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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.00,0:00:01.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even if you don't understand
Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.67,0:00:03.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can still\Nsupport and standy by us.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.81,0:00:06.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our Identity is real\Nand it exists
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.15,0:00:09.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Non-Binary Stories)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.03,0:00:11.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My name is Cami, I'm 22 years old,\NI am non-binary,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.56,0:00:13.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and i'm here to explain\Nnon-binary to you.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.52,0:00:15.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Non-binary, \Nis an umbrella term
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.24,0:00:16.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which includes\Nall gender identities
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.98,0:00:18.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are neither\Nexclusively male
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.98,0:00:20.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or exclusively female.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.70,0:00:23.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It can be agender, \Nthe "a" meaning a subtraction
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.52,0:00:25.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of gender \Nor gender neutrality
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.27,0:00:27.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or it can include\Nall fluid identities.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.46,0:00:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like if we imagine gender\Nas a spectrum with two poles,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.00,0:00:32.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,male and female.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.35,0:00:34.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can have a moving cursor
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.61,0:00:36.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that includes all people\Nwho are gender fluid,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.78,0:00:39.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,demi-gender, pangender, etc.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.47,0:00:41.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've never really identified\Nwith femininity.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.39,0:00:45.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At 18 years old, I already started
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.16,0:00:47.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to ask questions\Non my gender identity
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.78,0:00:49.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I met a trans man
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.63,0:00:51.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With whom I'd been with for a while,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.53,0:00:54.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and together we were able define\Nmy identity
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.57,0:00:56.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which was non-binary.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.07,0:00:57.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I think it was due to him
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.69,0:00:59.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,having way more \Ninformation than me
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.37,0:01:03.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that helped me find the words \Nto explain my identity.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.39,0:01:05.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gender identity is about who you are,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.45,0:01:06.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the gender we feel,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.79,0:01:08.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we live in, \Nthat we experience,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.90,0:01:12.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and gender expression,\Nis what we show to others.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.95,0:01:15.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's how we express this our identity.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.73,0:01:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's possible to have a gender identity,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.00,0:01:19.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's for example, male,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.70,0:01:21.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are a man,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.03,0:01:22.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then have a gender expression
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.99,0:01:24.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is feminine\Nwith many markers
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.77,0:01:26.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,society considers feminine.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.12,0:01:28.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like for example,\NBilal Hassan, is a man
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.26,0:01:30.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a feminine gender expression.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.13,0:01:34.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I came out to my parent\Nas non-binary
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.66,0:01:36.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that I wanted\Nto change my pronouns
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.53,0:01:37.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the same time.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.64,0:01:40.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was 20, it was two years ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.76,0:01:43.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My mom took it well.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.76,0:01:46.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was already well-versed \Nin gender issues
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.72,0:01:49.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was quite casual and very safe,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.26,0:01:50.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt safe.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.26,0:01:53.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With my father, \Nit was little trickier
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.36,0:01:55.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it took me a little longer \Nto tell him
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.32,0:01:57.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and i didn't do it in person.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.88,0:01:59.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I sent him a text\Nbecause it was easier
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.73,0:02:01.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for me to handle.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.89,0:02:03.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He reacted fairly well.\NHe said that
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.68,0:02:05.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even if not fully\Ninformed,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.04,0:02:06.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he'd be there for me\Nno matter what
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.95,0:02:08.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that it changes nothing \Nfor him
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.65,0:02:09.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he loved me the same.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.86,0:02:12.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For my grandma, it wasn't as simple
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.17,0:02:14.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as it was something \Nvery unfamiliar for her.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.33,0:02:17.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She grew up in the countryside,\Nlater moving to Paris.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.26,0:02:19.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She lived with my grandpa for 50 years.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.01,0:02:22.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was in very \Ncis-heteronormative social spaces
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.51,0:02:24.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where she never had questioned \Nher identity
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.75,0:02:26.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the identity of others.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.25,0:02:28.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I told her,\Nshe was a bit taken aback,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.13,0:02:32.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but she always made sure and insisted that
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.54,0:02:35.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She would act in the best way\Nshe could with me.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.04,0:02:36.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She puts in a lot of effort
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.34,0:02:37.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She is hardly wrong anymore
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.65,0:02:39.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in using my preferred pronouns.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.13,0:02:43.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I ma de a request to change\Nmy first name in 2019
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I filed a request
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the town hall of where I lived.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I took a dossier\Nwhich i had to fill with
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with testimonies \Nfrom those closest to me
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to say that they were using\Nthe first name Cami
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to address me.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I asked my school\Nto write me a letter of support.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then I submitted my application.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had to wait a few months,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it differs by town hall.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I received approval \Nto change my first name.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The act of misgendering someone
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,entails addressing this person
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the wrong pronouns,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Therefore, gendering\Na non-binary person
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who has explicitly said
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,use neutral pronouns\Nlike "iel" --(they?)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and or gendering them\Nas male or female.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Me personally,\NI use feminine pronouns
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when in conversation\Nand neutral when written.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's true that in general\NI have a tendency to immediately verbalize
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I prefer to be addressed\Nwith female pronouns.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After, if the person\Ndoesn't say their own
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you want to be sure\Nin gendering them correctly
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can ask for their pronouns
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or wait for the person \Nto gender themselves in front of you
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so you follow their pronouns.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In my older videos,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was lots of comments
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that invalidated our identities,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,denied our expressed gender\Nand our gender identity.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Afterwards, I read very few\Nof these comments
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,simply because I know\Nfor the most part,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are malicious\Nor very, very ignorant
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they will only cause me grief.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was participated in a report (study?)\Nin which it was said
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it was just a phase,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it has just emerged \Nin the United States over the last few years
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it was connected to fashion,\Nunisex fashion, etc.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is completely false.\NI also think it's
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a super white\Nand eurocentric point of view
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because, in many cultures
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are many genders
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that were totally erased
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through colonization, \Nto put it simply.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So often, we hear\Nthat this is problematic
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's uncomfortable to put people\Nin positions to identify, reidentify yourself, etc.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I think it's super important
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be able to choose in the first place\Nhow we identify with something,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to unidentify with an identity
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thats was assigned to us \Nat random (arbitrarily).
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I also think it's necessary\Nto build a community,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to create a connection, \Nto know you're not alone,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that there is support,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that there are other people\Nwho are just like us,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who understand us, \Nwho listens to us.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I could only say one thing,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think it would be\Nthat even if you don't understand,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can alway support and stand by us.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can learn\Nyou can deconstruct your ideologies,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can relearn,\Nyou can help those close to you
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even if you don't completely understand
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the entire scope\Nof their gender identity.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A second thing, \Nis that all no-binary people
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have a unique way\Nof expressing their identity,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are people\Nwho will do medical transitions,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those who will take hormones,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those who will have operations,\Nothers who won't
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that the method of transition or not
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether socially, medically, etc. does not matter
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our identity remains legitimate\NIt exists
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there is many of us,\Nso many.