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There is still so much acceptance, representation and visibility needed for trans women of color and gender non-conforming people of color. ”
Me feeling ambiguous about my gender identity has been a lifelong feeling, certainly. ”
Some people's gender identity conforms to the sex they were assigned at birth, and some people's identity doesn't. That realization was certainly very freeing for me - and could be very freeing for other people. ”
I think one of the biggest misconceptions is that only gender non-conforming, non-binary, or trans people have a gender identity. But the truth is, everyone has a gender identity. ”
I absolutely think it is more acceptable for people who were assigned female at birth to dress in a typically gender non-conforming way. There was a time when people of all genders had long hair and anyone who wanted to wore jewelry - it was more a sign of status than a sign of femininity, per se. ”
I have disregarded gender when deciding which part to audition for. ”
Because I was assigned female at birth and I am light-skinned, white, I think people hear my message more than they hear it from someone who was assigned male at birth and is a person of colour. ”
I was assigned female at birth. My gender identify is non-binary. ”
What I learned through my research is that the word 'actor,' specifically in reference to those who performed in plays, came about in the late 1500s as a non-gendered word. It applied to all people, regardless of anatomical sex or gender identity. ”
Non-binary is a term used by some people, myself included, who feel that their gender identity falls outside the tradition boxes of man or woman. ”