Gender Reveal

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 friendships and navigating inevitable conflict 
Protesting in Bogotá and navigating Colombian gender bureaucracy 
Untranslatable Spanglish, transsexual grammar, travesti poetics, and the beautiful transfemme tradition of lying-i-mean-myth-making :)
Plus: Alison Bechdel vs Carson Kressley in Provincetown?! 
This Week in Gender: We hear from a friend and supporter of Amber Kim.
Submit a piece of Theymail: Today's message was from Jaman Dunn-Danger.
Find Julián at juliandlopera.com and @juliandlopera. Pretend You're Dead and I Carry You is available now (and on sale on Bookshop!)
Find transcripts and starter packs at genderpodcast.com. We're also on Instagram @gendereveal.
Senior Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman
Logo: Ira M. Leigh
Music: Breakmaster Cylinder
Additional music: Blue Dot Sessions
Sponsors: Max Burns UX (mention Rhubarb) & DeleteMe (code: TUCK20)

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 Griffler. Topics include why becoming a beautiful woman is like riding a motorcycle, how to handle intrusive questions from other trans people, and how we can support our friends when they make decisions we hate.
Listen to the full episode on Patreon to hear discussions of immaculate conception mpreg Mario, ovo-lacto parkour, unappreciated Mulan jokes, and why it's so important to make a transphobic group chat. (Plus: Will trans solidarity save Tuck when he lies to the dermatologist??)
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. Leigh
Music: Breakmaster Cylinder
Additional Music: Blue Dot Sessions

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 Cannes and elsewhere)  
Chasing shame and embarrassment as the most intense and therefore realest emotions 
Filming an improvised movie guerrilla-style with friends & family
Jack's grandmother falling in love with another nun and living an amazing life :)
Plus: Little Death, actual death, Leatherface, Kate Berlant, Paul Preciado, bouillon chunks, a tour of Jack's tattoos, and a surprising amount about Nuts4Nuts 
Submit a piece of Theymail: Today's message was from Zap Daddy Electrolysis.
Find Jack on YouTube @JackHaven42. Read Waif Magazine at iswaif.com, and watch October Crow on Vimeo. 
Get 50% off Gender Reveal patreon subscriptions and Girl Dad Press books with code "PRIDE" all June! 
Find transcripts and starter packs at genderpodcast.com. We're also on Instagram @gendereveal.
Special thanks this week to Lola and to Frankie Ferrari!
Senior Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman
Logo: Ira M. Leigh
Music: Breakmaster Cylinder
Additional music: Blue Dot Sessions
Sponsors: DeleteMe (code: TUCK20)

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 questions. Topics include:
Exciting new developments in PrEP! 
Will crossfading hormones werewolf a doll?
How important is freezing your eggs/sperm prior to HRT? 
How does testosterone affect menopause?
Plus: "Weird/bad vagina things," AOL, and the Mucinex guy jerking it?
This Week in Gender: Nicole Kelly highlights Trans Florida Resources, one of the 2025 Gender Reveal grant recipients. 
Submit a piece of Theymail: Today's message was from Jaman Dunn-Danger.
Get 50% off Gender Reveal patreon subscriptions and Girl Dad Press books with code "PRIDE" all June! 
Submit advice questions or AMA prompts for Mckenzee (and other future guests) via this form.
Here is Lola's important meme.

Find transcripts and starter packs at genderpodcast.com. We're also on Instagram @gendereveal.
Senior Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman
Logo: Ira M. Leigh
Music: Breakmaster Cylinder
Additional music: Blue Dot Sessions
Sponsors: Max Burns UX (mention Rhubarb!)

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 Typing), and Alma (Picnic Magazine) to draft the best bookshelf of trans literature. Along the way, we become cool bus perverts, travel to the Swiss Alps, and discover which recently published books are about Calvin :)
Patrons can listen to the full, 8-round draft and then vote on the winner of the episode! Wow! 
Find Alma's work at linktr.ee/PicnicMagazine, Sabrina's work at defector.com, and Calvin's work at Kasulke.co.