Samy Nour Younes: A short history of trans people's long fight for equality
Samy Nour Younes: Uma breve história da longa luta dos transexuais pela igualdade
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?
há transexuais por toda a parte?
fazem-me esta pergunta, com frequência.
I get this question a lot.
of American adults
dos norte-americanos adultos
como transexuais.
about 16 percent of non-trans Americans
uns 16% dos americanos não transexuais
na vida real.
this may seem like a new topic.
isto pode parecer um tópico novo.
é mais antiga do que se julga,
to the Pacific Islands and beyond,
às ilhas do Pacífico, e não só.
who recognize multiple genders,
que reconhecem múltiplos géneros,
da Índia e do Paquistão,
and Pakistan, for example,
as 2,000 years ago in the Kama Sutra.
no Kama Sutra.
each have their own terms,
têm os seus próprios termos
the umbrella term "two-spirit."
abrangente de "dois espíritos".
in their communities,
nas suas comunidades,
the spread of colonialism
dos transexuais,
and trans practices.
e práticas transexuais.
who presented as men
que se apresentavam como homens
na Guerra Civil dos EUA.
their lives as women,
retomou a sua vida, como mulher
continued to live as men.
continuaram a viver como homens.
confined to an asylum
internado num asilo
for the rest of his life.
até ao fim da sua vida.
of self-described androgynes
de andróginos — assim se intitulavam —
against the world's bitter persecution.
contra as perseguições brutais do mundo.
one of the earliest trans support groups.
grupos de apoio dos transexuais.
were starting to study trans medicine,
começaram a estudar medicina transexual,
by their trans patients,
pacientes transexuais,
who had corresponded extensively
que se correspondera extensamente
for public cross-dressing.
por usarem roupas trocadas em público.
like Alfred Kinsey
como Alfred Kinsey
and the famous Christine Jorgensen,
e a conhecida Christine Jorgensen,
her very public transition in 1952.
com a sua transição pública em 1952.
were forming their own support networks,
formavam as suas redes de apoio,
had to carve their own path.
tinham de abrir o seu caminho.
walked in drag balls.
passeavam de vestido de baile.
for their gender expression
por causa da expressão do seu género
on the forefront of seminal events
de eventos de referência
at Cooper Do-nuts in 1959,
em Cooper Do-nuts, em 1959,
and Marsha P. Johnson,
e Marsha P. Johnson,
Action Revolutionaries.
de Ação de Travestis da Rua.
for equal treatment under the law,
por um tratamento igual, perante a lei,
higher rates of discrimination,
taxas mais altas de discriminação,
and the looming AIDS epidemic.
e o espectro da epidemia da SIDA.
to disenfranchise trans people
privar de direitos os transexuais
que é a nossa.
taken in Berlin in 1933,
nos manuais de História
they considered un-German.
obras que consideravam anti alemãs.
is that included in this massive pile
é que, naquela enorme pilha,
for Sexual Research.
de Investigação Sexual.
the trans movement in America,
o movimento transexual nos EUA,
and his peers in Germany
e os seus pares, na Alemanha
an early advocate for LGBT people.
defensores das pessoas LGBT.
of trans individuals.
sobre transexuais.
medical services and IDs.
e bilhetes de identidade.
the Berlin Police Department
das pessoas LGBT
queimou a biblioteca dele,
for trans research around the world.
na investigação mundial dos transexuais.
to erase trans people,
de apagar os transexuais
surgem transexuais por toda a parte,
why trans people are suddenly everywhere,
that we've been here.
aqui estivemos.
that have been buried by time.
que foram sepultadas pelo tempo.
but our struggles have been forgotten
como as nossas lutas têm sido esquecidas
esta questão dos transexuais parece nova.
that makes trans issues seem new.
who think that our movement
que pensa que o nosso movimento
que nos dizem para termos paciência
telling us all to be patient,
"ainda é recente".
trans people have been demanding equality.
os transexuais exigem a igualdade.
qualquer coisa
of color who are murdered
que são assassinadas
enfrentam a justiça?
to realize they're not alone.
percebam que não estão sozinhos.
was an anomaly that would die with me.
era uma anomalia que morreria comigo.
of otherness into my mind,
de estranheza na minha cabeça
anyone else like me.
ninguém como eu.
mais cedo algum antepassado,
to find a source of pride
a encontrar uma fonte de orgulho
vibrant community of people
espantosa e vibrante de pessoas
mesmo quando outros não o fazem,
even when others won't,
even when we are struggling,
mesmo quando estão a debater-se,
para festejarem em conjunto,
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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