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Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.63,0:00:06.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In May of 2014,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.44,0:00:10.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Time Magazine said that our society\Nhad reached the transgender tipping point.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.18,0:00:14.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that was the headline\Non the cover of the magazine that month,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.34,0:00:18.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they paired that with a photo\Nof actress Laverne Cox.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.81,0:00:20.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you may know Laverne Cox's name,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.76,0:00:23.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she is the actress who plays Sophia Burset
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.18,0:00:26.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the incredibly popular Netflix show\N"Orange is the New Black".
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.71,0:00:29.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I often talk about Laverne Cox
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.96,0:00:35.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because she has a pretty important\Nposition in terms of the acting world.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.28,0:00:36.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She is one of the few people
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.98,0:00:40.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who plays a trans character,\Nbut is also trans herself.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.67,0:00:42.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She identifies in the same way\Nas her character.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.96,0:00:45.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So Sophia identifies\Nas a transgender woman,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.73,0:00:48.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Laverne Cox holds that same identity.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.50,0:00:50.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, lots of people know Laverne Cox,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.76,0:00:52.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is why I bring her up often
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.68,0:00:55.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I do trainings\Nabout transgender identity.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.99,0:00:59.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, in those trainings,\Nquestions quickly emerge,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.04,0:01:03.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and those questions tend to revolve\Naround language and words.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.35,0:01:08.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So here is just a handful,\Na tiny sliver of words
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.85,0:01:10.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the trans community uses
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.74,0:01:14.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to talk about\Ntheir own experiences of gender.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.54,0:01:17.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And again, there are lots more out there
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.39,0:01:19.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than just the ones\Nthat you see on this screen.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.84,0:01:23.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We could fill up this screen,\Nand fill up many, many TED talks
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.39,0:01:26.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with just talking about\Nthese different identities.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.00,0:01:29.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I bring this up
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.28,0:01:33.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the trans dictionary\Nis not complete, and it's changing.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.86,0:01:36.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if these words,\Nyou've never heard these before,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.27,0:01:38.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not surprised.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.70,0:01:43.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right now, online, the trans community\Nis still making new words
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.39,0:01:47.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to describe their experiences\Nand describe their own ideas
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.54,0:01:49.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about their gender identity.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.79,0:01:51.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's what's amazing right now,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.86,0:01:53.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and potentially some of the reasons
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.71,0:01:57.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why that Time Magazine piece talked about\Nthe transgender tipping point.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.28,0:02:01.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Internet allows trans folks\Nto access each other
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.29,0:02:03.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in ways that's amazing.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.74,0:02:06.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So communities have started to be built
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.07,0:02:09.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in really dramatic and impressive ways.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.04,0:02:13.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And because these trans folks\Nare able to connect with one another,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.57,0:02:16.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,language has emerged,\Nand language has evolved.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.59,0:02:22.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me situate myself\Nin this conversation.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.08,0:02:25.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I identify as a female-to-male trans man.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.91,0:02:28.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that means for me,\Nthat I was assigned female at birth
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.93,0:02:32.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,though that didn't really jive
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.08,0:02:36.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with how I thought of myself,\Nand how I existed in the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.04,0:02:38.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was raised in Alabama,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.13,0:02:40.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which, if any of you know\Nanything about the South,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.69,0:02:44.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the South has very specific ideas\Nabout gender;
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.24,0:02:46.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very specific ideas about what it means
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.42,0:02:49.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be masculine or feminine,\Nor male or female,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.46,0:02:52.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I didn't really fit into those ideas.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.36,0:02:54.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that was OK for a while.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.07,0:02:56.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I existed in sort of a tomboy space,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.49,0:03:00.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for most of my young adulthood,\Nor my young childhood,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.06,0:03:02.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I didn't get a lot of flack for that.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.24,0:03:04.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wasn't really bullied all that much,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.36,0:03:07.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until about middle school, junior high.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.39,0:03:10.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's really when I got\Nthe very clear message
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.47,0:03:12.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I was not performing my gender
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.73,0:03:16.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the way other people expected me to.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.09,0:03:20.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I tried to modify it;\NI tried to meet people's expectations,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.61,0:03:24.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I just failed over and over again\Nbecause it didn't feel genuine to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.83,0:03:26.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It didn't feel right.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.40,0:03:28.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I had no idea how to talk about that.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.80,0:03:33.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't have any words to understand\Nwhat that meant for a long time.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.64,0:03:37.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Until I was about 23, 24 years old.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.06,0:03:39.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So those of you who are in your 30s,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.29,0:03:42.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- the "old folks" in the room\Nto the high school students -
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.45,0:03:44.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you might remember
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.08,0:03:47.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an early social media platform\Ncalled LiveJournal.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.33,0:03:50.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,LiveJournal was a place\Nwhere relatively emo kids like me
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.92,0:03:54.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would talk about our parents,\Nand how mean they were,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.26,0:03:59.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I would moan and groan\Nover the new Dashboard Confessional album.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.41,0:04:00.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.92,0:04:03.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it was also a place\Nwhere you could connect with folks.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.92,0:04:06.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You could connect with folks\Nwho shared your identities,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.70,0:04:08.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or shared interests that you had.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.80,0:04:11.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you had your own personal blog page,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.21,0:04:14.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you also had a space\Nwhere you could join community groups.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.87,0:04:19.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One day, while I was just roaming\Nthrough LiveJournal, bored after class,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.92,0:04:25.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I found a page dedicated\Nto talking about FTM trans people.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.62,0:04:29.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I found a blog entry by this kid\Nwho was my same age,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.85,0:04:31.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and his name was Blake.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.50,0:04:35.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was talking about how he came\Nto understand his gender identity,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.60,0:04:38.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the words that he used to describe it,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.17,0:04:42.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and his journey on how he understood\Nwhat it meant to be
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.09,0:04:45.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a transgender person\Nand a transgender man.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.07,0:04:47.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Within the course of that one blog entry,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.59,0:04:50.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my whole idea of myself shifted.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.33,0:04:52.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had finally found language.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.32,0:04:55.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had finally found the words\Nto understand myself
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.73,0:04:57.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through the words of someone else.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.69,0:05:01.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had never had that before,\Nand it was incredibly powerful.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.54,0:05:04.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because language is super important.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.47,0:05:08.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Language is crucial\Nto understanding ourselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.48,0:05:12.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and understanding the position\Nthat we hold within society.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.83,0:05:15.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So any of you who have tried\Nto learn a new language,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.76,0:05:19.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or you grew up in a household\Nwhere multiple languages were spoken,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.56,0:05:24.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know the importance of shared\Ndefinitions and shared meanings of words.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.45,0:05:27.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But even though we might speak\Nthe same technical language,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.54,0:05:31.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it doesn't mean we understand\Nthe words that a cultural group may use
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.72,0:05:33.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we don't belong to,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.48,0:05:37.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the way that language evolves\Nand changes over time.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.02,0:05:41.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I want to talk about some of these\Nterms that were on that earlier slide,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.73,0:05:44.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'll start with\Nthe term "transgender".
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.10,0:05:47.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Transgender was coined in the 1960s,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.58,0:05:50.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,though it didn't really get adopted\Nfor wide use
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.83,0:05:53.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until the late 1980s to 1990s.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.56,0:05:56.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there's lots of different definitions\Nof transgender out there,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.76,0:05:59.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but my personal favorite\Nis the one that's on the screen.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.75,0:06:05.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is from Susan Stryker,\Nshe's a trans author, historian, activist,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.42,0:06:09.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she says that her understanding\Nof the word "trangender",
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.54,0:06:13.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's "the movement across\Na socially imposed boundary
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.67,0:06:16.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,away from an unchosen starting place."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.61,0:06:20.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the reason why I like\Nthis definition so much
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.72,0:06:25.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that it highlights that I didn't get\Nto pick where I started from.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.68,0:06:30.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was born female assigned at birth\Nand was raised accordingly.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.58,0:06:35.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it does highlight\Nthat you can move away from that.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.35,0:06:38.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And often, when we talk about\Ntrans folks moving away
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.56,0:06:40.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from that unchosen starting point,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.44,0:06:42.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're talking about transition.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.35,0:06:45.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the term "transition" can mean\Na lot of different things.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.30,0:06:47.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's no one way to transition,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.20,0:06:49.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there's no one right way to be trans.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.94,0:06:55.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But transition often refers to social\Ntransitions and medical transitions.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.34,0:06:59.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So a social transition involves\Nessentially the coming out process:
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.56,0:07:03.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,discovering for yourself, "What are\Nthe words that feel comfortable for me?",
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.79,0:07:06.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"How do I think about my gender?",
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.19,0:07:08.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then communicating that\Nto other people.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.67,0:07:10.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Be it saying, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.15,0:07:12.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"My name is Jay now,\NI want you to call me that,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.48,0:07:15.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I want you to use male pronouns\Nwhen you refer to me."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.30,0:07:17.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And claiming a transgender identity,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.40,0:07:19.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whatever that might mean for the person.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.82,0:07:23.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And a medical transition\Nrefers to medical interventions
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.57,0:07:25.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you could do to your body.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.40,0:07:28.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Medical interventions are vast,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.60,0:07:30.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's lots of different types of them,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.68,0:07:33.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but not all trans people want\Nor need medical transition.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.86,0:07:38.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, some trans folks say,\N"This is absolutely necessary."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.05,0:07:42.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I need access to this kind of care\Nto feel comfortable with my body,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.06,0:07:44.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to align my body\Nwith the way that I think,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.68,0:07:46.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,align it with my mind."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.85,0:07:48.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But again, not all trans people do this.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.92,0:07:51.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there are some folks\Nwho say, "I don't need that."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.69,0:07:55.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I feel OK with my body; I don't need\Nto necessarily modify it too much,"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.70,0:07:59.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- lots of different variations of the way\Nthat folks can medically transition.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.73,0:08:02.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I'll also put a caveat in here
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.11,0:08:05.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that medical transition is expensive.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.58,0:08:07.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not covered under health\Ninsurance often,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.82,0:08:10.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so it's out of pocket expenses.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.59,0:08:13.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're talking about often\Nmedically necessary care
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.40,0:08:15.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that people have to pay for themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.73,0:08:18.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this can range\Nanywhere from 5,000 dollars,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.42,0:08:23.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the low end of the various\Nsurgical procedures that are out there,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.23,0:08:27.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,upwards to 30,000-50,000 dollars\Nfor just one procedure.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.38,0:08:31.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is cost prohibitive often\Nas well for some folks.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.45,0:08:33.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's not for everyone,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.68,0:08:37.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not every trans person goes through\Na transition in exactly the same way.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.44,0:08:39.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But let's get back to some of the words
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.52,0:08:41.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we were talking about\Non that earlier slide,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.94,0:08:44.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and let's get back\Nto some historical words
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.15,0:08:46.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you may know\Nabout the trans community.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.67,0:08:51.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there have been a lot of words that\Nhave been used to refer to trans folks,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.42,0:08:53.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and some of them\Nhave fallen out of fashion.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.53,0:08:55.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of them are not being used widely.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.89,0:08:58.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And some of these words\Ncan even be harmful and hurtful
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.60,0:09:00.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for trans folks to hear.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.38,0:09:03.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I'll talk about the term\N"transexual" in a minute,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.36,0:09:05.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I'll start with "transvestite".
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.41,0:09:09.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the term "transvestite" was used\Nwidely in the 60s and 70s
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.54,0:09:12.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,among transgender communities\Nto refer to themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.60,0:09:15.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a word that trans folks adopted.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.46,0:09:16.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And even to the point
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.76,0:09:21.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of one of the earliest social movements\Nthat we know of for transgender people
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.67,0:09:23.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,included the word\N"transvestite" in the name.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.91,0:09:28.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"STAR" stands for Straight\NTransvestite Action Revolutionaries.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.34,0:09:31.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This group which was started\Nby two of the pioneers
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.68,0:09:34.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in terms of transgender\Nhistory in the United States,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.29,0:09:36.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.25,0:09:38.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was a New York City-based group
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.55,0:09:43.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that advocated for young trans,\Nqueer, people of color,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.24,0:09:46.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,folks who were experiencing\Nhomelessness and poverty,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.64,0:09:50.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in an attempt to advocate for the cause.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.37,0:09:53.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this word was used\Nas an affirming term,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.54,0:09:57.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,though, con temporarily,\Nthis term is largely offensive.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.85,0:10:02.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The term "transvestite" is not used\Nby and large really at all today
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.39,0:10:05.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,within the modern transgender community.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.96,0:10:09.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We'll go back to the word "transexual".
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.46,0:10:13.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Transexual" as a term is\Nreally the oldest word that we have
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.04,0:10:15.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to refer to folks who feel
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.29,0:10:18.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that their body doesn't align\Nin the same way as their mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.75,0:10:23.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, "transsexual" con temporarily\Nis still used, and it refers to
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.29,0:10:26.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,someone who wants\Nto undergo medical transition
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.25,0:10:28.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or who has undergone medical transition.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.44,0:10:33.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And "transsexual" is a word that has a lot\Nof baggage for the transgender community.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.13,0:10:34.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some folks in the community say,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.79,0:10:37.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"That's the word that I use,\Nthat's how I understand my gender."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.94,0:10:41.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Other folks say, "I really dislike that\Nword; it makes me feel uncomfortable."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.85,0:10:44.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I tend to fall\Non the "I don't like this word;
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.37,0:10:47.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it makes me feel uncomfortable"\Nside of that coin.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.31,0:10:51.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For me at least, the term "transsexual"\Nhas the word "sex" in it;
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.25,0:10:55.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that kind of makes us think\N"trans" is not really a gender identity,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.78,0:10:59.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it has something to do with\Nsexuality and sexual orientation.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.23,0:11:03.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And for me, that feels gross;\Nit feels kind of icky.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.20,0:11:06.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Though I would never tell another\Nperson, another trans person,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.40,0:11:09.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,say, "You can't use that word\Nbecause I don't like it."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.17,0:11:13.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If someone identifies\Nas a transsexual, cool, no big deal.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.59,0:11:17.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't identify as a transsexual;\NI prefer the term transgender myself,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.58,0:11:19.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I'm not going to tell another person
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.64,0:11:22.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what words they should use\Nto describe themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.38,0:11:23.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I will caution you
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.89,0:11:26.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the term transsexual\Nis probably not the best word
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.92,0:11:28.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you should use on a day to day basis
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.92,0:11:30.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unless you know
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.43,0:11:34.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that that person identifies\Nas a transsexual instead of transgender.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.43,0:11:37.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this idea about language though;
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.86,0:11:40.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to come back\Nto contemporary thinking about language
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.93,0:11:42.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the trans community.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.76,0:11:44.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a number of different ways
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.42,0:11:48.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to think about the words\Nthat the transgender community uses,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.06,0:11:52.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I want to pose a suggestion\Nas to how we can think about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.05,0:11:54.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, we can think about\Ntransgender identities
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.63,0:11:59.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as binary transgender identities\Nand non-binary transgender identities.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.50,0:12:01.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two different ways to think about
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.12,0:12:04.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trans folks and the way\Nthat we think about our genders.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.48,0:12:07.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when I say "binary", I'm referring to
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.33,0:12:10.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we have two categories that are\Ncompletely opposite of one another,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.84,0:12:13.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,never the twain shall meet.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.28,0:12:15.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, we live in a very binary world:
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.95,0:12:18.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,male-female, gay-straight, black-white,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.98,0:12:21.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially as it relates to gender.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.96,0:12:24.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have a lot of assumptions about gender
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.08,0:12:27.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,based on this binary idea\Nthat there are only men and women,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.20,0:12:29.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they are two totally different groups
Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.23,0:12:31.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that don't have anything in common\Nwith one another.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.72,0:12:36.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have trans identities\Nthat myself and other folks
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.00,0:12:41.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who work in transgender activism\Nare starting to call "binary identies",
Dialogue: 0,0:12:41.71,0:12:45.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I consider myself to have\Na relatively binary trans identity:
Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.79,0:12:48.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I transitioned from female to male.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.13,0:12:52.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are other folks\Nwho transitioned from male to female.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.22,0:12:56.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Celebrities like Janet Mock,\NCaitlyn Jenner,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.72,0:13:00.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Laverne Cox\Nwho we talked about earlier,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.30,0:13:03.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also there are trans men\Nwho are relatively famous
Dialogue: 0,0:13:03.12,0:13:04.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like Chaz Bono.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.84,0:13:08.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The media talks about binary identities
Dialogue: 0,0:13:08.07,0:13:10.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as it relates to transgender people.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.54,0:13:15.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is largely why we don't often know,\Nnon-binary identity folks.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:15.65,0:13:19.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because I think,\Nmy understanding of this is
Dialogue: 0,0:13:19.75,0:13:24.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that binary identities reinforce\Nour gender ideas.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:24.57,0:13:28.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They make sense; we don't have\Nto challenge a bunch of stuff
Dialogue: 0,0:13:28.07,0:13:31.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to talk about binary identities\Nlike I have;
Dialogue: 0,0:13:31.13,0:13:34.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's something that folks\Ncan wrap their minds around
Dialogue: 0,0:13:34.43,0:13:36.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a little bit of education.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:38.03,0:13:40.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what the media leaves out
Dialogue: 0,0:13:40.46,0:13:44.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are folks who essentially give\Na big middle finger to the binary.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.30,0:13:46.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They say, "Screw your ideas about gender.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:46.82,0:13:51.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The ideas we have in society we have\Nabout gender are essentially stupid,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:51.27,0:13:54.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I want to make them--\NI want to mess them up."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:54.64,0:13:58.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Non-binary identities,\Nthere's a list of some of them here
Dialogue: 0,0:13:58.63,0:14:00.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- I'm not going to define all of them.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:00.70,0:14:02.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You all have the Google machine;
Dialogue: 0,0:14:02.34,0:14:04.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you all have the power\Nto look these things up -
Dialogue: 0,0:14:04.77,0:14:06.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I'll give you a couple examples
Dialogue: 0,0:14:06.67,0:14:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of folks I know who have\Nthese non-binary identities.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:10.60,0:14:14.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So first, as someone who identifies \Nas a non-binary trans woman,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:14.16,0:14:18.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she lives in California, \Nshe's a college student in her 20s
Dialogue: 0,0:14:18.16,0:14:20.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and works at a local nonprofit
Dialogue: 0,0:14:20.32,0:14:23.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that works with high school\Ngay-straight alliances.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.40,0:14:26.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And for her, being \Na non-binary trans woman
Dialogue: 0,0:14:26.45,0:14:30.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,means that she blurs \Nthe line of femininity.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:30.47,0:14:33.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She mostly presents \Nin relatively feminine ways,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:33.80,0:14:38.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she goes by a feminine name,\Nshe wears typically female clothes,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:38.82,0:14:42.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but combines those feminine attributes
Dialogue: 0,0:14:42.03,0:14:47.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,occasionally, with completely rocking out\Na mustache and a goatee.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:47.09,0:14:50.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because for her, she's not just feminine.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:50.56,0:14:53.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And to think about herself \Nin just that narrow way
Dialogue: 0,0:14:53.52,0:14:55.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seems inauthentic to her.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:55.80,0:14:59.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She wants to embrace her whole self, \Nand that involves her facial hair.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:00.04,0:15:05.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another example of a non-binary identity\Nis a friend who I know from the South,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:05.21,0:15:07.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they identify as agender.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:07.52,0:15:10.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They use \Nthe gender-neutral pronoun "they"
Dialogue: 0,0:15:10.80,0:15:12.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- it's not a binary gender term -
Dialogue: 0,0:15:12.95,0:15:15.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and for them, they say,\N"I don't have a gender.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:15.91,0:15:19.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I am genderless, or gender is at least\Nnot a very important part of my life;
Dialogue: 0,0:15:19.83,0:15:23.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's not a way \Nthat I think of myself primarily."
Dialogue: 0,0:15:23.31,0:15:27.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So these non-binary identities are\Nchallenging our ideas about gender
Dialogue: 0,0:15:27.97,0:15:32.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in ways that binary identities\Nsometimes don't do as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:32.27,0:15:34.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are constantly saying,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:34.08,0:15:39.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Your understanding \Nof gender in the world is silly,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:39.13,0:15:42.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we don't need it;\Nwe can live outside of these boxes."
Dialogue: 0,0:15:43.23,0:15:45.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what does all of this mean?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:45.16,0:15:48.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do you do \Nwith all of this information?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:48.01,0:15:52.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have some suggestions for you\Nand some advice, if you'll indulge me.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:52.50,0:15:55.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first is listen and learn.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:55.43,0:15:59.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen to trans folks\Nwhen we talk about our experiences,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:59.08,0:16:03.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,listen to how we say the words\Nthat are important to us,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:03.11,0:16:05.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reflect those words back to us,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:05.08,0:16:08.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and be comfortable learning new things.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:08.22,0:16:12.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lots in the landscape of trans identities\Ncould be relatively new.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:12.18,0:16:13.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Be OK with that.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:13.54,0:16:16.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's all right; we'll all \Nget through it together.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:16.58,0:16:18.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Challenge assumptions,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:18.36,0:16:21.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Challenge those things that nag you\Nin the back of your head,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:21.68,0:16:23.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you don't know why.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:23.24,0:16:25.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So stop thinking about \Npeople's body parts
Dialogue: 0,0:16:25.80,0:16:27.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or what their name used to be,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:27.47,0:16:30.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or what's really going on with them.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:30.40,0:16:32.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Take people at their face value.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:32.21,0:16:35.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Someone says that this is \Nhow they identify, be cool with that.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:35.76,0:16:38.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when you think about \Nbinary identity ideas,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:38.67,0:16:40.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,try to challenge those.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:40.41,0:16:43.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And say, "Those don't necessarily matter."
Dialogue: 0,0:16:43.52,0:16:45.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And be an ally.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:45.23,0:16:48.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just like the transgender\Ndictionary has changed over time,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:48.89,0:16:50.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the word "ally" has undergone
Dialogue: 0,0:16:50.66,0:16:54.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a pretty massive transformation\Nin the past five years.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:54.42,0:16:58.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Among activist circles, \N"ally" used to be this identity term:
Dialogue: 0,0:16:58.75,0:17:01.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I'm an ally," and you get to claim it.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:01.74,0:17:03.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Almost like a noun.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:03.55,0:17:07.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Ally" is no longer a noun.\N"Ally" is more thought about as a verb.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:07.14,0:17:11.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Ally" is something that you earn.\NYou do something to become an ally.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:11.44,0:17:13.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can also think about an accomplice.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:13.92,0:17:17.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,An ally means being an accomplice\Nwith the trans community
Dialogue: 0,0:17:17.57,0:17:20.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not just sitting on the sidelines saying,\N"Yeah you do that,"
Dialogue: 0,0:17:20.50,0:17:22.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's being active and involved.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:22.55,0:17:27.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So ways that you can be an ally involve\Nshowing up at trans events.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:27.58,0:17:31.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Omaha has a large and thriving trans\Ncommunity and we do stuff.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:31.14,0:17:32.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Feel free to come.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:32.79,0:17:37.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you're invited, we'd love to have\Nfolks come to transgender events.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:37.70,0:17:42.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Speak up for us \Nwhen we can't maybe do it for ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:42.03,0:17:45.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't speak over us, don't speak for us,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:45.32,0:17:48.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but sometimes it's unsafe \Nfor us to speak out,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:48.08,0:17:51.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and call someone when they're doing stuff\Nthat's a little transphobic.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:51.82,0:17:55.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you might be better positioned \Nto do that than I might be.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:55.24,0:17:57.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It might be really unhealthy \Nfor me to do that,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:57.67,0:18:00.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you could do that with relative ease.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:00.54,0:18:05.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And also, now that you know better,\Ndo better and help all of us
Dialogue: 0,0:18:05.55,0:18:07.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not just some of us, break through.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:07.80,0:18:08.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:08.85,0:18:09.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)