Who Really Fights for the Trans Community?
Clip: Season 2 Episode 3 | 1m 17sVideo has Closed Captions
Olivia Hill talks about the two type of allies for the trans community that she sees.
NPT producer Jerome Moore sits down with Olivia Hill, Tennessee’s first transgender elected official. Hill dives into her background and the motivations that led her to enter politics, highlighting the challenges she faced, including the loss of male privilege, experiences of transphobia, and the potential strain on personal relationships.
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Who Really Fights for the Trans Community?
Clip: Season 2 Episode 3 | 1m 17sVideo has Closed Captions
NPT producer Jerome Moore sits down with Olivia Hill, Tennessee’s first transgender elected official. Hill dives into her background and the motivations that led her to enter politics, highlighting the challenges she faced, including the loss of male privilege, experiences of transphobia, and the potential strain on personal relationships.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship- You mention advocacy, talking about community engagement.
You know, this buzzword goes around a lot, right?
Ally, right?
- Yes.
- What does that actually mean to you, being an ally of the TransUnion community, being an ally of elected officials that are trying to build power and community?
What does that mean to you precisely?
- Well, there's really, in my opinion, there's two types of allies.
- Okay.
- And there's a type of ally that says, I'm 100% okay with you - Okay.
- to your face.
- Okay.
- And then behind your back, you're like, I'm not so sure I'm okay with the trans community.
I mean, I tell Olivia I'm okay with her, but I don't really know.
And then you have the person who says they're an ally and says, Olivia, I'm with you a 100%.
And then you're in a smaller group with other people, with no other trans people around and they make a slur or something about the trans community and that person stands up for you while you're not there.
- Hmm.
- And so there's two different types of allies.
- Yeah.
- There's an ally that will really fight for the LGBT community - Yeah.
- when there's not an LGBT person around - Yeah.
- and then there's the people that do it because it's a boutique cool thing to do.
It's like, Hey, yeah, I'm an ally.
I am okay with that, you know.
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Understanding and Supporting TN Trans Community
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Clip: S2 Ep3 | 1m 51s | Olivia Hill addressed what Tennessee could do to support the transgender community. (1m 51s)
Losing White Male Privilege After Transitioning
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Clip: S2 Ep3 | 1m 35s | Olivia Hill speaks on the loss of white male privilege she experienced upon transitioning. (1m 35s)
Overcoming Transphobia to Embrace Self-Discovery
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Clip: S2 Ep3 | 1m 26s | Olivia Hill addresses overcoming her own transphobia on the road to self-discovery. (1m 26s)
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