First sneak peeks of Season 7 (plus gay SNL)

Hey friends,

Hope you're all hanging in there. 

Once again, our news is pretty much the same. Applications for our Associate Producer gig are closing in a few hours — we've received nearly 100 applications, which is flattering and exciting and tbh a bit overwhelming. I'll be speaking to finalists over the next couple of days, and I'm hoping to be able to introduce you to our new producer within the next couple of weeks.

We've also got a week left for our May merch round; so far, our most popular designs this month are "Trans Folks Are Sacred," "Hot Trans Summer" and "I Don't Know Any Straight People." As always, browse all of the designs at bit.ly/gendermerch, and tell your friends — it's for a good cause (or actually several good causes).

In order to really ~get your money's worth~ for the newsletter, I thought I'd reveal my plans for Season Seven over the next couple of newsletters. Scroll away if you don't want podcast spoilers, I suppose.

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So, in the run up to our 100th episode, we'll be catching up with a handful of guests from past seasons. I've already spoken with two of them: Kirby Conrod (now a PhD in linguistics) from way back in season one, and Carta Monir (now a p0rn performer) from season three. (Patreon made me censor p0rn lol.) 

In the time since we last spoke to them, Kirby and Carta have both become friends of mine, and it was a true delight to chat with them for the show. 

I already have a few more guests booked from previous seasons, but I'm interested in hearing who you're interested in catching up with! Let me know in the comments if you have any requests. 

Photo ID: Two stills from Lil Nas X's SNL performance of Montero. On the left, a backup dancer licks Lil Nas X on the neck as the singer bites his lower lip and closes his eyes. On the right, Lil Nas X sings while sitting on a throne made of three backup dancers. 

Do you ever watch something really gay / trans / whatever and yell "WOW, I can't believe the youth get to just SEE THIS REPRESENTATION ON TV!!" ? Because not to be all "back in my day," but back in my day, SNL was one Black str8 guy and one white str8 woman and like 14 white str8 dudes. And NOW, not only are there SEVERAL gay performers of SEVERAL different racial backgrounds — enough to do entire sketches about queerness — but there's also shit like LIL NAS X, A 22-YEAR-OLD ANGEL, BEING THE GAYEST THAT ANYONE HAS EVER BEEN IN HUMAN HISTORY ON LIVE TV. 

Can you believe???? That that was just???? On TV?????? I know Lil Nas X has nothing to do with me but I will continue to be his proud uncle beaming in the wings as he stans Nicki and Satan on the SNL stage. 

For this week's Rhubarb, please enjoy this impeccable art made by BFF of the show Zee Griffler.

Photo ID: A photo of Rhubarb, a fluffy grey-orange-white kitten, has been crudely edited in Paint to make it look like she is on a skateboard, wearing a green helmet, and doing a flip off of a ramp. A stick figure holding a camera says "sick jump ruby!" 

Thank you as always for being here, supporting the show, even when we're not in season! Next episode are coming super soon. I appreciate you.

xo,
Yr resident gender detective