Gender Spiral
Hosted by Ally Beardsley and Babette Thomas, Gender Spiral is a quest to explore the modern experience of being a human in our gendered world. Each episode of the podcast explores important topics and questions about navigating expectations of gender and presentation in our society through conversations with the foremost experts on the topic: trans and queer people. You'll hear firsthand accounts of gender variant folks of all stripes and walks of life, to highlight the liberation of questioning and exploring one's own gender, no matter your identity. Support us at patreon.com/GenderSpiralPodcast
Episodes
Is it possible to get out of my mountain of credit card debt? How do I budget for mutual aid? Should I be buying stocks? What even IS life insurance?! Anti-capitalist financial planner River Nice answers these questions and more, and Babette and Ally learn a thing or two about financial literacy.
Find River on Instagram @financewithriver and check out their financial literacy programs, free budget templates and more at their websit...
Hosted by Ally Beardsley and Babette Thomas, Gender Spiral is a quest to explore the modern experience of being a human in our gendered world.
Ericka Hart and and Ebony Donnelly are partners in love and podcasting, and co-parents to a toddler. We asked them to share their queer & trans pregnancy story, and give Ally some parenting pointers!
Check out their podcast Hoodrat to Headwrap: A Decolonized Podcast and find Ericka and their other work as a speaker and sex educator on Instagram @ihartericka.
Hosted by Ally Beardsley and Babette Thomas, Gender Spiral is a quest to e...
A little bonus episode just to check in! More new season 3 interviews rolling out next week, and biweekly after that. And check us out at patreon.com/GenderSpiralPodcast for more bonus content like this!
Hosted by Ally Beardsley and Babette Thomas, Gender Spiral is a quest to explore the modern experience of being a human in our gendered world.
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Artist, activist and author (and swimsuit designer!?) Tourmaline kicks off Season 3 of the podcast with a conversation about her connection to Marsha P. Johnson that led to multiple artworks and two recent books.
Hosted by Ally Beardsley and Babette Thomas, Gender Spiral is a quest to explore the modern experience of being a human in our gendered world.
Find Tourmaline on Instagram @tourmaliiine, and find "Marsha: The Joy and Defi...
Babette and Ally take a look back on some highlights from season 2 of the podcast. We also hear some voicemails from listeners who tell us what queer media means to them.
Thanks to our guests from season 2 featured in this episode (in order): Bay Davis, River Ramirez, Honey Pluton, Daria Lourd, Massima Bell & Dust Reid, Thomas Page McBee, Halo Perez-Gallardo, Pascal Stevenson, Alima Lee, Alys Aurora, Dr. Crystal Beal and Nori Reed....
Brooklyn-based hairstylist Alys Aurora of Studio Botanicum helps us answer some age-old questions, like:
- Is there such thing as a queer haircut that isn't a mullet?
- How can a haircut help affirm your presentation?
- What does "queer" hair look like for folks with textured/kinky hair?
Hosted by Ally Beardsley and Babette Thomas, Gender Spiral is a quest to explore the modern experience of being a human in our gendered wor...
If you love Gender Spiral, you'll also love the TransLash Podcast with Imara Jones! Check out this featured episode (originally released on June 6, 2024) then go on over to the TransLash feed and binge the rest of their catalogue, starting with the latest episode "Trans Comedy as Resistance" featuring our own Ally Beardsley!
"Imara Jones first made an impact in a 2018 online docuseries about her transition and life and four years l...
In a hilarious and chaotic episode, comedian Honey Pluton talks the "they/them to he/him pipeline," French parents, and the derogatory C-word (customer).
Hosted by Ally Beardsley and Babette Thomas, Gender Spiral is a quest to explore the modern experience of being a human in our gendered world.
Find Honey on Instagram @honeypluton for info on his upcoming show dates. Also, listen to Honey's podcast "Up ...
Babette and Ally do a little stream-of-conciousness reflecting on 2024.
Thank you for spiraling with us all year! A new full episode will be out next Tuesday, 1/7/25.
Hosted by Ally Beardsley and Babette Thomas, Gender Spiral is a quest to explore the modern experience of being a human in our gendered world.
Follow Gender Spiral on Instagram and TikTok, and support us at patreon.com/GenderSpiralPodcast.
Musician Pascal Stevenson aka Fashion Club talks to us about writing her first album since transitioning, how getting sober helped her come out, and her taste in, well, fashion.
Hosted by Ally Beardsley and Babette Thomas, Gender Spiral is a quest to explore the modern experience of being a human in our gendered world.
The new Fashion Club album "A Love You Cannot Shake" is out now. Follow Pascal on Instagram @fashion.club.la.
Dust Reid and Massima Bell are the producers of the new album TRANSA, "a spiritual journey celebrating trans people." They talked to Ally and Babette about creating the album, compiling both covers and new work, and working with artists like Hunter Schafer and Sade.
Hosted by Ally Beardsley and Babette Thomas, Gender Spiral is a quest to explore the modern experience of b...
Ally & Babette get into some post-election catharsis, then our guest Nori Reed provides some much-needed laughter as she shares stories about growing into herself as both a trans woman and comedian.
Hosted by Ally Beardsley and Babette Thomas, Gender Spiral is a quest to explore the modern experience of being a human in our gendered world.
Find Nori Reed on Instagram @norireed
Content Warning (genital anatomy, surgeries).
This is part 2 of 2 episodes where we get the answers to some FAQs about medical transition from medical professionals. In this episode Kayla McLaughlin, a Physician Assistant and surgery education liaison, gets into nitty-gritty details about trans surgeries and what it looks like to get one, especially bottom surgeries like vaginoplasty and phalloplasty.
Hosted by Ally Beardsley and B...
TRIGGER WARNING (anti-trans healthcare bans, suicide, death threats): 8:52-10:22
This is part 1 of 2 episodes where we get the answers to some FAQs about medical transition from medical professionals. In this episode, Dr. Crystal Beal (founder of Queer Doc) tells us all about hormone replacement therapy (HRT), how it's prescribed, and all the various ways it can help folks reach their transition goals.
Hosted by Ally Beardsley and ...
Twitch streamer and YouTube star Charlotte McDonnell joins us to talk about digital footprint as a Trans Person on the Internet™, how taking a break from YouTube helped her get in touch with herself, and which video games are the most trans-coded.
Hosted by Ally Beardsley and Babette Thomas, Gender Spiral is a quest to explore the modern experience of being a human in our gendered world.
Artist and DJ Alima Lee talks about claiming Black femininity as a nonbinary person, how DJing helps with social anxiety, and how we can make club culture more accessible and equitable.
Hosted by Ally Beardsley and Babette Thomas, Gender Spiral is a quest to explore the modern experience of being a human in our gendered world.
Check out Alima Lee on their Instagram @alima_lee and website
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We had a blast with Honey Pluton, Rose Dommu, Cherry Jaymes and River Ramirez at The Bell House in Brooklyn, NY for our first East Coast live show! We talked all about our gender journeys, the trans community in New York, and sharing HRT on the Coney Island Ferris Wheel. Thanks to everyone who came out!
Hosted by Ally Beardsley and Babette Thomas, Gender Spiral is a quest to explore the modern experience of being a human in our gen...
It's a busy week at Gender Spiral HQ prepping for our live show at The Bell House in NYC on 8/29/24 (grab the last few tickets HERE before they sell out!). Although we don't have a regular episode for you this week, we hope you'll enjoy a sneak peak of the Q&A we recorded on Discord last year.
Check out the full Q&A in video and audio form at patreon.com/GenderSpiralPodcast ($5 tier and up)!
Astrologer and writer Alice Sparkly Kat tells us about coming out to their Chinese family, how gender manifests in the planets, and why queer people like astrology so much.
Hosted by Ally Beardsley and Babette Thomas, Gender Spiral is a quest to explore the modern experience of being a human in our gendered world.
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