Samy Nour Younes: A short history of trans people's long fight for equality
سامی نور یونس: تاریخ مختصری ازنبرد طولانی ترنسها برای رسیدن به برابری
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?
را زیاد میبینیم؟
I get this question a lot.
این سوال زیاد ازمن پرسیده میشود.
of American adults
که کمتر از یک درصد بزرگسالان آمریکایی
about 16 percent of non-trans Americans
غیرترنسهای آمریکایی ادعا میکنند
در زندگی واقعی میشناسند.
this may seem like a new topic.
ممکن است که موضوع جدیدی به حساب بیاید.
آنی است که فکر میکنید،
to the Pacific Islands and beyond,
جزایر اقیانوس آرام و دورتر از آن،
who recognize multiple genders,
که جنسیتهای مختلف را پذیرفتهند
and Pakistan, for example,
as 2,000 years ago in the Kama Sutra.
در کتاب کاماسوترا واژه هجرا ذکر شده است.
each have their own terms,
اصطلاحات خاص خود را دارند،
the umbrella term "two-spirit."
استفاده میکنند.
in their communities,
جوامعشان میدیدند،
the spread of colonialism
استعمارگری ادامه داشت که در آن دوران
and trans practices.
شیوه ترنسها را دارند هستیم
who presented as men
their lives as women,
به زندگیشان ادامه دادند.
continued to live as men.
مثل یک مرد به زندگی ادامه دادند.
confined to an asylum
for the rest of his life.
پیراهن زنانه بپوشد.
of self-described androgynes
خنثی معرفی میکردند
against the world's bitter persecution.
در مقابل آزارو اذیت تلخ جهان بود.
one of the earliest trans support groups.
گروههای حمایت از ترنسها تبدیل شدند.
were starting to study trans medicine,
مطالعه درباره درمان ترنسها را شروع کردند
by their trans patients,
از آنها حمایت کردند
who had corresponded extensively
با خیلی از افرادی که بخاطرپوشیدن لباسهای
for public cross-dressing.
شده بودند مکاتبه داشت.
like Alfred Kinsey
and the famous Christine Jorgensen,
کریستین جورجنسن معروف که با علنی کردن
her very public transition in 1952.
were forming their own support networks,
شبکههای حمایتی خودرا تشکیل میدادند
had to carve their own path.
مسیرشان را هموار میکردند.
walked in drag balls.
لباس مردانه پوشیدند.
for their gender expression
هدف پلیس قرار میگرفتند.
on the forefront of seminal events
در خط مقدم اتفاقات آغازگر
at Cooper Do-nuts in 1959,
درکوپر دونات
در سال ۱۹۶۹ شد.
and Marsha P. Johnson,
Action Revolutionaries.
جنبش انقلابی دگرپوشان خیابانی
for equal treatment under the law,
تحت نظر قانون ادامه دادند
higher rates of discrimination,
and the looming AIDS epidemic.
مواجه شدند.
to disenfranchise trans people
رابه جرم اینکه میخواهند
ازحقوق خود محروم کند
taken in Berlin in 1933,
گرفته شده است، اغلب درمتون تاریخی
they considered un-German.
غیرآلمانی میپندارند ازبین میبرند.
is that included in this massive pile
این است که این آثار شامل
for Sexual Research.
the trans movement in America,
درآمریکا بطور خلاصه حرف میزنم.
and his peers in Germany
an early advocate for LGBT people.
طرفداران افراد دگرباش بود.
of trans individuals.
medical services and IDs.
خدمات پزشکی برخوردارشوند.
the Berlin Police Department
for trans research around the world.
ترنسها در سرتاسر دنیا وارد کرد.
to erase trans people,
ازمیان برداشتن ترنسها بود،
اقدام علیه آنها نبود.
why trans people are suddenly everywhere,
میپرسند که این همه ترنس کجا بودند،
that we've been here.
that have been buried by time.
زمان دفن شدهاند، شنیده شوند.
but our struggles have been forgotten
بلکه تلاشهای ما را هم نادیده گرفته شده
that makes trans issues seem new.
مسئله ترنسها مسئله تازه ای بیاید.
who think that our movement
که فکر میکنند جنبش ما
telling us all to be patient,
به ما میگویند که صبور باشید،
trans people have been demanding equality.
که ترنسها به دنبال برابری هستند.
of color who are murdered
که کشته شدهاند و قاتلانشان
to realize they're not alone.
که تنها نیستند.
was an anomaly that would die with me.
نابهنجاری دارم که با من خواهد مرد.
of otherness into my mind,
anyone else like me.
مثل خودم نمیشناختم.
to find a source of pride
هویت و جامعهای که به آن
vibrant community of people
سرزنده و تحسین برانگیزی تعلق دارم
even when others won't,
آنها دست همدیگر را میگیرند
even when we are struggling,
از هم مراقبت میکنند
گرامی داشتن هم پیدا میکنند
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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