Samy Nour Younes: A short history of trans people's long fight for equality
سامي نور يونس: نبذة تاريخية موجزة عن النضال الطويل للأشخاص المتحولين جنسيًا من أجل المساواة
Samy Nour Younes is a trans actor and activist who highlights the diversity of the trans experience -- not just in their struggles, but also in their triumphs. Full bio
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suddenly everywhere?
المتحولون جنسيًا فجأةً في كل مكان؟
I get this question a lot.
of American adults
من البالغين الأمريكيين
about 16 percent of non-trans Americans
فحوالي 16% من الأمريكيين غير المتحولين
في حياتهم الواقعية.
this may seem like a new topic.
بالنسبة إلى 84% الآخرين.
من ذلك الإرث.
to the Pacific Islands and beyond,
إلى ما وراء جزر المحيط الهادئ،
who recognize multiple genders,
بانتمائهم لأنواع اجتماعية متعددة،
and Pakistan, for example,
as 2,000 years ago in the Kama Sutra.
قبل 2000 سنة في كاما سوترا.
each have their own terms,
قواعدها الخاصة،
the umbrella term "two-spirit."
in their communities,
في مجتمعاتهم المحلية،
the spread of colonialism
and trans practices.
وممارسات المتحولين جنسيًا.
تم تقديمهن كرجال
who presented as men
في الحرب الأهلية الأمريكية.
their lives as women,
continued to live as men.
واصلن حياتهن كرجال.
confined to an asylum
for the rest of his life.
of self-described androgynes
مجموعة من الذين يصفون أنفسهم بثنائيي الجنس
(Cercle Hermaphroditos).
against the world's bitter persecution.
ضد اضطهاد العالم المُر.
الداعمة للمتحولين جنسيًا.
one of the earliest trans support groups.
من القرن الماضي، بدأ الباحثون الطبيون
were starting to study trans medicine,
وقد ساعدهم مرضاهم المتحولون جنسيًا،
by their trans patients,
who had corresponded extensively
توافقت على نطاق واسع
for public cross-dressing.
لارتدائهم ملابس الجنس المغاير علنًا.
like Alfred Kinsey
and the famous Christine Jorgensen,
وكريستين جورجينسن الشهيرة،
her very public transition in 1952.
في عام 1952.
were forming their own support networks,
يشكلون شبكاتهم الداعمة الخاصة
had to carve their own path.
شق طريقهم الخاص.
التي سارت في مشهد دراق جريء.
walked in drag balls.
for their gender expression
لتعبيراتهم الجندرية
on the forefront of seminal events
at Cooper Do-nuts in 1959,
في مقهى كوبر دونانتس عام 1959،
and Marsha P. Johnson,
سيلفيا ريفارا ومارشا بي جونسون،
Action Revolutionaries.
ترانسفيستات أكشن ريفولوشنريز.
for equal treatment under the law,
من أجل المساواة في المعاملة بموجب القانون،
higher rates of discrimination,
and the looming AIDS epidemic.
to disenfranchise trans people
إلى حرمان الأشخاص المتحولين من حقوقهم
taken in Berlin in 1933,
التي حدثت في برلين عام 1933،
they considered un-German.
التي اعتبروها غير ألمانية.
is that included in this massive pile
في هذه الكومة الضخمة
for Sexual Research.
the trans movement in America,
في أمريكا،
and his peers in Germany
an early advocate for LGBT people.
لمجتمع المثليين.
of trans individuals.
الأفراد المتحولين.
medical services and IDs.
والهويات الشخصية.
the Berlin Police Department
for trans research around the world.
بشأن المتحولين حول العالم.
to erase trans people,
للقضاء على المتحولين،
المتحولون جنسيًا فجأةً في كل مكان؟
why trans people are suddenly everywhere,
that we've been here.
that have been buried by time.
والتي دُفنت مع مرور الوقت.
but our struggles have been forgotten
ولكن نُسيت صراعاتنا
that makes trans issues seem new.
تبدو قضايا المتحولين جديدة.
who think that our movement
يعتقدون أن حركتنا
telling us all to be patient,
يخبروننا أن نكون صبورين،
trans people have been demanding equality.
قد طالب المتحولون جنسيًا بالمساواة.
غير البيضاوات اللواتي قُتلن
of color who are murdered
to realize they're not alone.
الآخرون أنهم ليسوا وحيدين.
was an anomaly that would die with me.
وستموت معي.
of otherness into my mind,
anyone else like me.
to find a source of pride
وقتًا طويلًا،
vibrant community of people
الرائعين والنابضين بالحياة
even when others won't,
حتى عندما لا يفعل الآخرون ذلك،
even when we are struggling,
حتى عندما نعاني،
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Samy Nour Younes - Actor, activistSamy Nour Younes is a trans actor and activist who highlights the diversity of the trans experience -- not just in their struggles, but also in their triumphs.
Why you should listen
Samy Nour Younes's most recent credits include Into the Woods (Ford's Theater), The Triumphant and Pay No Attention to the Girl (Target Margin Theater), and Well Intentioned White People (Barrington Stage). He can also be seen on season four of Transparent.
As an activist, Nour Younes served on the leadership teams of the DC Area Transmasculine Society and the Baltimore Transgender Alliance. He has coorganized rallies for Pride, Transgender Day of Remembrance and more. He also leads panels on the barriers trans people face in accessing health care and has participated in national ad campaigns to promote awareness of LGBTQ+ issues.
Nour Younes was the cohost of insighT with Consuella Lopez, a DC-based online talk show with an all-trans panel. He aims to highlight the diversity of the trans experience -- not just in their struggles, but also in their triumphs. As of 2019, he has written one ten-minute play, Ancestral Lines and Other Tall Tales, which will be published in the upcoming Latinx Archive. He is currently developing two new works, including a solo show, both of which he aims to premiere in 2019.
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