Gender Reveal Tuck Woodstock

Tuck speaks with writer and researcher Jo Krishnakumar (they/them). (CW: anti-trans violence 37-42) Topics include:
The neurodivergent need to take your pain and put it into ~projects~ How casteism continues to impact queer and trans spaces  Reimagining “the closet” as a cave, a balcony, or a nest How different trans communities interact in India Plus: Googling "Am I gay?” This Week in Gender: New study shows that trans kids stay trans. (Riley MacLeod weighs in.)   
Find Jo (and Almaarii and Transform) at waytojo.com.
Browse our nonprofit merch shop at bit.ly/gendermerch.
Join our Patreon (patreon.com/gender) to get access to our new bonus podcast feed, plus our weekly newsletter and other fun perks.
Find episode transcripts and starter packs for new listeners at genderpodcast.com. We’re also on Twitter and Instagram @gendereveal.
Associate Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman
Logo: Ira M. Leigh
Music: Breakmaster Cylinder
Additional Music: “Vela Vela” by Blue Dot Sessions
Sponsors: Bistitchual & Queer Candle Co (promo code: GENDER10)

Tuck speaks with musician, drag performer, and community organizer TAYLOR ALXNDR (they/she) Topics include:
Drag as a political organizing tool “I feel like gender is still a competition… especially on social media” Collaborating on hundreds of Southern Fried Queer Pride events without collapsing from burnout or internecine squabbles. Gender social contagion (Would I want t**s on a desert island?) Plus: Lumpy Space Princess gender, the RuPaul Industrial Complex, and MITOCHONDRIHANNA! This Week in Gender: Ozzy teaches us about Apayauq Reitan and more trans Iditarod history. 
Find Taylor @tayloralxndr and at tayloralxndr.com. Southern Fried Queer Pride is @sfqp.
Join our Patreon (patreon.com/gender) to get access to a brand-new bonus podcast, plus our weekly newsletter and other fun perks.

Browse our nonprofit merch shop at bit.ly/gendermerch.
Find episode transcripts and starter packs for new listeners at genderpodcast.com. We’re also on Twitter and Instagram @gendereveal.
Associate Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman
Logo: Ira M. Leigh
Music: Breakmaster Cylinder
Additional Music: “Pitho Magnus” and “Luper” by Blue Dot Sessions
Sponsors: Zoned Out Podcast & Urbody (promo code: TUCK15) 

Tuck speaks with Avery Tucker (he/him) from Girlpool. Topics include: Losing control of your voice… as a touring musician.  Learning to accept the existence of your pre-transition self The joys and fears of “trans voice”  Plus: Juno, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Theypool? This Week in Gender: Wales banning conversion therapy; Montana judge blocking birth certificate law; doctor suing UT-Southwestern; sanctuary state bills to support trans families; MCR wants to sell binders
Find Girlpool music & merch at girlpoolmusic.com. Avery is @girlpoool and @av33333ry on IG. Forgiveness is out now! 
Join our Patreon (patreon.com/gender) to get access to a brand-new bonus podcast, plus our weekly newsletter and other fun perks.
Submit a piece of Theymail: a small message or ad that we’ll read on the show. Today’s messages was from Lavender Menace Press.
Find episode transcripts and starter packs for new listeners at genderpodcast.com. We’re also on Twitter and Instagram @gendereveal.
Associate Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman
Logo: Ira M. Leigh
Music: Breakmaster Cylinder
Sponsors: Urbody (promo code: TUCK15) 

Tuck speaks with Edgar Gomez (he/she/they), author of the memoir High-Risk Homosexual. Topics include: TFW Facebook suggests that you friend-request the Pulse shooter  The pros & cons of Latinidad (the concept) and Latinx (the word) Writing about your family’s homophobia without making them into telenovela villains The intersections of class/poverty and queerness  Plus: Sporty Spice, trans villain representation, and post-credits Drag Race goss. This Week in Gender: Rebecca Kling critiques the recent Washington Post op-ed “What I wish I’d known when I was 19 and had sex reassignment surgery.”
References: Cristina Silva’s article about the word Latinx in USA Today. 
Find Edgar at edgargomez.net, and find High-Risk Homosexual through Soft Skull Press or wherever books are.
Join our Patreon (patreon.com/gender) to get access to a brand-new bonus podcast, plus our weekly newsletter and other fun perks.
Browse our nonprofit merch shop at bit.ly/gendermerch.
Our spring grant is now open for applications at bit.ly/tpoc22. Learn more about our past grant winners at genderpodcast.com/grant.
Submit a piece of Theymail: a small message or ad that we’ll read on the show. Today’s messages was from Cambridge Solidarity Fund / bit.ly/solidaritystickers.
Find episode transcripts and starter packs for new listeners at genderpodcast.com. We’re also on Twitter and Instagram @gendereveal.
Associate Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman
Logo: Ira M. Leigh
Music: Breakmaster Cylinder
Additional Music: “Mosic” and “Greyleaf Willow” by Blue Dot Sessions
Sponsors: Urbody (promo code: TUCK15) 

Tuck speaks with stand-up comic and actor River Butcher (he/they). Topics include:
Bisexual men of dyke experience If men have hurt me, how do I come to terms with being a man? Being a comic who is trans, not a trans comic (and also not Che Diaz) Embracing perpetual transition and life in “the middle time” Plus: “Can I just say on this podcast… and hopefully it doesn’t become like a viral moment…”  This Week in Gender: The Biden administration marked TDoV by trying to make TSA stop doing gender-based gropes, among other things.
Find River’s tour dates, Comedy Central special and more at riverbutcher.com and @rivbutcher.
Browse our nonprofit merch shop at bit.ly/gendermerch.
Our spring grant is now open for applications at bit.ly/tpoc22. Learn more about our past grant winners at genderpodcast.com/grant.
Join our Patreon (patreon.com/gender) to get access to a brand-new bonus podcast, plus our weekly newsletter and other fun perks.
Submit a piece of Theymail: a small message or ad that we’ll read on the show. Today’s messages was from Moncho Alvarado.
Find episode transcripts and starter packs for new listeners at genderpodcast.com. We’re also on Twitter and Instagram @gendereveal.
Associate Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman
Logo: Ira M. Leigh
Music: Breakmaster Cylinder
Additional Music: “Kovir Straight” by Blue Dot Sessions
Sponsors: Urbody (promo code: TUCK15) 

After Tuck makes a few exciting announcements, Vidhya Aravind and Erique Zhang share their perspectives on what trans visibility means and who it serves. 
Find Erique Zhang at eriquezhang.com and @er_ique. Find Vidhya Aravind at @kid_vidh and on Episode 74 of our podcast.
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Trans folks of color can apply to receive mutual aid funds at bit.ly/tdos22.
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Join our Patreon (patreon.com/gender) to get access to our weekly newsletter and our new patron-only bonus pod. 
Find episode transcripts and starter packs for new listeners at genderpodcast.com. We’re also on Twitter and Instagram @gendereveal.
Associate Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman
Logo: Ira M. Leigh
Music: Breakmaster Cylinder
Additional Music: Blue Dot Sessions
Sponsors: Our patrons! Thank you!