Bonus: Jess Darrow

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 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.   

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: 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!)