Episode 81: Kai Cheng Thom
Gender Reveal4 Jan 2021

Episode 81: Kai Cheng Thom

Tuck speaks with author and community worker Kai Cheng Thom (she/her) in our longest episode ever. Topics include:

  • The harm of problematic/pure and perpetrator/victim binaries
  • The evolution of "femme" and "transsexual"
  • The future of trans kids and class solidarity
  • Losing faith, but not hope, in community justice
  • Plus: Spicy trans memoir takes, Kai Cheng's secret Goop life, and being the only masters-credentialed trans woman therapist in Canada

This Week in Gender: A federal judge strikes down a transphobic policy in Ohio; Argentina now has a 1% employment quota for trans people in the public sector; and Joe Biden transes his transition team.

Authors referenced: Mariame Kaba, Sarah Schulman, Porpentine Charity Heartscape, adrienne maree brown, Janet Mock, Imogen Binnie (Nevada)

Buy Kai Cheng's books: A Place Called No Homeland (poetry), Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars (fiction), I Hope We Choose Love (essays) and From the Stars in the Sky to the Fish in the Sea (picture book).

Join our Patreon (patreon.com/gender) to receive our weekly newsletter and other rewards. We also welcome donations via PayPal, Cash App, or Venmo.

Find episode transcripts and other resources at genderpodcast.com. We're also on Twitter or Instagram @gendereveal. Our host is @tuckwoodstock.

Browse our limited-edition merch collection — including a new design by Maia Kobabe — at bit.ly/gendermerch.

Join the Gender Detectives Slack at bit.ly/genderslack2.

Do you have gender questions that you'd like answered on the show? Submit questions anonymously via this Google form.

Special thanks this week to Erin Wade!
Producer: Isaura Aceves
Logo: Ira M. Leigh
Music: Breakmaster Cylinder
Additional Music: "Donnalee" by Blue Dot Sessions
Sponsors: YOU! Thank you!

Avsnitt(278)

Episode 145: Live at the Bell House!

Episode 145: Live at the Bell House!

Tuck chats live in Brooklyn with AC Dumlao (they/he), Mattie Lubchansky (they/them) and Io (they/them). Topics include: Changing your legal name to facilitate your Wendy's order Why gaslighting your...

20 Feb 202357min

Episode 144: Mckenzee Griffler (normal girl edition)

Episode 144: Mckenzee Griffler (normal girl edition)

Tuck checks in with BFF of the show Mckenzee Griffler (she/her). Topics include: Speedrunning gender Special girl bottom surgery Getting comfortable with public voice training Finally not thinking a...

13 Feb 202341min

Episode 143: maia arson crimew

Episode 143: maia arson crimew

Tuck speaks with hacktivist maia arson crimew (it/she). Topics include: Takeaways from the No Fly List leak Why "white hat" and "black hat" hacking is another false binary An argument against copyr...

30 Jan 202330min

Episode 142: Lily Zheng

Episode 142: Lily Zheng

Tuck speaks with DEI strategist Lily Zheng (they/them). Topics include: Why pizza can be more useful than a 60-minute workshop Can we DEI our way out of transphobic workplaces? What makes allyship p...

23 Jan 202357min

Episode 141: Renée Yoxon

Episode 141: Renée Yoxon

Tuck speaks with gender-affirming voice teacher Renée Yoxon (they/them). Topics include: How do we modify the perceived gender of our voices? What exactly causes a "t-voice"? What does nonbinary voc...

16 Jan 202353min

Episode 140: Margaret Killjoy

Episode 140: Margaret Killjoy

Tuck speaks with author and podcast host Margaret Killjoy (she/they). Topics include: What to consider before moving to a queer off-grid land project Suing RENT (2005) to get credit for playing melo...

9 Jan 202357min

Episode 139: Alynda Segarra

Episode 139: Alynda Segarra

Tuck speaks with musician Alynda Mariposa Segarra (they/them) of Hurray for the Riff Raff. Topics include: Crashing a blockbuster film set in a jangly key bikini Refusing to be made a spectacle (as...

2 Jan 202351min

Episode 138: Lehuauakea

Episode 138: Lehuauakea

Tuck speaks with māhū artist Lehuauakea (they/them). Topics include: Should you be going to Hawaii???? Being cornered, exotified and spat on(!) by white patrons Native Hawaiian gender terms and cult...

26 Dec 202249min

Populärt inom Samhälle & Kultur

podme-dokumentar
gynning-berg
aftonbladet-krim
p3-dokumentar
svenska-fall
mardromsgasten
en-mork-historia
skaringer-nessvold
killradet
rss-expressen-dok
creepypodden-med-jack-werner
kod-katastrof
hor-har
flashback-forever
rss-sanning-konsekvens
rattsfallen
vad-blir-det-for-mord
badfluence
aftonbladet-daily
rss-mer-an-bara-morsa