Bren Bartol, Michelle Leong

Gen(der) Z

Education EN ↓ 77 episodes

A podcast where Bren, a queer teenager, and Michelle, a not queer teenager, explore the world surrounding gender and sexuality, and outreaches to other intersecting communities. Focused on political commentary and personal experience with some lighthearted humor, we hope you take some time to listen to our thoughts.

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Author

Bren Bartol, Michelle Leong

Category

Education

Podcast website

genderz.weebly.com

Latest episode

Nov 7, 2023

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Episodes

Ep 27 Sex Ed: Pitfalls, Pinnacle, and Practicality 17.08.2021

Bren and Michelle take you through a hilarious journey of sex ed, the pitfalls of elementary sex ed, the pinnacle and performance of middle school sex ed, and the practicality of high school sex ed.

E26 Legally Bren: Bren's Name Change Journey 03.08.2021

Bren leads us through the many hoops that they have jumped through to become legally them, with some history of how their legal name came to be and how your name is attached to so many more things than you think.

E25 Russian Responses with Gray 20.07.2021

Bren and Michelle sit down with Bren's friend Gray, and they discuss the different responses Gray has gotten to coming out within their Russian family and states they lived in.

E24 Feedback after the end of the School Year 29.06.2021

Bren and Michelle talk about what went well, bad, and everything in between after finishing a full year of online school. They take sometime to outline some of their encounters with their teachers, and how some behavior desperately needs to change.

E23 Our Love Stories 15.06.2021

Bren and Michelle take some time to reflect upon their relationships and what they've learned.

E22 Mormonism and Tranness with Alex 01.06.2021

On this guest episode, Bren and Michelle sit down with their guest Alex, who talks about their experience growing up Mormon and how it impacted their coming out and self discovery journey.

E21 Pride Parades 18.05.2021

Bren shares their positive experiences at pride parades with Michelle, highlighting their position as a sticker giver, with them getting mad at their email sprinkled in.

E20 Transitioning with Sam McDaniel 04.05.2021

Sam guest stars on today's episode, taking us through the ups and downs of his transition journey, and how online school and the future look for him.

E19 Online encounters and Asian Hate 20.04.2021

Today Bren and Michelle tackle an online, hurtful encounter to someone they know, dive into the wrongs of performative activism, and share their thoughts on Asian Hate and it's rise.

E18 Our Experience After a Year of Online School 30.03.2021

Michelle and Bren, like millions of students worldwide, have spent a significant amount of time on online school. However, they have been solely online for a year. What works? What doesn't? Is there anything they miss about in person school?

E17 Let's talk about GSA and Latinx with Isabel 16.03.2021

Today we welcome our guest, Isabel, who talks to us about her experience with GSA (gender sexuality alliance, formerly the gay straight alliance), and how it's going virtually! We also discuss the term Latinx and how it isn't as inclusive as you think.

E16 Debunking our Hate Comments 02.03.2021

Believe it or not, we do have some hate comments! This rather long episode is a fun time where Michelle and Bren marvel at the poor grammar of some of the people in the comments. However, it does not bother them, as interacting with their content is a win for them!

E15 Scattered Thoughts 16.02.2021

Bren and Michelle take some time to wind down and just chat about what has transpired so far in 2021 and how they're doing. 

E14 Media Representation 02.02.2021

Bren and Michelle talk about media representation regarding to the LGBTQ+ community and the Asian community. The first of a possible series about our thoughts on how the media world needs to change!

E13 Being the Representative 19.01.2021

What's it like being the representative for every Asian person? Or every LGBTQ+ person? Michelle and Bren talk about their experiences and allude to further episodes.

E12 Coming Out 05.01.2021

Coming out isn't easy. Bren talks to us about their experience, the ups and downs, and some advice.

E11 Horror Stories 15.12.2020

Michelle and Bren talk about two incidents where people were majorly horrible. Let us know if you want to here more!

E10 Christianity with Alissa 08.12.2020

For our second guest episode, we talk to Alissa about Christianity and the LGBTQ2S+ community, along with critiquing the lack of diversity in school curriculums.

E9 Gender Roles 01.12.2020

Bren and Michelle take some time to examine the gender roles in their families and greater society.

E8 Bisexuality and Being Asian with Sam 24.11.2020

For our first guest, we talk to Sam about his experience with bisexuality and being Asian, and we tell some fun old stories from our younger years!

E7 Our Election thoughts! 17.11.2020

[the statistics used in this episode were current at the time] The election has been called! How do Michelle and Bren feel?

E6 Labels 10.11.2020

Michelle asks questions and discusses labels for the queer community with Bren, Bren explains their label, and they both learn a little more about the different facets of the LBGTQ2S+ community!

E5 Love, Simon Review 03.11.2020

Every once in a while we are going to do a light hearted episode reviewing a book, movie/tv show, or video. If there are any you want us to do let us know! Today we are reviewing the 2018 movie, Love, Simon!

E4 Bathroom Laws 27.10.2020

Michelle and Bren discuss transgender bathrooms laws, the audacity and sheer stupidity of most of them, and the reason they don't work they way you think they do. Trigger warning: This episode discusses, rape, sexual assault, and violence against trans people.

E1 Gender Reveals 20.10.2020

On the very first episode (yay!), Michelle and Bren discuss gender reveals: their favorites, how gender reveals and the gender binary connect, and why baby showers are superior. With a fun fact at the end and a "These are the thoughts we got", we are so excited to show you the first episode!

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