Gender Reveal

Tuck chats with writer Lucy Sante (she/her). Topics include:  Why Lucy finally transitioned after avoiding it for nearly 60 years Why the worst trans memoirs are like pre-cooked bacon What does it mean to identify as a bohemian? Reading about the Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries in the newspaper as a high school student Plus: Trans lit recs; vibe shifts at the Strand; and how Harry Potter ruined a visit to a Portuguese bookstore This Week in Gender: Cecilia at St. Patrick’s. (Full video on YouTube. Read more in Vogue. More photos via Time. Here’s a recap of the aftermath. Most importantly, donate to the Legacy Fund!) Find Lucy at lucysante.com. I Heard Her Call My Name is available now. Other texts referenced: Low Life by Lucy Sante  Nevada by Imogen Binnie Andrea Long Chu (generally) Can the Monster Speak? by Paul Preciado I Want What I Want by Geoff Brown April Ashley’s Odyssey by Duncan Fallowell & April Ashley  Apologia Pro Vita Sua by John Henry Newman Confessions by Jean-Jacques Rouss