Gender Reveal

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.
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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: DeleteMe (code: TUCK20)

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.]
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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. Leigh
Music: Breakmaster Cylinder
Additional music: Blue Dot Sessions
Sponsors: DeleteMe (code: TUCK20)

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. Leigh
Music: Breakmaster Cylinder
Additional 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. Leigh
Music: Breakmaster Cylinder
Additional music: Blue Dot Sessions
Sponsors: DeleteMe (code: TUCK20) and Max Burns UX (mention Rhubarb!)

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.