Tuck Woodstock
Tuck Woodstock is host of Gender Reveal. Follow Gender Reveal on Twitter here. Follow Tuck on Twitter here.
Kindly introduce yourself and tell us what you do!
My name is Tuck Woodstock and I'm a journalist and gender educator based in Portland, Oregon. I host the award-winning podcast Gender Reveal and am a cofounder of Sylveon Consulting. I also am currently covering the nightly anti-police-brutality protests in Portland.
What has doing the show taught you about yourself? The world?
The question "how do you identify in terms of gender" is a lot harder for many people to answer than I expected.
Can you shout out some trans people who are doing great stuff in audio?
Yes, I wrote this article! To name a few: Morgan Givens, Lewis Raven Wallace, Callie Wright, Arlie Adlington, Cass Adair, Sam Leeds, Jess Kung.
What's something most people don't understand about the trans experience, and is that something that comes through in your interviews on Gender Reveal?
I think people don't understand how incredibly varied it is. There is no one right way to be trans, and there's no singlar trans experience. I like to think that by interviewing 70+ trans folks of different genders, races, ages, abilities, sizes, cultural backgrounds, sexual orientations, etc. etc., that point comes across.
What do you hope your show does for people?
I hope the show creates community for trans people without IRL community; educates cis people in a way that doesn't put the burden on trans people; and makes more people realize they're trans.
Podcasters are constantly being criticized for their voices. What is your relationship to yours? How would you describe your voice?
As a trans person, I have a complicated relationship with my voice. But I do intentionally add extra vocal fry to my voice, both in the beginning of Gender Reveal episodes and whenever I'm on NPR. It brings me joy.
What's something most people don't get about podcasting?
It takes so much time! Gender Reveal is my full-time job. Editing an episode takes many hours. This seems to be lost on people looking to start their own show on the side.
Thanks, Tuck!