Beyond the Gender Binary

Our understanding of gender and gender roles are evolving as trans and nonbinary conversations take the spotlight.

Our understanding of gender and gender roles are evolving as trans and nonbinary conver... more

Curated byT.H. Ponders, Hark Contributor

5 CLIPS17 MINS

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Why Is English So Gendered?

A simple bank errand send etymologist and language connoisseur Helen Zaltzman on a quest to figure out why language, especially the English language, is so focussed on gender.

The Allusionist

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Realizing You Might Not Be Cis

The journey into being nonbinary can start with a train, a friend, a podcast, and a haircut. Caitlin Benedict starts to piece together why gender has never really been a factor in their thinking.

NB: My Non-Binary Life

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Those Difficult Gender Feelings

Partners Alex Cox and Mattie Cox discuss the different types of dysphoria that can accompany being trans, and why feeling social and physical gender dysphoria isn’t just a trans experience.

Two Headed Girl

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Off Center Masculine

On Gender Reveal, Tuck Woodstock speaks to Morgan Givens about how he understands his gender, and his evolving relationship to masculinity as a trans man.

Gender Reveal

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The Importance of Imagining Trans People in Our Future

The first person to play a trans character in the Star Trek universe, Ian Alexander talks about imagining trans lives into our sci-fi futures, and how he never could have imagined his life when he was a kid.

The Importance of Imagining Trans People in Our Future

TransLash Podcast with Imara Jones