Horse Barbie: A Conversation with Geena Rocero
TransLash Podcast with Imara Jones
TransLash Media
4.3 • 619 Ratings
🗓️ 1 June 2023
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Imara is joined by the model and author of Horse Barbie: A Memoir, Geena Rocero. They discuss Geena’s childhood and experience as a pageant queen in the Philippines and her later immigration to the United States. It’s a powerful conversation where Geena shares about her fear of being outed while working as a model in the 90’s, her decision to come out publicly and what it means for her to tell her story.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, fam, it's me, Amara. |
| 0:11.1 | Welcome to the Translash podcast, a show where we tell trans stories to save trans lives. |
| 0:16.5 | Well, it's the first day of Pride Month, a month that is associated both with celebration and protest, |
| 0:24.7 | but it's also a time where we can reflect on who we are, how far we've come, and where we want to go. |
| 0:31.8 | But if you're looking for a way to celebrate outside of the parades and parties that I just mentioned, I would highly recommend |
| 0:39.2 | picking up a copy of a new. Must read memoir, Horse Barbie. Horse Barbie is a triumphant and powerful |
| 0:47.0 | story of survival, love, and joy written by my friend, the history-making model, Gina Rosero. |
| 0:55.8 | I'm so excited to be joined by Gina today to talk about the book and her incredible journey |
| 1:01.7 | from pageants in the Philippines to the elite modeling world of New York City and beyond. |
| 1:08.7 | Now, since Horse Barbie contains plenty of trans joy, we're just going to jump right |
| 1:14.6 | into my conversation with Gina to feel it all. |
| 1:17.7 | Music I'm so thrilled to be joined by model, public speaker, and now author Gina Rosero. |
| 1:38.5 | Born and raised in the Philippines, Gina, has been modeling since she was discovered at 21 years old. She's been making history in the |
| 1:46.4 | industry, including as the first trans woman to be named as Playboy Playmate of the year in 2020. |
| 1:52.5 | Since first coming out in her iconic 2014 TED Talk, Gina has given speeches everywhere |
| 1:58.6 | from the White House to the United Nations. |
| 2:01.6 | She made her directorial debut with Caretaker, a docu series about Filipinos in Carework, which received four Emmy nominations. |
| 2:10.6 | Gina is also the founder of Gender Proud, a media production company that tells stories about trans and gender non-conforming communities |
| 2:19.2 | across the world. I'm especially excited to talk with you, Gina, about your memoir, Horse Barbie, |
| 2:25.1 | which hit bookshelves on May 30th. Thank you so much for joining us. Thank you for having me. I'm so |
| 2:31.2 | excited to have this conversation. Truly appreciate for having me. |
| 2:34.6 | Thank you. Well, first of all, I just want to say that I can't wait for the movie. |
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