Trans Visibility with Leyna Bloom
TransLash Podcast with Imara Jones
TransLash Media
4.3 • 619 Ratings
🗓️ 25 March 2021
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Imara welcomes the incredible model, actor, dancer and activist Leyna Bloom to the podcast for a conversation about her groundbreaking work. Notably, Leyna will be featured in this year’s Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, making her the first trans woman of color to appear in the yearly publication.
For Trans Joy, Imara welcomes Juniperangelica/Gia Cordova, Associate Director of Gender Justice Leadership Programs at GSA Network & Transgender Law Center, to talk about supporting young trans high schoolers of various experiences’ growth as leaders through “Truth,” and starting The Roses Initiative for trans girls of color.
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Leyna Bloom: @leynabloom (Instagram) @leynabloom (Twitter)
Our Trans Truth: @ourtranstruth (Instagram) @ourtranstruth (Twitter)
Juniperangelica/Gia Cordova: @giaginagirl (Instagram) @giaginagirl (Twitter)
Translash Team: Imara Jones, Oliver-Ash Kleine, Montana Thomas, and Yannick Eike Mirko. Our intern is Mirana Munson-Burke.
Alexander Charles Adams does the sound editing for our show.
With additional sounds by g0ggs and nexotron.
Digital strategy by Daniela Capistrano.
Music: Ben Draghi and also courtesy of ZZK records.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, fam, it's Amara Jones. |
| 0:11.2 | Welcome to the Translash podcast, a show about politics and culture from a trans perspective. |
| 0:18.2 | Today we're celebrating Trans Day of Visibility a little early. Is it ever too early to |
| 0:24.0 | celebrate transvisibility? Here at Translash, we're all about transvisibility all the time. Duh. |
| 0:31.7 | Because telling our own stories is critical to saving trans lives. It puts our humanity and our shine front and center. |
| 0:40.2 | But we'll take any excuse we can to loudly celebrate trailblazers in our community |
| 0:45.0 | and lift up incredible trans people creating change. |
| 0:49.7 | That's why I'm sitting down with the Lena Bloom. |
| 0:53.6 | Sports Illustrated, just announced, she'll be in its summer swimsuit issue, |
| 0:58.9 | making Lena the first openly trans woman of color to be featured in that popular issue. |
| 1:05.1 | All we got to do is keep planting these seeds and watching them grow, |
| 1:07.7 | and they are growing so beautifully. |
| 1:10.5 | Lena is someone who just made news and is creating positive change for our communities. |
| 1:16.7 | That's why, instead of two interviews this episode, I'm doing just one deep dive with Lena, |
| 1:22.8 | and boy, is it deep. |
| 1:25.1 | Before we get into the show, though, I just wanted to thank you for your support of the |
| 1:29.0 | Translash podcast. |
| 1:30.4 | Your love and kind words bring me so much joy and keep us going. |
| 1:35.3 | One review on Apple Podcasts from EJ, I read recently, put a massive smile on my face. |
| 1:41.3 | It said, quote, this podcast has been so needed. Our stories are important |
| 1:46.8 | and everywhere our lives are sacred. Thank you from the bottom of my trans heart. Close quote. |
| 1:54.8 | Thank you, E.J. from the bottom of my trans heart. With that, let's get into the show and tell trans stories to save trans lives. |
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