“I was a closeted trans girl doing what I could to hide that fact from everyone, including myself. Since leaving high school, I had curated a personality to throw anyone off the scent of me being queer. These were my beards.”
Too often, fat/trans/Black folks are taught to ignore our natural instincts—for food, water, a bathroom break, or a nap—because something else is “more important.”
For the first time ever in my professional life, I felt like I could exhale a breath I hadn’t realized I’d been holding.
“The thing they don’t tell you about setting boundaries is that it’s going to cost you something. You gain a lot, but it doesn’t mean setting a boundary and sticking to it is always going to feel good. I know now that setting those boundaries with my family led me to grief. “
Transcript for Episode 54 of the TransLash Podcast with Imara Jones, ‘Trans Sci-Fi, Cosplay, & Comics’.
Mine is not the most conventional journey for a musician to have, but I’m glad I took it because I’m more comfortable with not just my voice, but myself.
Transcript for Episode 53 of the TransLash Podcast with Imara Jones, ‘Cybersecurity for Trans People’.
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“Being gender non-conforming allows me to think about the truth behind the homophobia and transphobia passed down to my parents as the residue of a long history of colonization.”
Access the IG Live replay of Imara Jones’ acceptance speech and the panel discussion that followed.
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