Traveling While Trans
TransLash Podcast with Imara Jones
TransLash Media
4.3 • 619 Ratings
🗓️ 27 July 2023
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
It’s time for summer vacation! Imara takes a look at the joys and complications of travel for the trans community. First, she’s joined by Nala Touissant, founder of Reuniting of African Descendants (ROAD), who discusses her work facilitating healing and connection between trans and queer people across the African Diaspora, and the magic of cross-border cultural exchange. Then Imara is interviewed by Gender Reveal's Tuck Woodstock, where the two discuss traveling internationally while trans, how to be an ethical tourist, and the benefits of getting away.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey fam, it's me, Amara. |
| 0:10.4 | Welcome to the Translige podcast, a show where we tell trans stories to save trans lives. |
| 0:16.3 | Well, we're in full swing of summer right now, and it's the best time for road trips and beach vacations and international adventures. |
| 0:26.0 | Travel can be incredibly relaxing and enriching, but traveling while trans can come with a host of challenges. |
| 0:34.0 | Now, y'all may know from my Instagram that I personally love to travel and believe that going somewhere can be deeply restorative. |
| 0:42.7 | So we're mixing things up on the podcast today by having me as one of the guests. |
| 0:48.8 | First, I'm joined by the founder of Reuniting of African descendants Nalaint, about how travel can heal and connect people |
| 0:57.3 | across borders. For me, it's a reminder that I get to author and co-create a different |
| 1:02.3 | atmosphere and to be with another atmosphere and see what are the possibilities from there. |
| 1:07.4 | Then, in a trans-slash-first, I'm going to turn the microphone back on myself. |
| 1:13.3 | I'm joined by journalist, educator, and host of the podcast Gender Reveal, Tuck Woodstock, |
| 1:18.6 | who will interview me about international travel as a trans person. |
| 1:23.6 | You know, there are nearly 200 countries on the planet. And even with us putting a line through |
| 1:32.4 | places that we won't go, you know, there's still dozens, if not over 100 places that are open to us. |
| 1:38.6 | And since this episode is full of joy, let's get right into it. |
| 2:03.8 | I'm so glad to be joined by Afro-Caribbean model, activist, and healer Nala Tucson. Nala is a visionary creator of spaces and access to resources for trans women, especially those who are black and immigrants of color. She is the founder, |
| 2:10.5 | an executive director of reuniting of African descendants or road. It's a transled grassroots |
| 2:16.7 | initiative invested in equity, collective growth, and healing for |
| 2:21.3 | LGBTQ plus people of African descent. |
| 2:25.3 | Nala has passionately led Road in its work to provide mutual aid, leadership development, and |
| 2:30.3 | more for Black, trans, and queer people beyond our borders. Nala has also served |
| 2:36.6 | as the co-chair for the Young Women Advisory Council in New York City, and it's also an advisor to |
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