In the six decades since Christine Jorgensen stepped off her SAS flight in New York on February 13, 1953, when the media has deigned to turn the discussion of transsexuality towards transmasculine issues, far too often that discussion has centered on white transmen.
That has been majorly frustrating to me as a Black trans woman and also Black and Latino transmen. They don't get enough television time as is to discuss transmasculine issues, and what little there is has yet to realize they exist, ignores them altogether and the issues unique to being transmen of color.
And frankly, transwomen of color for balance purposes in our communities need to have those stories told.
Latinos are the fastest growing minority group in this country. It would nice to have Latino trans men talking about the cultural issues inside and outside the Latino community that affect their transitions.
To make you go hmm even more, how about Asian transmen? What are the issues that affect them?
It's not like it's hard to find transmen of color who are willing to chat about those issues all over the country. Carter Brown, Dr Kortney Ryan Ziegler, Tiq Milan, Kye Allums and Kylar Broadus for starters can easily and eloquently hold it down on the Black trans masculine end of things.
So yeah media peeps, how about trying harder in the 2K14 to broaden the transmasculine discussion to include transmen of color?
You'll not only broaden and bring about a long needed diversification of the transmasculine conversation, but get some fascinating and compelling stories out of it as well.
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