Gender Reveal13 Sep 2019

Episode 59: Brooke Stepp

In this week's episode, Tuck speaks with somatic therapist and politicized healer Brooke Stepp (they/them). Topics include:

Tips for finding a therapist as a trans person
Eating disorders and harm reduction (h/t Gloria Lucas)
Why body acceptance doesn't work for trans people
Nonbinary high femme identity (vs womanhood)
Gender communism!

Content warnings

Suicidality (20:30–21:30)
Eating disorders (29:30–38:30)

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