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Gender Reveal

Gender Reveal

Welcome to Gender Reveal, a podcast about nonbinary and transgender folks. Join us as we interview notable trans guests, analyze current events, answer advice questions and get a little bit closer to understanding what the heck gender is.

Available Episodes 10

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. Only a few left! 

Also, we've got a new Gender Conceal episode with Mckenzee and it really is something.

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; Idlewild by James Frankie Thomas; People Collide by Isle McElroy; Laugh Riot by Io & Jonas Goonface.

Find Raquel on Instagram and Twitter. Preorder The Risk It Takes to Bloom before Nov 14.

Find a copy of 2 Trans 2 Furious here, and join us on Nov 10 at North Figueroa in LA! (RVSP HERE.)

Check out our nonprofit merch store by October 15! 

Join our Patreon (patreon.com/gender) to access our bonus podcast, newsletter, and other fun perks.

Find us genderpodcast.com (for starter packs, FAQ, grant info, transcripts, etc) and @gendereveal.

Join the Gender Detective Slack here (link expires in 28 days).

Senior Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman Logo: Ira M. LeighMusic: Breakmaster CylinderAdditional Music: “Di Breun” and “Hedgeliner” by Blue Dot Sessions Sponsors: ShopEnby.com (promo code: GenderReveal)

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). Preorder Brainwyrms before Oct 10.

Come see Tuck & Mckenzee at North Figueroa Bookshop on Nov 10! 

Join our Patreon (patreon.com/gender) to access our bonus podcast, newsletter, and other fun perks.

Find a copy of 2 Trans 2 Furious here.

Find us genderpodcast.com and @gendereveal.

Senior Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman Logo: Ira M. LeighMusic: Breakmaster CylinderSponsors: ShopEnby.com (promo code: GenderReveal)

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 app trace your gender? Part 3! 

Find Chiqui @chiquitettas on IG.

Join our Patreon (patreon.com/gender) to access our bonus podcast, newsletter, and other fun perks.

2 Trans 2 Furious PDFs and physical copies available via BigCartel.

Find us genderpodcast.com and @gendereveal.

Senior Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman Logo: Ira M. LeighMusic: Breakmaster CylinderAdditional Music: “Tall Journey” and “Dream Her Voice” by Blue Dot Sessions Sponsors: ShopEnby.com (promo code: GenderReveal) and bit.ly/transtechdesign.

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 kendrawcandraw.com. Find Fran @fransquishco and Like a Virgin. Find Casey at caseyplett.com (and last week’s episode). Find several additional segments on our patreon very soon! 

Submit a piece of Theymail: a small message or ad that we’ll read on the show. Today’s message was from “MOTHER,” She Wrote.

Join our Patreon (patreon.com/gender) to access our bonus podcast, newsletter, and other fun perks.

2 Trans 2 Furious PDFs and physical copies available via BigCartel.

Find us genderpodcast.com and @gendereveal.

Senior Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman Logo: Ira M. LeighMusic: Breakmaster CylinderAdditional Music: “Palms Down” by Blue Dot Sessions Sponsors: ShopEnby.com (promo code: GenderReveal)

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. Read more via MB’s thread.

Find Casey at caseyplett.com and preorder On Community.

Submit a piece of Theymail: a small message or ad that we’ll read on the show. Today’s messages were from Wig Dog Press and Axe Thembro.

Join our Patreon (patreon.com/gender) to access our bonus podcast, newsletter, and other fun perks.

Find us genderpodcast.com and @gendereveal.

2 Trans 2 Furious PDFs and physical copies available via BigCartel.

Senior Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman Logo: Ira M. LeighMusic: Breakmaster CylinderAdditional Music: “Posh and Vine” and “St. Augustine Red” by Blue Dot Sessions Sponsors: Queer Candle Co. (promo code: GENDER10)

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 top surgery regret (or a complete lack thereof). 

Find Soleil at soleilho.com and read their work at SFChronicle.com.

ONE WEEK LEFT! Get your tickets to our August 28 live show! 

2 Trans 2 Furious PDFs and physical copies available via BigCartel.

Submit a piece of Theymail: a small message or ad that we’ll read on the show. Today’s message was from LaurSurgery.BigCartel.com

Join our Patreon (patreon.com/gender) to access our bonus podcast, newsletter, and other fun perks.

Find us genderpodcast.com and @gendereveal.

Senior Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman Logo: Ira M. LeighMusic: Breakmaster CylinderAdditional Music: “Kern PKL” by Blue Dot Sessions Sponsors: Queer Candle Co. (promo code: GENDER10)

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 Sibley vigil

Get your tickets to our August 28 live show! 

2 Trans 2 Furious PDFs and physical copies available via BigCartel.

Submit a piece of Theymail: a small message or ad that we’ll read on the show. Today’s message was from Genevieve Huffman.

Join our Patreon (patreon.com/gender) to access our bonus podcast, newsletter, and other fun perks.

Find us genderpodcast.com and @gendereveal.

Senior Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman Logo: Ira M. LeighMusic: Breakmaster CylinderAdditional Music: “Damaroon” by Blue Dot Sessions Sponsors: Queer Candle Co. (promo code: GENDER10)

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 that sports are hard! 

This Week in Gender: Joan Summers on Barbie (2023)

Find Katie @katie_barnes3 and KEBarnes.com. Read their work on ESPN.com and preorder Fair Play.

Get your tickets to our August 28 live show! 

Submit a piece of Theymail: a small message or ad that we’ll read on the show. Today’s message was from “Bang!” by Vic Liu. (Promo code: GENDERREVEAL)

Join our Patreon (patreon.com/gender) to access our bonus podcast, newsletter, and other fun perks.

Find us genderpodcast.com and @gendereveal.

Senior Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman Logo: Ira M. LeighMusic: Breakmaster CylinderAdditional Music: “Luka 75” “Single Still” & “Calgary Sweeps” by Blue Dot Sessions Sponsors: Queer Candle Co. (promo code: GENDER10)

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.