185: Transgender Representation w/ Ellie Desautels & Maybe Burke

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🗓️ 17 September 2020

⏱️ 100 minutes

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Summary

Today The Broads are joined by Ellie Desautels (they/them) and Maybe Burke (they/she) to discuss being transgender individuals. They chat about their different childhoods and parental upbringings, how they saw trans people represented through media growing up, why using someone’s correct pronouns is so important, the power of language and how it can be used as a tool, the major lack of transgender representation in the TV and film industry, and much more.

ELLIE DESAUTELS:

Ellie Desautels is a non-binary actor, artist and activist who is best known for their role as Michael Hallowell, a transgender teenage boy, in NBC’s Rise. Ellie received their Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre from Manhattanville College. Ellie’s most recent work was with Mirrorbox Theatre in Cedar Rapids, IA where they starred as Nut in Orange Julius.

Ellie’s greatest passion aside from acting is working to improve trans and non-binary representation in film and television. They also use their platform on Instagram as a space to give representation by living authentically with their cats and their fiancé, Wren.

@ohyouknowellie

MAYBE BURKE:

Maybe Burke (they/she) is an actor, writer, and human rights advocate interested in the stories that haven't been told. NYC: safeword. (American Theatre of Actors), Red Emma & the Mad Monk (Ars Nova, The Tank). TV: Ramy (Hulu), Awkwafina is Nora From Queens (Comedy Central), Tales of the City (Netflix). Maybe is a core trainer with The Transgender Training Institute and the founder of The Trans Literacy Project. @believeinmaybe maybeburke.com

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0:00.0	And welcome to another episode of Shady Brothers with Becca and James.
0:18.8	Well hello, broad hello Becca.
0:21.5	Hello again.
0:22.5	How are you today?
0:23.5	Great.
0:24.5	We're recording a second episode today.
0:28.4	We've been recording two at a time and so we always act like it's the next day because
0:32.2	we're coming at you from a different day.
0:34.2	Oh, there's day.
0:35.2	So good to see you again.
0:37.4	But this is a special episode because we have two very special guests but I do have to
0:42.4	say one of our special guests has been an OG broad like from the get go day one.
0:51.0	This person I have been DMing for a hot hot minute and when I told them that I wanted
0:56.4	to have a conversation they then brought their friend.
0:59.8	I'm so excited.
1:01.4	So let's introduce OG broad Ellie does it tell?
1:05.9	Yeah.
1:06.9	Yes.
1:07.9	And maybe Burke.
1:08.9	Hello.
1:09.9	Thanks.
1:10.9	Not even just an OG broad but like I watched back on our season so it's like I love it.
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