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MTV celebrates Transgender Awareness Week<\/b><\/p>\n

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Each year during Transgender Awareness Week (November 14 – 20)<\/a>, individuals, organizations, and media across the country participate to help raise visibility and awareness about transgender and gender non-conforming people, and address issues facing the community.<\/p>\n

As in years past, MTV is featuring programming throughout the week to highlight stories of transgender and gender non-conforming people, including sharing original content on MTV’s social platforms and SnapChat Discover, while changing account logos to proudly display the transgender flag. <\/p>\n

On Thursday at 9pm, MTV will air a new episode of True Life,<\/em> “We Are Transitioning,” which follows two couples<\/a> as one of the partners from each pair embarks on their journey of transition, followed by the premiere of the documentary, Transformation<\/em>, at 10pm as part of the network’s Transgender Awareness Week programming initiative.<\/p>\n

The hour-long documentary follows Madin Lopez, a non-binary hairstylist whose non-profit organization ProjectQ<\/a> provides life-altering and gender-affirming makeovers to LGBTQIA and homeless youth. Lopez is brought on by the mentorship program, LifeWorks at the Los Angeles LGBT Center<\/a>, to give six transgender and gender non-conforming teens<\/a>–Ashton, Carman, Ashleah, Milo, Jessica-Jean, and Zander–greater assurance and confidence in being who they are, while they share in their own words their personal stories and struggles. <\/p>\n

Nia Clark, producer on the documentary, Los Angeles LGBT Center LifeWorks Mentoring Coordinator, and transgender woman<\/a> herself says:<\/p>\n

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“In this country, the transgender community at large is categorically rejected by society for not adhering to a limited binary standard of gender identity and expression. Trans youth are particularly vulnerable to this kind of discrimination. These makeovers are intended to provide six trans<\/a> youth, and hopefully trans<\/a> and gender expansive youth all over the world, with proof there are caring adults who support and admire them. At its core, this is not a makeover event; it is a global affirmation of people and gender in all forms.” <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Watch the trailer for Transformation<\/em> here. <\/p>\n

Be sure to tune in to True Life <\/em>and Transformation<\/em>, back to back on Thursday, November 17, starting at 9pm on MTV. The documentary will also be live<\/a> streamed for free on MTV’s Facebook page<\/a> at 10:15pm. <\/strong><\/p>\n

On Tuesday, a special pre-screening was hosted by MTV and held at the Los Angeles LGBT Center, followed by a panel discussion on “The Future of Trans Images in the Media” moderated by TV and film writer for the Los Angeles Times Tre’Vell Anderson<\/a>, with Madin Lopez, (pictured, l-r) actors Alexandra Grey<\/a> (Transparent<\/em>, Chicago Med<\/em>), Elliot Fletcher<\/a> (Shameless<\/em>, The Fosters<\/em>), Jen Richards<\/a> (Her Story<\/em><\/a>, Nashville<\/em>), and the filmmakers of the documentary Katelyn Howes and Melissa Johnson. <\/p>\n

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All of this is part of MTV’s multi-year Look Different campaign<\/a> which spotlights issues of race, gender, and anti-LGBTQ bias while providing resources for support and celebrating the resilience of people in their communities. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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