Gender Reveal

Tuck catches up with multidisciplinary artist Salimatu Amabebe (he/they). Topics include:   Barracuda, an it/its drag monster and perverse people-pleaser Should you retcon your dead dad into someone more convenient? Demanding better (and more creative) gender-affirming surgeries The pros and cons of making earnest, vulnerable art   Plus: Envisioning yourself as a house for many different / differe...

We're back, baby! Tuck chats with Lamya H (she/they), author of Hijab Butch Blues . Topics include:   Discovering queer themes (and dykes!) in the Quran   How having a baby helped Lamya assert their own gender identity   TFW someone suggests you read your own pseudonymous memoir   Finding gender euphoria in religious practice Plus: Pinkwashing, Dadaism, and subway speed challenges This Week in Gen...

Tuck chats with journalist Rax Will (he/they) about queer food, pronoun-themed cocktails, and "AFAB" trans clothing brands (derogatory). Plus, news about next season! Listen to the full episode on Patreon for discussions of: Rax's extensive research about trans people and dog food(?!) Why the hottest new accessory is the NYC diaper Receiving the perfect "sorry I misgendered u" gift   Why one of th...

Tuck speaks with Ally Beardsley and Babette Thomas way back on Trans Day of Snack 2023. It's a Gender Reveal x Gender Spiral crossover event!  Find Gender Spiral at genderspiralpod.com as well as Instagram , TikTok , and Patreon . 

A few quick announcements on what's coming up next.  Thanks to Blue Dot Sessions as always for the music bed. 

Quick announcement because I remembered that not everyone is on Instagram dot com. This year's grant applications close on Halloween night. Apply at bit.ly/GRgrant23 , and find a full list of past grant recipients at genderpodcast.com/grant . Spread the word!  Grab free tickets for the November 10 2 Trans 2 Furious event (featuring Tuck, Tre'vell Anderson, and Mckenzee Griffler) at bit.ly/2T2FLA....

Tuck chats with activist Raquel Willis (she/her). Topics include:   Why having the ~most radical gender~ isn't a useful standard   Reconciling your feminism with your transsexual desires   Parental loss, and death as an animating force How to choose a good beneficiary for trans fundraising   Plus: Afrotransmisogyny, Janet Mock, and… Fortnite?? This Week in Gender: Girlfriends by Emily Zhou; Idlewi...

Tuck and Ozzy chat with author Alison Rumfitt (she/her). Topics include:   When people fail to recognize their kink as simply a kink Letting go of the need to ~understand~ TERFs What makes a good trauma narrative? Reappropriating an accidentally-trans Eminem lyric Plus: Utopian organ dreams and trans slug allyship? (Also: worms!)  Find Alison @alison.zone (IG) and @hangsawoman (Bluesky/Twitter). P...

Tuck chats with drag performer Chiquitita (she/her). Topics include:   Why trans people make the best drag performers (even w/o clothes) Dealing with family members who don't grow alongside you A romcom-worthy t4t meet-cute   An exclusive future name change announcement(!) Plus: Nicki, Lana, TS Jackson, getting FFS in Spain and tranifesting a trans magician?? This Week in Gender: Should you let an...

Tuck chats with Casey Plett (she/her), Fran Tirado (she/they) and Kendra Wells (they/them) live at the Bell House. Topics include:   Gossip from the Fire Island Doll Invasion Is  Fast & Furious more like Shakespeare or Dante's Inferno? Casey's very secret fan fiction Kendra's book title reveal!  Plus: Elf pervert gender, Che Diaz redemption arc, and a fast(!) reading from Casey Find Kendra at kend...

Tuck and Ozzy chat with author Casey Plett (she/her). Topics include:   Is queer community… bad for us? Is it finally time to talk about Topside? The present and future of trans publishing Accidentally teaching girlies about the COGIATI(!?) Plus: Mennonite masculinity, Super Smash Bros, and Taylor Swift's Red This Week in Gender: Niko Stratis shares the latest from Autostraddle's ongoing implosion...

Tuck catches up with cultural critic Soleil Ho (they/them). Topics include:   Doing secret drag at an anti-trans fundraising dinner Should we abolish restaurants? Why insisting on "authentic" recipes is... fascist  Soleil's takes that are too spicy for a mainstream newspaper Plus: Strikes at the pronoun factory and worldwide socialist revolution This Week in Gender: Breaking down a new study about...

Tuck chats with actress Nicole Maines (she/her). Topics include:   The long, slow process of transitioning in elementary school   Picketing with the WGA even before the SAG-AFTRA strike  Writing a trans superhero's origin story   Getting name inspiration from Nickelodeon & Disney Channel  Plus: vampire hot takes and Danny Phantom Tumblr discourse?! This Week in Gender: A moment from the O'Shae Sib...

Tuck chats with sports journalist Katie Barnes (they/them). Topics include:   Will "the science" ever be settled re: trans athletes? How coordinated are all these anti-trans sports bills? Why most teams should be co-ed (and why most elite sports shouldn't be) What makes a bad interview question? (Asking for a friend lol) Plus: Getting banned for your bones, interviewing trans kids, and a reminder...

The most recent episode of the Anti-Trans Hate Machine is a banger, and we thought you should hear it. Listen to the Anti-Trans Hate Machine (a TransLash production) wherever you get your podcasts, or read the transcript here .   

This week, we've got a grab bag of bonus content! Topics include: Book and comic recommendations from Hal Schrieve   Kurt Russell, gender roots, and movie tuberculosis with Calvin Kasulke   Multiple other trans podcasts that Tuck recently guested on An important 2 Trans 2 Furious zine update A live show announcement And more!   Find this month's full Gender Conceal episode, "Managing Rihanna's MLB...

Tuck chats with author and comic artist Hal Schrieve (ze/hir). Topics include:   Growing up as a trans teen and surviving via messy queer youth spaces Writing about horny trans youth while working as a children's librarian Emailing [redacted famous transphobe] about Kate Bush and tits Being pro-chaser and furry-adjacent?   Plus: Tumblr, t4t discourse, sci-fi and Samuel Delany This Week in Gender:...

Ozzy and Tuck chat with author M.E. O'Brien (she/her), whose work explores trans communist futures. Topics include:   What can family abolition offer trans people? The limits of chosen family under capitalism   Why we shouldn't replace family with The State, either   The similarities between her psychoanalyst and oral history work Plus: Why protest camps are important visions of the future   This...

Tuck share their favorite episode of their new favorite podcast.  Find Sounds Gay wherever you get podcasts.  Sandy Stone's incredible time capsule of a website is sandystone.com .

Tuck chats IN PERSON with Mattie Lubchansky (they/them) about  Boys Weekend, the Nib, Mattie's next project, and also Orville Peck. Listen to the full episode on Patreon for discussions of: Why every book Mattie has ever worked on has been banned   What parts of  Boys Weekend are inspired by Mattie's life   Ursula K. Le Guin vs Margaret Atwood The secrets to a successful marriage??? Like 10 minute...

Tuck chats with activist, performer, and politician Honey Mahogany (she/her). Topics include:   Being one of the first official Drag Queen Story Hour performers Founding the world's first transgender cultural district Collectively owning a queer bar with 17 other people   Lip syncing to Tranny Chaser with Jinkx Monsoon on RPDR Season 5 (lol) Plus: Adopting your drag name full-time and being "too p...

Tuck tackles more advice questions with BFF of the show Mckenzee Griffler (she/her). Topics include: Is getting top surgery bad for my cool radical politics? Should I tell my dentist I'm a transsexual? Going on HRT in the public eye Embracing a complete lack of self-permanence as queer culture Being trans and closeted in Idaho Plus: zarfs, girlcotts, spiro complaints, and Meredith Brooks?? This We...

Ozzy and Tuck chat with tattoo artist M Nijiya (they/them). Topics include:   Tattoos as gender-affirming care What to know about nipple tattoos before top surgery   Why introverts should get face tattoos(?!) What white people get very wrong about "Japanese-style" tattoos Plus: Choosing a new last name; "irreversible damage" but for tattoos; and the drag king to HRT pipeline This Week in Gender: T...

Tuck chats with cartoonist A. Andrews (they/them). Topics include:   Unicycling while your peers go to sex ed   Dating someone with your former name  Navigating the healthcare system as a disabled trans person Running afoul of state laws for drawing very normal objects (!) Plus: Ableist editor gossip, quadruple Leo status, and banning parents (lol)??? This Week in Gender: Listen to t4t , Call Me M...

Tuck chats with Naveen Kundanmal (they/them) about doing Shania Twain karaoke at the Texas State Capitol and tracking your HRT timeline via pterodactyl screeches. (Plus, news about next season!) Listen to the full episode on Patreon for discussions of: Trying to plan a (gender-neutral) wedding without being cringe  Getting medicated out of your need to TikTok Bonding with your mom over changing yo...