Isis King: Paris Is Burning Changed My Life

LGBTQ&A

Jeffrey Masters

Society & Culture

4.7 • 703 Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2017

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Isis King talks about meeting Octavia St. Laurent from Paris Is Burning, how the movie opened her eyes to her own gender, and why she newly embraces the word "transexual". She says we have to persevere and fight for acceptance for trans people to make it easier for future generations. Isis also talks about being discovered by America's Next Top Model while living in a shelter, the media's learning curve in covering trans people, getting into acting, struggling to gain weight, and her love of Storm from X-Men. 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	Hey, I'm Jeffrey Masters, and this is LGBTQ and A. Today, I'm talking with Isis King.
0:06.3	Most of you know ISIS from America's next top model where she was the first openly trans person to be a finalist.
0:12.3	This was back in 2008, and as we talk about, it was a really different time for trans people in the media.
0:18.3	ISIS overnight became one of the most visible trans people in the world, and that came
0:23.0	with challenges.
0:23.7	So we talk about that.
0:25.3	As well as the great impact that Paris is burning had on her life, it's super interesting.
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0:47.3	All right, without further ado, here's Isis.
0:53.7	So your best known as being the first openly trans contestant on America's Next Top Model.
0:58.8	The only finalist on America's Next Top Model that was trans.
1:02.6	The only finalist. Yes. Yes. That was 10 years ago, which is a very different time.
1:07.0	Next year will be 10 years and I actually think I want to remake of like my original images from the show.
1:13.1	Oh, that's so fine.
1:14.2	I bring it up, though, because of such a different time in terms of trans representation,
1:18.3	did you know joining the show that you'd instantly become one of the most invisible trans people in the world?
1:23.5	I had no idea that I would be thrown into it and I had no idea that it wasn't time, you know?
1:30.3	It was a really different time than it is now, but I really took that responsibility seriously.
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