow ? What happened to that film adaption of Nevada ? Why the third movie in Jane's Screen Trilogy is actually three novels Plus: The most sapphic Spielberg film; A Trip to the Moon (1902); custom J...

In this bonus episode, Tuck chats with Cat Fitzpatrick and Casey Plett about what's going on over at LittlePuss Press post-SPD collapse . Topics include: What's next for LittlePuss?   How can we learn to log off ?   Wouldn't it be mortifying to win a Nobel Prize? Cat's thoughts on historical fell type?? Plus: An upcoming book that "establishes, at a stroke, [the author] as one of the great writers...

Tuck tackles more advice questions with BFF of the show Mckenzee Griffler (she/her). Topics include: What if my partner doesn't want me to come out to their parents? Are we sure that cis people don't think about gender this much? Can my gender be "boy" if I'm in my thirties?   Should I live the plot of Boys Weekend by Mattie Lubchansky? Plus: wedding photos, astrology, nonprofits, FFS soup, King o...

Tuck catches up with organizer Jerika Che (they/them). Topics include: Creating an abolitionism-inspired trans summer camp What's up with all the gender-segregated trans picnics? Advice for creating your own trans community events   Learning to successfully collaborate with co-organizers Plus: Xenogenders, Transoween, and Warrior Cats? This Week in Gender: The Girls & Gays Movie Corner ( lol ) Fin...

Tuck chats with author KT Hoffman (he/him) about trans romance novels, egg & cheddar gender, egg behavior, and not being Assigned Mariners At Birth.   Listen to the full episode on Patreon for discussions of bagel recipes, real-life baseball romance (in our dreams), local queer softball leagues, formative gay YA novels, and which marginalized group will get to play professional baseball first (lol...

Ozzy and Tuck chat with with Yin Q (they/them). Topics include: How parenting changed Yin's relationship to gender and kink What queer people still need to learn about kink and consent   How the Red Canary Song documentary honors its subjects' privacy and agency Decriminalizing sex work — and then taking the "work" part out of it Plus: Spiritual sexuality, the kink-o-meter, and parent-child top su...

Happy (almost) Trans Day of Snack ! We're explaining this weekend's mutual aid campaign (including FREE SNACKS for trans people in 26 US states) and sharing part two of our chat with Shuli Branson. Sign up to receive your snack and/or financial aid at  bit.ly/tdos24 . View our list of trans resources at bit.ly/tdos24links . Spread the word! Our full chat with Shuli is available here . (Part one is...

Tuck chats with with writer Jamie Lauren Keiles (he/him). Topics include: Writing a nonbinary history book that eschews common trans identity rhetoric   Reporting on phallo and blowjob jokes for the New York Times Magazine   Why Jamie will never run another Most Transgender Name Competition   Why everyone in the trans community is annoying in different beautiful ways :) :) :) Plus: "Fake bi to rea...

Tuck and Ozzy chat with Liz Fong-Jones (she/her). Topics include: Creating a Coworker Solidarity Fund to support worker organizing and potential strikes Organizing your Google colleagues so hard that you crash Google Docs Being realistic about your security threats (e.g., is it safe to organize in Google Docs?) Ways that (trans & cis) tech workers can support trans people   Plus: How the Joy Luck...

Tuck shares last year's conversation with Nigerian fashion designer and activist Fola Francis (she/her/they). Topics include: Dodging a blacklist to walk in Lagos Fashion Week Advice for other people living under anti-LGBTQ laws   "Queerness has always been very African"   Hosting several of Lagos's first balls Plus: Nigerian healthcare, Dolls Activities, and And Just Like That…   This Week in Gen...

Tuck chats with linguist Ariana Steele (they/them). Topics include:   Studying ways that Black nonbinary people degender themselves via language Developing a "chill vs loud" nonbinary fashion taxonomy   How Ariana's autism and gender relate to each other… …and how all this ties into their mixed identity and Aquarius-Pisces cusp Plus: Britney Spears, the "gay lisp," and doing ethnographies in the c...

Tuck chats with artist and experience designer Shing Yin Khor (they/them). Topics include:   The memoirist's dilemma: narcissism vs turning other people into Content™   "The long human tradition of grabbing some clay and making a little guy" Shifting your approach to activism in order to (hopefully!) avoid burnout Transitioning out of gender entirely? Plus: Burning Man hot takes, Paul Bunyan's BDE...

Tuck chats with writer Lucy Sante (she/her). Topics include:   Why Lucy finally transitioned after avoiding it for nearly 60 years Why the worst trans memoirs are like pre-cooked bacon What does it mean to identify as a bohemian? Reading about the Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries in the newspaper as a high school student Plus: Trans lit recs; vibe shifts at the Strand; and how Harry Pott...

This week, we remember advocate, storyteller, and mother Cecilia Gentili.   Cecilia resources & links:   Cecilia's legacy fund!!! Faltas (published by our friends at LittlePuss Press) Full videos of Cecilia's 2/7 memorial service   Speaking with M. E. O'Brien for the NYC Trans Oral History Project (with transcript) " Cecilia Gentili's Revolutionary Ask " on Latino USA " History of the Stroll & Sto...

Tuck chats with Shuli Branson (she/they), author of Practical Anarchism: A Guide for Daily Life . Topics include:   Transition as a form of anarchist refusal ( and  why transition itself isn't liberatory) Breakup theory: letting go of the expectation that everything needs to last forever   How raising kids can help you catch your authoritarian impulses Is it actually more responsible to give away...

Tuck finally chats with academic and occasional Gender Reveal producer Cassius Adair (he/him). Topics include:   His role in the Twin Flames cult documentary Getting mpreg (lol) 12 years after being told that HRT would sterilize him Joining trans studies because he got on the wrong flight in 2011 Writing about whiteness, tech history, and hot trans social contagion   Plus: Lexification of t4t and...