Paige Kreisman! Hoodies! Giggle got worse somehow!

Friends! Good to see you!

This week on the show, we chat with the inspiring Paige Kreisman about her journey from growing up in an abusive home in rural North Carolina (no abuse details in the show, don't worry) to fighting for universal healthcare, affordable housing and a Green New Deal as a democratic socialist in Oregon. Other topics include:

• Why trans folks serve in the military at double the rates of cis folks (spoiler: it's not because we're super patriotic)
• Why ending incarceration is a trans issue
• Why trans-inclusive healthcare policies in "progressive" states are still failing trans people, and how we can fix it 
• What trans people should know about running for office 
• Why so many trans folks are socialists
• And more! 

To be honest, I normally skip interviews with "politicians," but Paige is a super rad, honest person who calls the US military evil, endorses prison abolition, and knows how to actually fight for trans and other marginalized folks. I super recommend listening to the podcast and donating to her campaign if you're up for it! (Even if you don't live in her area, a trans socialist victory is a victory for all, imo.)

In this week's This Week in Gender segment, we talk about Giggle. If you don't know what Giggle is, I'm not going to explain it here. But if you've already listened to the episode, I regret to inform you that somehow, over the last two days, Giggle's FAQ section has gotten even worse?

Meanwhile, on Twitter, I've heard firsthand accounts of the following:

• Trans women getting into giggle.
• Men getting into giggle. 
• Nonbinary people getting into giggle.
• Cis women getting denied entry into giggle.
  
  It's almost like you can't predict gender by scanning someone's face? But you can profit off of selling their "3D selfies" to facial recognition companies. I'm just saying 👀
  

In merch news, our Nature is Queer items are proving so popular that we're doing a limited one-month run of adult t-shirts! Available for the low low price of $19.69 in our merch store with proceeds benefiting a young trans artist and two incarcerated trans women. What's not to love?

Also new in the shop: our first hoodies! Let us know if you're into these, and we'll make other designs into hoodies as well. Sizes go up to 5XL. 

In other podcast news, I'm on Queersplaining this week, gettin' real vulnerable about mental health and finances and full-time transing and not knowing my own name anymore. I'm very nervous about it, and also very grateful to Callie for inviting me onto one of my favorite trans podcasts. Enjoy?!

Next week on the podcast: the second half of our live episode, featuring gender advice with BFF of the show Z Griffler!

That's it for now. Here's your weekly Rhubarb.

xoxo,
Yr resident gender detective