Gender Reveal

Tuck and Ozzy chat with Violet Allen (she/her), author of Plastic, Prism, Void. Topics include: Incorporating 40+ fonts, multiple languages, three timelines, a theme song, and approx. one trillion references into one sci-fi romantasy novel Violet's personal beef with Joyce Carol Oates?!  Tuck & Violet's shared grievance against contemporary fiction  Channelling all your evil into books :) :)  Plus: CATS, Sailor Moon, Girls, Rejection, fanfic, heterosexuality, and the worm from Dune  This Week in Gender: Nicole Kelly highlights Best Practices Policy Project, one of the 2025 Gender Reveal grant recipients. (Transcript here.) Find Violet at violetallen.love and on Bluesky. Violet's new book, Plastic, Prism, Void, is now available for preorder.  Join our Patreon to access our weekly newsletter and monthly Gender Conceal episodes, including our recent advice episode with Mattie & Calvin! Find transcripts and starter packs at genderpodcast.com. We're also on Instagram @gendereveal. Senior Producer: Ozzy

Happy Trans Eve of Snack! Tuck chats with Mattie Lubchansky & Calvin Kasulke about how to know whether you're on a date, deal with ambivalence towards certain HRT effects, and cope with the fact that you didn't transition earlier. (Also: trebuchets, glory holes, and nonbinary Donald Duck.) Listen to the full episode on Patreon to hear us discuss whether you should tell your husband about your affair(!!), whether you should flee the country(!), and how to explain FFS to your cis wife. We also share our favorite memories from the Gender Ordeal tour, including the time we met a piss ghost(!!!).  Find Mattie on No Gods No Mayors and Temporal Culture War. Find Calvin around town idk. Submit advice questions or AMA prompts via our new form for a future episode like this one! Senior Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman Logo: Ira M. LeighMusic: Breakmaster CylinderAdditional Music: Blue Dot Sessions

Tuck and Ozzy chat with scholar Marquis Bey (they/them). Topics include: If we abolish gender, what will happen to sex changes? Is nonbinary bourgeois? Learning about nonbinary from incarcerated queer studies students If neither of us care about gender, then what are we doing on this gender podcast?!  Plus: Burner genders, replacing "community" with "swarms," and pushing back against the assimilation of they/them  This Week in Gender: Nicole Kelly spotlights QueerSouf, one of the 2025 Gender Reveal grant recipients. (Transcript here.) Find Marquis at marquisbey.com. Marquis's new book, Nonbinary Life, will be released on April 16. Planning a Trans Day of Snack event? Apply for a microgrant at bit.ly/TDOS2026.  Save $5 on Sex Change and the City in the Girl Dad shop with code SNACK! Join our Patreon to access our weekly newsletter and monthly Gender Conceal episodes, including our upcoming advice episode with Mattie & Calvin! Find transcripts and starter packs at genderpodcast.com. We're also on Instag

Tuck outlines two options for this year's Trans Day of Having a Nice Snack festivities. Want to plan your own Trans Day of Snack event? Apply for a microgrant at bit.ly/TDOS2026.  A full transcript of this episode (and all of our TDOS episodes) is available on our website.   Submit questions for our upcoming Gender Conceal episode with Mattie and Calvin at bit.ly/GCadvice.  Donate to the microgrant fund via PayPal.me/TWoodstock or @Tuck-Woodstock on Venmo. Read more about Trans Day of Snack's history here and here.  ~ Senior Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman Logo: Ira M. LeighMusic: Breakmaster CylinderAdditional Music: Blue Dot Sessions

Tuck chats with the internet's own AK (they/them) about baseball disease, fantasy hockey shows, and the most iconic scene from Twilight. Listen to the full episode on Patreon to hear discussions of the Phillies' horrible bodily fluids, Happy Feet-related top surgery, and AK's journey to becoming a jumpsuit influencer on January 6. (Plus, more baseball!) Find AK @dumplingmenace on IG and Bluesky. Submit advice questions or AMA prompts via our new form! Senior Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman Logo: Ira M. LeighMusic: Breakmaster CylinderAdditional Music: Blue Dot Sessions

Tuck chats with trans studies scholar and Minneapolis resident Aren Aizura (he/him). Topics include: How a protest camp in the Australian desert helped free dozens of immigrant detainees(!!) How Aren's kids are reacting to ICE occupying their neighborhood  How Twin Cities organizing has remained leaderless and decentralized  Being subjected to archaic HBIGDA "true transsexual" guidelines and a political background check while trying to access top surgery!? Plus: Australian hippies, tear gas, Tim Walz, the YMCA sauna, and audio of a baby talking to a cat in a bag :) Through The Wire, a 10-min independent documentary about the 2002 breakout from Woomera Detention Center, is available to stream here. (cw: incarceration, injury, police violence)  Find Aren on Bluesky @incommensurati. Aren's book, Mobile Subjects, is available from Duke University Press. Join our Patreon to access our weekly newsletter and monthly Gender Conceal episodes. Find transcripts and starter packs at genderpodcast.com. We're also on Ins

Tuck chats with human rights advocate and organizer Ash Tifa (she/her). Topics include: Do human rights laws actually ensure our rights? What media coverage is missing/misunderstanding about what's going on in the Twin Cities  Are Black leaders and queer people being intentionally targeted for arrest?  Plus: Ireland vs US immigrant detention, living in a post-constitutional state, and keeping your nose warm in a Minnesota winter  [Note: This episode was updated on 02/17/2026 to remove a question per Ash's request.] Submit a piece of Theymail: Today's message was from Roguish Goblin Stories. Find Ash at ashtifa.com and outfront.org. Order Sex Change and the City or catch Tuck on book tour in Baltimore on Feb 12.  Join our Patreon to access our weekly newsletter and monthly Gender Conceal episodes, including last month's episode with Encanto's Jess Darrow. Find transcripts and starter packs at genderpodcast.com. We're also on Instagram @gendereveal. Senior Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman Logo: Ira M. LeighMus

Tuck chats with Encanto actor Jess Darrow (they/them) about working with Disney as outspoken queer person, singing the transest possible song for their Encanto audition, being queer-awakened by a certain Disney couple, and declaring pole dancing the most they/them hobby.  Listen to the full episode on Patreon to hear how Tuck and Jess met via goofing off on Letterboxd… plus Jess coming into their queerness while making Encanto; their mission to make Captain Hook gay; their big discovery about comedians; their takes on RATS and GREECE; their hot take on cishet relationships; and much more!!! Find Jess at @jessdarrow_ on IG and on IMDb. Find Tuck on book tour in Baltimore on Feb 12: RSVP here. Submit advice questions or AMA prompts via our new form! Senior Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman Logo: Ira M. LeighMusic: Breakmaster CylinderAdditional Music: Blue Dot Sessions

Tuck and Ozzy chat with author Megan Milks (they/them). Topics include: The queer and trans potential of milk Writing fantastical slug erotica and bull insemination scenes  Dating and writing advice from Samuel Delany What even is a kink, you know? Plus: New Narrative, the "overwhelming influence of The Argonauts," and finally getting out of high school This Week in Gender: Tuck reads their favorite book review of 2025. Find Megan @sklimnagem and meganmilks.com. Mega Milk is available now.  Order Sex Change and the City or catch Tuck on book tour in Baltimore on Feb 12.  Join our Patreon to access our weekly newsletter and monthly Gender Conceal episodes, including last month's episode with Alma Avalle. Submit a piece of Theymail. Find transcripts and starter packs at genderpodcast.com. We're also on Instagram @gendereveal. Senior Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman Logo: Ira M. LeighMusic: Breakmaster CylinderAdditional music: Blue Dot Sessions Sponsors: DeleteMe (code: TUCK20) and Max Burns UX (mention Rhubar

TGIJP's Zen Blossom chats with historian, artist, and organizer Andrea Horne for the California Report Magazine podcast.  Photos(!) and a full transcript are available at KQED.org. For more conversations with trans youth, plus a bonus chat with artist and activist Donna Personna, check out the California Report Magazine's Love You For You series.   

Tuck chats with writer and union organizer Alma Avalle (she/her) about the Transparent finale, Trader Joe's dream to destroy the NLRB, and Alma's experience getting very publicly fired from Condé Nast in an egregiously illegal instance of union retaliation! Listen to the full episode on Patreon to hear discussions of Emilia Perez, paywalled Condé gossip, "Anna Wintour's elite fiefdom rocked by woke soap opera," and much more! Find Alma at @goodbyealma across platforms and @picnic_mag on IG.  Download issue 1 of Picnic Magazine for pay-what-you-want, and don't forget to sign the petition to reinstate the Fired Four. ~ Senior Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman Logo: Ira M. LeighMusic: Breakmaster CylinderAdditional Music: Blue Dot Sessions

Tuck chats with cartoonist Lee Lai (she/her) about gossip, projection, emotional journalism, toxic relationship dynamics, annoying transmascs, the hazards of being overly self-reliant, and more.  Listen to the full episode on Patreon to hear discussions of puberty 4, comic-reading etiquette, she/her mustache, maladaptive trans coping mechanisms, creative dialogue bubbles, and whether hormones physically relocate your feelings in your body.  Find Lee Lai at lee-lai.cargo.site, on IG @_leelai, and on Patreon. Find Tuck on book tour in Portland on Dec 19! (For real this time.) RSVP here.  ~ Senior Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman Logo: Ira M. LeighMusic: Breakmaster CylinderAdditional Music: Blue Dot Sessions

Tuck chats with artist Barry Lee (they/them). Topics include: Creating an oracle deck that doesn't shy away from difficult emotions  Why Barry has moved away from mural-painting (and bisexuality lol) The toxic positivity and individualism of mainstream self-help tools Eugenics, limited autonomy, and other enemies of trans & disabled people Plus: Atlanta, Keith Haring, Strega Nona, noses, and queer Muppets  Find Barry @barryleeart and barryleeart.com.  Submit a piece of Theymail: Today's message was from Emmeline. Order Sex Change and the City today, or catch Tuck on book tour in Portland on Dec 19. Join our Patreon to access our weekly newsletter and monthly Gender Conceal episodes, including last month's episode with Lee Lai. Our mailing address is PO Box 50297 Brooklyn NY 11205 :) ~ Find transcripts and starter packs at genderpodcast.com. We're also on Instagram @gendereveal. Senior Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman Logo: Ira M. LeighMusic: Breakmaster CylinderAdditional music: Blue Dot Sessions Sponsors

Ozzy and Tuck chat with activist and G.L.I.T.S. founder Ceyenne Doroshow (she/her). Topics include: Memories of Ceyenne's mother, Miss Major  Ceyenne's 3-hour meal with Zohran Mamdani Lessons learned from a career in sex work  Providing safe housing and asylum assistance through G.L.I.T.S. Plus: Riis Beach, a St. Bernard named Thor, and a revenge trip to Puerto Rico?  Find Ceyenne and support her crucial work at glitsinc.org. Submit a piece of Theymail: Today's message was from Organize Your Library! Order Sex Change and the City today, or catch Tuck on book tour in Seattle, Oakland, and more. Join our Patreon to access our weekly newsletter and monthly Gender Conceal episodes, including last month's episode with Cassius Adair. ~ Find transcripts and starter packs at genderpodcast.com. We're also on Instagram @gendereveal. Senior Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman Logo: Ira M. LeighMusic: Breakmaster CylinderAdditional music: Blue Dot Sessions Sponsors: DeleteMe (code: TUCK20) and Max Burns UX (mention Rhubar

Tuck announces new book tour events, including a '90s-themed lit party and a trans band debut/reunion(!?!). Then, Tuck chats with Cass about the state of trans studies and why podcasts are over.  Listen to the full episode on Patreon to hear Cass and Tuck discuss talking to kids about gender, making friends in Minnesota, wearing one hat for 15 years, projecting your brain problems onto your baby, and much more.  Catch Tuck on book tour in Philly, Brooklyn, Chicago, Minneapolis, Seattle, Portland, Oakland, and on Zoom! Sex Change and the City is available now in the Girl Dad Press shop. Applications are now open for our 2025 grant program thru 10/31.  Senior Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman Logo: Ira M. LeighMusic: Breakmaster CylinderAdditional Music: Blue Dot Sessions

Tuck and Ozzy chat with writer Zefyr Lisowski (she/her). Topics include: How horror helps us explore what we owe others in the wake of pain Zefyr’s delicate decision to do a ~gender reveal~ in Uncanny Valley Girls  Managing harm in t4t and crazy4crazy relationships How the Great Dismal Swamp informs Zefyr’s thoughts about race and class  Plus: Grave robbers, werewolves, Pisces poetics, and a musical based on The Ring.  This Week in Gender: Applications are now open for our 2025 grant program! Please help us spread the word to trans folks of color doing rad organizing / art / community work around the world.  Find Zefyr at zefyrlisowski.com and @zefrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. Uncanny Valley Girls is on sale tomorrow, Oct. 7! Submit a piece of Theymail here. Preorder Sex Change and the City today, or catch Tuck on book tour in Chicago, Seattle, Oakland, and more. Join our Patreon to access our weekly newsletter and monthly Gender Conceal episodes, including our upcoming episode with Cassius Adair. ~~ Find

Tuck chats with author Denne Michele Norris (she/her) about the future of trans publishing — is this year's trans lit boom just a outlying blip? — and why violas are the most trans instrument, among other topics.  Listen to the full episode on Patreon to hear discussions of transitioning alongside your novel’s protagonist, working on a novel for 15 years, and editing stories of trans trauma without re-traumatizing anyone. Plus: Is it possible to deadname a fictional character? Is time linear? And why does Denne Michele suspect that you wouldn’t survive publishing a book?? Find Denne Michele at dennemichele.com as well as episode 102 (Live in NYC) of Gender Reveal and S1E5 (Becoming the First of Your Name) of Gender Conceal. Save 25% off two copies of Sex Change and the City in the Girl Dad Press shop thru 10/1 with code TWOSHOES. Join our Patreon before October to get your free month of the Batting Around Patreon and all of their bonus podcasts!  ~ Senior Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman Logo: Ira M. LeighMusic:

Tuck and Ozzy chat with activist Isa Noyola (she/her). Topics include: What are the top priorities for trans immigrant communities and orgs? How can we best show up for our immigrant neighbors? Watching trans folks flee from the US while others flee to the US The power of Translatina (one word!) as an identity and community  Plus: Beyoncé, Burger King, and a secret meeting with the Dept. of Homeland Security?! This Week in Gender: We dig into the newest demographic data regarding trans adults and children in the United States.  Learn more about Isa’s work at borderbutterfliesproject.com. Claim a free Gender Reveal Patreon subscription by clicking here or here. Submit a piece of Theymail here. Preorder Sex Change and the City today! Join our Patreon to access our weekly newsletter and monthly Gender Conceal episodes, plus a free month of the Batting Around patreon! ~~ Find transcripts and starter packs at genderpodcast.com. We’re also on Instagram @gendereveal. Senior Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman Logo: Ir

Tuck chats with filmmaker Kani Lapuerta (he/him) about his new feature-length documentary, Niñxs. Topics include trans rights in Mexico, the increased popularity of gender-neutral Spanish, collaborating on a film with a literal child, and what makes a film ~trans~.  Listen to the full episode on Patreon to hear discussions of spiritual gentrification in Tepoztlán, masculinity in prison, inserting Mean Girls-inspired fantasy sequences into a documentary, whether it's inherently trans to make a funny movie, and more. Find Niñxs at ninxsdocumental.com. Full episode transcript available at genderpodcast.com. Save 10% off in the Girl Dad Press shop today (9/1/25) with code STEVE :) ~ Senior Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman Logo: Ira M. LeighMusic: Breakmaster CylinderAdditional Music: Blue Dot Sessions

This week, we're sharing an episode of Love in a F*cked Up World, a new podcast hosted by our friend Dean Spade. In this episode, Dean chats with Tourmaline and Morgan Bassichis (our guest from last week's episode) about the many lessons they’ve learned from each other over the course of multiple decades of friendship, collaboration, and trans abolitionist organizing. Find transcripts and more info at deanspade.net/podcast.  ~  Sex Change and the City is available for preorder now btw!