Episode 116: River Butcher

Gender Reveal

Tuck Woodstock

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

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

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.

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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: “Kovir Straight” by Blue Dot Sessions
Sponsors: Urbody (promo code: TUCK15)

Transcript

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0:00.0	Your body is a gender-affirming underwear and active wear brand that designs gender-inclusive collections by and for the community that address the fit functionality and style needs of those across the gender spectrum.
0:12.0	Your body created its own sizing and grading system that's built to fit trans, non-binary, and gender-nonconforming folks.
0:19.0	Use the code Tug15 for 15% off your first your body purchase.
0:24.0	Is it Tug like my name or Tug like what you're going to do with the underwear, truly impossible to know?
0:29.0	Shop based on fit and style and remember, you deserve to get dressed for the day with confidence and that starts with what's underneath.
0:39.0	Welcome to gender reveal, a podcast where we hopefully get a little bit closer to understanding what the hell gender is.
1:00.0	I'm your host and resident gender detective, Tug Woodstock.
1:09.0	Hey everyone, hope you're all hanging in there. Welcome to the ninth season of the gender reveal podcast.
1:19.0	You think we'd run out of people to talk to you by now, but it turns out we're all doing a really good job doing social contagion.
1:26.0	We've got a really fun season planned for you and we're kicking it off with one of our most frequently requested guests.
1:33.0	You probably already know River Butcher as an actor and as a stand up comic.
1:38.0	In this episode, River and I talk about untangling manhood and patriarchy, transitioning in public,
1:45.0	straddling bisexuality and dikesuality.
1:49.0	Like lesbian is also a cultural, you know what I mean? It's like an ethnicity almost.
1:54.0	And of course, the Ché Diaz of it all, but first some quick and very exciting announcements.
2:01.0	Actually, before I say anything else, our beloved gender reveal producer has an important reveal for us all.
2:09.0	So I will let them take it away.
2:12.0	Hi everyone, this is the podcaster formerly known as producer jewels and I have a little announcement for you all.
2:19.0	I have a new name, so from now on, I'm producer Ozzy.
2:24.0	Did working on gender reveal make me so trans that I had to change my name?
2:29.0	Well, not no, but it's probably a little more accurate to say that getting to work on this show while changing my name
2:37.0	made it feel a lot easier to be public about it and share that news with all of you.
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