“Wait, Is This a Date?” Podcast Episode 203: Dating guys | Autostraddle

A fun reality regarding queer neighborhood is actually people have actually knowledge dating men. No, I am not merely discussing the cis gay kids — i am writing about almost all of

the

listeners! (Though I do wish we’ve extreme contingency of cis gay male listeners tbh.) Whether you are a lesbian exactly who dated males as a teenager or a queer individual who dates a lot of genders, our very own community is actually too mixed and sex is way too complex to leave males — cis and trans — regarding our very own conversations.

That is why recently the subject is dating men and the really special visitor is actually blogger, movie director, podcaster, symbol, and my closest friend, Gaby Dunn! For individuals who do not know all of them, Gaby is internet dating guys throughout their whole identification trip. They talk to united states about internet dating guys when they believed these were a cis lady and matchmaking guys since they can be as transmasculine. We also get to the terrible cis males from Boston that Christina dated before coming out and wonder the reason why We have a desire to shag Jon Hamm.

But 1st! We play a game title we name “Netflix & Shill” that requires these types of questions as: just how homosexual could be the Olsen dual vehicle

Nyc Minute

?


PROGRAM NOTES

+ if you like a lot more of Gaby consider
the bout of Bad with Money
that Christina and I had been on just last year.

+ Since recording, Gaby had gotten their particular two brand-new Swayze tattoos!


+ and simply a note: you need to see

Path Home

.

+ essential video footage of
Jenifer Lewis on 2019 GLAAD prizes
:

+ Jaida Essence Hall. The
hottest pig in the city.

+ see Gaby’s brief film,

Grindr Child

.




EPISODE


Gaby:

I do believe if I get top surgery, it will alter greatly. Which is my personal fear usually when I have leading surgery, these guys are going to be want, “hold off a minute.”


Christina:

“hold on tight. You got the titties out.”


Gaby:

Correct. That’s what I Do Believe.


Christina:

“What’s going on?”


Gaby:

“hold off a minute. You have got full hair on your face and shh, nevertheless these titties tend to be giving me personally an aside” right after which when I don’t possess all of them, I’m interesting the things theyare going to consider.


[theme tune performs]


Drew:

Hi, I’m Drew.


Christina:

I’m Christina.


Drew:

This is,

Hold off, So Is This a night out together?


Christina:


Hold off, Is This a Date?

is an Autostraddle podcast all about matchmaking and learning if everything is times and other topics, even as we decide, those topics shall be, as we capture even more attacks with this podcast labeled as,

Wait, So Is This a Date?

That got a turn. Reached say, did not expect an individual phrase to come out of my personal mouth area in this purchase, but wow, right here our company is.


Drew:

We noticed that within our intro, I have given you the obligation of claiming new things everytime. We say, “Introducing Wait, So is this a romantic date?” i quickly go, “Christina,” and you get to just ad-lib and it is always interesting.


Christina:

It is usually anything. As the saying goes, hefty is the head that wears the top and my personal crown is actually, sometimes, these headphones and this also podcast.


Drew:

Incredible. I am Drew Gregory. I am an author for Autostraddle, a filmmaker. You stated finally time that I always paused before we say my personal identities. Once again, I’m a queer trans girl and basic homosexual individual.


Christina:

That is gorgeous. I Am Christina Tucker. I am also an author at Autostraddle while the internet are plentiful, Im a gay cis lady. By doing so, i believe we are a really stunning staff.


Drew:

As I contemplate Christina, I think cis girl.


Christina:

Yeah.


Drew:

I don’t believe huge faggot.


Christina:

Yeah. No. thanks. That’s, really, additionally a big element of my identification will be a gigantic faggot.


Drew:

Yeah.


Christina:

I have heard a rumor you have a game title in my situation.


Drew:

We certain would.


Christina:

By I heard a rumor, I mean, you texted me personally right.


Drew:

Yeah.


Christina:

In many ways, what is a rumor? Who is going to state? It can be what you may want it to be in the interests of a podcast.


Drew:

I really hope this might be fine.


Christina:

Oh child.


Drew:

I’m simply going to talk for a while therefore need not say everything because Really don’t want you to incriminate yourself.


Christina:

Okay.


Drew:

You regularly work with an account called, Many. It wasn’t had by Netflix. I don’t actually comprehend the internal workings, but essentially, it had been accountable for discussing the queer content material on Netflix monthly. Today, before Netflix made a decision to fire a bunch of their unique queer workers prior to Pride, before

that,

you were part of the team that has been accountable for pitching what I would state is Netflix’s lackluster queer material. Each month, the absolute most membership had been assigned with publishing the queer material when it comes down to month. Very often, there was clearlyn’t enough queer content material and/or queer content material that has been here, Netflix, for whatever reason, don’t like to promote given that it ended up being maybe also edgy or was actually foreign or any.

Most of the items that’s on these lists is to call it queer is actually good-sized, but since you don’t have that job, I thought you can carry out one final hurrah, a-two weeks notice if you will that was maybe not provided through this firm. I have a game title labeled as, “Netflix and Shill” in which i’ll identify brands which were throughout the month-to-month “and this is what’s queer and visiting Netflix.” You will findn’t viewed them all, but I do think that several commonly… at the least the queerness is actually slight or minor or supporting character. The things I’m want to from you is for that show me exactly why this work of media is indeed profoundly crucial that you queer history together with queer society.


Christina:

Okay. I think I’m able to try this rather than get prosecuted.


Drew:

Great.


Christina:

I believe that is exciting.


Drew:

Great. Well, okay. Our very own first name is actually, a Netflix flagship collection. We’re going to opt for

Bridgerton

.


Christina:


Bridgerton

.

Bridgerton

is significantly important to the queer neighborhood as a result of two stars, the leads of, i assume, this last season tend to be both queer. We enjoy queer stars in the event they are both playing directly in that way.


Drew:

That is really stunning.


Christina:

Yeah.


Drew:

Queer actors could play right functions.


Christina:

Yes, they could. Truly, Jonathan Bailey did a pretty impressive work of being a straight guy. Great for him.


Drew:

I really do love that. Okay. Upcoming up,

Would it be Cake?


Christina:


Can it be Cake?

Truly, of Netflix reality demonstrates that we watched within my tenure there, I’d a basketball watching

Could it be Cake?

in fact it is possibly a discuss how many bad real life programs there are or how broken my personal head had been by this job. It is difficult to state.

Is it Cake?

had a bevy of queer contestants and in addition, lots of homosexual judges including Rebecca dark, which was very fun and thrilling.


Drew:

Appropriate. That’s nice.


Christina:

Yeah.


Drew:

Okay. The ’90s film,

You Have Mail.


Christina:

Fast cameo from Sara Ramirez and Nora Ephron actually is able to compose and gays like writing. I am not sure.


Drew:

In my opinion we would like writing. I am able to verify that.


Christina:

It isn’t the best with the Ephrons, but it’s here. It really is in the canon.


Drew:

Yes.


Christina:

But i actually do imagine it was that 10-second Sara Ramirez moment.


Drew:

Okay. Wow. I was attending state i ought to rewatch it because Really don’t bear in mind them in it, but perhaps i ought ton’t rewatch it. Who’s to express. Following upwards is actually,

I Know That Which You Did Finally Summertime.


Christina:

I’m going to draw a large old blank about this one. Gays carry out love terror such that I do not because I am not that sort of gay. Screaming is camp. I am not sure. Who is able to state?


Drew:

You heard it right here, people, screaming is camp.


Christina:

Who can say? Really don’t know easily’ve actually observed that motion picture, to be truthful. I must have as like children. I have to have viewed it and made the decision, no, horror is not for me personally.


Drew:

Next upwards is one that you most likely have seen.

Ny Minute.


Christina:

That’s the Lindsay Lohan movie, I do believe.


Drew:

In my opinion it really is Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen.


Christina:

Absolutely a Lindsay one thatis also about ny, but which has something you should perform with luck or something like that. Again, Mary-Kate and Ashley tend to be legendary and that they are swamp witches today and won’t do anything typical with the exception of similar, make huge beige garments your Row, and that is somehow quite gay of them, but really, I really don’t imagine I have come across that film.


Drew:

Wow.


Christina:

I do support the Olsens inside their work.


Drew:

I adore that.


Christina:

And/or their own diminished work recently. In my opinion which is actually similarly inspirational. They truly invest their particular time as children.


Drew:

The next one We have not observed while most likely have not observed it. I attempted to Google how gay it was and I don’t think its homosexual. Maybe its homosexual and that I merely…

The Lincoln Attorney

. Is

The Lincoln Lawyer

gay?


Christina:

What?


Drew:

With Matthew McConaughey?


Christina:

In case it is, Im shocked to learn it. I’m trying to… No, i have not witnessed it. I understand a bit about Lincoln. He had been tall.


Drew:

He was additionally reported to be like a little homosexual, and that’s why i am love, “Was The Lincoln attorney about… was Matthew McConaughey playing a gay attorney?” Really don’t think so considering my personal quick Google, but listener, if you have observed

The Lincoln Lawyer

, please send us an email. Exactly how homosexual will it be?


Christina:

Yeah. My guess will say that there is some softly gay subplot or there is a gay star involved.


Drew:

Great.


Christina:

That might be both explanations it might result in the listing.


Drew:

Okay.

My Best Friend’s Wedding.


Christina:

Probably the most legendary gay friend, i do believe, in history in Rupert Everett. Genuinely, the only rom-com which has had an ending that I ever actually identified with because woman, you’ll be alone but you’ll get finest gay buddy here on wedding ceremony for you personally. This is certainly gay society.


Drew:

That has been a simple one, nevertheless felt worth pointing out. This, in addition, can be a simple one for you specifically, the 1982,

Annie.


Christina:

Though i’m a musical faggot, man, would I hate

Annie?

Because son, would I detest young children singing above almost everything around. I’ve found them all incredibly annoying. I believe, “sunlight can come away Tomorrow” is one of the worst tunes in music movie theater history.


Drew:

Bernadette Peters is within that one, right?


Christina:

Bernadette is actually this 1. That is the one with Bernadette, which feels like enough might possibly be sufficient for me. She actually is famously a sticker on my drinking water container, but I got absolutely nothing.


Drew:

That’s not an expression. I do want to explain.


Christina:

No.


Drew:

Which actually… Absolutely a Bernadette Peters sticker-on Christina’s liquid bottle. Yeah, observing it now. There you are going.


Christina:

She actually is above Viola Davis.


Drew:

That is gorgeous.


Christina:

I adore record. Herstory, I’m sorry.


Drew:

I’ve three a lot more. Oscar nominated film,

Do Not Look-up.


Christina:

Cate Blanchett gets to state whatever she wishes for the reason that

Carol,

I do believe. I think that’s all.


Drew:

Okay.


Christina:

Gay men like Ariana Grande.


Drew:

Yeah. I undoubtedly noticed that film though i enjoy imagine during my mind that I didn’t given that it was actually so incredibly bad, but I didn’t bear in mind there becoming any homosexual characters. Was actually Jennifer Lawrence bisexual in it?


Christina:

She had a bisexual haircut in it.


Drew:

Okay. That’s adequate. Okay. Two even more.

My Minimal Pony: An Innovative New Generation.


Christina:

I don’t know what the results are with those ponies.


Drew:

Are they gay?


Christina:

They can be ponies. My instinct says certainly. There is something gay about stating the phrase, “My little pony,” exactly what occurs on that plan, that’s not my personal company.


Drew:

Great. Well, we an additional, which I have no idea if you had observe this option for work, but I heard situations.

Diana: The Music.


Christina:

Oh kid performed we watch

Diana: The Music.

Which was very difficult to view. I understand discover a contingent of movie theater gays that love, “No. In fact, we are fearlessly developing to state that

Diana: The Musical

is brilliant.” I would like to have a very long talk to those gays because i will be perplexed by that. Well, it really is music, so method of exactly like, gays like a musical, and, i believe the girl valet or something is homosexual yet not particularly gay, but features a large gay guy dressing a fairly woman fuel. Boy, that music ended up being awful.


Drew:

Can there be reference to helps with the musical?


Christina:

Oh yeah, discover an entire, actually, world that I really blocked as a result of trauma because it is a music quantity about having HIV and AIDS and it’s poor, poor, bad lyrics.


Drew:

Wow.


Christina:

Lyrically a flop.


Drew:

Wow. Well, it was a truly breathtaking time.


Christina:

Yeah.


Drew:

Many thanks for playing this dangerous video game with me. I’d exactly like to declare that while Really don’t help big corporations or comedians who are transphobic, i actually do love the tv series, Intercourse Education and I also would simply take Netflix cash in order to make my own show each time they want. Merely getting that from the record.


Christina:

In my opinion which is the thing are in the record.


Drew:

Perhaps following this we’ll pop some popcorn and view The Lincoln Lawyer.


Christina:

I like that. Of the many movies about listing, that is the one for which you’re like, “I’ve got some concerns we got to untangle truth be told there.”


Drew:

Well, let us move on to our very own subject from the week, that’s dating men. We often state, we an extremely special guest because do not really do like not special friends because what’s the point of experiencing a podcast regarding.


Christina:

Yeah.


Drew:

But this person is my closest friend. I shall let them introduce by themselves.


Gaby:

Oh my personal Jesus. Hi. I’m Gaby Dunn. I am Drew’s closest friend. I’m also a writer and a noted internet bisexual craigslist gay personals. Yeah. We operate in television and film. Often publications, sometimes podcasts. I’m sure you will carry out the thing at the end, that’s like, “promote anything you should advertise or whatever.” I won’t bore you up very top, but…


Christina:

Do not.


Gaby:

Yeah. Mainly, i will be your own pal. Hi.


Christina:

Yeah.


Gaby:

Yeah.


Christina:

Yeah. That’s the best part, In my opinion.


Drew:

Ever dated a man?


Gaby:

Oh my personal Jesus. Oh man. Okay. Listed here is my personal trip.


Drew:

Yeah.


Gaby:

I happened to be just like the bisexual cis woman of the internet for a while. We, yeah, dated a lot of males. Today, I’m like a nonbinary transmasculine person. I am nevertheless internet dating males, but it is different. My personal partner is a transmasculine individual. They are on testosterone, subsequently others i am seeing are several trans guys. There is one cis man, but he’s lifeless in my opinion at this time and then other individuals that… It’s gotten to become more of a T4T situation upwards in here, but yeah, I used to date plenty of… We’re roasting cis guys. Usually that which we’re carrying out?


Drew:

No. No, I’d never. No. In my opinion the thing I’m enthusiastic about is, once we were first speaking about the summer season and possible topics and guests, it was back January, I became like, “Oh, well, once, we might have Gaby, I think are going to a person.” That’s also an interesting vibrant. I don’t know about this, however it undoubtedly hasn’t not become a reality in certain methods. I’m contemplating only mapping the trajectory of the many various ways. Demonstrably, sex is actually complex. Every specific relationship is a unique connection, but i understand Christina features knowledge online dating cis males as a cis lady. You have experienced online dating cis guys as a “cis lady.”


Christina:

Positive.


Drew:

You may have experience online dating trans men as a “cis lady.”


Gaby:

Yeah, air estimates. Air estimates around all of that.


Drew:

Yeah. You can’t begin to see the environment quotes because—


Christina:

Oh they were able to notice them. These were very clear into the audience.


Gaby:

Yeah.


Drew:

Today, you’re a transmasculine person nonetheless internet dating men, both cis and trans. I’m not sure. I am simply contemplating entering the difference and certain patterns.


Gaby:

Certain.


Drew:

And exacltly what the union were to men as… actually, absolutely a huge difference in being a closeted transmasculine individual and a cis woman.


Gaby:

Yeah.


Christina:

Yeah.


Drew:

Both of you offer those viewpoints and wow.


Christina:

Yeah.


Drew:

How fascinating personally.


Gaby:

Okay. Discover the fact. I’m 8 weeks on T, at this time, these days. Definitely a very different trip. I arrived on the scene as nonbinary this past year, very nearly a year ago. I found myself however super femme at the time although, what does which means that? I got long-hair, but I are in possession of clipped my personal locks. I’m on T. The T is starting showing. You will find slightly mustache. I still have breasts. I recently you shouldn’t actually ever admit all of them. Now, it really is just a little interesting making use of cis right males that we see because i am love, “carry out i must care about everything you determine as? Really does that issue for me? Preciselywhat are you? What are you seeing myself because? Understanding this?”