Episode 117: Edgar Gomez

Gender Reveal

Tuck Woodstock

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

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Tuck speaks with Edgar Gomez (he/she/they), author of the memoir High-Risk Homosexual. Topics include:

TFW Facebook suggests that you friend-request the Pulse shooter
The pros & cons of Latinidad (the concept) and Latinx (the word)
Writing about your family’s homophobia without making them into telenovela villains
The intersections of class/poverty and queerness
Plus: Sporty Spice, trans villain representation, and post-credits Drag Race goss.

This Week in Gender: Rebecca Kling critiques the recent Washington Post op-ed “What I wish I’d known when I was 19 and had sex reassignment surgery.”

References: Cristina Silva’s article about the word Latinx in USA Today.

Find Edgar at edgargomez.net, and find High-Risk Homosexual through Soft Skull Press or wherever books are.

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Associate Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman
Logo: Ira M. Leigh
Music: Breakmaster Cylinder
Additional Music: “Mosic” and “Greyleaf Willow” 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
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0:26.1	Shop based on fit and style, and remember that you deserve to get dressed for the day with confidence, and that starts with what's underneath.
0:48.2	Welcome to Gender Reveal, a podcast where we hopefully get a little bit closer to understanding what the hell gender is.
0:55.1	I'm your host, and resident gender detective, Tuckwood Stock.
1:07.1	Hey everyone, hope you're all hanging in there. This week on the show I am excited to share my chat with Edgar Gomez, author of the memoir High Risk Homosexual.
1:17.1	Edgar and Ozzy and I had a lot of fun talking about getting cat-fished on Grindr,
1:22.1	writing a memoir when you're a stoner with a bad memory, discourse around the word Latinx.
1:29.1	Spanish is also a colonizer language, so I don't have any loyalty towards it.
1:35.1	And if Edgar is ever going to tell their mom that they published a whole as book.
1:40.1	Mama, if you're listening, I'm so sorry.
1:42.1	But first three super-quick reminders for you.
1:46.1	First we've got a bunch of new stuff happening on our Patreon, including a new Patreon-only bonus podcast feed.
1:53.1	Last week we used that feed to post a deleted scene from the River Butcher interview in which River explains all of baseball to me in 90 seconds.
2:02.1	So if you want to hear that and any other bonus content we create in the future, you can find that at patreon.com slash gender.
2:09.1	You'll also find our weekly newsletter and all sorts of other fun stuff.
2:13.1	Secondly, our spring grant is now open for applications and we are specifically looking for trans people of color who are doing rad art or organizing work that supports their communities.
2:23.1	So if that's you, please consider applying.
2:26.1	If that's not you, you can still read up on our past grant winners.
2:30.1	You can donate to the grant fund and you can just learn more and help us spread the word.
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