The Gender Rebels Podcast

The book is here! The book is here!!  The second edition of Trans Bodies, Trans Selves is finally out, featuring 2 pieces by our very own Faith Da Brooke!! We can't contain our excitement even though this 649-page ENCYCLOPEDIA is going to put us out of business.  Written almost entirely by trans people, it is an exhaustive resource on healthcare, legal stuff, relationships, history, poetry, and more. And we were so lucky to have the opportunity celebrate the launch by interviewing 2 of the people who were the force behind this, Kelsey Pacha and Kevin Johnson.

Kelsey Pacha is more than just President of the TBTS Board. He's also a consultant for workplaces who want to move forward with their diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Kevin Johnson is a doctor in upstate New York specializing in addiction medicine.

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What does it mean to want to transition, while also being aware gender is a construct? Does transition mean gender is not a construct? Taylor writes in with this excellent question and a few other great insights.

Faith brought up the monkeys who wash their sweet potatoes, which is an atypical behavior that nonetheless spread through the troop and was even handed down through generations.  They do it today; you can go to Japan and see them. It's an amazing case study of behavior that meets three proposed aspects for a cultural behavior: emergence, propagation, and modification.  

The "modification" part is most relevant to Taylor's question. Yes, gender is a construct, a cultural behavior.  It has a lot of problematic aspects but also a LOT of aspects that feel right to many people.   So trans* people and even plenty of cis people modify gender constructs to fit themselves. We live gender in the way we want.

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Listener Emma is early in her journey, and she writes in to ask for tips or reassurance.

Your first step on your trans* journey is always LEARNING as much as you can!  Emma is already right on track but there are great resources that can help. Check out My New Gender Workbook by the always amazing Kate Bornstein. Also, You and Your Gender Identity: A Guide to Discovery by Dara Hoffman Fox. 

Our episode Bringing Others In The Closet With You.

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"I don't understand," they say, and now you've got some work to do.  Listener Kai asks how to explain what nonbinary means to their boyfriend's religious parents. Luckily, Faith knows how to talk to religious people so you know The Gender Rebels have some thoughts.

Checkout our episodes with our nonbinary friend Avery: Everything In Between and Nonbinary Talk With Avery.

A nonbinary person is not necessarily intersex, but Avery said it can be a helpful metaphor to people who prefer to start from a scientific example. Check out our intersex episode for details.

Becoming Eve: My Journey from Ultra-Orthodox Rabbi to Transgender Woman by Abby Stein is just one of many stories from religious or formerly religious people dealing with queerness, transition, or being nonbinary or intersex.  Also it's just a great read. 

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Memorial Day used to be Decoration Day because you're supposed to decorate the graves of fallen soldiers.

Yes, housewives were told to put hot dogs in Jello.  We wouldn't make up something like that.

NASA briefly considered sending women on the Mercury VII mission but ultimately made John Glenn the first American astronaut in orbit instead. NASA's official selection criteria for astronauts was

But the unofficial criteria? Well, they were all white male Protestants with wives and children. They were all the eldest or only sons in their families and they were all raised in small towns.

Grilled broccoli is amazing.  Don't forget the red pepper flakes! I like to leave the stems long; they make a nice handle for turning on the grill surface.

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Faith is a Star Trek fan, and this is Kath's first Star Trek episode ever. The New Generation's Season 5 Episode 17 "The Outcast" was a heavy-handed, clumsy, well-intentioned episode about gay things.  It was 1992 so we're giving them a break.

Why is the flight deck called "the bridge"?  There's only one way to find out.

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Kath has questions for Faith about John Cameron Mitchell's discomfiting masterpiece Hedwig and The Angry Inch.  (Several unpleasant topics come up, so heed the trigger warning at the start.) 

Origin of Love is a song that makes Kath cry.  Happy tears-- it's ok. Maybe it's time to get an Origin of Love tattoo. That'll give her something to cry about.

Learn more about Romy Haag.

Learn more about Theo Kogan. 

Watch Shortbus if you dare.

Got a great voice? Are you scrawny or Taye Diggs? You, too, could play Hedwig, like all of these people.

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A gay holiday movie with the luminous and exquisite Cate Blanchette? Yes please.

You're a transman but internet trolls only see "trans" and assume you're a transwoman.  "YOU'RE NOT A REAL WOMAN. YOU'LL NEVER BE A REAL WOMAN!1!!11!" might feel great.  But does it feel great? Should it feel great? What do you do when you accidentally receive affirmation from a hater?

Be sure and check out Kath's other podcast Lab In the Time of Coronavirus.

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We've created a podcast within a podcast: The Rebels Go to the Movies!  In our first episode, we watch and review The Matrix.   SO MANY SPOILERS.  So see it before you listen. If you haven't seen it yet, why not????? It's so good! Lily Wachowski recently confirmed it is, indeed, an allegory for the transgender experience.

Be sure and check out Kath's other podcast Lab In the Time of Coronavirus.

Support us on Patreon to help us keep making great content, and to get some cool rewards!

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