Welcome to Gender Reveal, a podcast where we hopefully get a little bit closer to understanding what the hell gender is.

I'm your host and resident gender detective, tuck let's talk.

Hey everyone.

Hope you've all been hanging in there.

Today on the show, I am very excited to share Ozzie's in my conversation with the legendary Kayan Dora show.

Kayan is an activist best known as the founder of Glitz Inc. She is an iconic and indispensable community leader here in New York and beyond.

And I am so, so honored that we were able to speak with her for this episode.

In this interview, Kayan shares memories of her mother, Miss Major, who passed away last month.

She also talks about some of her incredible work in the fields of sex worker advocacy,

trans housing justice, the preservation of re-speech as a queer space, and asylum assistance for trans immigrants.

I can go to jail if I continue the path of trying to get people out.

That don't mean I'm not going to try.

Because we recorded this episode on the morning of Election Day,

Kayan also shared her personal experiences with Zeran Mamdani, including taking him to queer dance parties, and her hopes for a future MomDani administration.

I want the community to hold him accountable. But what we have seen this past year, I mean, come on, for Christ's sakes, the mayor was in poppy juice.

Due to a mishap on my end, I don't really show up in this interview until like halfway through.

Although, if you really pay attention, you can hear me laugh a few times before that.

I just want to thank Ozzy for being an absolute pro and taking charge of this interview when I simply was not in the Zoom.

Also, just a content note, there is a reference to suicide near the beginning

of this interview and a reference to assault near the end of the interview. Nothing graphic, but just

FYI. But before we get to that conversation with Kayan, I have a quick sex change in the city tour

update. Most importantly, we unfortunately needed to cancel the Portland tour date.

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