TransLash Media

TransLash is a multi-episode, cross-platform project that focuses on what it’s like to transition and be trans–particularly a trans person of color–at a time of social backlash. Initially distributed as a docuseries on YouTube and Facebook, TransLash follows the transition story of journalist, host and Soros Equality Fellow Imara Jones, , as well as that of the larger trans community in this moment of heightened visibility, social tension and reckoning with issues of gender identity. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @translashmedia. Sign up for our weekly newsletter at www.translash.org/connect. Each episode for the web series is 12-20 minutes in length. Episode 1 premiered August 5, 2018 with Episode 2 doing the same on October 5, 2018. The most recent episode, “Family Matters,”—the subject of a feature in The Guardian— takes a deep dive into the topic of family exploring the essential role of birth families in shaping trans people, either positively or negatively, and the crucial role played by chosen families as either a backstop, or enhancement, of these initial experiences. It also dives into the the reality that chosen family in queer communities is the basis of activism for LGBTQ individuals and therefore plays a central role in advancing social justice overall. Overall viewership for TransLash’s content online is approaching 100,000 with thousands of followers across social media platforms. Moving forward, in 2020 will roll out in March and June respectively with Episode 6 in September 2020. Before this exciting new content, in 2019, we will have two Facebook Live conversations on topics critical to the trans community and three, live-audience events including at Samsung Mobile, The Open Society Foundations, and The New York Women’s Foundation. In addition, for 2020, we have groundbreaking expansion goals in VR/XR , as well as special coverage of that year’s General Election through a trans lens.