About this episode

Tuck chats with author Julián Delgado Lopera about his new novel and various topics related to transgender culture and activism.

Tuck chats with author Julián Delgado Lopera (he/him). Topics include: Why Julián chose to focus on a closeted travesti in his new novel Creating intergenerational trans friendships and navigating inevitable conflict Protesting in Bogotá and navigating Colombian gender bureaucracy Untranslatable Spanglish, transsexual grammar, travesti poetics, and the beautiful transfemme tradition of lying-i-mean-myth-making :) Plus: Alison Bechdel vs Carson Kressley in Provincetown?! This Week in Gender: We hear from a friend and supporter of Amber Kim . Submit a piece of Theymail : Today's message was from Jaman Dunn-Danger . Find Julián at juliandlopera.com and @juliandlopera . Pretend You're Dead and I Carry You is available now (and on sale on Bookshop !) Find transcripts and starter packs at genderpodcast.com . We're also on Instagram @gendereveal. Senior Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman Logo: Ira M. Leigh Music: Breakmaster Cylinder Additional music: Blue Dot Sessions Sponsors: Max Burns UX (mention Rhubarb) & DeleteMe (code: TUCK20)

People in this episode

Host: Tuck Woodstock

Guest: Julián Delgado Lopera

Topics covered

• transgender literature
• intergenerational friendships
• Colombian gender issues
• Spanglish
• travesti culture
• protesting
• myth-making

Keywords

• transgender
• travesti
• Colombia
• literature
• friendship
• protest
• Spanglish
• Amber Kim
• Alison Bechdel
• Carson Kressley

Sponsors

Max Burns UX, DeleteMe

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: genderpodcast.com

Books & works: Creating, Pretend You're Dead and I Carry You

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