Gender Reveal

Episode 203: M. K. Thekkumkattil

Tuck and Ozzy chat with writer and nurse M. K. Thekkumkattil (they/them). Topics include: Envisioning a future without hospitals  Do medical kinks hit differently as a

Bonus: Checking in with Katherine Packert Burke

Tuck chats with Katherine Packert Burke about All Us Saints and the cis gaze; why Narrow Rooms is more affirming than coming-out stories; and whether Tehching Hsieh is th

Episode 202: Lynn Loheide

Ozzy chats with piercer Lynn Loheide (they/them). Topics include: How horny leather queers launched the modern US piercing industry Genuinely surprising ways that a gen

Bonus: Metonymy Press (feat. Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch)

In this bonus episode, Tuck chats with poet Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch (they/them) about what's going on over at Metonymy Press. Topics include: Metonymy's role in la

Bonus: Karmela Padavic-Callaghan

Tuck chats with physicist and writer Karmela Padavic-Callaghan (they/them) about science writing, quantum hacking, union organizing, and why quantum physics is sooooo que

Episode 201: Julián Delgado Lopera

Tuck chats with author Julián Delgado Lopera (he/him). Topics include: Why Julián chose to focus on a closeted travesti in his new novel  Creating intergenerational tra

Episode 200C: A Bit of Advice from Mckenzee Griffler

Last chance to save 50% off Gender Reveal patreon subscriptions and Girl Dad Press books with code "PRIDE" (!!!) Tuck tackles more advice questions with BFF of the show

Episode 200B: Jack Haven

Tuck and Ozzy chat with I Saw the TV Glow actor Jack Haven (they/them). Topics include: Wearing an A/C unit on your head, both literally (in Camp Miasma) and figurative

Episode 200A: Trans Healthcare Q&A with Lola Pellegrino

Every 100 episodes, we demand that Lola Pellegrino—a nurse practitioner who specializes in gender-affirming care and gynecology, mostly for trans people—answers our medic

Bonus: Inaugural Trans Book Draft! (feat. Sabrina Imbler, Calvin Kasulke, & Alma Avalle)

Save 50% off Gender Reveal patreon subscriptions and Girl Dad Press books with code "PRIDE" all June!  Tuck challenges Sabs (How Far the Light Reaches), Calvin (Several

Episode 199: Bobuq Sayed

Tuck chats with author and organizer Bobuq Sayed (they/them). Topics include: How Bobuq's novel No God But Us addresses shortcomings in other immigrant lit Writing repr

Bonus: Tempest Creation & Tuck's little life

Tuck teases a very personal recent Gender Conceal episode and a big, exciting upcoming experiment. Then, Ozzy chats with Tempest Creation (she/her) about her short film B

Episode 198: Violet Allen

Tuck and Ozzy chat with Violet Allen (she/her), author of Plastic, Prism, Void. Topics include: Incorporating 40+ fonts, multiple languages, three timelines, a theme so

Bonus: Advice with Mattie & Calvin

Happy Trans Eve of Snack! Tuck chats with Mattie Lubchansky & Calvin Kasulke about how to know whether you're on a date, deal with ambivalence towards certain HRT effects

Episode 197: Marquis Bey

Tuck and Ozzy chat with scholar Marquis Bey (they/them). Topics include: If we abolish gender, what will happen to sex changes? Is nonbinary bourgeois? Learning about n

Bonus: Trans Day of Snack 2026

Tuck outlines two options for this year's Trans Day of Having a Nice Snack festivities. Want to plan your own Trans Day of Snack event? Apply for a microgrant at bit.ly

Bonus: AK talks baseball & Heated Rivalry

Tuck chats with the internet's own AK (they/them) about baseball disease, fantasy hockey shows, and the most iconic scene from Twilight. Listen to the full episode on P

Episode 196: Aren Aizura

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 i

Episode 195: Ash Tifa

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/

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,