BONUS: Trans Day of Visibility (and Snacks) 2022

03/31/22 • 18 min

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After Tuck makes a few exciting announcements, Vidhya Aravind and Erique Zhang share their perspectives on what trans visibility means and who it serves.

Find Erique Zhang at eriquezhang.com and @er_ique. Find Vidhya Aravind at @kid_vidh and on Episode 74 of our podcast.

Donate to our spring mutual aid drive via PayPal, Cash App ($TuckWoodstock) or Venmo (@Tuck-Woodstock).

Trans folks of color can apply to receive mutual aid funds at bit.ly/tdos22.

Our limited edition Trans Day of Having a Nice Snack merch is available through April 9 at bit.ly/gendermerch.

Join our Patreon (patreon.com/gender) to get access to our weekly newsletter and our new patron-only bonus pod.

Find episode transcripts and starter packs for new listeners at genderpodcast.com. We’re also on Twitter and Instagram @gendereveal.

Associate Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman Logo: Ira M. LeighMusic: Breakmaster CylinderAdditional Music: Blue Dot Sessions Sponsors: Our patrons! Thank you!

After Tuck makes a few exciting announcements, Vidhya Aravind and Erique Zhang share their perspectives on what trans visibility means and who it serves.

Find Erique Zhang at eriquezhang.com and @er_ique. Find Vidhya Aravind at @kid_vidh and on Episode 74 of our podcast.

Donate to our spring mutual aid drive via PayPal, Cash App ($TuckWoodstock) or Venmo (@Tuck-Woodstock).

Trans folks of color can apply to receive mutual aid funds at bit.ly/tdos22.

Our limited edition Trans Day of Having a Nice Snack merch is available through April 9 at bit.ly/gendermerch.

Join our Patreon (patreon.com/gender) to get access to our weekly newsletter and our new patron-only bonus pod.

Find episode transcripts and starter packs for new listeners at genderpodcast.com. We’re also on Twitter and Instagram @gendereveal.

Associate Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman Logo: Ira M. LeighMusic: Breakmaster CylinderAdditional Music: Blue Dot Sessions Sponsors: Our patrons! Thank you!

Previous Episode

BONUS: The Homo Schedule (feat. Leo Sheng)

Afte an exciting merch announcement, Tuck shares a new episode of the Homo Schedule, featuring queer actors Jasmin Savoy Brown, Liv Hewson and Leo Sheng. ----- What's it like being cast in a show that influenced your identity as a kid? How do you make space for yourself while growing up as one of the only queer and Asian kids in your town? And where are all the queer Disney royals? All that and more as Liv and Jasmin talk to Leo Sheng!

Citations

In Hollywood, Asian American stories are rare, but Asian American LGBTQ stories are even rarer by Lakshmi Gandhi for NBCNews

During the 1970s, Social Workers Began Placing LGBTQ Youth with Queer Foster Families by Matt Katz for WNYC’s The Takeaway

And here is Leo’s Twitter thread about queer & trans BIPOC!

Next Episode

Episode 116: River Butcher

Tuck speaks with stand-up comic and actor River Butcher (he/they). Topics include:

Bisexual men of dyke experience
If men have hurt me, how do I come to terms with being a man?
Being a comic who is trans, not a trans comic (and also not Che Diaz)
Embracing perpetual transition and life in “the middle time”
Plus: “Can I just say on this podcast... and hopefully it doesn’t become like a viral moment...”

This Week in Gender: The Biden administration marked TDoV by trying to make TSA stop doing gender-based gropes, among other things.

Find River’s tour dates, Comedy Central special and more at riverbutcher.com and @rivbutcher.

Browse our nonprofit merch shop at bit.ly/gendermerch.

Our spring grant is now open for applications at bit.ly/tpoc22. Learn more about our past grant winners at genderpodcast.com/grant.

Join our Patreon (patreon.com/gender) to get access to a brand-new bonus podcast, plus our weekly newsletter and other fun perks.

Submit a piece of Theymail: a small message or ad that we’ll read on the show. Today’s messages was from Moncho Alvarado.

Find episode transcripts and starter packs for new listeners at genderpodcast.com. We’re also on Twitter and Instagram @gendereveal.

Associate Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman Logo: Ira M. LeighMusic: Breakmaster CylinderAdditional Music: “Kovir Straight” by Blue Dot Sessions Sponsors: Urbody (promo code: TUCK15)