Episode 85: Diamond Stylz
Gender Reveal
Tuck Woodstock
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 1 February 2021
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Tuck speaks with Diamond Stylz (she/her), creator of Marsha's Plate and executive director of Black Trans Women Inc. Topics include:
- Does trans representation actually help trans people?
- Why trans equity trainings don't work
- The importance of spurning sea lions and building community
- How Lauryn Hill (of all people) helped Diamond embrace her voice
- How to be a true ally & co-conspirator
- Plus: Coming out in the '90s, finding a HRT specialist in the yellow pages and being a trans YouTuber in 2008.
BONUS! Other Black queer podcasts Diamond recommends: Box No. 512 Podcast: Grown Black Trans Women Talk; Inner Hoe Uprising; QueerWOC; Tea with Queen and J.
This Week in Gender: We revisit Paige Kreisman's views on trans military service and celebrate the singular talent of SOPHIE.
Support Diamond's work by donating at blacktranswomen.org/donate and supporting Marsha's Plate on Patreon.
You can find Diamond on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube @DiamondStylz. We're also on Twitter and Instagram @gendereveal.
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Additional Music: "Lumber Down" by Blue Dot Sessions
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Well, Welcome to gender reveal, a podcast where we hopefully get a little bit closer to |
| 0:19.7 | understanding what the hell gender is. I'm your host and resident gender detective |
| 0:25.4 | Tuck Woodstock. |
| 0:38.1 | Hey everyone. I hope you're all hanging in there. This week on the show I am delighted to share my conversation with the one and only Diamond Styles. |
| 0:43.4 | Diamond is the creator of Marsha's plate |
| 0:45.4 | and the executive director of Black Trans Woman Inc. |
| 0:48.3 | and in this episode we talk about all of that, |
| 0:50.7 | plus womanism, sea lions, whether trans representation actually helps trans people |
| 0:56.9 | and what happens when we let cis media control trans narratives? |
| 1:01.9 | There's so many things that are more dire to talk about in my experience than the bathroom. |
| 1:10.0 | I can piss on a tree if that means I get health care. |
| 1:12.0 | A couple quick disclaimers about this episode. I can't piss on the tree if that means I get health care. |
| 1:13.0 | A couple quick disclaimers about this episode. |
| 1:15.4 | First, the interview was recorded in December of 2020. |
| 1:19.4 | So please keep that in mind when we talk about politics or things that happen quote unquote this year. |
| 1:25.0 | Secondly, just a heads up that this episode does contain discussion of abuse and death |
| 1:30.7 | including the death of Liline Polanco. |
| 1:33.0 | If you aren't familiar with Leiline's story, I recommend our episode entitled |
| 1:38.0 | Dominique, Ria, Leiline, and Alyssa Pariah. |
| 1:41.0 | Before we get to that, though, we have a quick they mail message this week. |
| 1:46.0 | They mail is a program where a listener gives us a little bit of money and we read a little tiny ad. |
| 1:51.0 | This message is from Sage Mitchell who writes. Songs of |
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