Gender Reveal

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?...

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...

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...

Tuck speaks with Jackie Ess (she/her), author of . Topics include:   The future of trans literature (whatever that means) Writing from the outside and avoiding tokenization How to avoid being the worst kind of reader Hints to the subjects of...

Tuck speaks with lawyer and trans advocate Chase Strangio (he/they). Topics include:   Why everything is going to keep getting worse (sorry!) How “biological” sex only exists in the law to exclude trans people Trans joy as a political...

Tuck speaks with game designer and cultural consultant Yeonsoo Julian Kim (they/she). Topics include:   Creating games where every playable character is nonbinary (or, in other cases, Korean) The joys of BDSM tea party games and horror erotic...

Tuck speaks with Calvin Kasulke (he/him), author of Several People Are Typing. Topics include: The secret(?!?) baby-trans subtext of Calvin’s debut novel Writing fiction (about Slack dot com) vs journalism (about bodega dick pills) Parallels...

Tuck speaks with theorist, author, and abolitionist (they/them). Topics include: The way fatness functions as its own gender Working towards a better world without hope that we’ll achieve it Why the concept of health is unsalvageable  Why...

Tuck speaks with musician Ezra Furman (she/they). Topics include: Gender as a religion; transness as a mystical cult The power of taking control (and overcoming HRT hang-ups) Trans voice feelings as professional voice-users  A collection of...

Tuck catches up with BFF of the show (she/her) before tackling another stack of advice questions. Topics include: How do I know if my loved ones are really seeing me? Should I risk parental support to explore my gender? Can my cis girlfriend use all...