TREASURY TREASURY.
TREASURER TRANSHE GENDER
SINGER ACTOR ACTIVIST WORKING
TO HELP OTHERS IN THE
COMMUNITY.
GOOD MORNING, THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY.
THANKS FOR HAVING ME SUCH A
PLEASURE.
THANK YOU.
NOW YOU RECENTLY PUBLISHED A
MEMOIR CALLED AN UNSPOKEN
COMPROMISE HOW DID YOU COME UP
WITH THAT TITLE WHAT IS IT ALL
ABOUT.
THE TITLE CAME ABOUT JUST
TO DESCRIBE THE STATE THAT I
WAS IN WITH MY PARENTS.
AND WE WERE IN A COMPROMISE
BECAUSE THE RELIGION ABOUT
PROHIBITS FROM BEING ACCEPTING
I COULD NOT ACCEPT NEWS A
STATE OF COMPROMISE FOR A
WHILE THAT OFTEN HAPPENS WITH
A LOT OF LGBT PEOPLE LUCKILY
FOR ME SEVERAL YEARS AGO MY
DAD WAS DIAGNOSED STAGE FOUR
COLON CANCER, I BECAME PRIMARY
CARETAKER HE SCATTERED TO CALL
ME SON APOLOGIZED FOR ALL
MISUNDERSTANDING.
IN NIGERIA.
THEY VISIT OFTEN.
YOU FOUNDED HAPPY
TRANSGENDER CENTER WHAT
SERVICES DOES IT PROVIDE WHY
DID YOU FOUND THE CENTER.
I FOUNDED IT BECAUSE THERE
HAS BEEN A SHORTAGE OF
COUNSELORS AND THERAPISTS, SO
I FOUND SO THEY COULD HAVE YOU
THINK FROM PERSON THAT REALLY
GETS IT, DON'T NEED TO FEEL
WORSE THAN THEY NEED TO WHEN
THEY SEE SOMEONE, NOT
DELIBERATELY -- INCAPABLE OF
HELPING OUT I WORK WITH
TRANSPEOPLE FROM 10 TO 60
YEARS OLD, GENDER, THINGS OF
THAT NATURE.
BAY OF IN L.A.
LOS ANGELES, YES.
YOU HAVE A SCHOLARSHIP.
TELL US ABOUT THAT.
TRANSGENDER THAT I FOUNDED,
AND IT WAS CREATED TO HELP
TRANSPEOPLE WHO WANT TO HAVE
SURGERY, BUT CANNOT AFFORD TO
DO SO --
GENDER ASIGNMENT BECAUSE OF
BAD OR LOW INSURANCE.
I AM ABLE TO HELP FOUR
PEOPLE HAVE THOSE SURGERIES TO
DATE.
AND
FOR THEM, AND JUST VERY
GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE
INVOLVED IN PEOPLE'S LIVES IN
THAT WAY.
WE DID MENTION THAT YOU ARE
A SINGER.
YES.
ONE OF YOUR SONGS IS
ACTUALLY GARNERED MORE THAN
ONE MILLION VIEWS ON YOUTUBE.
YES, IT IS ALSO IT IS
CALLED OUR LOVE IS ALL WE
NEED, AND I DID THAT --
LOOKING AT IT NOW.
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TELL US ABOUT IT.
YES, I WROTE THAT TO
RESPOND TO THE NEED FOR MORE
TOLERANCE, LOVE COMPASSION, OF
THE OTHER NOT JUST OF
TRANSGENDER PEOPLE BUT, ALSO,
OF IMMIGRANT PERSON JUST THAT
-- SOCIETY, AND HELP US
CONTINUE TO LIVE IN GREAT
COUNTRY GREAT BECAUSE SO
DIVERSE.
YOU ARE ON AMAZON DOCKU
SERIES OUTRAGEOUS, AMAZING
CREATED BY PAUL McGILL GIVES
AN AVENUE FOR STORIES LIKE
MINE, THAT STORIES LGBT FROM
AROUND THE WORLD TO SHARE
STORIES, I BELIEVE THAT IT IS
SHARING STORIES ONE PERSON AT
A TIME WE CAN CHANGE AND JEET
PEOPLE WHO WE REALLY ARE, SO
REALLY AWESOME SHOOTING THAT
WITH HER.
WHAT IS NEXT FOR YOU HOW
CAN PEOPLE SUPPORT YOUR WORK
IF THIS RESONATES WITH THEM.
IS IF IT RESONATES WITH YOU
PLEASE I WOULD ASK TO LOG ON
TO WEB SITE, I WOULD ASK THAT
THEY APPLY A COPY OF THE
MEMOIR DOWNLOAD A SONG, 50% OF
EVERY SALE OF MEMOIR OR SONG
GOES TO FUND THAT TRANSGENDER
SCHOLARSHIP, AND WE HAND OUT
THE SCHOLARSHIP TO THE
RECIPIENT ABOUT NOVEMBER 20 TO
COINCIDE WITH THE TRANSGENDER
PEOPLE LOST I LIVES CELEBRATED
WITH THIS SURGERY WE CAN BE A
BLESSING TO SOMEONE ELSE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US THIS MORNING, WE
APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
FOR MORE ABOUT THE
SCHOLARSHIP GO TO OUR WEB SITE
