UPDATE: I was able to use the TH-cam blur tool to fix the offending language without having to re-upload. Thanks again to the community for helping me with this lesson. :D Original Pinned Comment: It's been pointed out to me that "transgendered" is not an acceptable term and I apologize for not taking more care to use the proper terminology. I know that language is very important with these matters and so I will take this as a lesson learned and do my best to avoid language that might be harmful moving forward. Sincere thanks to everyone who took the time to educate me about this, I hope most of all that it doesn't take away from Ha Minh's story!
It's really nice that you've taken people's misgivings about your original usage so well and used it to learn from the slip up. We need more of this on the internet!
I often don't correct people when they use language that I consider incorrect and/or disrespectful. It took me quite a while to build up the courage to ask one of my friends to stop calling me "bro". I've heard people make so many excuses for their disrespectful behavior instead of just apologizing, so seeing something like this really heartens me and makes me feel more welcome!
Thanks for making this video! I’m a transman from the U.S. so I love to hear about trans experiences, especially from a different international perspective.
Hello, NonCompete! Trans girl here :) you'd be very surprised to see how many trans people are anarchists. I would almost consider them the majority of the trans community...at least, that's been my experience
@@NonCompete We already are, in some ways, Gay Liberation helped the union movements considerably, and that in some ways all started with trans women of colour. We're just not often spoken about.
Ha's paintings are really great! It's definitely interesting to hear trans experiences from places that aren't the US/Canada/Europe/Australia/New Zealand (who are often the majority of representation on English-language social media for trans issues); especially mixed in with other content. The problem often found on the internet is that you have to ~go looking~ for info on certain subjects; and because lots of people don't go looking for info on trans issues and narratives of trans experiences, it suffers from a lack of exposure and lack of intermixing with other communities in some capacity; so I appreciate the effort to make the channel more intersectional. Good vid. 10/10 would watch again. (I actually did watch it twice lol)
Aww, thanks so much, and I'll be sure to pass your words on to Ha Minh. I agree that her painting is incredible, and would you believe that the work you see is from her very first painting class?! She said she's always wanted to be a painter but her parents wouldn't let her study when she was younger! I do hope to cover LGBTQ+ issues a lot more moving forward, I just need to find more folks to interview for their perspective since (as was demonstrated by my little language slip-up) I don't feel like I have the breadth or depth of knowledge to talk about it at length on my own, at least not yet. So if anyone's reading this and would like to talk to collab on something, hit me up! :)
Hourou Muskou is a bit outdated, but it does a particularly good job as far as I know of showing the issues trans children in japan face. Also, Nitori is adorable and I swear I only yelled at her to use google... five or six times... (even though she's an inanimate 2d anime transgirl drawing thing.) It's also the ONLY media I know of tackling the struggles children specifically face in this sphere. (Though it does also have an adult transwoman side character.)
It is very telling that so many trans people in the "great" ol USA want to move to other countries because of the way trans folks are treated in the "land of the free". Nearly all of my friends do. Cannot say that about most of the "developed" world from what I've seen. Another great contribution, comrade!
Just saw some toxic comments at the bottom of the barrel so I thought I should say: Being trans is not a choice. Most people do not like being trans. It's OK to be trans because it is literally not a choice.
Even if it was a choice, it doesn't hurt anybody so it would still okay. Why should my choice be any less valid than anybody else's? It being okay is not dependant on whether or not it is voluntary.
Such a beautiful and empowering video. Good job EJ. My partner is non-binary and pansexual and me being a white cisgender man made me realize how much privilege we have and how voiceless the lgbtq+ community is even in the left (lots of brocialists and manarchists).
Actually as a trans person myself, (I know I don't represent everyone) I find "transgender" distasteful and prefer "transgendered". The reason I say this is because using the word "transgender" it becomes very easy for uneducated or malicious people to refer to us as just "a transgender". Like calling a black person just "a black", or etc. On top of that, my gender is not "transgender", it is female. Some things I've read compare saying someone is "transgendered" to saying someone is "blacked", but I think that's a bad comparison. I was at one point recognized as a different gender than I am now, it transition-ed, and I am a transgender-ed person. This makes sense to me, but I know there are other people who are going to have different opinions. I'd love to talk about it.
I really need to brush up on my Vietnamese. That said, I wonder how things would be for me if I was to go to Vietnam as an ethnically Vietnamese trans woman born and raised in the United States.
You will receive extra attention because you're a "Việt Kiều", some gossips here and there, maybe some old, conservatives people will shake their heads at you discreetly, but as far as I'm concerned, no one is gonna assault you and there won't be any hate speech.
Lovely speaker and an artist, wish I could do realism like her! In Serbia, we are actually the best in gender-reassignment surgeries in the region and people from ex-Yugoslavia come to Belgrade to do it. On the other hand, our lesbians usually go to Croatia to order a donated sperm since there are no customs in the EU.
Your interviews with her and the Google meets talk you had about Vietnam and how it operated has inspired me to move to Vietnam at some point in the future :)
Thank you so much for doing this, I've been wanting to travel and see other countries for years, but being a trans woman... it's daunting to try and figure out where is going to be safe to travel to, and where I can expect danger. Vietnam has been at the top of the list of countries I would like to visit ever since I was a child, so having you bring a local trans woman on to discuss what it's like in Vietnam and to give me and everybody else this perspective and insight is extremely helpful and I'm very thankful for it. Knowing that I don't have to worry about violence or anything? I can deal with a little ignorance and the occasional invasive question, I'm someone happy to take the time to educate someone about my identity. Vietnam is back to the top of my list for places to travel when I can finally afford a passport and plane tickets. Now to go ahead and try to learn a bit of Vietnamese ahah If my constant ACABing hasn't got me stuck, that is. I don't think I've said anything too suss, and I certainly don't hold any positions I think are dangerous, but governments be weird.
I've lived here for 10 years as an open anarchist, never had a single problem as far as that goes. If you want to talk to some trans folks in Vietnam send me an email and I can try to point you in the right direction!
@@NonCompete Awesome, now I just have to hope it doesn't count against leaving Australia, our government is pretty authoritarian in a lot of ways that people don't really speak about.
this video has helped me understand the situation there a bit better, thank you. i've been online friends with someone who goes by Ariel, and she recently ran away from home because her parents are transphobic and deny her existence as a girl (on top of that they are also landlords, so guillotines ready!) okay, maybe not a good spot for a guillotine joke, but yeah... anyways, she is, last time i checked, living with another family who also has a trans teen, but Ariel is still dealing with depression and the realization that she had to abandon her bigoted parents, and she can't afford to transition. she has lamented to me that Vietnam's government has been slow to implement advancement towards supporting transgender folk, so i searched for more information, and i was suggested to watch this video. Ariel didn't go into the details of what all exactly was the problem (she sort of comes onto Discord on and off and doesn't always go into depth with me about things) but this interview with Ha Minh has definitely shed some light on the issue, and now i can see why Ariel is not too happy of her situation, considering she would have to afford a trip to Thailand to transition, and she just can't. this makes me sad, i care about Ariel, and i hope that she can figure something out, but since she told me that the law in Vietnam isn't officially changing until 2021, Ariel is considering some sort of program called Rainbow Railroad, but i haven't looked into what it's about, Ariel just said it involved moving to Canada i guess? i probably should have looked that up before committing to typing this comment, but oh well... anyways, um, yeah, i suppose this was all i wanted to say actually, sorry for the long awkward comment, lol... take care, much love to you EJ and Luna Oi!
this video made me kinda emotional idk? ive been thinking about vietnam a lot and hearing about the trans experience there as someone who lives in the most dangerous place for trans people on earth is making me think even harder about it.
Trans peep here, I live in Ho Chi Minh city, and from what I’ve seen. Most people are generally against it, but usually are too nice to say anything about them. Though, discrimination in school, family and just society overall isn’t uncommon
I’ve grown up being forced into gender role and my mom would deny me of any request in relations of breaking said gender role. And she is definitely one of the most open minded and nicest person I can have as a family considering how Asian parents’ discipline are known to be harsh. So I wouldn’t guarantee anything. I wouldn’t say much about school since I’m still closeted. But for the most part, every schools I’ve been to are full of unfamiliarity against minorities. Hell, my best friend is literally against it. So yeah, hope that’s enough informations
I've seen you mention that you live in Vietnam a few times, but I'm a new viewer and I'm curious why it is you moved there, and what life is like there. Have you made any videos about this, and if not, would you be open to? Really great video, by the way. As usual.
I've touched on it but haven't dedicated any videos to it yet, with the possible exception of my "escape from prejudice" video. The short answer is I moved to Asia (initially Korea) because capitalism ruined my life, lol. But I moved to Vietnam specifically after taking a vacation here and falling in love with the people and culture (and food)! It's really great here, a special place.
Is there someway that I, as a member of the international trans community, can donate to a local Vietnamese trans group? I'm Australian so I'm pretty sure that what's very little to me is quite a bit in Vietnam, and I would really like to. Like, is there an advocacy group that might be trying to education and spread awareness that might benefit from the funds? If the biggest need Vietnam needs for trans people is understanding first and foremost, then I feel like that is a super doable step towards creating a better life for my siblings overseas. (having just checked both buying power and conversion rates, yea a small donation from AUD every now and then would be not insignificant- certainly it would do more over there than it would here)
... I’m surprise her parents accepted her because over in Vietnam there is a lot of criticism. Our country also doesn’t believe in gays and mental healthy only people who were born disable. This is interesting to me.
Sincere apologies, I changed it to "trans," is that less offensive? I admit I'm relatively new to the language of this community so I welcome any other feedback about better terminology. Appreciate the feedback.
That's fine. "Transgendered" is wrong because it's phrased as if there's some external actor acting on the trans person. Like when you mix ingredients, you (the external actor) mixed the ingredients (the thing being acted upon); but you can't take a spoon and ~transgender someone~. lol Honestly I've seen worse; I'm just happy you're recpetive about it. It's in the description too btw. Note: since I feel like this is going to come up, you can't "transgender" someone through surgery either, sexual characteristics and gender are seperate things, and transgender refers to more experiences of gender than just people who have surgery to affirm their gender.
If you ever need advice on trans terminology just drop a Q under one of my comments and I'll probably know the answer. If you don't feel like asking me there's trans youtubers like Ash Hardell that do great educational work. Ash actually wrote a book to explain stuff called the ABCs of LGBT (from a YT series on their own channel under the same title) if you wanna buy that, there's a free version called the Gay-bc's of LGBT but I'm fairly sure that's a reduced version. Don't quote me on it being reduced though, I'm unsure about that.
UPDATE: I was able to use the TH-cam blur tool to fix the offending language without having to re-upload. Thanks again to the community for helping me with this lesson. :D
Original Pinned Comment:
It's been pointed out to me that "transgendered" is not an acceptable term and I apologize for not taking more care to use the proper terminology. I know that language is very important with these matters and so I will take this as a lesson learned and do my best to avoid language that might be harmful moving forward. Sincere thanks to everyone who took the time to educate me about this, I hope most of all that it doesn't take away from Ha Minh's story!
It's really nice that you've taken people's misgivings about your original usage so well and used it to learn from the slip up. We need more of this on the internet!
Language is important, I know that much. I do agree that a little more good-faith discussion would go a long way on this wild, wacky interwebs :D
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This is also a thing that I did not know! Thank you for taking the feedback to heart and using it to educate more of us.
I often don't correct people when they use language that I consider incorrect and/or disrespectful. It took me quite a while to build up the courage to ask one of my friends to stop calling me "bro". I've heard people make so many excuses for their disrespectful behavior instead of just apologizing, so seeing something like this really heartens me and makes me feel more welcome!
Thanks for making this video! I’m a transman from the U.S. so I love to hear about trans experiences, especially from a different international perspective.
Hello, NonCompete! Trans girl here :) you'd be very surprised to see how many trans people are anarchists. I would almost consider them the majority of the trans community...at least, that's been my experience
Yeah we have a huge number of trans folks in our audience and I do believe trans people will be a major part of the history of the revolution :D
After they struggle against crushing injustice, and resulting tragedies,
then they start to question the general status quo. Good people get angry.
Absolutely agreed, every single trans person I've met, myself included is anarchist.
@@NonCompete We already are, in some ways, Gay Liberation helped the union movements considerably, and that in some ways all started with trans women of colour. We're just not often spoken about.
Ha's paintings are really great! It's definitely interesting to hear trans experiences from places that aren't the US/Canada/Europe/Australia/New Zealand (who are often the majority of representation on English-language social media for trans issues); especially mixed in with other content. The problem often found on the internet is that you have to ~go looking~ for info on certain subjects; and because lots of people don't go looking for info on trans issues and narratives of trans experiences, it suffers from a lack of exposure and lack of intermixing with other communities in some capacity; so I appreciate the effort to make the channel more intersectional. Good vid. 10/10 would watch again. (I actually did watch it twice lol)
Aww, thanks so much, and I'll be sure to pass your words on to Ha Minh. I agree that her painting is incredible, and would you believe that the work you see is from her very first painting class?! She said she's always wanted to be a painter but her parents wouldn't let her study when she was younger!
I do hope to cover LGBTQ+ issues a lot more moving forward, I just need to find more folks to interview for their perspective since (as was demonstrated by my little language slip-up) I don't feel like I have the breadth or depth of knowledge to talk about it at length on my own, at least not yet. So if anyone's reading this and would like to talk to collab on something, hit me up! :)
Hourou Muskou is a bit outdated, but it does a particularly good job as far as I know of showing the issues trans children in japan face.
Also, Nitori is adorable and I swear I only yelled at her to use google... five or six times... (even though she's an inanimate 2d anime transgirl drawing thing.)
It's also the ONLY media I know of tackling the struggles children specifically face in this sphere. (Though it does also have an adult transwoman side character.)
It is very telling that so many trans people in the "great" ol USA want to move to other countries because of the way trans folks are treated in the "land of the free". Nearly all of my friends do. Cannot say that about most of the "developed" world from what I've seen.
Another great contribution, comrade!
Stunned to wake up and find a video about Vietnamese Trans fam. I love this channel!
Just saw some toxic comments at the bottom of the barrel so I thought I should say: Being trans is not a choice. Most people do not like being trans. It's OK to be trans because it is literally not a choice.
Even if it was a choice, it doesn't hurt anybody so it would still okay. Why should my choice be any less valid than anybody else's? It being okay is not dependant on whether or not it is voluntary.
Such a beautiful and empowering video. Good job EJ. My partner is non-binary and pansexual and me being a white cisgender man made me realize how much privilege we have and how voiceless the lgbtq+ community is even in the left (lots of brocialists and manarchists).
I'm cis myself, but I believe the preferred term is transgender, without the -ed suffix.
Yeah a few others pointed that out, I changed it. Sorry if you came here from a link with the wrong term! I should have taken more care.
Actually as a trans person myself, (I know I don't represent everyone) I find "transgender" distasteful and prefer "transgendered". The reason I say this is because using the word "transgender" it becomes very easy for uneducated or malicious people to refer to us as just "a transgender". Like calling a black person just "a black", or etc. On top of that, my gender is not "transgender", it is female. Some things I've read compare saying someone is "transgendered" to saying someone is "blacked", but I think that's a bad comparison. I was at one point recognized as a different gender than I am now, it transition-ed, and I am a transgender-ed person.
This makes sense to me, but I know there are other people who are going to have different opinions. I'd love to talk about it.
As a trans woman, I think trans person is a better way to refer to trans people.
@@LeoReid-vj3zz No. That's worse.
Joanna McGuire nah I use it all the time
The production quality of this video is very good.
one thing at the end. the "other videos" template is covering her face.
Oops, I'll fix that :D Thanks for pointing it out, and for the kind words!
Another great job Emerican. I love these interviews! Can't wait for more comrade
She is so cute and her paintings are beautiful!! Does she have any social media or a website? I would love to see more of her work
Hey me too. Her work of art was seriously impressive.
This was both insightful and fascinating! Thanks for putting this together for us!
Bruh im a trans person from vietnam and I need to know more about this
I really need to brush up on my Vietnamese.
That said, I wonder how things would be for me if I was to go to Vietnam as an ethnically Vietnamese trans woman born and raised in the United States.
You will receive extra attention because you're a "Việt Kiều", some gossips here and there, maybe some old, conservatives people will shake their heads at you discreetly, but as far as I'm concerned, no one is gonna assault you and there won't be any hate speech.
Lovely speaker and an artist, wish I could do realism like her! In Serbia, we are actually the best in gender-reassignment surgeries in the region and people from ex-Yugoslavia come to Belgrade to do it. On the other hand, our lesbians usually go to Croatia to order a donated sperm since there are no customs in the EU.
Your interviews with her and the Google meets talk you had about Vietnam and how it operated has inspired me to move to Vietnam at some point in the future :)
Lovely Ha Minh, you are gorgeous. I hope the legal and medical situation improves in your country.
애런 씨!! 다영이에요 😊!!
이렇게 큰 유튜브 채널을 하고 있는지 몰랐어요. 대단하네요!!!
동영상 잘 보고 가요~ ^^
as a trans women western comrade whose just started her transition, I just wanted to say thank you for making this
Cảm ơn vì đã chia sẻ kinh nghiệm của bạn
(I hope google translated that correctly but just in case: thank you for sharing your experiences).
Thank you so much for doing this, I've been wanting to travel and see other countries for years, but being a trans woman... it's daunting to try and figure out where is going to be safe to travel to, and where I can expect danger. Vietnam has been at the top of the list of countries I would like to visit ever since I was a child, so having you bring a local trans woman on to discuss what it's like in Vietnam and to give me and everybody else this perspective and insight is extremely helpful and I'm very thankful for it. Knowing that I don't have to worry about violence or anything? I can deal with a little ignorance and the occasional invasive question, I'm someone happy to take the time to educate someone about my identity.
Vietnam is back to the top of my list for places to travel when I can finally afford a passport and plane tickets.
Now to go ahead and try to learn a bit of Vietnamese ahah
If my constant ACABing hasn't got me stuck, that is. I don't think I've said anything too suss, and I certainly don't hold any positions I think are dangerous, but governments be weird.
I've lived here for 10 years as an open anarchist, never had a single problem as far as that goes. If you want to talk to some trans folks in Vietnam send me an email and I can try to point you in the right direction!
@@NonCompete Awesome, now I just have to hope it doesn't count against leaving Australia, our government is pretty authoritarian in a lot of ways that people don't really speak about.
"I'm cis-gendered myself"
*checks upload date*
Just found this video, and it is very good to be hearing a Vietnamese trans perspective. :)
this video has helped me understand the situation there a bit better, thank you. i've been online friends with someone who goes by Ariel, and she recently ran away from home because her parents are transphobic and deny her existence as a girl (on top of that they are also landlords, so guillotines ready!) okay, maybe not a good spot for a guillotine joke, but yeah...
anyways, she is, last time i checked, living with another family who also has a trans teen, but Ariel is still dealing with depression and the realization that she had to abandon her bigoted parents, and she can't afford to transition. she has lamented to me that Vietnam's government has been slow to implement advancement towards supporting transgender folk, so i searched for more information, and i was suggested to watch this video.
Ariel didn't go into the details of what all exactly was the problem (she sort of comes onto Discord on and off and doesn't always go into depth with me about things) but this interview with Ha Minh has definitely shed some light on the issue, and now i can see why Ariel is not too happy of her situation, considering she would have to afford a trip to Thailand to transition, and she just can't.
this makes me sad, i care about Ariel, and i hope that she can figure something out, but since she told me that the law in Vietnam isn't officially changing until 2021, Ariel is considering some sort of program called Rainbow Railroad, but i haven't looked into what it's about, Ariel just said it involved moving to Canada i guess?
i probably should have looked that up before committing to typing this comment, but oh well... anyways, um, yeah, i suppose this was all i wanted to say actually, sorry for the long awkward comment, lol... take care, much love to you EJ and Luna Oi!
this video made me kinda emotional idk? ive been thinking about vietnam a lot and hearing about the trans experience there as someone who lives in the most dangerous place for trans people on earth is making me think even harder about it.
Right now the airports are closed but once they open again if you have any questions let us know! Stay safe!
@@NonCompete thank you for sharing this content and being open to questions. likewise! c:
Trans peep here, I live in Ho Chi Minh city, and from what I’ve seen. Most people are generally against it, but usually are too nice to say anything about them. Though, discrimination in school, family and just society overall isn’t uncommon
I’ve grown up being forced into gender role and my mom would deny me of any request in relations of breaking said gender role. And she is definitely one of the most open minded and nicest person I can have as a family considering how Asian parents’ discipline are known to be harsh. So I wouldn’t guarantee anything. I wouldn’t say much about school since I’m still closeted. But for the most part, every schools I’ve been to are full of unfamiliarity against minorities. Hell, my best friend is literally against it. So yeah, hope that’s enough informations
I've seen you mention that you live in Vietnam a few times, but I'm a new viewer and I'm curious why it is you moved there, and what life is like there. Have you made any videos about this, and if not, would you be open to? Really great video, by the way. As usual.
I've touched on it but haven't dedicated any videos to it yet, with the possible exception of my "escape from prejudice" video. The short answer is I moved to Asia (initially Korea) because capitalism ruined my life, lol. But I moved to Vietnam specifically after taking a vacation here and falling in love with the people and culture (and food)! It's really great here, a special place.
Here's the "escape from prejudice" video:
th-cam.com/video/Q2nhNf4kovA/w-d-xo.html
Is there someway that I, as a member of the international trans community, can donate to a local Vietnamese trans group? I'm Australian so I'm pretty sure that what's very little to me is quite a bit in Vietnam, and I would really like to. Like, is there an advocacy group that might be trying to education and spread awareness that might benefit from the funds? If the biggest need Vietnam needs for trans people is understanding first and foremost, then I feel like that is a super doable step towards creating a better life for my siblings overseas.
(having just checked both buying power and conversion rates, yea a small donation from AUD every now and then would be not insignificant- certainly it would do more over there than it would here)
Email me at emericanjohnson at gmail and I will get you in touch with some folks!
... I’m surprise her parents accepted her because over in Vietnam there is a lot of criticism. Our country also doesn’t believe in gays and mental healthy only people who were born disable. This is interesting to me.
Thanks for sharing this interview on Luna's vid. It doesn't have nearly enough views!! never showed on my recommendation radar
great video
Thanks to Ha Minh
Beautiful video!
she’s beautiful 🥺🥺
heck yeah, trans rights!
She's hella cute!
wow her paintings are awesome
💛
pretty lady
For the love of christ please never use "Transgendered" in a title ever again. Thanks.
Sincere apologies, I changed it to "trans," is that less offensive? I admit I'm relatively new to the language of this community so I welcome any other feedback about better terminology. Appreciate the feedback.
That's fine. "Transgendered" is wrong because it's phrased as if there's some external actor acting on the trans person. Like when you mix ingredients, you (the external actor) mixed the ingredients (the thing being acted upon); but you can't take a spoon and ~transgender someone~. lol
Honestly I've seen worse; I'm just happy you're recpetive about it. It's in the description too btw.
Note: since I feel like this is going to come up, you can't "transgender" someone through surgery either, sexual characteristics and gender are seperate things, and transgender refers to more experiences of gender than just people who have surgery to affirm their gender.
Yeah that totally makes sense and I can see why it is problematic! Thanks again for pointing it out, I'll take much more care moving forward. :)
If you ever need advice on trans terminology just drop a Q under one of my comments and I'll probably know the answer. If you don't feel like asking me there's trans youtubers like Ash Hardell that do great educational work. Ash actually wrote a book to explain stuff called the ABCs of LGBT (from a YT series on their own channel under the same title) if you wanna buy that, there's a free version called the Gay-bc's of LGBT but I'm fairly sure that's a reduced version. Don't quote me on it being reduced though, I'm unsure about that.
Here's the playlist for ABCs of LGBT:
th-cam.com/play/PLjIGlYSe6iDxaIAsFhQ7eLoYlo35JNAKy.html