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Interview Men: Rolling Stone Live. A fine bromance: Friendship and support in YouTube’s transgender community - Proud Queer (PQ Monthly) Wes Chernin (left) and Kendon Fisher (right) met via YouTube’s transgender community and have been close friends ever since. By Erin Rook, PQ Monthly When he first learned about gender transition in 2006 from a character named Max on “The L Word,” Kendon Fisher was a lesbian-identified teenager who had never met or spoken to a trans person. Seven years later, he has a large circle of trans friends and an extended family of brothers on YouTube. “When I first discovered YouTube I was scared.

I would try to convince myself that I wasn’t transgender – even the word transgender freaked me out,” Fisher, now 21, says. “I know it’s ironic because I live in Portland, but at the time I honestly felt like the only trans person on this planet. Fisher lurked on the recently launched video site for three years before posting a video of his own. Many of the videos from Fisher and others like him feel like one-half of a video chat between close friends. Kendon Fisher and Wes Chernin Share and Enjoy. Employment Non-Discrimination Act 2013: The 'T' In LGBT Protections (INFOGRAPHIC) When Congress last voted on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) in 2007, the bill would have prevented employers from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation but not gender identity or expression. House Democrats removed transgender protections from the legislation, claiming they wouldn't have enough votes to pass an inclusive ENDA.

"There is more resistance to protection for people who are transgender than for people who are gay, lesbian and bisexual," Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) said in a statement at the time. "This is not a good fact, but ignoring bad facts is a bad way to get legislation passed. " The House did pass the bill, after quarreling over the non-inclusive language and repeatedly postponing a vote, but it died in the Senate. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Monday that he plans to take up ENDA "soon" and told reporters last month about a personal reason he supports a ban on workplace discrimination.

"My niece is a lesbian," he said. Ralph Fox. Over the past 6 months, we've been working with All About Trans on a project titled Patchwork. We've been meeting with 25 inspiring people, to create 25 short films, with All About Trans. Each short film features someone living in the UK, with passions, interests, upbringings, gender variance and experiences. Each film focus on the theme of support and celebration. The films are destined for the All About Trans website, My Genderation website, 4OD, and a selection of them will be broadcast on Channel 4, over the next few months, hopefully with us presenting them. What makes Patchwork entirely unique is that it's created by trans people (with experience both sides of the camera) about trans people, for a much wider audience. We direct, film & edit all our films - and we work closely with our contributors throughout the editing process, keeping our message authentic and clear.

We hope you enjoy them as much as we enjoyed making them. What I LOVE about being QUEER - Film teaser. We Are the Youth | Chronicling the stories of LGBT youth in America.