Episode 114: Krys Malcolm Belc

Gender Reveal

Tuck Woodstock

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

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2022

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Tuck speaks with Krys Malcolm Belc (he/him), author of The Natural Mother of the Child. Topics include:

Parallels between being pregnant and starting HRT
Parenting a trans femme child as a trans masc parent
The value of disagreeing with other trans people(!)
Creating trans pregnancy representation without becoming a cis spectacle
Plus: gender-y childhood photos; bottom growth; real apologies; and why we’re wearing Carhartts right now(?)

Find The Natural Mother of the Child at Bookshop.org. Krys also has a chapbook called In Transit, which is available from The Cupboard.

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Associate Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman
Logo: Ira M. Leigh
Music: Breakmaster Cylinder
Sponsors: Bistitchual

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0:00.0	The Buy Stitual Podcast is brought to you by Crafty Queer Canadians, John and Kelsey.
0:06.2	Tune in by weekly for real-life rambling Zodiac quizzes work in progress, check-ins tips, tricks,
0:11.8	other fiber tidbits, and an occasional crafty guest to discuss all things yarn related.
0:16.6	Hang out in the Buy Stitual Discord server to make new queer fiber friends show off your work
0:21.9	and pop into the Buy Monthly Stitch Knight. Find them on Instagram at Buy Stitual Podcast or
0:29.0	at BuyStitualPodcast.ca Welcome to gender reveal, a podcast where we hopefully get a little
0:51.9	bit closer to understanding what the hell gender is. I'm your host and resident gender detective,
0:58.4	Tuck Woodstock. Hey everyone, hope you're all hanging in there.
1:08.9	This week on the show I am very excited to share my conversation with Chris Malcolm Belk,
1:13.9	the author of the Natural Mother of the Child. Chris's book is something that we all need more of,
1:19.6	which is a memoir about non-binary parenthood that is actually good. It also does a lot of really
1:25.7	interesting experimentation with form and archival documents and I'm really excited for you to
1:30.4	read it if you haven't already. In our chat, Chris and I talk about the book and about the general
1:36.3	cultural conversation around transmasculine pregnancy, we also talk about being a transparent
1:42.1	with a trans kid. Yes, another one. This is my new ally in my own house about the parallels between
1:49.9	pregnancy and gender transition. There are permanent physical changes, some of which are great,
1:55.8	but dealing with the permanent physical changes that I don't like is somehow shameful.
2:00.8	And about what happens when your cisgender wife starts listening to the podcast gender reveal.
2:06.3	After being with me for literally 15 years, thank you for saying that.
2:10.3	It is a long interview, so we're going to skip our usual this week in gender segment,
2:14.7	but I do have a quick series of show updates for you. This is our penultimate episode of
2:20.1	the season, so we'll be here this week and next week and then starting in February.
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