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Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.80,0:00:10.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ladies and gentlemen is a common phrase\Nused to greet large audiences of people,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.90,0:00:12.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,much like yourself.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.54,0:00:16.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But how can 3 words, and only 3 words\Nbe entirely oppressive
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.63,0:00:18.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,towards a whole group of people?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.69,0:00:22.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My name is Charlie Hobman,\Nand today it is my aim to shed light
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.63,0:00:25.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on that very question,\Nand many others just like it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.84,0:00:30.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From the moment I was born\NI was raised as a female.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.66,0:00:33.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they got it wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.19,0:00:36.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am male, I identify entirely as male,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.73,0:00:38.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I've always been male.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.88,0:00:41.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To most people\Nthis is completely confusing.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.57,0:00:45.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How is it possible for this person\Nto go from being Samantha Kate Hobman
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.44,0:00:48.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to being Charles Francis Hobman?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.46,0:00:50.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How is that even possible?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.46,0:00:53.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The answer is simpler than you think.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.83,0:00:56.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am female to male transgender.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.02,0:01:00.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From a young age I knew I was different.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.93,0:01:03.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This sounds incredibly cliche,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.20,0:01:04.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's also incredibly accurate.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.66,0:01:07.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whilst my sister was inside\Nplaying with dolls,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.66,0:01:10.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,watching High School Musical,\Ntrying on my mom's wedding dress,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.04,0:01:14.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was outside riding my bike,\Nclimbing trees, falling out of the trees,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.49,0:01:18.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,catching lizards and whatever I could\Nget my hands on.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.79,0:01:22.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,More often than not, I would come inside\Nwith scratches, bruises, grazes,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.95,0:01:24.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I didn't care.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.81,0:01:26.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's how I was expressing myself.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.92,0:01:29.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was happy to express myself in that way.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.32,0:01:31.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At this point in time I had no idea
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.78,0:01:34.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what gender identity\Nor what gender roles were.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.78,0:01:37.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't know what was masculine\Nor what was feminine.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.36,0:01:38.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was doing what made me happy.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.19,0:01:42.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now I must say, at this point,\Nthat I don't believe gender roles
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.61,0:01:46.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,should be enforced in society,\Nbut at that time,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.08,0:01:49.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what I was doing,\Nwas considered masculine.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.67,0:01:53.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as I grew up, it got harder.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.89,0:01:59.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I kept to myself because\NI felt like I was lying to people
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.92,0:02:01.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by presenting myself as female.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.81,0:02:03.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I made friends,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.47,0:02:05.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt I was keeping\Nmy whole life away from them,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.84,0:02:09.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I wasn't ready to admit to myself\Nor to others, who I really was.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.44,0:02:13.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But things have changed.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.56,0:02:17.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I came out. I shed that skin\Nand set fire to the façade.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.29,0:02:21.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I came out and haven't looked back since.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.16,0:02:25.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am able to stand before you today\Nand say, "This is who I am,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.37,0:02:28.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is who I'm going to be,\Nthis is where I've been,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.55,0:02:30.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is where I'm going to be next."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.43,0:02:33.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So let's talk about technicalities.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.56,0:02:37.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First of all, sex, gender identity,\Nand gender expression
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.71,0:02:42.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are 3 entirely different things\Nthat overall make up your identity.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.96,0:02:48.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sex is what you hide under your clothes,\Nyour private parts.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.90,0:02:51.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gender identity is what you identify as.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.72,0:02:53.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As I've told you, I identify as male.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.88,0:02:58.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gender expression is how you\Noutwardly express your gender.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.24,0:03:04.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, before I came out I was presenting\Nmyself as female to people.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.95,0:03:10.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People would perceive me as female\Nbecause I would wear feminine clothing
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.60,0:03:12.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and present myself in a feminine manner.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.99,0:03:15.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now I present myself in masculine manner,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.44,0:03:18.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,therefore making\Nmy gender expression masculine.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.65,0:03:25.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So these 3 things come together,\Nto make your gender identity.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.12,0:03:29.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are a few things\Nthat we need to talk about.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.29,0:03:32.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A few things everyone needs to know
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.75,0:03:35.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,regardless of whether\Nyou're transgender or not.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.18,0:03:41.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First of all, transgender people\Nhave the right
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.29,0:03:43.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to use whichever bathroom they prefer.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.34,0:03:47.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is no law dictating which bathroom\Nwe can and cannot use.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.40,0:03:52.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do we need to happen?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.41,0:03:56.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am afraid of a lot of things.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.35,0:04:02.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am afraid of going to a workplace\Nand being discriminated.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.76,0:04:05.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am afraid of telling people who I am.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.76,0:04:11.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm getting better at it,\Nbut it's still difficult for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.48,0:04:16.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So how can we spread awareness?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.34,0:04:20.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How can we make it more possible\Nfor people to understand and accept
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.54,0:04:22.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people like me into their community?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.84,0:04:24.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because that's what needs to happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.94,0:04:31.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think a good step towards that\Nis an appropriate representation
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.80,0:04:33.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in sexual education at schools.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.65,0:04:39.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Without it, kids won't understand\Nor know what being transgender is.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.58,0:04:43.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have come out to so many people\Nwho have turned around and said,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.92,0:04:46.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I don't understand\Nwhat you're talking about.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.47,0:04:48.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Please explain to me."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.40,0:04:54.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'll happily explain but it shocks me\Nhow so few people in this country
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.11,0:04:56.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[do] understand it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.51,0:04:58.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The problem isn't within ourselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.86,0:05:01.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's within the sexual education system.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.50,0:05:08.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have the opportunity to teach students\Nabout who we are and what we stand for.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.65,0:05:15.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This doesn't just add towards\Na more accepting and peaceful community.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.92,0:05:20.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This means that people who are questioning\Ntheir own gender and their own issues
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.12,0:05:26.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will be able to stand forward\Nand get rid of that uncertainty
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.28,0:05:28.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I was missing.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.29,0:05:36.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't have that opportunity to know\Nwhat I was feeling.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.04,0:05:38.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't know what it was called.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.16,0:05:44.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That uncertainty kept me within my shell\Nand it kept me hiding away from who I am.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.41,0:05:49.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With appropriate representation\Nin sexual education classes,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.96,0:05:54.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people who are questioning their gender\Ncan freely think about it,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.73,0:05:57.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it's something\Nthat people should explore,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.15,0:06:00.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether you identify as transgender\Nor not you should explore
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.47,0:06:02.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your gender and gender expression.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.87,0:06:06.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Self-discovery is such an important thing\Nthat I don't understand
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.83,0:06:09.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why it's not enforced more\Ninto our school society.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.62,0:06:18.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've come a long way. \N
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.95,0:06:22.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,50 years ago I wouldn't be able\Nto be here now.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.33,0:06:24.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wouldn't be able\Nto stand in front of you.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.89,0:06:28.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a community we are able\Nto consolidate, form a group,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.84,0:06:32.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bond together to get,\Nnot just as trans people,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.09,0:06:35.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you involved, too.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.36,0:06:37.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Us as a community.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.63,0:06:41.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are able to come together and fight\Nfor what we believe in,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.63,0:06:45.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can stand up and say,\N"We exist. We have always existed.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.93,0:06:47.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we always will exist.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.94,0:06:51.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there is no way\Nwe can be erased from society."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.75,0:06:56.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As "Time" put it,\Nwe're at the transgender tipping point.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.96,0:07:05.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are moving forward\Nand we are doing it for humanity.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.43,0:07:12.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to be able to walk down the street.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.31,0:07:17.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to be able to walk\Ninto a men's bathroom
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.12,0:07:18.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without being yelled at.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.91,0:07:22.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want equal rights.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.89,0:07:26.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I do not want to be oppressed.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.57,0:07:32.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How can we do this\Nif we don't work together?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.48,0:07:37.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Us trans people are making a lot of noise.\NWhich is good.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.28,0:07:41.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are telling people this is who we are.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.29,0:07:45.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is who we authentically are,\Nsomething we cannot change,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.75,0:07:48.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something that has been wired\Ninto our genetics.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.03,0:07:54.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That isn't going to change.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.10,0:07:56.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What can change, people's outlook on us,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.24,0:07:58.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people's perspective.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.02,0:08:00.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People's perspective on gender roles\Nin general,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.60,0:08:04.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like it shouldn't be a thing\Nfor it to be weird
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.17,0:08:06.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a man to wear a dress. \N
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.03,0:08:10.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It needs to be something\Nthat is cherished and accepted.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.16,0:08:15.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can tell you from my own personal\Nexperience, coming out is really scary.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.24,0:08:23.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It can be made a lot easier if accurate\Nrepresentation in media existed.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.81,0:08:31.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The media, up until now,\Nis mostly comprised -
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.18,0:08:35.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the transgender side of media -\Nis most comprised
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.28,0:08:40.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of using transgender people\Nas a satirical device.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.41,0:08:43.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They think it's funny.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.10,0:08:44.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Using slurs.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.30,0:08:46.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Making it into a joke.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.70,0:08:51.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not what we're about.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.53,0:08:54.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are not here to be laughed at.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.87,0:08:57.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are human beings.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.69,0:09:05.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like I said earlier,\Nladies and gentlemen,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.64,0:09:07.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is an oppressive term
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.22,0:09:11.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because gender identity\Nis not a straight line,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.41,0:09:13.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's not male and female at either end.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.88,0:09:16.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is a whole entire spectrum.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.70,0:09:19.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are so many\Ndifferent gender options.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.87,0:09:23.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Facebook alone offers 71 different\Ngender variants.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.95,0:09:26.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A couple of them:
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.98,0:09:32.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,male, female, genderless - which is where\Nyou don't identify as any gender,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.88,0:09:36.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or gender fluid - where you can transition\Nbetween both male and female
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.84,0:09:38.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a third gender.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.56,0:09:42.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are many more but it is something\Nthat people need to learn more about
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.20,0:09:43.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to understand.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.20,0:09:51.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is my goal, and I hope\Nyou will join me on this journey,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.73,0:09:54.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to keep moving forward.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.45,0:10:02.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the past century we have come so far\Nthat it is beyond the point
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.73,0:10:04.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I'm able to come in front of you
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.61,0:10:07.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and list all of the things\Nthat have happened
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.81,0:10:09.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's been good.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.94,0:10:13.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I can tell you right now,\Nthere's still so much that we can do.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.17,0:10:23.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So really, the question is,\Nwhen are you going to do it?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.78,0:10:26.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)