Episode 77: Imara Jones
Gender Reveal
Tuck Woodstock
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 7 December 2020
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
In the Season 6 premiere, we speak with Imara Jones (she/her), founder of TransLash Media and host of the TransLash Podcast.
Topics include:
- Why trans rights are the secret to defeating patriarchy
- How to be a better ally to Black trans people
- Why trans folks are essential leaders for building better futures
- The saga of Imara's open letter to BET
- Plus: we're angry about needing to be angry
This Week in Gender: Celebrating the life of Monica Roberts, creator of TransGriot.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, it's Tuck. Before we get started, I just want to let you know that this week's episode include |
| 0:05.2 | mentions of trans death, including murder, as well as the concept of suicidality. |
| 0:11.3 | No details are shared, but please take care of yourselves however you need. Welcome to Gender Reveal, a podcast where we hopefully get a little bit closer to understanding what the |
| 0:34.7 | hell gender is. I'm your host and resident gender detective, Chuck Woodstock. Hey everyone I hope you're all hanging in there. It has been almost a full calendar year since we launched a new season of gender |
| 0:55.1 | of you, but here we are, thank God. So to all of our longtime friends, thank you so |
| 1:00.1 | much for your unending patience and to our new friends. Welcome, thank you for being here. |
| 1:05.8 | For our season six premiere, I am thrilled to be sharing my recent conversation with TransLash |
| 1:10.5 | founder Amara Jones. |
| 1:12.7 | I first met Amara when we both guested on Maria Anahosas in the Thic podcast together, and I have |
| 1:17.8 | been a huge fan of Amara's podcast, aptly named the TransLash Podcast, ever since she launched it a few months ago. |
| 1:24.4 | I think it was a few months ago. What is time? In this week's episode, Amara talks |
| 1:29.2 | about how to be a better ally to black trans people. Why anger is sometimes our best tool for change. |
| 1:36.0 | And it is enraging that people don't hear you unless you are screaming, but then say, |
| 1:41.7 | oh, we're afraid of you because you're screaming. |
| 1:44.0 | Well, if you listened, I wouldn't have to shout. |
| 1:47.0 | And why trans people are essential to building better futures. |
| 1:51.0 | All of the things that we have had to endure as trans people make us the right people |
| 1:55.8 | to lead in these moments. |
| 1:58.6 | But before we get to that, of course, it is announcement time. |
| 2:01.6 | First and foremost, thanks to the hard work of G.G. Zander, |
| 2:05.5 | Isara, Brana, Kara, and our whole team of transcriptionists, we finally have transcripts of |
| 2:10.8 | every episode of the show available at gender |
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