Samy Nour Younes: A short history of trans people's long fight for equality
Samy Nour Younes: Un scurt istoric al persoanelor transsexuale în lupta lungă pentru egalitate
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?
sunt peste tot?
I get this question a lot.
aud foarte des această întrebare.
of American adults
de 1% dintre adulții americani
about 16 percent of non-trans Americans
16% dintre americanii non-transsexuali
this may seem like a new topic.
acest lucru poate părea un subiect nou.
nu sunt o noutate.
fac parte din această moștenire.
to the Pacific Islands and beyond,
și mai departe,
who recognize multiple genders,
multiple identități de gen,
and Pakistan, for example,
Hijra din India și din Pakistan,
as 2,000 years ago in the Kama Sutra.
în Kama Sutra.
each have their own terms,
the umbrella term "two-spirit."
termenul generic „două spirite”.
in their communities,
în comunitățile lor,
the spread of colonialism
odată cu răspândirea colonialismului
and trans practices.
cât și practicile transsexuale.
who presented as men
care se deghizau în bărbați
în războiul civil din SUA.
their lives as women,
s-au reîntors la viața lor ca femei,
continued to live as men.
și-au continuat viața ca bărbați.
confined to an asylum
închis într-un azil
for the rest of his life.
pentru tot restul vieții sale.
of self-described androgynes
un grup auto-denumit androgin
against the world's bitter persecution.
înverșunate din întreaga lume.
one of the earliest trans support groups.
grupuri de sprijin pentru transsexuali.
were starting to study trans medicine,
au început să studieze medicina trans,
by their trans patients,
who had corresponded extensively
care a corespondat intens
for public cross-dressing.
îmbrăcăminte neadecvată în public.
like Alfred Kinsey
precum Alfred Kinsey
and the famous Christine Jorgensen,
și faimoasa Christine Jorgensen,
her very public transition in 1952.
tranziției sale publice din 1952.
were forming their own support networks,
își formau propriile rețele de sprijin,
had to carve their own path.
trebuiau să-și croiască singure calea.
walked in drag balls.
mergeau la baluri îmbrăcați în femei.
„reginele străzii”,
for their gender expression
pentru exprimarea lor liberă
on the forefront of seminal events
evenimentelor de la începuturile
at Cooper Do-nuts in 1959,
de la Cooper Do Nuts din 1959,
and Marsha P. Johnson,
și Marsha P. Johnson,
Action Revolutionaries.
Action Revolutionaries.
for equal treatment under the law,
pentru un tratament egal conform legii,
higher rates of discrimination,
ridicate de discriminare,
and the looming AIDS epidemic.
to disenfranchise trans people
să descurajeze persoanele trans
taken in Berlin in 1933,
realizat la Berlin în 1933,
they considered un-German.
au ars lucrări considerate non-germanice.
is that included in this massive pile
că din această grămadă masivă
for Sexual Research.
Institutului de Cercetare Sexuală.
the trans movement in America,
despre mișcarea trans din America,
and his peers in Germany
și colegii săi din Germania
an early advocate for LGBT people.
primii susținători ai drepturilor LGBT.
of trans individuals.
medical services and IDs.
servicii medicale și acte.
the Berlin Police Department
persoanele LGBT,
for trans research around the world.
privind cercetarea asupra transsexualilor.
to erase trans people,
de a elimina transsexualii.
why trans people are suddenly everywhere,
dintr-o dată transsexuali sunt peste tot,
that we've been here.
that have been buried by time.
îngropate de timp.
but our struggles have been forgotten
și eforturile noastre au fost uitate
that makes trans issues seem new.
de transsexuali poate părea unul nou.
who think that our movement
că această mișcare
telling us all to be patient,
care ne îndeamnă să avem răbdare
este „încă nouă”.
trans people have been demanding equality.
luptă pentru a avea drepturi egale.
of color who are murdered
care sunt ucise
nu sunt niciodată condamnați?
to realize they're not alone.
să realizeze că nu sunt singure.
was an anomaly that would die with me.
e o anomalie care va muri odată cu mine.
of otherness into my mind,
ideea că sunt diferit,
anyone else like me.
cunoșteam pe nimeni ca mine.
mai devreme pe strămoșii mei,
to find a source of pride
vibrant community of people
de oameni extraordinari și vibranți
even when others won't,
chiar și atunci când ceilalți nu o fac,
even when we are struggling,
chiar și atunci când le e greu,
în ciuda tuturor,
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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