Samy Nour Younes: A short history of trans people's long fight for equality
새미 누르 유네스(Samy Nour Younes): 평등을 위한 트랜스젠더 긴 싸움에 대한 짧은 역사
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?
나타나게 된 이유가 뭘까요?
I get this question a lot.
저는 이런 질문을 꽤나 받았습니다.
of American adults
미국 성인 중 1% 미만의 인구가
about 16 percent of non-trans Americans
약 16%의 비 트랜스젠더 미국인은
this may seem like a new topic.
아마 새로운 주제일지도 모르겠네요.
나타난 것이 아닙니다.
생각보다 오래되었습니다.
그 유산의 부분입니다.
to the Pacific Islands and beyond,
태평양의 섬들과 그 너머에 이르기까지
who recognize multiple genders,
젠더들을 인정해왔습니다.
and Pakistan, for example,
as 2,000 years ago in the Kama Sutra.
인용되었습니다.
each have their own terms,
지칭하는 각자의 단어가 있지만
the umbrella term "two-spirit."
포괄적 용어로 부릅니다.
사회의 샤먼이나 치유자로 보았고
in their communities,
the spread of colonialism
계속 되었습니다.
and trans practices.
모두 살펴보아야 합니다.
who presented as men
남자처럼 행세한 여자들을 생각해보세요.
their lives as women,
여자의 삶으로 돌아갔지만
continued to live as men.
계속 남성으로 살았습니다.
confined to an asylum
for the rest of his life.
입도록 강요 받았습니다.
of self-described androgynes
만들어졌습니다.
against the world's bitter persecution.
함께 저항하는 것이었습니다.
one of the earliest trans support groups.
옹호 단체들 중 하나가 되었죠.
were starting to study trans medicine,
트랜스젠더 의학을 연구하기 시작했는데
by their trans patients,
환자들로부터 많은 도움을 받았죠.
who had corresponded extensively
사람들과 광범위하게 교류했죠.
for public cross-dressing.
like Alfred Kinsey
연결시켜 주었습니다.
and the famous Christine Jorgensen,
유명한 크리스틴 요르겐슨 등이 있었는데
her very public transition in 1952.
공식 커밍아웃을 해서 화제가 되었습니다.
were forming their own support networks,
지원 네트워크를 형성해가는 동안
had to carve their own path.
앞길을 개척해 나갔어요.
walked in drag balls.
여장을 한 채로 걸어 다녔습니다.
이라고 불렸는데
for their gender expression
종종 경찰에게 요주의 인물이 되었고
on the forefront of seminal events
선두에 서게 되었습니다.
at Cooper Do-nuts in 1959,
스톤월 여관 시위 등이죠.
and Marsha P. Johnson,
마샤 피 존슨
Action Revolutionaries.
행동 혁명가들)을 설립했습니다.
for equal treatment under the law,
대우를 위해 계속 싸워왔고
higher rates of discrimination,
and the looming AIDS epidemic.
불구하고 이를 계속해 왔죠.
to disenfranchise trans people
자신의 삶을 살아가려고 하는 데 대해
taken in Berlin in 1933,
they considered un-German.
어떻게 불태웠는지 보여줍니다.
is that included in this massive pile
이 거대한 더미 안에는
for Sexual Research.
포함되어 있다는 것입니다.
the trans movement in America,
운동을 살펴보았는데
and his peers in Germany
그의 동료들이
an early advocate for LGBT people.
성소수자 옹호가였습니다.
of trans individuals.
책이라고 할 만한 것을 썼습니다.
medical services and IDs.
받도록 도와주었죠.
the Berlin Police Department
차별을 없애기 위해 일했고
for trans research around the world.
큰 타격을 주었죠.
to erase trans people,
고의적인 시도였고
why trans people are suddenly everywhere,
도처에 있냐고 물을 때 마다
that we've been here.
우린 늘 여기 있었다는 것입니다.
that have been buried by time.
but our struggles have been forgotten
우리의 투쟁 또한 잊혀졌습니다.
that makes trans issues seem new.
이슈가 새로운 것처럼 보이게 하겠죠.
who think that our movement
많은 사람들은 우리의 운동이
telling us all to be patient,
좋은 의도를 가진 동지들도 있습니다.
“아직도 새로운 것”이기 때문입니다.
trans people have been demanding equality.
평등을 요구해왔는지를 인정하면요.
of color who are murdered
뭐라도 해야 할까요?
절박해 보이지 않나요?
to realize they're not alone.
그들이 혼자가 아님을 알았으면 합니다.
was an anomaly that would die with me.
비정상적인 것이라 생각하며 컸습니다.
of otherness into my mind,
제 머리 속에 세뇌시켰고
anyone else like me.
이를 믿었습니다.
to find a source of pride
오래 걸리지는 않았을 것입니다.
자부심의 근원 말입니다.
vibrant community of people
커뮤니티에 소속되어 있고
even when others won't,
그렇지 않을 때도 서로를 지지해주며
even when we are struggling,
서로를 돌보아줍니다.
이렇게 말할 이유를 찾습니다.
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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