Gender Reveal

Tuck speaks with culture and entertainment journalist Tre'vell Anderson (they/them). Topics include: What Black film history can tell us about the future of trans media Are those nonbinary TV characters actually nonbinary? Why don't some nonbinary people identify as trans? Should we be saying "All Black Lives Matter"?   Plus: identity gumbo and gender-okra soup This Week in Gender: Several states...

Tuck speaks with artist, filmmaker, and cultural producer Zackary Drucker (she/her). Topics include: How a trans con artist taught Zackary to cut herself some slack   Telling complicated trans stories on TV Creating T4T representation before "T4T" was a thing Gender clownery with Flawless Sabrina   Plus: Commissioning a transphobia montage featuring Tucker Carlson's shitty dad This Week in Gender:...

Tuck speaks with Diamond Stylz (she/her), creator of Marsha's Plate and executive director of Black Trans Women Inc . Topics include: Does trans representation actually help trans people? Why trans equity trainings don't work The importance of spurning sea lions and building community How Lauryn Hill (of all people) helped Diamond embrace her voice How to be a true ally & co-conspirator   Plus: Co...

Tuck speaks with scholar and Trans Care author Hil Malatino (he/they). Topics include: Why we can't talk about gender without talking about race How Hil's intersex condition—and health insurance—influenced his transition Why debates about labels are debates about belonging Trans academia and the "cannibalization" of trans scholars Plus: Dad-as-gender, the best little boy in the world, and the diff...

Tuck speaks with multimedia artist and Black Feast founder Salimatu Amabebe (he/they). Topics include: Feeling denied access to "womanhood" as a Black person Loving your body as a trans person Dating advice!   "I don't really want terms that apply to me" Plus: Salimatu pitches you his food-dom TV pilot   This Week in Gender: Bell v Tavistock .   Support Salimatu's work via Venmo (@blackfeast) or C...

Tuck speaks with lawyer and TLC-reality-special star Ari Robbins Greene (they/he). Topics include: Giving birth on a TV show Pregnancy advice for transmasculine folks   Raising babies without gendering them   Fighting to get insurance companies to cover FFS Plus: telling your coworkers about your secret vagina   This Week in Gender: Democrats in Congress pass a resolution to de-gender terminology...

Tuck speaks with author and community worker Kai Cheng Thom (she/her) in our longest episode ever. Topics include: The harm of problematic/pure and perpetrator/victim binaries The evolution of "femme" and "transsexual" The future of trans kids and class solidarity Losing faith, but not hope, in community justice Plus: Spicy trans memoir takes, Kai Cheng's secret Goop life, and being the only maste...

Tuck speaks with prison abolitionist and A.B.O. Comix cofounder Casper Cendre (he/they).   Topics include: Becoming a better ally for incarcerated people.   Living in a place where physical intimacy is a crime. Gender-affirming surgeries and medical care in prison.   Are queer people usually "out" in prison? Plus: an update on how prisons are handling Covid-19   This Week in Gender: It's the happi...

Tuck speaks with Oklahoma representative Mauree Turner (they/she), the first openly nonbinary state legislator in the United States.   Topics include: Reimagining the justice system in the incarceration capital of the world . Working in spaces that weren't built to accommodate your existence.   The pros and cons of representing so many different identities while your white cis coworkers get to jus...

Tuck answers our trickiest advice questions yet with BFF of the show Mckenzee Griffler (she/her).   Topics include: How do I stop caring about what cis people think?!?   What pronouns should I use for nonbinary people in languages they don't speak? What if I'm being misgendered at work but don't want to lose my job? Can you be a boy without being a man? Plus: Tuck really, really rips into some guy...

In the Season 6 premiere, we speak with Imara Jones (she/her), founder of TransLash Media and host of the TransLash Podcast . Topics include: Why trans rights are the secret to defeating patriarchy How to be a better ally to Black trans people Why trans folks are essential leaders for building better futures The saga of Imara's open letter to BET   Plus: we're angry about needing to be angry This...

In this tiny bonus episode, Tuck makes a big announcement about Season 6, and recommends a few podcasts to listen to while you wait: Tuck on Behind the Bastards (part one) Tuck on LGBTQ&A TransLash podcast Marsha's Plate -- You can reach us at genderpodcast.com  or  on Twitter  or  Instagram . You can also follow Tuck at @tuckwoodstock. Season Six is on the way! Join our Patreon ( patreon.com/gend...

In which Tuck whispers to you in their closet for what might be one four-minute run-on sentence.  Share the last thing that brought you joy (or just browse a lot of very good animal photos): https://twitter.com/tuckwoodstock/status/1323663746506485760 Trans Lifeline: https://translifeline.org Trevor Project: https://www.thetrevorproject.org 21 trans candidates running for office this fall: https:/...

This week, Tuck belatedly announces our latest grant program and mutual aid fund. (Applications due by 10/31.) Then, we listen to Jeffrey Masters interview Laverne Cox on acclaimed queer interview podcast LGBTQ&A . Apply to the Black/Indigenous Trans and Two-Spirit Grant Program: bit.ly/GR20grant Apply to the BIPOC Trans Mutual Aid Fund: bit.ly/GR20aid Learn more about our grant program: genderpod...

This week, Tuck chats a bit before sharing an episode of the TransLash Podcast , a new  show that covers news, culture and politics from a trans perspective, hosted by Peabody and Emmy-award-winning journalist Imara Jones . In this episode, Imara Jones talks with Kai Wright, who hosts WNYC's The United States of Anxiety , about the links between transphobia, the history of fear in America and the...

This week, Tuck shares an excerpt from  Transcripts ,  a new trans activism podcast by the Tretter Transgender Oral History Project. Subscribe to  Transcripts  wherever you get podcasts. Find transcripts of  Transcripts  (lol) at bit.ly/transcriptspod . Donate to Brave Space Alliance and   Black Transwomen Inc. This episode features hosts Myrl Beam (Virginia Commonwealth University and University...

In the Season 5 finale (finally!!!), we celebrate Leo season by speaking with audio producer, stand-up comic and drag queen Hideo Higashibaba (he/him). [CW: mentions of suicide (40-41:20)] Topics include: What you might not understand about "chosen family" Growing up in a cult that hates queer and trans people Rebuilding yr entire framework for understanding the world, from scratch.   Being a tran...

In this bonus episode, Tuck says hi because they miss you and everything happens so much. Other media referenced: Tuck on OPB's Think Out Loud (with Sergio Olmos ) Strange Fruit podcast Marsha's Plate podcast Tuck on KPCC's AirTalk (with Chris David) Tuck on KPFA's Upfront " Federal Law Enforcement Use Unmarked Vehicles To Grab Protesters Off Portland Streets " Great episodes from Season 5 (for ne...

This week, we speak with nonbinary advocate Addison Rose Vincent (they/them). Topics include: Rushing sororities as the only trans person on campus Being a transfeminine person with a full beard Working at Disneyland as a nonbinary person Becoming a full-time trans advocate Plus: the double-edged sword of trans visibility This Week in Gender: Disclosure (2020); Transcripts podcast; "The Internatio...

Tuck rambles for fifteen consecutive minutes (oops!), then shares their conversation with Callie Wright about media literacy, passive voice, "objectivity," and whether you can trust media coverage of protests.   This interview first aired on the Queersplaining podcast on June 9 . This Week In Gender: SCOTUS LGBTQ decision! Learn more by reading Katelyn Burns' article on the topic and listening to...

Tuck gives a quick overview of the many breaking trans news stories from the last few days. Then, we revisit our conversation with activist and labor organizer Alyssa Pariah (she/her). Topics include: How the Black Lives Matter movement supports trans liberation better than many LGBTQ orgs How bail funds can save Black trans lives Coping with survivor's guilt as a 32-year-old trans woman of color...

This week, we speak with activist Vidhya Aravind (she/her). Topics include: Police accountability vs police abolition The value of failure in political organizing Why nonprofits won't save trans people Does political activism count as gender expression? Plus: Becoming an activist by "being a dumb bitch that cares a lot." Read Vidhya's essay about hope and shame on Substack. Find Vidhya on Twitter...

In this week's episode, Tuck discusses Black trans allyship, queer racism; why cops aren't your friends; and how this all relates to Pride Month. Then, we revisit our chat with storyteller Morgan Givens  (he/him/they), creator of the critically acclaimed  Flyest Fables  podcast. Topics include: Becoming a Black man in America Cops(!!!) Why "objective journalism" is sometimes just white supremacy W...

Tuck speaks with artist and fellow Sagittarius Atlas Easton  (they/them). Topics include: Raising a kid as a nonbinary parent (not a mom!) Being an elder queer at age 23 The power of trans anger (and art) Allyship tips for cis parents Plus: Exploring gender in quarantine, aka "2 beard or not 2 beard"? This Week in Gender: Support your favorite independent artists/creators and listen to Nancy ( RIP...

Tuck speaks with actor Vico Ortiz (they/he/she), whose credits include American Horror Story, Vida, and These Thems . Topics include: Auditioning for roles as a genderfluid actor Exploring femininity as a Backstreet Boys-inspired drag king? The evolution of gender-inclusive Spanish… …and translating nonbinary jokes into Spanish subtitles Plus: gender as a waterbed? This Week in Gender:  Rest in po...