Episode 111: K Agbebiyi

Gender Reveal

Tuck Woodstock

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

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 January 2022

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Tuck speaks with writer, organizer, and #8toAbolition cofounder K Adetoyin Agbebiyi (they/them). Topics include:

An abolitionist take on “cancel culture”
The difference between nonprofits and mutual aid
The connections between disability justice, reproductive justice, and prison abolition
Supporting incarcerated trans people without giving more power to the prison industrial complex
Plus: treating work like a video game, navigating the perils of leftist twitter, and relearning being gay.

This Week in Gender: Your gender doesn’t need to be convenient to other people!

Find K’s work at kagbebiyi.com and freeashleydiamond.com. K also recommends Survived & Punished and Pocket Change Pools.

Do you have gender questions that you’d like answered on the show? Submit questions anonymously via this Google form.

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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
Additional Music: “Latecomer” by Blue Dot Sessions and “It’s Okay to Cry” by SOPHIE
Sponsors: Bistitchual and Rev Nat’s (promo code: SNACKS)

Transcript

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0:00.0	They're back baby! The by-stitual yarn shop offers a wide range of beautiful clear and
0:05.9	or Canadian indie dyed yarn and handmade accessories. They ship internationally with free
0:11.7	shipping on orders over $100 and offer beginner and not-so-beginner knitting and crochet
0:17.4	zoom classes so you can join from anywhere in the world.
0:21.3	Visit them in-person on a netstree in Toronto or online at bystitual.ca
0:30.0	Welcome to gender reveal. A podcast where we hopefully get a little bit closer to understanding
0:47.5	what the hell gender is. I'm your host and resident gender detective, Tuckwood Stock.
1:01.0	Hey everyone, hope you're all hanging in there. This week on the show I am very excited
1:06.2	to share my chat with writer and organizer Kay Agbebe. Kay and I cover a lot of ground
1:11.8	in this episode. Topics include reproductive justice, disability justice, and Kay's work
1:16.8	as a co-creator of Eat to Abolition. I mean, Eat to Abolition was really impactful, but
1:22.2	also it was just a glorified Google Doc. Plus, TransPrisoner support, harm and
1:27.8	leftist spaces and the difference between nonprofits and mutual aid.
1:32.7	It's not just giving away stuff, it's also building power and forcing people to ask questions
1:37.4	like, so why do people have to fundraise for simple things like having enough food to
1:41.8	eat?
1:42.8	But before we get to that, it's time for this week in gender.
1:52.2	So there's no big gender news to dive into this week or at least none that isn't terrible.
1:58.5	So I just wanted to take a quick moment to say something to all of the cool babies
2:03.2	out there who are still grappling with coming out in some way, shape or form.
2:09.7	When I was sorting through advice questions for last week's episode, I saw a lot of
2:14.0	people say something like, how do I balance my desire to go on tea with my girlfriend's
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