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Episode 201: Julián Delgado Lopera

July 13 · 58 min · Season 15 · Episode 1 · 56.0 MBExplicit
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Tuck chats with author Julián Delgado Lopera (he/him). Topics include:

  • Why Julián chose to focus on a closeted travesti in his new novel
  • Creating intergenerational trans friendships and navigating inevitable conflict
  • Protesting in Bogotá and navigating Colombian gender bureaucracy
  • Untranslatable Spanglish, transsexual grammar, travesti poetics, and the beautiful transfemme tradition of lying-i-mean-myth-making :)
  • Plus: Alison Bechdel vs Carson Kressley in Provincetown?!

This Week in Gender: We hear from a friend and supporter of Amber Kim.

Submit a piece of Theymail: Today's message was from Jaman Dunn-Danger.

Find Julián at juliandlopera.com and @juliandlopera. Pretend You're Dead and I Carry You is available now (and on sale on Bookshop!)

Find transcripts and starter packs at genderpodcast.com. We're also on Instagram @gendereveal.

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