Episode 193: Barry Lee

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: DeleteMe (code: TUCK20) and Max Burns UX (mention Rhubarb!)

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 Rhubarb!)

Publishing this as I pack for tour lol see you soon!!!!!!!!  CHICAGO (11/9): Book event is sold out, but join us at Consignment Lounge around 7pm for extra books, merch, and hanging out.  MINNEAPOLIS (11/10): Join Tuck and Cassius Adair at Moon Palace Books! RSVP required, sign up here.  NYC (11/11): Join Tuck and LittlePuss Press at Sex Change from Hell! We'll be at Starr Bar from 8-11pm, no RSVP required.  SEATTLE (11/17): Join Tuck and Serena Hommes at Elliott Bay Book Company! RSVP here. PORTLAND (11/19): Join Tuck and Pansy at Kelly's Olympian! Tuck will be in conversation with Pansy frontwoman Vivian McCall, and we'll hear new tunes from Pansy and a few old tunes from Tuck's old band why not. Buy tickets here ($10 — all attendees will receive $5 off book/merch purchases) OAKLAND (11/20): Sold out — join waitlist here. Sex Change and the City is available now in book and pdf form :)  

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 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 Rhubarb!)

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: Breakmaster CylinderAdditional Music: Blue Dot Sessions

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: Ira M. LeighMusic: Breakmaster CylinderAdditional music: "Hope and the Forester" by Blue Dot Sessions Sponsors: DeleteMe (code: TUCK20) and Max Burns UX (mention Rhubarb!)

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! 

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 from Lavender Hill commune and The Faggots & Their Friends...  Why "Free Palestine" is directly relevant us as trans & queer people Why are there so many trans Jews, btw? Plus: Personalized bar mitzvah boxers, the Gay Who Cried Wolf, voting gay people back into the closet, and an erotic sexual relationship with a ghost? This Week in Gender: The 2025 Gender Census is open! Plus, new books by Denne Michele Norris, Lee Lai, Gretchen Felker-Martin, Hal Schrieve, Rose Dommu, Grace Byron, Zefyr Lisowski, and LittlePuss. Find Morgan in Can I Be Frank? and at morganbassichis.com.  Preorder Sex Change and the City today! Submit a piece of Theymail: Today's messages were from J Warren and et al. Scholars ~~ 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 Instagram @gendereveal. Senior Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman Logo: Ira M. LeighMusic: Breakmaster CylinderAdditional music: "Little or Nothing" by Blue Dot Sessions Sponsors: DeleteMe (code: TUCK20)