“She isn’t explaining it properly, and I feel that since people won’t take her seriously, they might not take the trans community as seriously'
On October 7, YouTuber Trisha Paytas shared what she says is her truth—and upset a lot of people in the process. In a video posted to her YouTube channel and shared on Twitter, Paytas—a 31-year-old who has become well-known for her comedy and mukbang videos —Paytas revealed the she is transgender. “I AM TRANSGENDER ” Paytas titled the video, alongside a thumbnail that featured the content creator dressed like Troy Bolton from High School Musical.
The definition of transgender is someone whose gender assigned at birth by a doctor does not match their gender identity. “I think gender identity and expression as well as gender dysphoria can look different for everyone,” says Tatiana Ferguson, a trans activist and program coordinator at METRAC, of Paytas’s video. But, according to Ferguson, that doesn’t mean that some of what the YouTuber says isn’t actually harmful.
…and equates gender identity with sexual preference Another issue that Ferguson pointed out is Paytas’s conflation of gender identity and sexual orientation . In the video, Paytas says: “I have always been attracted to gay guys so I always thought I am gay man.” The video trivializes the experience of trans people and spreads misinformation While Paytas most likely wasn’t intending to be harmful with her video, the fact is she has a huge platform—with 4.9 million YouTube subscribers—and according to Maya Henry, a trans activist and Toronto-based YouTuber, addressing her audience when she may not have been entirely informed about terminology or the nuances of the LGBTQ+ community can actually be quite dangerous.
As a content creator herself who has been documenting her life and transition since 2014, Henry says that while she’s received immense support from the trans community, it’s at times overshadowed by the hate. “No matter what you post, someone will comment something transphobic or discriminatory against who you are. And you deal with that on every video,” she says. “It’s not like you can make one video about being trans and then everyone forgets about it. It’s who you are.
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