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, Tuckwoodstock.

Hey, everyone. I've all been hanging in there.

Today on the show, I am very excited to share my

conversation with human rights advocate and organizer Ash Tifa. This is one of two full episodes

that we are sharing this month, both of which feature interviews with folks in South Minneapolis.

This week, Ash talks with us about whether human rights laws actually create human rights,

what it means to live and organize in a post-constitutional state,

and how what's going on in Minneapolis is different than the protest you might have experienced in

2020. And in fact, protest is maybe not the right word at all. In 2020, a lot of what we were doing

was protesting. What's happening here is an assault on our neighbors. This shit is happening like when you're going for groceries.

In next week's episode, our guest and I will zoom out to talk about how what's going on in

Minneapolis ties into global movements against borders and then zoom way in to hear personal

stories about what it's like to be living in South Minneapolis right now, especially as a

parent. It's a really good

episode. Everyone cries. I hope you'll come back next week to listen to it. But before we get to

today's conversation with Ash, I just wanted to remind you one more time. There will be a sex

change in the city book event in Baltimore this Thursday, February 12th. I will be reading and chatting

at Red Emma's with the iconic Rain Alexander,

and there's still a little bit of space left. So you can RSP for free at Girl Deadpress.com

slash tour. We have one theymail message for you this week. The emails are, of course,

little messages from listeners that we read on the show. You can sign up for a they mail via the link

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