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The First Transgender Contestant on \u2018Naked and Afraid\u2019 Used it as an Opportunity to Educate: WATCH<\/b><\/p>\n

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The Discovery Channel featured Quince Mountain, the first transgender contestant on its outdoor survival show Naked and Afraid,<\/em> in Sunday night\u2019s episode. On the show, two people are dumped into the wilderness with nothing, not even the clothes on their backs, for 21 days.<\/p>\n

Mountain took it as an opportunity to educate.<\/p>\n

The Reno Gazette Journal<\/em> reports<\/a>: \u201cThe episode features a tense moment when Mountain tells Owens that his surgical scars are the result of his gender transition. Mountain said producers gave him the option of keeping his gender transition private. But he declined and chose to discuss it openly. He welcomed the chance to be himself and discuss gender identity on his own terms, an opportunity transgender people are often denied.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mountain talked about the opportunity on Twitter (and check out the trailer below): <\/p>\n

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But if I’m honest, I wasn’t drawn to appearing on @NakedAndAfraid<\/a> despite the nudity requirement\u2013it was an alluring feature.<\/p>\n

I felt, as a trans<\/a> guy<\/a>, that stripping down would be a relief, a way to get it over with & just finally say the unsayable, widely and publicly.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Quince Mountain (@QuinceMountain) June 12, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

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We are supposed to apologize for our bodies. This is something expected of women<\/a>, and perhaps even more so for trans<\/a> people.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Quince Mountain (@QuinceMountain) June 12, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

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These experiences were formative, and they were meant to keep me in line.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Quince Mountain (@QuinceMountain) June 12, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

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To be an openly trans<\/a> person doing something beyond transitioning, dating, losing a job, or being harassed in a bathroom\u2014to be in the public square, able to act rather than simply being acted upon\u2014It\u2019s a big deal.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Quince Mountain (@QuinceMountain) June 12, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

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So now I’m sharing something that is a part of my story.<\/p>\n

But what about acting? Aren\u2019t reality shows completely fake at worst, contrived and gimmicky at best?<\/p>\n

\u2014 Quince Mountain (@QuinceMountain) June 12, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

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I’m very happy to talk about acting and authenticity.<\/p>\n

My authentic experience growing up as a trans<\/a> person was one of fictional performance.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Quince Mountain (@QuinceMountain) June 12, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

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And yes, perhaps we have been deceivers\u2014but not in the ways that you think, and almost always for our own security. <\/p>\n

People mistrust us, whether or not they stop to think about it. This is the trans<\/a> double bind.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Quince Mountain (@QuinceMountain) June 12, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

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It\u2019s no accident that the \u201csports\u201d or athletic challenges I\u2019m involved in include outdoor survival and mushing.<\/p>\n

Sports are divided by gender, and my experience made most of them inaccessible.<\/p>\n

But dogs don\u2019t ask for ID cards, and neither does the wilderness. pic.twitter.com\/vZQpojWxzJ<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Quince Mountain (@QuinceMountain) June 12, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

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Because look what we can accomplish when people just get the fck out of the way.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Quince Mountain (@QuinceMountain) June 12, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

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