Welcome to Gender Reveal, a t4t podcast that began as a deep dive into what exactly gender... is? Since 2018, the show has evolved into an excuse to chat with a bunch of smart, funny, hot people about everything from anarchism, abolition, and organizing, to parenting, literature, linguistics, kink, drag, film, horror, healthcare, immigration, baseball, wrestling, and decades-old community gossip. (But also, still, gender!)
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Sep 28, 2026 · 29:15
Ozzy and Tuck chat with author Lee Arden (any) about friendship, Quakerism, the "annoying to me personally" z-axis , and Ursula Le Guin's communal pickle barrels. Listen to the…
Sep 14, 2026 · 54:42
Tuck and Ozzy chat with writer and nurse M. K. Thekkumkattil (they/them). Topics include: Envisioning a future without hospitals Do medical kinks hit differently as a nurse?…
Aug 31, 2026 · 24:01
Tuck chats with Katherine Packert Burke about All Us Saints and the cis gaze; why Narrow Rooms is more affirming than coming-out stories; and whether Tehching Hsieh is the only…
Aug 10, 2026 · 55:41
Ozzy chats with piercer Lynn Loheide (they/them). Topics include: How horny leather queers launched the modern US piercing industry Genuinely surprising ways that a genital…
Aug 3, 2026 · 29:21
In this bonus episode, Tuck chats with poet Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch (they/them) about what's going on over at Metonymy Press. Topics include: Metonymy's role in launching…
Jul 27, 2026 · 30:26
Tuck chats with physicist and writer Karmela Padavic-Callaghan (they/them) about science writing, quantum hacking, union organizing, and why quantum physics is sooooo queer.…
Jul 13, 2026 · 58:22
Tuck chats with author Julián Delgado Lopera (he/him). Topics include: Why Julián chose to focus on a closeted travesti in his new novel Creating intergenerational trans…
Jun 29, 2026 · 18:56
Last chance to save 50% off Gender Reveal patreon subscriptions and Girl Dad Press books with code "PRIDE" (!!!) Tuck tackles more advice questions with BFF of the show Mckenzee…
Jun 15, 2026 · 50:41
Tuck and Ozzy chat with I Saw the TV Glow actor Jack Haven (they/them). Topics include: Wearing an A/C unit on your head, both literally (in Camp Miasma ) and figuratively (at…
Jun 8, 2026 · 53:44
Every 100 episodes, we demand that Lola Pellegrino—a nurse practitioner who specializes in gender-affirming care and gynecology, mostly for trans people—answers our medical…
Jun 1, 2026 · 20:18
Save 50% off Gender Reveal patreon subscriptions and Girl Dad Press books with code "PRIDE" all June! Tuck challenges Sabs (How Far the Light Reaches), Calvin (Several People Are…
May 11, 2026 · 54:55
Tuck chats with author and organizer Bobuq Sayed (they/them). Topics include: How Bobuq's novel No God But Us addresses shortcomings in other immigrant lit Writing representation…
May 4, 2026 · 22:33
Tuck teases a very personal recent Gender Conceal episode and a big, exciting upcoming experiment. Then, Ozzy chats with Tempest Creation (she/her) about her short film Birth of…
Apr 13, 2026 · 51:03
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…
Mar 30, 2026 · 17:27
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…
Mar 16, 2026 · 1:04:18
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…
Mar 9, 2026 · 10:25
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…
Mar 2, 2026 · 13:43
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…
Feb 16, 2026 · 52:47
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…
Feb 9, 2026 · 44:24
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…
Feb 2, 2026 · 12:03
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…
Jan 19, 2026 · 40:39
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…
Jan 12, 2026 · 37:51
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…
Jan 5, 2026 · 24:33
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…
Dec 15, 2025 · 24:25
Tuck chats with cartoonist Lee Lai (she/her) about gossip, projection, emotional journalism, toxic relationship dynamics, annoying transmascs, the hazards of being overly…
Dec 8, 2025 · 44:46
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…
Nov 17, 2025 · 53:34
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…
Oct 27, 2025 · 23:44
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…
Oct 6, 2025 · 59:15
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…
Sep 29, 2025 · 20:40
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…
Sep 8, 2025 · 1:01:35
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…
Sep 1, 2025 · 19:52
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…
Aug 25, 2025 · 1:04:51
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…
Aug 18, 2025 · 1:01:00
Tuck and Ozzy chat with comedian, organizer, and writer Morgan Bassichis (they/them). Topics include: Whether a comedy show is a good use of time in this Political Moment Lessons…
Aug 11, 2025 · 53:16
This week, we're sharing the first episode of Afterlives: Marsha P. Johnson , a limited-run narrative series hosted by our friend Raquel Willis . Find Afterlives wherever you…
Aug 4, 2025 · 23:39
Tuck and Mal chat about how 2010s Brooklyn hurt Mal's relationship to masculinity, whether reading a book would help kids understand song lyrics, and why Mal is putting "he"…
Jul 21, 2025 · 49:57
Ozzy chats with Whit Washington (they/them), senior attorney for the Nonbinary & Transgender Rights Project at Lambda Legal. Topics include: Why the Skrmetti decision isn't as…
Jun 30, 2025 · 21:26
Tuck chats with Sawyer K. Kemp (they/them) about the news that Ian McKellan is involved in an all-trans staged reading of Twelfth Night. Topics include whether Twelfth Night is…
Jun 16, 2025 · 16:56
Tuck chats with Niko about coming out as a grocery store cashier, deterring ghosts and bears, writing memoir with a bad memory, and misspelling Neko Case's name on your bloody…
Jun 9, 2025 · 59:18
Tuck and Ozzy chat with cartoonist Alison Bechdel (she/her). Topics include: Which Dykes to Watch Out For characters are canonically t4t-married, top surgery'd, or in a nonbinary…
May 12, 2025 · 48:59
Tuck chats with writer Harron Walker (she/her). Topics include: Sleepaway Camp (1983) vs They/Them (2022) Making sense of GSA Day of Silence circa 2007 Advice for women who keep…
Apr 29, 2025 · 16:12
Tuck and Mckenzee chat about the big knife in Moonstruck (1987), pizza mnemonics, blue foods, trans vibing, and the special cat that David Lynch invented for Dune (1984). Listen…
Apr 14, 2025 · 1:04:34
Tuck chats with author Caro De Robertis (they/them). Topics include: Caro's oral history work with trans, genderqueer, and two-spirit elders of color Why Spanish can be more…
Mar 31, 2025 · 25:05
Happy Trans Day of Having a Nice Snack! In this bonus episode, Tuck and Ozzy chat with author Jeanne Thornton (she/her) about '90s chatrooms, masking quizzes, community open…
Mar 17, 2025 · 47:29
Ozzy and Tuck chat with philosopher Talia Mae Bettcher (she/her). Topics include: Creating a theory of trans oppression beyond the "wrong body" and "beyond the binary" accounts…
Mar 10, 2025 · 39:10
Tuck explains this year's Trans Day of Snack celebrations — which includes the opportunity to organize a Gender Reveal-funded gathering! — before chatting with Seattle Trans…
Mar 4, 2025 · 14:24
Tuck chats with Palestinian activist Yaffa (they/she) about their experiences with last year's student encampments, their belief in collectivism, and their journey to mononymity.…
Feb 10, 2025 · 59:36
Tuck and Ozzy chat with writer Vera Blossom (she/her). Topics include: Being the hottest girlie at the men-only bathhouse Writing a memoir-grimoire complete with magic spells…
Jan 27, 2025 · 23:30
Tuck, Mattie (she/they) and Calvin (he/him) attempt to answer two questions: What is Gender Ordeal? Why are they doing it? Along the way, we also reveal the amount of time that…
Jan 13, 2025 · 20:01
We're celebrating Gender Reveal's seventh anniversary by journeying into a little galaxy of gender futures. Join our Patreon to access Gender Conceal and discover even more…
Jan 13, 2025 · 48:28
Tuck chats with Basketdolls founder Devin Myers (she/her). Topics include: Infusing queer nightlife vibes into a streetball tournament Creating a sixth official job for trans…
Jan 6, 2025 · 22:04
Tuck chats with comedian Sunny Zimmerman (they/them) about LBJ: the Play , LBJ-inspired gender, moral ambiguity in politics, and the value of slapping around yr Conventionally…
Dec 9, 2024 · 1:08:20
Tuck & Ozzy catch up with organizer and author Dean Spade (he/him). Topics include: Tools for moving through jealousy, handling in-group conflict, and supporting someone during a…
Dec 2, 2024 · 23:04
Tuck and Ozzy tackle advice questions about coming out (or not), accessing medical transition in This Political Moment, and dating for the very first time. Listen to the full…
Nov 18, 2024 · 19:17
Tuck chats with visual artist and author Rani Som (she/her) about writing an exquisitely eggy memoir, coming out in her 40s, and exploring the inevitable failure of trans utopia.…
Nov 11, 2024 · 1:02:15
Tuck chats with filmmaker and intersex activist River Gallo (they/them). Topics include: Making cinema history with (and getting force-femmed by?) Indya Moore How to reckon with…
Oct 14, 2024 · 19:11
Tuck chats with Still Life author Katherine Packert Burke (she/her) about trans lit, Austin TX, Susan's Place, and possibly getting her egg cracked by Drake. Listen to the full…
Oct 7, 2024 · 1:03:35
Tuck chats with Colby Gordon (he/him), a founder of Early Modern Trans Studies. Topics include: How much of Colby's work is writing slashfic about the Bible?? The limits of…
Sep 30, 2024 · 5:36
Three bits of news that couldn't wait until our next episode: Submissions for the second Girl Dad Press anthology are open now for a limited time! Learn all about the submission…
Sep 9, 2024 · 40:40
Tuck chats with drag performer and artist Yvie Oddly (she/they). Topics include: How being on Drag Race changed the way Yvie watches TV An impromptu analysis of RuPaul's memoir…
Sep 2, 2024 · 19:11
Tuck chats with Vogue culture writer Emma Specter (she/they) about unionizing Condé Nast, embracing Bisexuality 2, and not monetizing their gender exploration. Listen to the full…
Aug 19, 2024 · 54:06
Tuck and Ozzy chat with Rose Eveleth (they/them), creator of Tested . Topics include: Details and stories cut from Tested that Gender Reveal listeners would appreciate! Why…
Aug 5, 2024 · 49:01
Tuck and Ozzy chat with historian Susan Stryker (she/her). Topics include: Publishing old kink erotica in a new academic reader Truffle-hunting for niche trans subcommunities on…
Jun 25, 2024 · 27:13
Happy pub day to Heavyweight , a graphic memoir by Solomon J. Brager! Tuck chats with Sol (they/he) about the intersections of Zionism and transphobia, the need to make up true…
Jun 17, 2024 · 16:38
Tuck shares an exciting 2 Trans 2 Furious update before chatting with Arlie Adlington (he/him) about queer labor solidarity, Pride movie recs, and normal tea. Listen to the full…
May 27, 2024 · 1:02:05
For our season finale, Tuck catches up with historian Jules Gill-Peterson (she/her). Topics include: Why Jules might be writing a trilogy of books against ~transgender~ Why…
May 13, 2024 · 45:43
Tuck and Ozzy chat with director Jane Schoenbrun (they/them). Topics include: Working through gender feelings onscreen with Brigette Lundy-Paine How did Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst…
May 6, 2024 · 23:59
In this bonus episode, Tuck chats with Cat Fitzpatrick and Casey Plett about what's going on over at LittlePuss Press post-SPD collapse . Topics include: What's next for…
Apr 29, 2024 · 55:58
Tuck tackles more advice questions with BFF of the show Mckenzee Griffler (she/her). Topics include: What if my partner doesn't want me to come out to their parents? Are we sure…
Apr 15, 2024 · 54:06
Tuck catches up with organizer Jerika Che (they/them). Topics include: Creating an abolitionism-inspired trans summer camp What's up with all the gender-segregated trans picnics?…
Apr 9, 2024 · 14:31
Tuck chats with author KT Hoffman (he/him) about trans romance novels, egg & cheddar gender, egg behavior, and not being Assigned Mariners At Birth. Listen to the full episode on…
Apr 8, 2024 · 44:45
Ozzy and Tuck chat with with Yin Q (they/them). Topics include: How parenting changed Yin's relationship to gender and kink What queer people still need to learn about kink and…
Mar 30, 2024 · 27:12
Happy (almost) Trans Day of Snack ! We're explaining this weekend's mutual aid campaign (including FREE SNACKS for trans people in 26 US states) and sharing part two of our chat…
Mar 25, 2024 · 57:51
Tuck chats with with writer Jamie Lauren Keiles (he/him). Topics include: Writing a nonbinary history book that eschews common trans identity rhetoric Reporting on phallo and…
Mar 18, 2024 · 47:59
Tuck and Ozzy chat with Liz Fong-Jones (she/her). Topics include: Creating a Coworker Solidarity Fund to support worker organizing and potential strikes Organizing your Google…
Mar 11, 2024 · 42:26
Tuck shares last year's conversation with Nigerian fashion designer and activist Fola Francis (she/her/they). Topics include: Dodging a blacklist to walk in Lagos Fashion Week…
Mar 4, 2024 · 45:12
Tuck chats with linguist Ariana Steele (they/them). Topics include: Studying ways that Black nonbinary people degender themselves via language Developing a "chill vs loud"…
Feb 26, 2024 · 59:41
Tuck chats with artist and experience designer Shing Yin Khor (they/them). Topics include: The memoirist's dilemma: narcissism vs turning other people into Content™ "The long…
Feb 19, 2024 · 56:50
Tuck chats with writer Lucy Sante (she/her). Topics include: Why Lucy finally transitioned after avoiding it for nearly 60 years Why the worst trans memoirs are like pre-cooked…
Feb 12, 2024 · 15:08
This week, we remember advocate, storyteller, and mother Cecilia Gentili. Cecilia resources & links: Cecilia's legacy fund!!! Faltas (published by our friends at LittlePuss…
Feb 5, 2024 · 56:50
Tuck chats with Shuli Branson (she/they), author of Practical Anarchism: A Guide for Daily Life . Topics include: Transition as a form of anarchist refusal ( and why transition…
Jan 29, 2024 · 1:00:53
Tuck finally chats with academic and occasional Gender Reveal producer Cassius Adair (he/him). Topics include: His role in the Twin Flames cult documentary Getting mpreg (lol) 12…
Jan 22, 2024 · 49:24
Tuck catches up with multidisciplinary artist Salimatu Amabebe (he/they). Topics include: Barracuda, an it/its drag monster and perverse people-pleaser Should you retcon your…
Jan 15, 2024 · 52:54
We're back, baby! Tuck chats with Lamya H (she/they), author of Hijab Butch Blues . Topics include: Discovering queer themes (and dykes!) in the Quran How having a baby helped…
Jan 10, 2024 · 17:39
Tuck chats with journalist Rax Will (he/they) about queer food, pronoun-themed cocktails, and "AFAB" trans clothing brands (derogatory). Plus, news about next season! Listen to…
Jan 8, 2024 · 53:25
Tuck speaks with Ally Beardsley and Babette Thomas way back on Trans Day of Snack 2023. It's a Gender Reveal x Gender Spiral crossover event! Find Gender Spiral at…
Dec 29, 2023 · 2:45
A few quick announcements on what's coming up next. Thanks to Blue Dot Sessions as always for the music bed.
Oct 27, 2023 · 3:19
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…
Oct 2, 2023 · 58:51
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…
Sep 25, 2023 · 39:42
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…
Sep 18, 2023 · 49:12
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…
Sep 11, 2023 · 37:00
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…
Sep 4, 2023 · 51:10
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…
Aug 21, 2023 · 49:13
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…
Aug 14, 2023 · 52:33
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…
Aug 7, 2023 · 58:44
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…
Aug 2, 2023 · 1:29:08
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…
Jul 31, 2023 · 28:02
This week, we've got a grab bag of bonus content! Topics include: Book and comic recommendations from Hal Schrieve Kurt Russell, gender roots, and movie tuberculosis with Calvin…
Jul 24, 2023 · 57:33
Tuck chats with author and comic artist Hal Schrieve (ze/hir). Topics include: Growing up as a trans teen and surviving via messy queer youth spaces Writing about horny trans…
Jul 17, 2023 · 58:12
Ozzy and Tuck chat with author M.E. O'Brien (she/her), whose work explores trans communist futures. Topics include: What can family abolition offer trans people? The limits of…
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