#10 Tyler Ford - On Being Agender & Protecting Yourself Online

Ctrl Alt Delete

emma gannon

Authors, Wellbeing, Arts, Books, Social Media, Creativity

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🗓️ 21 May 2016

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Tyler Ford is a writer, activist and model living in NYC. In Tyler’s own words: “being Agender means not being confined by expectations or by labels”. They have written for New York Times, Rookie, the Guardian, MTV - as well as being one of Dazed’s 100 visionary talents in 2016. Tyler has also worked with Miley Cyrus on the Happy Hippie Foundation and gives constant advice and support to the LGBTQA youth community. We discuss Tyler's experiences being trans and queer, how to protect yourself online, how to make friends as an introvert and how to be the best possible version of yourself, online and offline.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome back to Control Alt Delete the podcast with the same name as my book
0:04.6	that is out in 52 days. Sorry about the plug, got to get it in there. It's nearly
0:08.8	out guys, it's nearly out so I have to. So thanks for tuning in again. This is episode 10 which is quite a
0:15.2	milestone for me considering that I only launched this podcast last month and there's
0:20.2	ten episodes under my belt I cannot believe it. It's been amazing fun to make and thank you so much for tuning in having tweeted about it or shared it or downloaded it. Really appreciate it. So thank you.
0:31.7	Today's episode is really really exciting. I'm so over the moon
0:35.5	to have this guest on the podcast. Today I have Tyler Ford who is
0:40.1	incredible a 25-year-old New York-based agender writer, speaker and media personality.
0:46.0	Tyler's written for Rookie, MTV, and lots of other places like The Guardian about their experiences
0:52.1	as a queer transgender person.
0:54.0	Tyler was crowned one of the best social media stars of 2015 by MTV
0:58.0	and picked as one of days 100 talents shaping youth culture in 2016. So a very, very inspiring person. Tyler has also
1:07.2	done a lot for the LGBT-QA youth at MTV and in general and has also worked with Myly Cyrus on the Happy Hippie Foundation, designing
1:16.2	t-shirts for the clothing line and also speaking at schools all around the nation.
1:20.5	Tyler was also Myly's date last year at the Amfar event, which is incredible.
1:26.0	And I often find myself googling Myli's speech from that night.
1:30.0	It's just so inspiring.
1:31.0	Tyler is absolutely amazing,
1:33.1	and I really hope you enjoyed this episode.
1:34.7	We talk a lot about social media and life online,
1:37.4	but also how to be the best version of yourself.
1:40.4	I think Tyler is actually in Europe right now doing talks and lots of inspirational things
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