Episode 2: Nicholas Cummins

Gender Reveal

Tuck Woodstock

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

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2018

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to our first official Gender Reveal interview! In this episode, we speak to Brooklyn musician Nicholas Cummins (they/them), founder of the band Fits. We also unveil our new segment, “This Week in Gender.”

Topics include:

Touring with PWR BTTM (yikes!)
How the debate over women-only spaces “tore a schism through all of queerness”
Using they/them pronouns with Pitchfork
Riding a bike in a dress for the first time
What the hell does “women and femmes” mean?

Read more about our This Week in Gender topic here.

Questions? Hit us up at [email protected] or on Twitter @gendereveal, and we’ll answer on the show as soon as possible. And of course, we always appreciate donations at patreon.com/gender or PayPal or Cash App.

Find Fits on Bandcamp or on Twitter @hahafits. (And buy their record, it’s real cute and good!) Find Nicholas on Twitter and Instagram.

Logo: Ira M. Leigh
Music: Breakmaster Cylinder
Sponsors: Gladrags (coupon code: “GENDER”) and TomboyX (coupon code: “TOMBOYS”)

Transcript

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0:21.0	Welcome to Gender Reveal, a podcast where we ask intrusive personal questions and try to get a little bit closer to figuring out what the hell gender is. I'm your host and resident gender detective Molly Woodstock. I'm really excited to introduce you to our first guest but before I do that I need to tell you a little bit about the folks who are making the show possible.
0:41.0	First up is our wonderful Patreon donors. Thank you so much to everyone
0:45.6	who's able to donate a dollar or more to us. If you would like to become a
0:49.4	Patreon supporter and help us keep a show going, You can do that at patreon.com
0:54.4	slash gender. If you donate five dollars and more I'll personally mail you a bunch of
0:58.8	stickers so it's a win-win. Next up is Tom Boy X.
1:03.0	Tom Boy X makes underwear that is so comfortable.
1:06.0	It doesn't write up, it doesn't dig into your skin,
1:08.0	it comes in sizes extra small to 4X,
1:10.0	and it's all ethically produced and sweatshop free.
1:13.6	Best of all, it comes in all patterns and sizes,
1:16.2	from bikini to boxer briefs, from plain black
1:19.5	to covered in octopi.
1:21.3	No matter what you're looking for, Tom Boy X has it. So use code
1:24.8	Tom Boys at check out for 15% off your order at tomboy X.com. Finally, thank you so
1:31.6	much to our friends at Gladrags for sponsoring the show.
1:34.4	If you've been using disposable pads your whole life, you probably don't even realize
1:38.0	how uncomfortable they are at this point, but trust me, you could have it so much better.
1:42.2	Gladrags were usable cloth menstrual pads. but trust me you could have it so much better.
1:42.5	Gladrags reusable cloth menstrual pads are so comfy,
1:46.3	fleecy, zero waste, and they're honestly really cute.
1:50.3	Like I got one with elephants all over it
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