Cecilia Gentili's Revolutionary Ask

Latino USA

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Society & Culture

4.9 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2023

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Trans activist, actress and author, Cecilia Gentili, knows the power of stories. Whether she is working at her company Trans Equity Consulting, writing an op-ed for the New York Times, or portraying a character on television, Cecilia believes that sharing her story is a way to advocate for the change she hopes to see. On this episode of Latino USA, Cecilia shares about her new memoir, “Faltas,” which is written as a series of letters to people in her hometown in Argentina. Cecilia talks about how joy and grief intertwine through the narrative, and how sharing her childhood stories is her revolutionary cry to support trans youth.

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0:00.0	I believe that storytelling is advocacy and the advocacy is storytelling.
0:23.9	The best way to create the change that we want in society and in our lives is by sharing
0:30.0	our stories and asking for what we need.
0:33.8	So this book is not just about stories, this book is screaming revolutionary ask to support
0:44.0	trans young folks.
0:49.8	I'm from Fudroniria and PRX, it's Latino USA, I'm Mariano Rosa.
0:54.8	Today, trans activists, actor and author Cecilia Gentili on the intersections of advocacy
1:01.7	and storytelling.
1:06.7	Cecilia Gentili is a very busy person.
1:12.1	I work a lot.
1:14.6	I do a lot of extra activities related with community.
1:21.6	When she's not advising organizations or government agencies on how to better serve
1:27.5	the trans community, Cecilia might be writing an op-ed for the New York Times for speaking
1:33.5	in a rally, sharing her thoughts on the need to decriminalize sex work.
1:38.8	Sex workers are again being forced to the impossible situation of choosing between prioritizing
1:48.4	their heads or having enough money to survive.
1:54.2	Some of you might be familiar with Cecilia for her role as Ms. Orlando on the FX hit series
2:01.6	Pose, a show portraying underground black and Latinx queer culture in the late 1980s and
2:08.6	90s.
2:09.6	Now, are we going to do this or not because it's going to take time?
2:14.7	And I?
2:15.7	I have a hair forming at that.
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