Episode 120: Jo Krishnakumar

Tuck speaks with writer and researcher Jo Krishnakumar (they/them). (CW: anti-trans violence 37-42) Topics include:

• The neurodivergent need to take your pain and put it into ~projects~
• How casteism continues to impact queer and trans spaces 
• Reimagining “the closet” as a cave, a balcony, or a nest
• How different trans communities interact in India
• Plus: Googling "Am I gay?”

This Week in Gender: New study shows that trans kids stay trans. (Riley MacLeod weighs in.)   

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