Episode 154: Nicole Maines

Gender Reveal

Tuck Woodstock

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

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Tuck chats with actress Nicole Maines (she/her). Topics include:

The long, slow process of transitioning in elementary school
Picketing with the WGA even before the SAG-AFTRA strike
Writing a trans superhero’s origin story
Getting name inspiration from Nickelodeon & Disney Channel
Plus: vampire hot takes and Danny Phantom Tumblr discourse?!

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Senior Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman
Logo: Ira M. Leigh
Music: Breakmaster Cylinder
Additional Music: “Damaroon” by Blue Dot Sessions
Sponsors: Queer Candle Co. (promo code: GENDER10)

Transcript

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0:00.0	Queer Candle Co is a queer and trans-owned business, making small batch soy wax candles topped
0:05.0	with a variety of botanicals.
0:07.2	They recently send us their coconut and santae candle, which I loved, and then I somewhat
0:12.3	accidentally handed it off to Ozzy but that's okay because I can just order another one
0:16.8	or better yet, I can reuse one of my existing Queer Candle Co jars and make a new one using
0:22.4	their new DIY refill kits available online.
0:26.2	Either way, I can get 10% off using the promo code gender10, and so can you.
0:31.9	Use the code gender10 to get 10% off your first order at QueerCandleCo.com, that's QueerCandleCo.com.
0:38.7	Welcome to Gender Reveal, a podcast where we hopefully get a little bit closer to understanding
0:58.9	what the hell gender is, and your host, and resident gender detective, Tuckwoodstock.
1:13.0	Hey everyone, hope you're all hanging in there.
1:15.2	This is a gun the show, I am excited to share my chat with actress and activist Nicole
1:18.9	mains.
1:19.9	A little bit of backstory on this one, we originally booked Nicole so that she could talk about
1:24.6	her role on one of my favorite television shows, but then of course the WGA and SAG
1:29.9	after a strike started, and then we rescheduled a bunch, and finally we were like look, let's
1:35.2	just do it, we'll talk about something else.
1:37.3	So in this episode, you'll hear us talk about Nicole's personal feelings about the strikes,
1:43.4	her work writing trans comic books, and her experiences transitioning in elementary
1:48.2	school, when a truly random transphobic adult tried to ruin her life for no reason.
1:55.3	You created a superhero as you were trying to destroy trans people, good job you fucking
2:00.4	idiot.
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