{"id":88543,"date":"2019-05-24T16:25:46","date_gmt":"2019-05-24T20:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/the-oas-ian-alexander-is-making-it-safer-for-trans-teens-to-come-out-parents-to-accept-them\/"},"modified":"2019-05-24T16:25:46","modified_gmt":"2019-05-24T20:25:46","slug":"the-oas-ian-alexander-is-making-it-safer-for-trans-teens-to-come-out-parents-to-accept-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/the-oas-ian-alexander-is-making-it-safer-for-trans-teens-to-come-out-parents-to-accept-them\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The OA\u2019s\u2019 Ian Alexander is making it safer for trans teens to come out &amp; parents to accept them"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>\u2018The OA\u2019s\u2019 Ian Alexander is making it safer for <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/offers.cam4tracking.com\/aff_c?offer_id=125&#38;aff_id=2778&#38;source=gfcsb\">trans<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">teens<\/a> to come out &#038; parents to accept them<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/11\/Ian-Alexander-2-670x377.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/11\/Ian-Alexander-2-670x377.jpg 670w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/11\/Ian-Alexander-2-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/11\/Ian-Alexander-2.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Name<\/strong>: Ian Alexander, 18<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who He Is<\/strong>: Actor<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><strong>How He\u2019s Contributed<\/strong>: Alexander, assigned <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">female<\/a> at birth, is the biracial son of a white father and a Vietnamese immigrant mother. Raised in the Mormon faith, he often moved around from city to city as a child due to his father\u2019s military job. Regardless of where he lived at the time, however, Alexander always found solace in theatre and chorus. Alexander would perform in his living room, putting on skits and musical acts for friends and family much to their amusement.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>But when he came out as transgender at age 13 in 2014, Alexander ran into tension at home with his religious family.<\/p>\n<p>Alexander found his world forever changed in 2016. That year he answered an open <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=grq0&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">call<\/a> for transgender actors and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/buck-vu-oa-9-totally-awesome-transgender-characters-rule-tv-20171117\">landed the role of Buck Vu<\/a> on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/watch-race-car-legend-comes-tales-city-oa-goes-queer-20190321\">Netflix sci-fi series\u00a0<em>The OA<\/em><\/a>. Though he\u2019d never acted on screen before, Alexander earned wide praise for his performance as a closeted, transgender <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">teen<\/a> whose only recourse is to buy hormones from a local drug dealer. Alexander returned for the second season of the show this year, in which he both reprised his role of Buck\u00a0<em>and<\/em> took on the role of a cisgender <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">teen<\/a>. The creators of the show, Zal Batmanglij, and Brit Marling, have acknowledged that Alexander\u2019s authentic performances and life experience helped them create an accurate portrait of a mixed-race transgender character.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\">? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/84Z5Fji1JU\">pic.twitter.com\/84Z5Fji1JU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 IAN (@ianaIexander) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ianaIexander\/status\/729716284775141376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 9, 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Why We\u2019re Proud:\u00a0<\/strong>Alexander has used his platform to advocate for <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/offers.cam4tracking.com\/aff_c?offer_id=125&#38;aff_id=2778&#38;source=gfcsb\">trans<\/a> causes, including a 2016 incident in which he made an epic clap back at a group of transphobes on the UCLA campus that got more than 26,000 likes on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Alexander did a very courageous thing by publicly coming out when he took on his first acting role, and his parents eventually came around to support him.\u00a0His <em>OA<\/em> role has made Alexander a role model and activist for transgender <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">teens<\/a> everywhere. As he wrote in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/ian-alexander-transgender-actors_n_5a7dfae3e4b08dfc930400ce\">personal essay for The Huffington Post:<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>It was on \u201cThe OA\u201d that I heard my mother refer to me by my correct name and pronouns for the first time, in response to everyone around her doing the same. Before then, she was much more comfortable calling me by my given name, and exclusively used feminine pronouns for me; I remember feeling butterflies of excitement every time she referred to me as \u201che\u201d while talking to the cast and crew. This was a pivotal moment in my life when I realized that I could be accepted for who I am\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Not only is authentic representation important for actors, but for audiences as well: If I had seen more young <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/offers.cam4tracking.com\/aff_c?offer_id=125&#38;aff_id=2778&#38;source=gfcsb\">trans<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">boys<\/a> like myself in mainstream media while I was coming to terms with my gender identity, I could have accepted myself for who I was a lot sooner. 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