What's it like to be transgender? (Trans 101)

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🗓️ 9 June 2020

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Ann Pack joined us this week to discuss the “T” in LGBTQ and how being transgender differs from being gay. She shares part of her journey of understanding her gender identity and why she chose to transition.

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0:00.0	Welcome to questions from the closet. I'm Charlie Bird and I'm Ben Shalati. Each
0:10.0	episode we discuss a question that we commonly get asked as LGBT Q Lourdy Saints.
0:14.7	We are not trying to answer this question or come to a consensus but simply sharing our
0:18.4	perspectives. Today's question is, what is it like to be transgender?
0:23.4	Ben and I are not terribly diverse,
0:25.2	and we share many opinions and life experiences.
0:27.7	For example, neither of us owns a television.
0:30.5	I actually have never owned my own television.
0:32.4	I also have not. Yeah, but I do watch a lot of Netflix on my computer.
0:35.3	Yeah, however there are some pretty big differences. For example, even though he doesn't have one, Charlie is always on TV.
0:43.0	And I have never been on TV, but I do watch a lot of TV.
0:47.0	Yeah, I watch a lot of TV as a child because it rains in Washington.
0:50.0	So I would sit inside and watch TV.
0:52.0	I like to be on TV. I like to be on TV. I think I've seen every episode of State by the Bell at least five times.
0:57.0	Anyway. We would like to provide a variety of voices and perspectives on our show.
1:02.9	So today we're joined by Anne.
1:05.4	Hello, thanks for having me.
1:07.2	Welcome, Anne.
1:08.8	So let's start out by talking about what the word transgender means.
1:12.1	Do you want to tell us what it means, like the difference
1:13.6	in transgender and cis gender?
1:15.3	Well, transgender generally means a person whose gender identity
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