(This post about the meme lady being bisexual is now itself a meme to me. I cannot stop thinking about it. We're loving it! Okay, here's the newsletter.)
Hey friends,
Happy Pride!!!! Hope you’re hanging in there. I’m gonna be honest: I just hyperfocused on zine layout stuff for five nonstop fun-filled hours and now my eyes don’t work and my brain cannot generate non-InDesign thoughts. But here goes nothing.
We’ve got a new season dropping in about six hours, fe...
2023-06-05 02:44:46 +0000 UTC
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This month, we chat with our friend Naveen Kundanmal, a self-described professional yeehaw gay. Topics include:
- Doing Shania Twain karaoke at the Texas State Capitol
- Getting medicated out of your need to TikTok
- Tracking your HRT timeline via pterodactyl screeches
- Trying to planning a wedding without being cringe
- Bonding with your mom over changing your first name as an adult
- Working to make Texas a more livable place f...
2023-05-29 14:24:25 +0000 UTC
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Hey friends,
Hope you’re all hanging in there. I just got home from a super quick trip to visit BFF of the show Mckenzee, as some of you may have seen on her Instagram. It was very cute! I saw geese and ducks and chickens and other birds and prairie dogs and normal dogs and deer and Mckenzee’s two cat sons, and it was extremely nice to literally go touch grass.
Hey did y...
2023-05-28 19:54:04 +0000 UTC
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Hey, me again. Long time no see.
Remember that book I mentioned a few hours ago? The all-trans Fast & Furious zine that is available for preorder now?
Mckenzee suggested that I give y'all a little discount for being my best friends and bosses, so you can now take 10% off your entire purchase using the code "FAST10" (get it????).
Furthermore! If you're some type of indie bookstore or zine distro...
2023-05-19 02:38:25 +0000 UTC
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Hey friends,
Hope you’re all hanging in there. Last week was everything happens so much (derogatory) and this week is everything happens so much (celebratory???). Let’s walk through it all, shall we?
Part I:
As hinted previously, I had the pleasure of speaking with Sarah Marshall about the New York Times (derogatory)
2023-05-18 20:13:39 +0000 UTC
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Hey friends,
This is one of those weeks where I put off the newsletter until the last minute, hoping that I’d eventually come up with something interesting to say, and it simply did not happen. I spent the last two days biking cumulatively 42 miles to look at apartments that I absolutely will not be chosen to live in. I ask you, once again, how anyone has ever gotten an apartment? Let alone anyone TRANS and GAY? Anyway! Praying for everyone’s sake that I get an apartment soon so I c...
2023-05-15 01:39:09 +0000 UTC
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Hey friends,
Hope you’re all hanging in there. I’m trying to wrap up the Fast & Furious zine this weekend but it turns out that a book has so many pages! What goes on the copyright page? What is the title page for? What do we put on the back cover?? I frantically texted my friend yesterday like “Do we need an ISBN????” I suddenly have no concept of how books work. (OK, but seriously, what do we put on the back cover?)
Meanwhile, Ozzy and I are getting ready to re...
2023-05-06 20:19:37 +0000 UTC
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Hey friends,
Hope you’re hanging in there. Did you know that everywhere is loud?? Construction sites are loud but coffee shops are also loud, especially when they roast their own beans. Just something I’m noticing today for no reason as I try to make my little podcasts.
Anyway, we are finally in the interview booking stage for next season, which is very exciting! We’ve got a really fun range of folks lined up so far, and I’m hyped for you to meet them. No spoilers...
2023-04-27 21:12:44 +0000 UTC
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This month, Tuck and Mckenzee enter their friendship chatcast era — but don’t worry, we sneak a few rounds of Spicy Advicey in there, too. Topics include:
- Winning with your real tits and ass
- Our college radio origin story
- Femboy vs rosboy??
- The PTW-slur
- Is it valid to say that things are valid?
- To Wong Foo vs Priscilla Queen of the Desert
- Oakland possums and NYC rats (complimentary)
- Dealing with i...
2023-04-27 17:26:22 +0000 UTC
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Hey friends,
Hope you’re all hanging in there. Not much news that I can report here, so let me give you a few highlights from our 2023 Patron Survey!
First, a disclaimer: Roughly 20% of our patrons participated in the survey, so keep in mind that there’s selection bias here — we’re getting the perspective of not only the people who care about Gender Reveal enough to give us money about it (thank you!!!), but who also care enough to read the newsletter and fill out...
2023-04-24 02:13:57 +0000 UTC
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Re: the banner image... friend of the pod Em was fostering some newborn kittens that they named after beans and I just thought you all should see them. OK, here's your newsletter.
Hey friends,
Hope you’re all hanging in there. I have entered a very specific hell in which there is now heavy construction going on directly outside my house (like… 6 feet away…) from 8am to 5pm on weekdays. This is not ideal for sleeping or working in audio or being a cat named Rhu...
2023-04-14 18:12:27 +0000 UTC
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Hey friends,
Hope you’re hanging in there and having a nice, sunny(?), holiday(?) weekend. I’m in a coffee shop and they just started playing Semi-Charmed Life so what more can I ask for, really.
(It's very basic for me to love this meme but I do, sorry!)
First and foremost: I was going to leave the merch shop empty, but Teespring is paying for us to run a 2...
2023-04-09 19:31:15 +0000 UTC
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Hey friends,
Hope you’re hanging in there. I am semi-frantically getting everything ready for our third annual Trans Day of Staying In and Having a Nice Snack tomorrow, which will include a bonus podcast, a mutual aid fund, a snack fund, a resource document, a merch sale, and more! (I don’t know what the more is yet but we have to assume there will be more.)
But before we get into all that!!! Our second annual
2023-03-30 22:43:00 +0000 UTC
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Hey friends,
Hope you’re all hanging in there. I have been largely offline for the last week and a half, and returning to an inbox bursting with hundreds of unread newsletters has made me really question what I’m doing here. Is this weekly post a nice little reward for you, or is it perhaps a mild punishment? Should emails be illegal, generally? (Yes.)
Anyway! I’ve returned home and am trying to get back into the swing of things, so for my benefit as well as yours, ...
2023-03-25 04:01:43 +0000 UTC
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This month, we finally chat with our friend Lilith, creator of the phrase “trans day of staying in and having a nice snack” AND the podcasts Ghostpuncher Corps and Diet Coke & Lilith’s House of Snax AND, completely coinciden...
2023-03-14 20:55:01 +0000 UTC
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Hey friends,
Hope you’re all hanging in there. I’m still waiting for my brain to come back online so I can get back to running a podcast empire (lol). Maybe someday!
In the meantime, we’ve got a bunch of exceptionally great new merch for ya. (I know I said that merch wasn’t coming back for a while, but then I got sent these iconic designs and simply had to run them while they were timely!)
First up, we’ve got an INSTANT CLASSIC of a design from our good fr...
2023-03-10 20:35:21 +0000 UTC
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Hey friends,
Hope you’re all hanging in there. As you may know because you’re also gay, Boygenius just put out a new surprise song complete with a music video of just the three of them being friends??? I’ve never seen anything better??? If you need me for the rest of the day, I will be laying on the floor,
2023-03-01 20:33:15 +0000 UTC
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Hey friends,
Hope you’re all hanging in there (and not buried under too much snow). This week, for our penultimate episode of the season, I had the pleasure of sharing our show taped live at the Bell House! This one was trickier than usual to edit for boring recording reasons and Ozzy did a really great job cutting it down to podcast length — everybody clap for them!
This episode featured AC and Mattie and Io talking about things like, uh, changing your legal na...
2023-02-23 22:44:49 +0000 UTC
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This month, we’re taking you LIVE and unedited to the Bell House, where Tuck and Sabrina debuted a brand new game called Duck Duck Gay.
This game mostly consists of looking at a PowerPoint, so feel free to follow along here. Make sense? No? Well, there’s always next month.
(Find the rest of the live show 2023-02-22 19:46:24 +0000 UTC
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Hey friends,
Hope you’re all hanging in there. I frankly am currently NOT hanging in there but it’s fine, I’m fine! I just tried to record the tracking for next week’s episode and I did a Bad Job and had to Give Up so now I’m writing a newsletter??? Why did I think this would be easier.
Speaking of which, next week is the release of our Feb 1st live show. Here’s how we’re rolling it out:
- In the main podcast episode: interview with AC; ad...
2023-02-17 03:47:32 +0000 UTC
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Hey friends,
Hope you’re all hanging there. Did you know that the brownie batter swirl at Dunkin’ Donuts is vegan? You can just swirl that stuff into anything. Like a $2 cold brew. Or a bagel, probably.
Anyway.
This week on the show: nothing! Thank you for your patience and understanding.
Next week on the show, we’ll be catching up with BFF of the pod Mckenzee Griffler. You may have heard Mckenzee on Gender Reveal once or twice or 15 times before, but this
2023-02-11 00:24:06 +0000 UTC
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Hey friends,
Hope you’re all hanging in there. Not to talk about Drag Race winners for two consecutive weeks, but I was front row at a Willow Pill show last night so I am doing great(!) for once! (There’s a video of her making out with Yvie Oddly in our IG stories right now, hehehe.)
Photo: Willow Pill and Chiquitita laughing onstage, surrounded by dollar bills.
2023-02-04 21:27:33 +0000 UTC
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Hey friends,
Hope you’re all hanging in there! I am mostly hanging out at home, trying to not get any of several plagues before our live show. (Did you know we’re having a live show??? On Wednesday??? At the bell house???) But I did manage to briefly meet Jinkx Monsoon yesterday after seeing her play Mama Morton in Chicago, so I ab...
2023-01-28 01:36:00 +0000 UTC
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This month, we're Doing Journalism about a gay linguistic triumph! Friend of the show Kirby Conrod and their merry crew of linguists successfully campaigned to declare "-ussy" the word of the year (despite being a suffix), and we've got SO much to say about it. Topics include:
- Is bussy gender-neutral?
- Why are there so many Words of the Year, and why are they all connected to trans people this year?
- Why are trans people natural linguists?
- How do dictionaries work...
2023-01-21 15:23:49 +0000 UTC
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Hey friends,
Hope you’re all hanging in there. I met a bunch of the Muppets on Saturday so basically I’ve never been better. Here's... the two genders.
Photo: Miss Piggy in a wedding dress
Photo: A human-sized Skeksis from the Dark Crystal...
2023-01-18 22:57:01 +0000 UTC
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Hey friends,
Hope you’re hanging in there. Ozzy and I were researching for an upcoming episode and found some incredible graphics on Wikihow, so I tossed a handful into the image carousel behind the picture of Margaret. Have fun guessing the context!
Anyway, this week on the show, I was delighted to chat with Margaret Killjoy, author of many books and host of multiple belov...
2023-01-13 03:07:28 +0000 UTC
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Hey friends,
Hope you’re all hanging in there. My big news for the week is that I beat out Lena Dunham to anonymously win a Who, Me? Award for most deranged/iconic call of 2022!?! If you’re a Who? Weekly listener, you know exactly what I mean, and if you are not a Who? Weekly listener, I strongly encourage you to not try to figure it out — the lore is like 10 months deep minimum and it’s not worth it, lol.
Anyway! This week on the show, I’m thr...
2023-01-06 20:24:13 +0000 UTC
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Absolutely nobody asked for yet another year-end post filled with user stats. And yet! Here we are. Welcome to… the unwrapping portion of the gender reveal party.
Total Gender Reveal downloads in 2022: 642,375
Countries & territories with at least one download in 2022: 175
Gender Reveal episodes released: 30
Top five most downloaded Gender Reveal episodes released in 2022:
- Jules Gill-Peterson (
2023-01-01 22:27:04 +0000 UTC
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Hey friends,
Hope you’re all hanging in there. Everyone keeps calling this the liminal week, where no work gets done and nothing happens, but I’m finding myself quite busy?? I think I’m doing this wrong, but I hope you are relaxing and enjoying yourself.
And speaking of relaxing and enjoying yourself… have you considered doing that by attending our live show on February 1? It’s going to be fun and gay, and I’m excited to say that tickets are selling quickly, <...
2022-12-28 22:48:03 +0000 UTC
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In which Tuck rambles for 5 minutes, followed by ten minutes of bonus content from this week's Dean Spade interview. Topics include:
- A question from Ozzy!
- Has anyone ever read a book?
- Das Kapital for babies
- Choosing the safest gender marker for your particular life
- Baseball gender story time
A reminder that we also have transcripts of (most of) the bonus episodes at 2022-12-23 23:48:30 +0000 UTC
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