Episode 109: Ezra Furman

Gender Reveal

Tuck Woodstock

Lgbtq, Documentary, Queer, Personal Journals, Gender, Nonbinary, Society & Culture, Genderqueer, Transgender, Trans

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Tuck speaks with musician Ezra Furman (she/they). Topics include:

Gender as a religion; transness as a mystical cult
The power of taking control (and overcoming HRT hang-ups)
Trans voice feelings as professional voice-users
A collection of genders based off Billy Joel lyrics
Plus: sympathetic pregnancy, Lou Reed, rabbinical school, and coming out as a mom.

This Week in Gender: New Zealand unanimously passes its self-ID law; a trans student in Missouri wins a sex-discrimination lawsuit; Chile legalizes same-sex marriage; a study says HRT access improves trans youth’s mental health (obvi); and Canada successfully bans conversion therapy.

Find Ezra’s music, merch, tour dates and more at ezrafurman.com.

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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. Leigh
Music: Breakmaster Cylinder
Sponsors: Enby (promo code: GenderReveal) and Rev Nat’s (promo code: SNACKS)

Transcript

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0:00.0	If you do not want to hear about alcohol, skip ahead 30 seconds right now because this
0:06.4	week's episode is sponsored by Reverend Nats Hard Cider who is now offering shipping nearly
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0:14.8	I pretty much always have Revnats in my house.
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0:32.4	Snacks.
0:34.0	Learn more in place in order at Revnats.com.
0:52.1	Welcome to Gender Reveal, a podcast where we hopefully get a little bit closer to understanding
0:57.0	what the hell gender is.
0:59.0	I'm your host and resident gender detective, Tuckwoodstock.
1:04.0	Hey everyone, hope you're all hanging in there.
1:13.9	This week on the show I am very glad to share my chat with singer and songwriter Ezra
1:18.3	Furman.
1:19.3	I have been talking with Ezra for I think more than a year about getting her on the podcast
1:24.0	and today we are finally doing the thing.
1:27.3	In this episode Ezra and I talk about parenthood, rabbinical school, Lou Reed, Trans singing
1:33.0	voice feelings and the parallels between gender and religion.
1:37.7	I think of being trans as being in a mystical cult.
1:40.8	But first, I don't mention this at the top of the show every week anymore but I feel
1:45.5	like I should mention it sometimes so it is the end of the year, the giving season so
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