How's Your Gender?

Buzz Slutzky (they/them) is an artist & educator. Alyson Slutzky (she/her) is a former social worker / therapist. She’s also Buzz’s mom. The Slutzky’s join Wesley (he/him) to talk about:   + Bat Mitzvahs & revising our gender stories   + Alyson’s former work as a therapist to families of trans people while also being a mom of two trans kids   + Two examples of Buzz’s art, Clothes Feelings & My Surgery Story, as a way to process trans identity   Watch: Clothes Feelings (2016)   Watch: My Surgery Story (2019)  For more info on Buzz & their work, visit their website or follow them on instagram @buzzslutzky   For more info on Alyson, visit her website* or you can follow her @alyson_acts_positively_blue    *Please note, she is no longer in private practice.   Sign up for Wesley's monthly mailing list & learn more about his work at wesleyflash.com  For more podcast content, follow @howsyourgender on instagram & you can find Wesley @flashreads   Special thanks to our producer, Oliver Slate-Greene (he/him), Emily Bate (she/her) for the perfect theme song and Charley Parden (he/they) for writing the iconic lyrics.  If you or anyone you know is struggling with your gender, we encourage you to contact Trans Lifeline   US (877) 565-8860  Canada (877) 330-6366

Chris E. Vargas (he/him) is a video maker, interdisciplinary artist, & the self appointed executive director of MOTHA, The Museum of Trans Hirstory and Art. He joins Wesley (he/him) to talk about: + Trans representation in popular culture  + Trans icons & iconography  + What makes a piece of artwork “trans” For more about Chris, visit his website or follow him on instagram @chrisevargas For more on MOTHA, visit the website or follow them on instagram @m_o_t_h_a References: Riki Wilchins & The Transexual Menace Works / Artists Cited: The Crying Game  Ma Vie En Rose  Desperate Living  ORLAN  Genesis Breyer P-Orridge & Lady Jaye  SOPHIE  Cut for time / Honorable Mentions: Disclosure  Titane  Border  Sign up for Wesley's monthly mailing list & learn more about his work at wesleyflash.com For more podcast content, follow @howsyourgender on instagram & you can find Wesley @flashreads  Special thanks to our producer, Oliver Slate-Greene (he/him), Emily Bate (she/her) for the perfect theme song and Charley Parden (he/they) for writing the iconic lyrics. If you or anyone you know is struggling with your gender, we encourage you to contact Trans Lifeline  US (877) 565-8860 Canada (877) 330-6366

Jessica Lanyadoo (she/her) is a high femme astrologer, psychic medium & animal communicator who joins Wesley (he/him) to talk about: + The loudness of high femme energy + Why queer & trans people love astrology + Do animals have gender? + So! much! more! in our queerest episode to date For more on Jessica, check out her: Website: https://www.lovelanyadoo.com/ Podcast: https://www.lovelanyadoo.com/ghost-of-a-podcast Book: https://www.lovelanyadoo.com/relationship-book Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jessica_lanyadoo/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jessicalanyadoo Apps: Tiny Spark and Astrology for Days And for even more content, sign up for her Patreon  Sign up for Wesley's monthly mailing list & learn more about his work at wesleyflash.com For more podcast content, follow @howsyourgender on instagram & you can find Wesley @flashreads  Special thanks to our producer, Oliver Slate-Greene (he/him), Emily Bate (she/her) for the perfect theme song and Charley Parden (he/they) for writing the iconic lyrics. If you or anyone you know is struggling with your gender, we encourage you to contact Trans Lifeline  US (877) 565-8860 Canada (877) 330-6366

Musician, movement MC, & GRP co-director Sam Rise (they/them) joins Wesley (he/him) to talk about: + GRP’s life-giving work creating liberatory futures through sound & joy + The careful year-long name change process at GRP – which feels a lot like a gender transition + Centering in community as a technology for connection & self understanding For more about GRP visit https://www.girlsrockphilly.org/ To make a donation to support the work of GRP https://www.girlsrockphilly.org/donate To learn more about Sam, check out their website http://samantharise.com/ Stream their music on Spotify  And follow Sam on instagram @samantharise To sit with Many Faces Sangha, a mindfulness community centering the voices & wisdom of BIPOC, women & gender minorities, TLGBQ+ folks, find out more @manyfacessangha  In this episode, the concept of capital G "Gender" and lowercase g "gender" is borrowed from the text Trans Care by Hil Malatino.  Trans Care, published in 2020, (and available to read *for free* right now online) https://manifold.umn.edu/projects/trans-care For more, check out Season 1 Episode 5 of How's Your Gender? https://anchor.fm/howsyourgender/episodes/Hil-Malatino--Trans-Care-evr2lj Sign up for Wesley's monthly mailing list & learn more about his work at wesleyflash.com For more podcast content, follow @howsyourgender on instagram & you can find Wesley @flashreads  Special thanks to our producer, Oliver Slate-Greene (he/him), Emily Bate (she/her) for the perfect theme song and Charley Parden (he/they) for writing the iconic lyrics. If you or anyone you know is struggling with your gender, we encourage you to contact Trans Lifeline  US (877) 565-8860 Canada (877) 330-6366