Tilly's Trans Tuesdays
A weekly examination of trans life, trans representation in media, allyship, and even the broad basics of existing as a trans person in our society.
If you're looking for the text versions, please visit TillysTransTuesdays.com.
Episode Archive
Trans Kids 1: Facts and Dangers
Episode Number: 127Trans kids exist, and they need your support. No, they're not getting surgeries... but cis kids and intersex kids sure are! Hopefully that bothers you, but it sure doesn't bother the people trying to take away the literally lifesaving care that trans kids need. Get a whole mountain of facts within, so you finally understand what's really going on (and why the entire legitimate professional healthcare industry is opposed to outlawing care for trans kids). Karla, the cis mom of a trans kid, joins us to discuss how you should give your kids agency!
Episode download: TTT127.mp3
TEXT VERSION
FURTHER READING
(topics discussed with essays available at http://TillysTransTuesdays.com)
Trans Parents (Mother's Day), Gender Dysphoria, The Signs Were Always There (that we're trans), Searching for Meaning (when you're trans and don't know it), Gendered Childhoods, Trans Trauma 2: Societal Gaslighting, The Past and Why it Haunts Us, The Past 2: The New Past (KJ and Paper Girls), The Past 3: Trans Grief 1, The Past 4: Trans Grief 2, The Past 5: Recovering Trans Childhoods, Trans Sports 1: Origins and "Advantages", Trans Sports 2: Science and Bigotry, The 2022 US Trans Survey Results part 4, Cis People Get Gender Affirming Healthcare Too, Hormone Replacement TherapyREFERENCE MATERIAL
Trans youth as consistent in their identity as cis youth, study shows - https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/08/19/trans-youth-regret-incredibly-low/
Puberty blockers: Under-16s 'unlikely to be able to give informed consent' - https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-55144148
2025 anti-trans bills tracker - https://translegislation.com/
Anti-Trans National Legal Risk Assessment Map - https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/anti-trans-national-legal-risk-assessment
Children’s Hospital LA closes its gender-affirming care center - https://laist.com/news/health/in-a-landmark-move-childrens-hospital-la-closes-its-gender-affirming-care-center-today
Governor Newsom’s Comments on Transgender Student Athletes - https://www.eqca.org/newsom-trans-remarks/
Suicidality Among Transgender Youth - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32345113/
Doctors Agree: Gender-Affirming Care is Life-Saving Care - https://www.aclu.org/news/lgbtq-rights/doctors-agree-gender-affirming-care-is-life-saving-care
Legislation to Criminalize Gender-Affirming Medical Care for Transgender Youth - https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2780517
Gender-Critical Policy Causes Brain Damage in Trans Youth - https://www.transadvocate.com/gender-critical-policy-causes-brain-damage-in-trans-youth-affirmative-care-vs-preventive-interventions_n_95857.htm
Prevalence of Gender-Affirming Surgical Procedures Among Minors and Adults in the US - https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2820437
Medically Unnecessary Surgeries on Intersex Children in the US - https://www.hrw.org/report/2017/07/25/i-want-be-nature-made-me/medically-unnecessary-surgeries-intersex-children-us#
Tall girls, short boys: Using hormone therapy to shape children’s height to social norms - https://news.umich.edu/tall-girls-short-boys-using-hormone-therapy-to-shape-childrens-height-to-social-norms/
Cis boys get gender-affirming surgeries more often than trans minors - https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/07/cis-boys-get-gender-affirming-surgeries-more-often-than-transgender-minors/
Fewer than 1 in 1,000 US adolescents receive gender-affirming medications - https://apnews.com/article/transgender-hormones-puberty-blockers-youth-562cba3c3ae43e88d5144f7adb4efd7c
No One Had a Problem With Puberty Blockers When Only Cis Kids Took Them - https://www.vice.com/en/article/no-one-had-a-problem-with-puberty-blockers-when-only-cis-kids-took-them/
Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Youth Is Neither New nor Experimental - https://juliaserano.medium.com/gender-affirming-care-for-trans-youth-is-neither-new-nor-experimental-a-timeline-and-compilation-b4bb8375d797
Emotional Health of Transgender Youth 24 Months After Initiating Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1054139X24005664?dgcid=authorSpecial thanks to Daisy and Jane for the use of "Sorry Not Sorry" as our show's theme music.
Please stop by and show your support at daisyandjane.bandcamp.com and soundcloud.com/daisyandjaneRelease Date: September 16, 2025
Run Time: 47:18Trans Sports 2: Science and Bigotry
Episode Number: 126So what does the science say about trans people and sports? You're not gonna believe this (yes you will), but it's entirely on the side of... trans people. So are elite cis women athletes. So what's the reason behind this push to keep trans women out of women's sports? Bigotry! And yes, we have proof (they've actually admitted it). Also a whole lot of sexism and the belief cis men are simply the best at everything and get super mad when they're not (there's proof of this too). Zoe Aurora Slater, former trainer of competing powerlifters and bodybuilders, returns to discuss the physics of photography and straight hesitancy. Be open to finding yourself along the way, friends. And fight for trans people's rights to compete in sports with our true genders!
Episode download: TTT126.mp3
ZOE AURORA SLATER
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zoeslaterphotographyTEXT VERSION
https://www.tillystranstuesdays.com/2025/09/09/trans-sports-2-science-and-bigotry/FURTHER READING
(topics discussed with essays available at http://TillysTransTuesdays.com)
Trans Sports 1: Origins and "Advantages," Trans Politics 1-2, The Erasure of Trans Men, The False DichotomyREFERENCE MATERIAL
They're lying to you about transgender women and girls in sports - https://ftw.usatoday.com/story/sports/2025/03/13/transgender-lgbtq-rights-women-sports-ncaa-debate-trump-tuberville-lies/82331359007/
This study on trans women's athletic disadvantages ought to change the debate - https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/olympic-trans-women-ioc-study-rcna148437
U.S. Olympic officials ban transgender women from women's events - https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/45798587/us-olympic-officials-ban-transgender-women-women-events
Why There Are No Trans Women Competing at the Paris Games - https://www.thenation.com/article/society/trans-athletes-paris-olympics/
Transgender sportswomen ‘at a disadvantage’ study claims - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/2024/04/11/transgender-sportswomen-at-a-disadvantage-study-claims/
Transgender Athletes Could Be At A Physical Disadvantage, New Research Shows - https://www.forbes.com/sites/lindseyedarvin/2024/04/25/transgender-athletes-could-be-at-a-physical-disadvantage-new-research-shows/
Body composition, exercise-related performance parameters and associated health factors of transgender women, cisgender women and cisgender men volleyball players - https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/59/15/1073
The sports where women outperform men - https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240731-the-sports-where-women-outperform-men
The Woman Who (Maybe) Struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig - https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-woman-who-maybe-struck-out-babe-ruth-and-lou-gehrig-4759182/
Madge Syers was a British figure skater. She became the first woman to compete at the World Figure Skating Championships in 1902 by entering what was previously an all-male event and won the silver medal - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madge_Syers
The 1992 Summer Olympics was the last skeet competition open to both men and women, and the only mixed shooting competition at the Olympics ever won by a woman: Zhang Shan - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_at_the_1992_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Mixed_skeet
Kathrine Switzer was the first woman to run the Boston Marathon as an officially registered competitor - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathrine_Switzer
Megan Rapinoe Discusses Transgender Sports Bans - https://time.com/6188583/megan-rapinoe-equal-pay-title-ix-transgender-sports-bans/
Title IX: Athletes can play amid sexual misconduct inquiries - https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/39970530/title-ix-rules-athletes-sexual-misconduct
Dutch beach volleyball player who was convicted of rape is booed before losing first Olympic match - https://apnews.com/article/2024-olympics-convicted-rapist-beach-volleyball-b90c5652e620cf355c28b97a36a5566b
Swimmer Riley Gaines Admits She's Just Using Sports to Make Trans Rights "Crumble" - https://www.them.us/story/riley-gaines-sports-trans-rightsSpecial thanks to Daisy and Jane for the use of "Sorry Not Sorry" as our show's theme music.
Please stop by and show your support at daisyandjane.bandcamp.com and soundcloud.com/daisyandjaneRelease Date: September 9, 2025
Run Time: 38:51Trans Sports 1: Origins and "Advantages"
Episode Number: 125Trans people in sports?! Huge if true. Republicans would have you believe this is a national emergency of the utmost unfairness, and for some reason a lot of otherwise good allies fall into the "well I just don't know about sports..." trap. So let's talk about where the origins of policing trans bodies in sports comes from (spoilers: it's literally the nazis), and how "unfair advantages" are actually what sports are all about. And let's talk about how trans women don't have those "advantages" anyway. You're gonna learn! Zoe Aurora Slater, former trainer of competing powerlifters and bodybuilders, joins us to discuss how everything has joy in it and a catch-22 in hell. What's the whip?
Episode download: TTT125.mp3
ZOE AURORA SLATER
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zoeslaterphotographyTEXT VERSION
https://www.tillystranstuesdays.com/2024/08/13/trans-people-in-sports/FURTHER READING
(topics discussed with essays available at http://TillysTransTuesdays.com)
Bad Representation: Emilia Perez, Trans Kids and the Intake Exam, Gender Dysphoria, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Trans Trauma 2: Societal Gaslighting, Gendered Childhoods, Trans Body Hacking, One Year - Five Years Out and on HRT Retrospectives, Trans History 1: How and Why We Name Trans People in History, The 2022 US Trans Survey Report parts 3 - 4REFERENCE MATERIAL
World swimming bans transgender athletes from women’s events - https://apnews.com/article/transgender-swimmers-new-rules-fina-world-governing-body-c17e99d3121fa964336458b57ae266f7
Want to be a pro basketball player? That's a tall order - https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/kidspost/want-to-be-a-pro-basketball-player-thats-a-tall-order/2015/10/28/52c1ce40-78ff-11e5-a958-d889faf561dc_story.html
At 7’9", he’s about to become the tallest college basketball player ever - https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/21/sport/olivier-rioux-tallest-college-basketball-player-cec/index.html
Why Michael Phelps Has the Perfect Body for Swimming - https://www.biography.com/athletes/michael-phelp-perfect-body-swimming
Ten ethical flaws in the Caster Semenya decision on intersex in sport - https://theconversation.com/ten-ethical-flaws-in-the-caster-semenya-decision-on-intersex-in-sport-116448
Explained: The gender controversy miring women's Olympic boxing - https://www.rte.ie/news/primetime/2024/0731/1462837-explained-the-gender-controversy-miring-womens-olympic-boxing/
False accusations surrounding Olympic boxer highlight debate around gender and sports - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/false-accusations-surrounding-olympic-boxer-highlight-debate-around-gender-and-sports
J.K. Rowling Invents A Trans Olympian To Get Mad At - https://defector.com/j-k-rowling-invents-a-trans-olympian-to-get-mad-at?giftLink=6afdf0d572fc26922a8c8efbc8862dd0
The Humiliating Practice of Sex-Testing Female Athletes - https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/03/magazine/the-humiliating-practice-of-sex-testing-female-athletes.html
The Nazi-Era Myth Behind Olympics Gender-Testing Rules - https://time.com/6998445/nazi-myth-olympics-gender-testing/
Discrimination against trans Olympians has roots in Nazi Germany - https://www.vox.com/culture/364032/trans-athletes-olympics-2024?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=user%2FColleenRossini
Tested podcast: a surprising history of women’s sports - https://www.tested-podcast.com/
Lady Ballers - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Ballers
The Behind-the-Scenes Journey of The Daily Wire’s Trans-Panic Sports Movie Disproves Its Entire Thesis - https://www.themarysue.com/ben-shapiro-admits-the-daily-wires-transphobic-movie-lady-ballers-is-nonsense/
Lance Armstrong doping case - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance_Armstrong_doping_caseSpecial thanks to Daisy and Jane for the use of "Sorry Not Sorry" as our show's theme music.
Please stop by and show your support at daisyandjane.bandcamp.com and soundcloud.com/daisyandjaneRelease Date: September 2, 2025
Run Time: 46:072022 US Trans Survey Results, part 4
Episode Number: 124Let's wrap up discussion on this last batch of 2022 US Trans Survey data! This week we get into trans people's mental health (and the reasons it's maybe not great), detransitioners, and the absolutely bananas (complimentary) success rates of social and medial transition! Improviser Sara Rose Caplan returns to discuss compulsions and our mind buffers failing! This is not a fascist podcast!
Episode download: TTT124.mp3
SARA ROSE CAPLAN
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sararosecaplan/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@sararosecaplanTEXT VERSION
https://www.tillystranstuesdays.com/2025/08/26/the-2022-us-trans-survey-results-part-4/FURTHER READING
(topics discussed with essays available at http://TillysTransTuesdays.com)
2022 US Trans Survey parts 1-3, Trans IntersectionalityREFERENCE MATERIAL
Health & Wellbeing, findings from the 2022 U.S. Trans Survey - https://transequality.org/sites/default/files/2025-06/USTS_2022Health%26WellbeingReport_WEB.pdf
Regret in Surgical Decision Making: A Systematic Review of Patient and Physician Perspectives - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1007/s00268-017-3895-9
Empire of Normality: Neurodiversity and Capitalism by Robert Chapman - https://bookshop.org/p/books/empire-of-normality-neurodiversity-and-capitalism-robert-chapman/19939695Special thanks to Daisy and Jane for the use of "Sorry Not Sorry" as our show's theme music.
Please stop by and show your support at daisyandjane.bandcamp.com and soundcloud.com/daisyandjaneRelease Date: August 26, 2025
Run Time: 58:342022 US Trans Survey Results, part 3
Episode Number: 123We're finally getting some results from the 2022 US Trans Survey, the largest of its kind ever conducted in the US. Let's dive into the results and talk about some of the biggest findings. In this episode, our experiences with healthcare providers (spoilers: it's not great). Improviser Sara Rose Caplan joins us to discuss doin' prov' and confronting our own dysphoric attitudes!
Episode download: TTT123.mp3
SARA ROSE CAPLAN
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sararosecaplan/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@sararosecaplanTEXT VERSION
https://www.tillystranstuesdays.com/2025/08/19/the-2022-us-trans-survey-results-part-3/FURTHER READING
(topics discussed with essays available at http://TillysTransTuesdays.com)
2022 US Trans Survey parts 1 and 2, Gender Dysphoria, Transmedicalism (and WPATH version 1), Complete Trans Healthcare (or lack thereof), Anecdotal Trans Healthcare, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Proactive Allyship, No Escape 2: Some Escape (due to cis allyship)REFERENCE MATERIAL
Health & Wellbeing, findings from the 2022 U.S. Trans Survey - https://transequality.org/sites/default/files/2025-06/USTS_2022Health%26WellbeingReport_WEB.pdfSpecial thanks to Daisy and Jane for the use of "Sorry Not Sorry" as our show's theme music.
Please stop by and show your support at daisyandjane.bandcamp.com and soundcloud.com/daisyandjaneRelease Date: August 19, 2025
Run Time: 36:16Trans Touch 3: Sex and Being Touch-Starved
Episode Number: 122Time to wrap up our discussion on the complicated relationship trans people have with touch. This week, we look at our feelings about consensual sex and just how touch-starved many of us feel. Painter and color designer Erin Rodriguez returns to discuss holding onto childhood dreams, and mentoring the trans people who come out after us. Let's all try to be more accepting of having a good time!
Episode download: TTT122.mp3
ERIN RODRIGUEZ
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heyoerinpaintsTEXT VERSION
https://www.tillystranstuesdays.com/2025/08/12/trans-touch-3-sex-and-being-touch-starved/FURTHER READING
(topics discussed with essays available at http://TillysTransTuesdays.com)
Trans Touch 1: Personal Experiences, Trans Touch 2: Platonic Touch and Hugs, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Transmedicalism (and WPATH version 1)Special thanks to Daisy and Jane for the use of "Sorry Not Sorry" as our show's theme music.
Please stop by and show your support at daisyandjane.bandcamp.com and soundcloud.com/daisyandjaneRelease Date: August 12, 2025
Run Time: 31:18Trans Touch 2: Platonic Touch and Hugs
Episode Number: 121We continue our series on trans people and our complicated relationship with physical touch, diving into your survey responses and comments about platonic touch and hugs. Did transition make a difference in how we perceive and feel about them? Painter and color designer Erin Rodriguez returns discuss horror and the queer psyche! Also cats! I'm weird! Apparently.
Episode download: TTT121.mp3
ERIN RODRIGUEZ
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heyoerinpaintsTEXT VERSION
https://www.tillystranstuesdays.com/2025/08/05/trans-touch-2-platonic-touch-and-hugs/FURTHER READING
(topics discussed with essays available at http://TillysTransTuesdays.com)
Trans Touch 1: Personal Experiences, Anecdotal Trans Healthcare, Transmedicalism (and WPATH version 1), Gender Dysphoria, Compliments, Bodily Autonomy (and my tattoo), Names and PronounsSpecial thanks to Daisy and Jane for the use of "Sorry Not Sorry" as our show's theme music.
Please stop by and show your support at daisyandjane.bandcamp.com and soundcloud.com/daisyandjaneRelease Date: August 5, 2025
Run Time: 38:58Trans Touch 1: Personal Experiences
Episode Number: 120Physical touch is something I've struggled with for most of my life, because it's invariably tangled up in my gender dysphoria, and I was so surprised to see how it all shifted for me after transition. And I'm not alone! I've seen so many trans and nonbinary people struggle with it, so I ran a survey to get your thoughts, and you flooded me with them! This week I'm going to discuss my own complicated feelings on the topic, and then over the next two weeks we're going to dive into the wealth of data you all sent me to see if we can find some commonalities! Painter and color designer Erin Rodriguez joins us to discuss being in tune with your body, and how we're NOT going to discuss the cookie. No crappy sandwiches!
Episode download: TTT120.mp3
ERIN RODRIGUEZ
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heyoerinpaintsTEXT VERSION
https://www.tillystranstuesdays.com/2025/07/29/trans-touch-1-personal-experiences/FURTHER READING
(topics discussed with essays available at http://TillysTransTuesdays.com)
Gender Dysphoria, What is Trans Tuesday?, Trans Grief 1 and 2, Bodily Autonomy (and my tattoo), Gender Euphoria, Hormone Replacement TherapySpecial thanks to Daisy and Jane for the use of "Sorry Not Sorry" as our show's theme music.
Please stop by and show your support at daisyandjane.bandcamp.com and soundcloud.com/daisyandjaneRelease Date: July 29, 2025
Run Time: 31:31Lez Hang Out feed swap interview for Begin Transmission!
Hi babes! New Trans Tuesdays will be back next week, but this week we're doing a feed swap with the Lez Hang Out podcast! They're running a Trans Tuesday episode, and I'm running one of theirs! if you're not familiar with Lez Hang Out, the show dives into LGBTQ+ media, life, and representation with iconic guests and sapphic hilarity. So here's the interview they did with me a couple years back about my book Begin Transmission: The Trans Allegories of The Matrix! It was still early on in my voice therapy, so my voice is a bit yikes to me, but it's good stuff! have a listen! and check out the rest of their episodes for a very queer good time!Episode download: LezHangOutSBG105feedswap.mp3
LEZ HANG OUT
https://www.lezhangoutpod.comRelease Date: July 22, 2025
Run Time: 1:09:53Five Year Retrospective
Episode Number: 119Though I've known I was trans for over a decade, this week marks my five years out and on HRT milestone! So lets see where things are at physically, mentally, socially, and more! What kind of more? Heels! Bikinis! Booooooobs?? I'm a good weird!
Episode download: TTT119.mp3
TEXT VERSION
https://www.tillystranstuesdays.com/2025/07/08/five-years-out-and-on-hrt-check-in/FURTHER READING
(topics discussed with essays available at http://TillysTransTuesdays.com)
One Year Retrospective, Two Year Retrospective, Three Year Retrospective, Four Year Retrospective, Trans Tabletop Roleplaying Games, Confidence, Confidence 2: Into the Unknown (aka What is Happening aka A Whole New World), Body Hair, A Pandemic Transition, Photos and Reflections, Photos 2: The Selfie Apocalypse, Photos 3: Tilly's Guide to Selfies, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Hair, Hair 2: First Haircut, Trans Voices 1: Gendering, Trans Voices 2: Hearing the True You, Trans Voices 3: Interview with a Speech-Language Pathologist, Parents Who Will Never Know the Real You (aka My Dad), Performative Allyship, Body Hacking, Gender Euphoria, Bodily Autonomy, Anecdotal Trans Healthcare, Transition Setbacks, Finding Our Trans StyleREFERENCE MATERIAL
Long Away film short - https://seedandspark.com/fund/long-away
Special thanks to Daisy and Jane for the use of "Sorry Not Sorry" as our show's theme music.
Please stop by and show your support at daisyandjane.bandcamp.com and soundcloud.com/daisyandjaneRelease Date: July 8, 2025
Run Time: 24:32The Past 2: The New Past (KJ and Paper Girls)
Episode Number: 118For trans people who transition as adults, lost childhoods are something we struggle with in a myriad of ways. But sometimes you might just get a little glimpse into what could have been... from art that speaks to you in ways you never could have imagined. This is about life, and love, and loss, this is about Paper Girls, this is about KJ... and this is about me. Writer and nerd June Green returns to discuss betting on yourself and paying the cheese tax. Let's all go pilot our flesh mechs!
Episode download: TTT118.mp3
JUNE GREEN
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/saint_june_bloom/TEXT VERSION
https://www.tillystranstuesdays.com/2024/08/08/the-new-past/FURTHER READING
(topics discussed with essays available at http://TillysTransTuesdays.com)
Heavily Gendered Clothes and Trans People, Bad Representation: Lovecraft Country, Bad Representation: Emilia Perez, Good Representation: Cyberpunk 2077, Finding our Own Representation (P!nk), Physical Representation and the Hollywood Ideal, The Past and Why it Haunts Us, Trans Representation in Media 2022, Trans Representation in Media 2023, Trans Representation in Media 2024, Hair, Hair 2, Trans Grief 1, Trans Grief 2, Trans Trauma 2: Societal GaslightingREFERENCE MATERIAL
Long Away film short - https://seedandspark.com/fund/long-away
Special thanks to Daisy and Jane for the use of "Sorry Not Sorry" as our show's theme music.
Please stop by and show your support at daisyandjane.bandcamp.com and soundcloud.com/daisyandjaneRelease Date: July 1, 2025
Run Time: 42:07Why Is There No Cis Pride?
Episode Number: 117Pride month! It's about trans and queer people, and that's cool! Why don't cis people get a month too? SO GLAD YOU ASKED. Have a listen and let's talk about what it is that we have to be proud of. Writer and nerd June Green joins us to discuss water conservation in the bog witch community and HRT blow darts! Have you experienced ewwphoria? I'm the most dangerous game!
Episode download: TTT117.mp3
JUNE GREEN
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/saint_june_bloom/TEXT VERSION
https://www.tillystranstuesdays.com/2025/06/24/why-is-there-no-cis-pride/FURTHER READING
(topics discussed with essays available at http://TillysTransTuesdays.com)
Trans Motivation, Trans Intersectionality, The False Dichotomy, Trans History 1, Trans History 2, Trans History 3, Trans Trauma 2: Societal Gaslighting, Implicit Queerphobia, The Matrix and its Trans Allegories, Rainbow Capitalism, You Are Trans Enough, Cis Privilege, Confidence, Trans Representation in Media 2022, Trans Representation in Media 2023, Trans Representation in Media 2024, This Is Not For You, Cis Is Not A SlurREFERENCE MATERIAL
Trans History: A Graphic Novel: From Ancient Times to the Present Day - https://bookshop.org/p/books/trans-history-a-graphic-novel-from-ancient-times-to-the-present-day-alex-l-combs/21746915
The Pink Triangle - https://www.thepinktriangle.com/history/symbol.html
Why It Took Decades for LGBTQ Stories to Be Included in Holocaust History - https://time.com/5953047/lgbtq-holocaust-stories/
The Oppressive History of LGBTQ+ Communities Worldwide - https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/psychology-for-the-people/202106/the-oppressive-history-of-lgbtq-communities-worldwide
Discrimination in the United States: Experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer Americans - https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6864400/
LGBTQ Rights Timeline in American History - https://lgbtqhistory.org/lgbt-rights-timeline-in-american-history/
A brief history of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender social movements - https://www.apa.org/topics/lgbtq/history
International Men's Day - https://internationalmensday.com/
Begin Transmission: The trans allegories of The Matrix - https://www.amazon.com/Begin-Transmission-trans-allegories-Matrix/dp/B0BYPFFBGH/Special thanks to Daisy and Jane for the use of "Sorry Not Sorry" as our show's theme music.
Please stop by and show your support at daisyandjane.bandcamp.com and soundcloud.com/daisyandjaneRelease Date: June 24, 2025
Run Time: 39:24The Trans Allegory of Star Trek SNW's Ad Astra Per Aspera, part 3
Episode Number: 116It's time to wrap up this installment of Tillyvision, as Star Trek: Strange New World's "Ad Astra Per Aspera" comes to a close! We talk why we'd want to be part of a society that oppresses us, how and why we can be better, and maybe this show gives us a road map for how we can get there. Critic and journalist Mo Ryan returns to discuss how it's up to those with privilege to USE it to do what you can to help (and has a shoutout for Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg!). What can YOU do to help trans people? Who do we want to be?
Episode download: TTT116.mp3
MAUREEN "MO" RYAN
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/moryan.bsky.social
Instagram: www.instagram.com/moryan66/
Website: moryan.comFURTHER READING
(topics discussed with essays available at http://TillysTransTuesdays.com)
Cis Apathy, Misgendering and Passing, Unexpected Changes from Transition, A Trans Re-wedding, Trans Tabletop Roleplaying GamesREFERENCE MATERIAL
Begin Transmission: The trans allegories of The Matrix - https://www.amazon.com/Begin-Transmission-trans-allegories-Matrix/dp/B0BYPFFBGH/
Cis woman ‘fired after customer accused her of being trans’ says it felt like a ‘stab in the back’ - https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/03/27/cis-woman-fired-after-customer-accused-her-of-being-trans-says-it-felt-like-a-stab-in-the-back/
The ‘Star Trek’ Cast on the Radical LGBT+ Representation of ‘Strange New Worlds’ - https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-cast-on-its-radical-lgbt-portrayal/
On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World, by Danya Ruttenberg - https://bookshop.org/p/books/on-repentance-and-repair-making-amends-in-an-unapologetic-world-danya-ruttenberg/19498640
Special thanks to Daisy and Jane for the use of "Sorry Not Sorry" as our show's theme music.
Please stop by and show your support at daisyandjane.bandcamp.com and soundcloud.com/daisyandjaneRelease Date: June 17, 2025
Run Time: 58:52The Trans Allegory of Star Trek SNW's Ad Astra Per Aspera, part 2
Episode Number: 115We're back with the meaty middle part of our discussion of Ad Astra Per Aspera! We're going to talk about cis hypocrisy, how some cis people experience so much fear that they might be trans that it motivates their transphobia, and how being "one of the good ones" won't save us. Critic and journalist Maureen Ryan returns to discuss being book birthday buddies and how the bar is in hell! I don't want to hurt other people just to help myself.
Episode download: TTT115.mp3
MAUREEN "MO" RYAN
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/moryan.bsky.social
Instagram: www.instagram.com/moryan66/
Website: moryan.comFURTHER READING
(topics discussed with essays available at http://TillysTransTuesdays.com)
Cis People Get Gender Affirming Healthcare Too, Cis Grief, Trans Trauma 2: Societal Gaslighting, Implicit Queerphobia, Internalized Transphobia
Special thanks to Daisy and Jane for the use of "Sorry Not Sorry" as our show's theme music.
Please stop by and show your support at daisyandjane.bandcamp.com and soundcloud.com/daisyandjaneRelease Date: June 10, 2025
Run Time: 52:35The Trans Allegory of Star Trek SNW's Ad Astra Per Aspera, part 1
Episode Number: 114Let's dive into two of my favorite things that taste great together... trans allegories, and Star Trek! Season two, episode two of Strange New Worlds, "Ad Astra Per Aspera," rocked my world. Because it shouted with its whole chest TRANS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS. So let's get you the context you need if you've never watched a Star Trek, and dive into our main discussion! Critic and journalist Maureen Ryan joins us to discuss confident humility, and how as far as you know there's only one of her!
Episode download: TTT114.mp3
MAUREEN "MO" RYAN MAUREEN "MO" RYAN
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/moryan.bsky.social
Instagram: www.instagram.com/moryan66/
Website: moryan.comFURTHER READING
(topics discussed with essays available at http://TillysTransTuesdays.com)
A Trans Re-wedding, The Trans Allegory of Barbie, The Trans Allegory of I Saw the TV Glow, The Trans Allegory of Real Genius, The Trans Allegory of Silo s1, Trans Politics 2: You Must Vote to Protect Us, Proactive Allyship (be an accomplice), Gender Dysphoria, Misgendering and Passing, Transmedicalism (and WPATH version 1), Trans Trauma 2: Societal GaslightingREFERENCE MATERIAL
IDW August Full 2025 Solicits - https://bleedingcool.com/comics/idw-august-full-2025-solicits-event-horizon-valiant-tmnt-sonic/
Begin Transmission: The trans allegories of The Matrix - https://www.amazon.com/Begin-Transmission-trans-allegories-Matrix/dp/B0BYPFFBGH/
Special thanks to Daisy and Jane for the use of "Sorry Not Sorry" as our show's theme music.
Please stop by and show your support at daisyandjane.bandcamp.com and soundcloud.com/daisyandjaneRelease Date: June 3, 2025
Run Time: 56:15Trans Tabletop Roleplaying Games
Episode Number: 113Tabletop roleplaying games offer everyone a chance to become someone else, just for a little while. And for trans folks, that can lead to some of our earliest experimentation with gender. Comic writer Zoe Tunnell returns to discuss seducing the dragon and dirtbag lesbian chic!
Episode download: TTT113.mp3
ZOE TUNNELL
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/zoewithasword.bsky.social
Website: http://www.zoetunnell.comTEXT VERSION
https://www.tillystranstuesdays.com/2025/05/27/trans-tabletop-roleplaying-games/FURTHER READING
(topics discussed with essays available at http://TillysTransTuesdays.com)
Implicit Queerphobia, Gender Dysphoria, Gender Euphoria, 2022 Trans Representation in Media, 2023 Trans Representation in Media, 2024 Trans Representation in MediaREFERENCE MATERIAL
Visibility An RPG Magazine from the Trans Community - https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/516656/visibility-an-rpg-magazine-from-the-trans-community-issue-1Special thanks to Daisy and Jane for the use of "Sorry Not Sorry" as our show's theme music.
Please stop by and show your support at daisyandjane.bandcamp.com and soundcloud.com/daisyandjaneRelease Date: May 27, 2025
Run Time: 28:31Body Hair
Episode Number: 112Body hair! Love it or hate it, it's something nearly every human has to deal with. And for those of us who hate it, whose dysphoria it makes worse, that can mean a whole intensive process to get rid of it. So let's talk about what all that entails, and why we'd go through it just to have to do it all over again. And again. And again. Comic writer Zoe Tunnell joins us to discuss feeling better in yourself and going buckwild in comics! Space horse!
Episode download: TTT112.mp3
ZOE TUNNELL
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/zoewithasword.bsky.social
Website: http://www.zoetunnell.comTEXT VERSION
https://www.tillystranstuesdays.com/2024/08/20/body-hair/FURTHER READING
(topics discussed with essays available at http://TillysTransTuesdays.com)
This is Not for You (Trans Day of Visibility, Yes You Are Trans Enough), Gender Dysphoria, Gender Euphoria, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Privilege (Time and Money), Internalized Transphobia, Parents Who Will Never Know the Real You (aka My Dad)
Special thanks to Daisy and Jane for the use of "Sorry Not Sorry" as our show's theme music.
Please stop by and show your support at daisyandjane.bandcamp.com and soundcloud.com/daisyandjaneRelease Date: May 20, 2025
Run Time: 27:29Pushback Overkill
Episode Number: 111There's a phenomena that happens a lot in the trans and queer community that's hard to define, but when you're so used to having to fight for every single little thing you deserve, it's too easy to sometimes go too far and end up hurting people. Let's go through some examples and talk about how to spot it and why we need to stop it. The 4400 and Clean Slate writer Shomari Kirkwood returns to discuss the joy of building yourself. Tired of working your core? Blow glass!
Episode download: TTT111.mp3
SHOMARI KIRKWOOD
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mxoberon.bsky.socialTEXT VERSION
https://www.tillystranstuesdays.com/2025/05/13/pushback-overkill/FURTHER READING
(topics discussed with essays available at http://TillysTransTuesdays.com)
Trans Trauma 2: Societal Gaslighting, Gendered Childhoods, The False Dichotomy, Trans Day of Visibility (you are trans enough), Transmedicalism (and WPATH version 1), Bad Representation 2: Emilia Perez, Trans Intersectionality, Hormone Replacement TherapyREFERENCE MATERIAL
Polyamory in the United States - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyamory_in_the_United_States
Special thanks to Daisy and Jane for the use of "Sorry Not Sorry" as our show's theme music.
Please stop by and show your support at daisyandjane.bandcamp.com and soundcloud.com/daisyandjaneRelease Date: May 13, 2025
Run Time: 43:57Hormone Replacement Therapy
Episode Number: 110For many trans folks, hormone replacement therapy is a vital part of our transition. Let's talk about why that is, what it does and doesn't do, and a little thing we call... patience. The 4400 and Clean Slate writer Shomari Kirkwood joins us to discuss being part of the world and ewwphoria! The sun is in Aries and the moon is blue.
Episode download: TTT110.mp3
SHOMARI KIRKWOOD
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mxoberon.bsky.socialTEXT VERSION
https://www.tillystranstuesdays.com/2024/08/08/hormone-replacement-therapy/FURTHER READING
(topics discussed with essays available at http://TillysTransTuesdays.com)
Body Hair, Trans Voices 1-3, Gender Dysphoria, Trans Kids and the Intake Exam, Four Years Out and on HRT Check-in, Transition Setbacks, Anecdotal Trans Healthcare, Body Hacking, Gender Euphoria, Trans Trauma 2: Societal Gaslighting, Transmedicalism (and WPATH version 1), Cis People Get Gender Affirming Healthcare TooREFERENCE MATERIAL
The effects of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) on the human eye - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11944225/
Overview of feminizing hormone therapy - https://web.archive.org/web/20250427214738/https://transcare.ucsf.edu/guidelines/feminizing-hormone-therapy
Estrogen Levels - https://transfemscience.org/articles/hormone-levels-female-puberty/#estrogen-levels
Estrogen HRT Labs at FOLX - https://www.folxhealth.com/library/estrogen-hrt-labs
Medical Association Statements in Support of Health Care for Transgender People and Youth - https://glaad.org/medical-association-statements-supporting-trans-youth-healthcare-and-against-discriminatory/
Special thanks to Daisy and Jane for the use of "Sorry Not Sorry" as our show's theme music.
Please stop by and show your support at daisyandjane.bandcamp.com and soundcloud.com/daisyandjaneRelease Date: May 6, 2025
Run Time: 59:45The Past 5: Recovering Trans Childhoods
Episode Number: 109The past can be difficult for those of us who transition as adults, so much so this is our fifth episode exploring it. But sometimes something surprises you, and gives you a little piece of the childhood you missed. Localization producer and comic creator Liam Coballes returns to discuss having a relationship with yourself, and how artists don't make money. Be jealous of my pony!
Episode download: TTT109.mp3
LIAM COBALLES
Insta: https://www.instagram.com/natural_nin/
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/naturalnin.bsky.social
https://bsky.app/profile/shifter-komiks.bsky.socialTEXT VERSION
https://www.tillystranstuesdays.com/2025/04/29/the-past-5-aka-the-new-past4-recovering-trans-childhoods/FURTHER READING
(topics discussed with essays available at http://TillysTransTuesdays.com)
The Past and Why it Haunts Us, The Past 2: The New Past, The Past 3/The New Past 2/Trans Grief 1, The Past 4/The New Past 3/Trans Grief 2, Trans Birthdays, Gender Dysphoria, Unexpected Bonuses of Transition, Heavily Gendered Childhoods, The False Dichotomy, Searching for Meaning (when you're trans and don't know it)Special thanks to Daisy and Jane for the use of "Sorry Not Sorry" as our show's theme music.
Please stop by and show your support at daisyandjane.bandcamp.com and soundcloud.com/daisyandjaneRelease Date: April 29, 2025
Run Time: 38:12Tucking and Binding
Episode Number: 108It's time to talk about an topic that's literally uncomfortable! Tucking and binding can be awful but also amazing, so let's talk about what they are and why we do (or don't) utilize them. Localization producer and comic creator Liam Coballes joins us to discuss the cosplay community and how rocks are cool. Math is hard!
Episode download: TTT108.mp3
LIAM COBALLES
Insta: https://www.instagram.com/natural_nin/
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/naturalnin.bsky.social
https://bsky.app/profile/shifter-komiks.bsky.socialTEXT VERSION
https://www.tillystranstuesdays.com/2024/08/10/tucking-and-binding/FURTHER READING
(topics discussed with essays available at http://TillysTransTuesdays.com)
Transmedicalism (and WPATH version 1), Gender Dysphoria, Trans Freedom, Cis People Get Gender Affirming Healthcare Too, Misgendering and Passing, Boymode and Girlmode, Gender Euphoria, Privilege (time and money), Heavily Gendered Clothes and Trans PeopleREFERENCE MATERIAL
Inguinal canal - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inguinal_canal
Chest Binding: A Physician’s Guide - https://www.prideinpractice.org/articles/chest-binding-physician-guide/Special thanks to Daisy and Jane for the use of "Sorry Not Sorry" as our show's theme music.
Please stop by and show your support at daisyandjane.bandcamp.com and soundcloud.com/daisyandjaneRelease Date: April 22, 2025
Run Time: 40:18Trans History 3: Interview with Alex L. Combs and Andrew Eakett
Episode Number: 107Join me as I interview creators Alex L. Combs and Andrew Eakett about their new graphic novel, Trans History: From Ancient Times to the Present Day. We discuss their research process and all the love that went into this book about trans and nonbinary folks through history, and how important it is to get that information out into the world. Hey transphobes, have you tried not sucking?
Episode download: TTT107.mp3
ALEX L. COMBS
Website: https://alexlcombs.com/
Insta: https://www.instagram.com/alexlcombs/
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/alexlcombs.bsky.socialTEXT VERSION
https://www.tillystranstuesdays.com/2025/04/01/trans-history-3-interview-with-alex-l-combs-and-andrew-eakett/FURTHER READING
(topics discussed with essays available at http://TillysTransTuesdays.com)
Trans History 1: How and Why We Name Trans People in History, Trans History 2: Examples of Trans People in HistoryREFERENCE MATERIAL
Trans History: From Ancient Times to the Present Day - https://bookshop.org/p/books/trans-history-a-graphic-novel-from-ancient-times-to-the-present-day-alex-l-combs/21746915Special thanks to Daisy and Jane for the use of "Sorry Not Sorry" as our show's theme music.
Please stop by and show your support at daisyandjane.bandcamp.com and soundcloud.com/daisyandjaneRelease Date: April 1, 2025
Run Time: 41:04The Trans Allegory of Real Genius, part 4
Episode Number: 106We wrap up our REAL GENIUS trans allegory discussion with the importance of community, and changing the system so others don't go through the pain we had to, and see the beautiful ways that trans joy can change the world. Kestrel Clayton returns to discuss how you're stronger than you imagine you can be. It's getting queer around here! Smell our hot, buttery transness.
Episode download: TTT106.mp3
KESTREL CLAYTON
Fediverse/Mastodon: https://tech.lgbt/@sphinxTEXT VERSION
https://www.tillystranstuesdays.com/2024/08/21/the-intentional-trans-allegory-of-real-geniusrg-part-4/FURTHER READING
(topics discussed with essays available at http://TillysTransTuesdays.com)
Misgendering and Passing, Transmedicalism (and WPATH version 1), Trans History 1: How and Why We Name Trans People in History, Trans Representation in Media 2024REFERENCE MATERIAL
Begin Transmission: The Trans Allegories of The Matrix - https://www.amazon.com/Begin-Transmission-trans-allegories-Matrix/dp/B0BYPFFBGH/Special thanks to Daisy and Jane for the use of "Sorry Not Sorry" as our show's theme music.
Please stop by and show your support at daisyandjane.bandcamp.com and soundcloud.com/daisyandjaneRelease Date: March 25, 2025
Run Time: 38:55The Trans Allegory of Real Genius, part 3
Episode Number: 105The intentional trans allegory of REAL GENIUS rolls on with part 3! We're going to talk about lyrics, gender-nonconforming women, pools, parties, and possibly having to pretend to be something we're not just to get what we need out of the system. Kestrel Clayton returns to discuss genuine support and gender envy! I love to be an Amazon.
Episode download: TTT105.mp3
KESTREL CLAYTON
Fediverse/Mastodon: https://tech.lgbt/@sphinxTEXT VERSION
https://www.tillystranstuesdays.com/2024/08/21/the-intentional-trans-allegory-of-real-genius-part-3/FURTHER READING
(topics discussed with essays available at http://TillysTransTuesdays.com)
Sexuality is Not Gender, Transmedicalism (and WPATH version 1), Photos and Reflections, Trans Intersectionality, The False Dichotomy, Trans History 1, Trans Kids and the Intake Exam, The Trans Allegory of I Saw the TV Glow, Gender Dysphoria, Interview with Author Maya DeaneREFERENCE MATERIAL
Begin Transmission: The Trans Allegories of The Matrix - https://www.amazon.com/Begin-Transmission-trans-allegories-Matrix/dp/B0BYPFFBGH/Special thanks to Daisy and Jane for the use of "Sorry Not Sorry" as our show's theme music.
Please stop by and show your support at daisyandjane.bandcamp.com and soundcloud.com/daisyandjaneRelease Date: March 18, 2025
Run Time: 38:04The Trans Allegory of Real Genius, part 2
Episode Number: 104The intentional trans allegory of REAL GENIUS continues, and this week we talk about characters, names, and dive in by timestamps! Would you believe this movie has a chaser? It's true. Kestrel Clayton returns to discuss using your spotlight, and how intentions are not magic! Now say more about my great, beautiful face.
Episode download: TTT104.mp3
KESTREL CLAYTON
Fediverse/Mastodon: https://tech.lgbt/@sphinxTEXT VERSION
https://www.tillystranstuesdays.com/2024/08/21/the-intentional-trans-allegory-of-real-genius-part-2/FURTHER READING
(topics discussed with essays available at http://TillysTransTuesdays.com)
The Trans Allegory of Barbie, The Trans Allegory of I Saw the TV Glow, The False Dichotomy, Gender Dysphoria, Trans Trauma 2: Societal Gaslighting, Chasers and the Fetishization of Trans Women, Heavily Gendered Clothes and Trans People, Body Hacking, Gender EuphoriaREFERENCE MATERIAL
Begin Transmission: The Trans Allegories of The Matrix - https://www.amazon.com/Begin-Transmission-trans-allegories-Matrix/dp/B0BYPFFBGH/
Conversion therapy - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversion_therapySpecial thanks to Daisy and Jane for the use of "Sorry Not Sorry" as our show's theme music.
Please stop by and show your support at daisyandjane.bandcamp.com and soundcloud.com/daisyandjaneRelease Date: March 11, 2025
Run Time: 44:17