Alexandra Billings: Being Transgender is a Gift

LGBTQ&A

Jeffrey Masters

Society & Culture

4.7 • 703 Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2017

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Alexandra Billings talks about meeting her wife while in high school, the women who mentored her, and why Larry Kramer asked her not to march in the AIDS marches. She also talks about her connection to her great-great-grandmother who was assigned male at birth, the changing of labels within the trans movement, why she used to refer to herself as a female impersonator, and why being trans is a gift. LGBTQ&A is hosted by Jeffrey Masters. @jeffmasters1 You can recommend a guest or let us know what you think about the show on Twitter or by emailing [email protected] More information: www.LGBTQpodcast.com

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0:00.0	Hi, this is LGBTQ and A.
0:03.4	I'm Jeffrey Masters, and this is a show where we get to know different members of the LGBTQ community.
0:09.5	Today, I am very excited to talk with Alexandra Billings.
0:12.7	Alex is best known for her work on the TV show Transparent.
0:15.7	She also, Fun Fact, is the first openly trans person to play a trans character on TV or film. Stay tuned.
0:23.6	Hey Alex, how are you? I knew you were going to ask me that.
0:40.6	See, I'm fine.
0:41.7	What if I just said that?
0:42.8	Just nothing else.
0:43.9	I'm fine.
0:44.4	I mean, it was like a soft one question.
0:45.9	If I said nothing else, I'm fine.
0:47.7	It's okay.
0:48.0	Johnny Carson, way before your time, but Johnny Carson told this one story about, I think it was Alan Alda,
0:55.5	who was like a great actor
0:56.6	and he said,
0:57.5	somebody asked him,
0:58.3	what was the weirdest interview
0:59.6	you ever had?
1:00.0	And he said with Alan Alda
1:00.9	because he gave one word
1:02.2	answers to absolutely everything I asked.
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