Gender Reveal

Tuck speaks with sports writer Frankie de la Cretaz (they/them). Topics include:   Can sports be reformed? How do trans sports bans affect transmasc athletes? Sobriety, gender, and the cisheteronormativity of AA Making your relationship hotter by coming out as trans Plus: Unearthing trans elders & dyke drama while writing about football This Week in Gender: Dana Zzyym finally gets a passport ; Can...

Tuck speaks with writer Denne Michele Norris (she/her), cartoonist Mattie Lubchansky (they/them) and organizer Mateo Guerrero (he/they) at Starr Bar in Bushwick. Topics include:   Setting boundaries with friends and family Working to decriminalize sex work in New York Coming out as a trans woman after coming out as nonbinary Plus: "TGNCIQ"; "transhet"; figure skating; the trans rock climbing obses...

Welcome to Gender Reveal! This week, we revisit our very first episode — and by "revisit" I mean "throw the entire thing out and start from scratch." Topics include: Is biological sex, like, real? How closely related are sex and gender? What steps do kids and adults take to transition? What does colonialism have to do with any of this? Find an annotated transcript of this episode here or at gender...

Tuck explains what's going on with this season of Gender Reveal, and announces our upcoming live show. Buy live show tickets at https://gendernyc.bpt.me . Browse our limited-edition August merch in our nonprofit merch shop at  bit.ly/gendermerch . Join our Patreon ( patreon.com/gender ) to receive our weekly newsletter, plus stickers and other rewards. Find episode transcripts and starter packs fo...

Tuck chats with author Carmen Maria Machado (she/her) to wrap up Cis Day of Visibility. Topics include: The horrors of living in a gendered body Doing a press tour about your trauma Writing about gender without having an answer Is the pandemic more or less horny than Carmen's 2013 short story? Also: vampire sex, ghosts touching, and "gender: yes or no?"   Follow Carmen on IG @carmenmmachado , and...

Tuck chats with Nancy co-creator Tobin Low (he/him) as Cis Day of Visibility continues. Topics include: Lessons learned from making Nancy What does masculinity mean, and do we care? Is the cis-trans binary useful? Is the dating scene getting less racist? Plus: Bowen Yang; the LGBRPDR community; and getting gay engaged This Week in Gender: Tobi Hill-Meyer on autogynephilia and the two-type diagnosi...

Whoops! We made an episode for today, but instead of airing it, we're sharing a new podcast that we're genuinely hyped to hear. Learn more about  Wait, Is thIs a Date? on Autostraddle . Find them on Twitter and Instagram @waitisthisadate. Special thanks to Drew and Christina for letting us run this in our feed. -- Browse our new August merch collection at  bit.ly/gendermerch . Associate Producer:...

Tuck chats with nurse practitioner and HRT provider Lola Pellegrino (she/her) as Cis Day of Visibility continues. Topics include: Reimagining "women's" health centers HRT myth-busting (e.g., what if there's air in my shot?) What's the deal with microdosing? Do birth control pills count as HRT? Plus: body goo, pharmacy goss, and when a "sex change" becomes a sex change. Find Lola @damsorrow and at...

Tuck chats with NPR's Sam Sanders (he/him) as Cis Day of Visibility continues.   Topics include: Pushing the limits of "objectivity" rules "We get to be as multifaceted as white people" The cis gay usage of "girl" Should cis people be allowed to play sports?   Plus: Bald guy solidarity; detransition; and why didn't anyone explain bluegrass to me? Find Sam on It's Been a Minute and on twitter @sams...

Tuck kicks off Cis Day of Visibility with the help of podcaster and author Justin McElroy (he/him).   Topics include: Using video games as an empathy exercise Giving your kids gender-neutral names ~just in case~   Parsing community feedback (aka ally tips for allies)   The end of Monster Factory? Plus: "the dark flexibility we crave," the most-cis snack, and what gender actually is(!) Find Justin'...

In lieu of a new Gender Reveal interview, please enjoy this excellent episode of  Cancel Me, Daddy   by Katelyn Burns and Oliver-Ash Kleine. In this conversation, the hosts chat with Emily VanDerWerff about her Vox article " How Twitter Can Ruin a Life ," which chronicles the fallout around Isabel Fall's "The Helicopter Story." Isabel is asking anyone who wants to support her to donate to Trans Li...

Tuck catches up with Diné artist and youth worker LaTisha Rico (they/them). Topics include: Raising a nonbinary Indigenous baby as a nonbinary Indigenous person Thinking about gender as a decolonial act Navigating fatphobia, transphobia, racism, and a pandemic during pregnancy Embodying two-spirit traditions through trans youth advocacy Plus: Gendercide, beading, and fronting an Indigenous hardcor...

Tuck catches up with author and podcast host Gabe Dunn (they/them). Topics include: Refusing to be palatable   Working through internalized transphobia Revisiting Gabe's very trans "token cis" interview Pushing for better representation in Hollywood Plus: living behind the matrix, throwing money out the window, and crying in a pool in Palm Springs This Week in Gender: The US is changing its rules...

Tuck catches up with musician Mal Blum (they/them). Topics include: Going on testosterone as a professional singer Being mistaken for someone's str8 husband Are we gonna get clocked in the men's restroom? The many trans plot lines of Star Trek Plus: shopping for couches and becoming the transsexual John Darnielle This Week in Gender: Happy Pride ™ from Raytheon , ICE , and Sensodyne . Find Mal acr...

Tuck chats with John Paul Brammer , author of ¡Hola Papi!, in the second half of this special two-part queer advice episode . Topics include: Combating identity imposter syndrome ("am I queer enough?") Not being wholesome enough for Pet Twitter The tyranny of authenticity Why it's perfectly fine to experience joy right now Plus: Where does the wind come from? Dear Evan Hanson isn't gay? Why can't...

Tuck chats with Maddy Court (she/her), author of The Ex-Girlfriend of My Ex-Girlfriend Is My Girlfriend, in the first half of this special two-part queer advice episode. Topics include: Good(!) advice for meeting people w/o using Tinder The bright spots of being single   *~*~*horny summer~*~*~ hot tips? Is everyone having more sex than us?!   Plus: grotesque feminism, queer scarcity, and imagining...

Tuck catches up with zine-maker and pornographer Carta Monir (she/her). Topics include: What porn archives can teach us about queer history From castration fantasies to making fan merch for your dick Kink at pride(?!) and the evolution of queer debates Plus: Topping fears, machine-f*cking, unauthorized Girl with the Dragon Tattoo sequels, and CATS (1998) This Week in Gender: Los Gibities . Find Ca...

Tuck catches up with nonbinary linguist Kirby Conrod (they/them). Topics include:   Are pronoun-go-arounds for cis people? Gender as a local social relationship   Neurodivergent life hacks  Writing a dissertation about they/them pronouns Plus: wizard gender!  This Week in Gender: NYC Pride has banned GOAL from marching in the parade for the next four years. Find Kirby's work on their website ( kir...

Hey everyone! Sorry for the late notice, but our grant program is open now through April 30. More details in this tiny episode.  Grant: genderpodcast.com/grant Newsletter: patreon.com/gender Merch: bit.ly/gendermerch Tuck's workshops/consulting/etc: sylveon.co For more frequent updates, we're on Twitter and Instagram @gendereveal. We're also at genderpodcast.com Logo: Ira M. Leigh Music: Breakmast...

Tuck speaks with activist and author Jeffrey Marsh (they/them). (CW: mentions of transphobia and suicidality.) Topics include:   Why labels can't fix bigotry Talking about transness on conservative TV Dealing with transphobic internet comments Is feeling fake or alone fundamental to being trans? Plus: Mr. Rogers, Tumblr, Buddhism, Jeffrey's next book, and getting angry about shoes.  This Week in G...

Tuck speaks with Francisco J. Galarte (he/him). Dr. Galarte is the author of Brown Trans Figurations and a founding editor of TSQ : Transgender Studies Quarterly .   Topics include:   When to use (and avoid) the "x" in Latinx and Chicanx Why hate crime laws don't help trans people of color  Imagining a world for trans POC beyond invisibility and hyper-visibility What does masculinity even mean???...

Tuck speaks with Torrey Peters (she/her), author of Detransition, Baby . Topics include:   A brief history of t4t tattoos The secrets of real-life trans supervillains Why Torrey's moving past trans separatism   Four generations of trans history buried in a twitter beef Plus: FTF transsexuals, disaster euphoria, writing better jokes, and why Torrey might be done writing about affairs with wealthy m...

Tuck answers more advice questions with BFF of the show Mckenzee Griffler (she/her). Topics include: How do I come out to my boyfriend? Can cis people use X gender markers? Is a relationship automatically queer if someone is trans? What does it feel like to like your name? Do my birth certificate and license need to match? Do  you  have gender questions that you'd like answered on the show?  Submi...

Tuck answers advice questions with Tehya (they/them), a nonbinary therapist. Topics include: Are my recent dysphoria feelings "real"?   Do I have to share my pronouns? How do I handle my partner's transphobic friend?   Why do I think I'm going to get dumped for having top surgery? Plus: sailing, cis binding, and a return to lesbianism.   This Week in Gender: The Equality Act , Marjorie vs Marie ,...

Tuck speaks with Noah Adams (he/him), co-author of Trans and Autistic . Topics include: Are transness and autism connected in some way? The compounding gatekeeping faced by autistic trans people The dark connections between ABA and queer conversion therapy The enduring legacy of Rain Man This Week in Gender: Special guest Nina Medvedeva talks about the Euphoria app and trans venture capitalism.  ...