First Person

First Person

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  • This Trans High School Student Found Love and Acceptance

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    17-year-old Ethan shares how his high school supported his gender transition. #FirstPersonPBS

    Ethan is a popular 17-year-old guy living in the Bronx. He has a girlfriend whom he loves, a team of friends that have his back, and a doting younger sister. His gender transition story is an unblinking look at the reality that can exist when school administrations act in the best interest of our youth.

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    Produced by PBS Digital Studios and WNET
    them. is an official media partner of this episode of First Person.
    Executive Producers: Daniel B. Greenberg & Joe Harrell
    Producers, Directors: Sophia Clark and Erin McIntyre
    Cinematographer and Editor: Alex Lora
    Graphics: Kyle Sweet

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    The entire first season of First Person, a web series by PBS Digital Studios.
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    • Meet Our First Person Family - Duration: 3 minutes, 57 seconds.

      • 10 months ago
      • 320 views
      Meet the guests who have shared their stories so far. #FirstPersonPBS

      Have you heard the story behind Donja’s “radical softness” philosophy? How about the DaShawn’s vision for a better, safer scho...
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    • This Trans High School Student Found Love and Acceptance - Duration: 7 minutes, 45 seconds.

      • 10 months ago
      • 1,918 views
      17-year-old Ethan shares how his high school supported his gender transition. #FirstPersonPBS

      Ethan is a popular 17-year-old guy living in the Bronx. He has a girlfriend whom he loves, a team of f...
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    • How Humor Helps This Therapist Relate to His Clients - Duration: 6 minutes, 50 seconds.

      • 10 months ago
      • 607 views
      Omar, an openly gay therapist, helps his clients explore who they are through humor and self-care. #FirstPersonPBS

      Omar is an openly gay New York-based Therapist living a normal life in NYC. He de...
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    • Meet the High School Dean Creating a Safe Space for Queer Students - Duration: 7 minutes, 41 seconds.

      • 11 months ago
      • 1,055 views
      DaShawn, a high school dean, is making school a safer place for LGBTQ+ teens. #FirstPersonPBS

      DaShawn is a Dean at a local Bronx high school. She shares her experience of homophobia within her fam...
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    • What it's Like to be Queer and Undocumented - Duration: 8 minutes, 10 seconds.

      • 11 months ago
      • 857 views
      What's it like to be a queer, trans immigrant? #FirstPersonPBS

      Mateo is a Colombian-born activist currently working with a New York-based immigration advocacy group Make the Road. He shares his tr...
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    • Real LGBTQ Stories | First Person - Duration: 117 seconds.

      • 11 months ago
      • 488 views
      New faces. New communities. New stories.

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    • S2 #8: Odelia - Duration: 8 minutes, 7 seconds.

      • 1 year ago
      • 829 views
      A teen navigates the equal importance of her queer and Modern Orthodox Jewish identities.

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    • S2 #7 Breaking the Silence Around Gender Dysphoria - Duration: 6 minutes, 26 seconds.

      • 1 year ago
      • 2,496 views
      In season 2 episode 7 of PBS Digital Studios' First Person, host Aaryn Lang talks to media producer Jayne Quan about gender dysphoria; what it was like growing up as an Asian-American trans queer p...
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    • S2 #6: A Black Trans Woman's Journey to Joy - Duration: 6 minutes, 39 seconds.

      • 1 year ago
      • 8,796 views
      In season 2 episode 6 of PBS Digital Studios' First Person, host Donald Shorter talks to Nala Simone Toussaint about allyship, finding and living her truth as a black trans woman, and empowering tr...
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    • S2 #5: Queer Black Cosplay - Duration: 6 minutes, 20 seconds.

      • 1 year ago
      • 1,097 views
      In season 2 episode 5 of PBS Digital Studios' First Person, host Kirya Traber talks to cosplayer Tony Ray about embracing life as a 'Blerd' and his experience navigating the cosplay community as a...
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    • S2 #4: Surviving Racism & Cancer as a Queer Woman - Duration: 6 minutes, 40 seconds.

      • 1 year ago
      • 2,480 views
      In season 2 episode 4 of PBS Digital Studios’ First Person, host Aaryn Lang talks with Sex Educator and Activist Ericka Hart about her experience as a black Cancer survivor undergoing treatment in ...
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    • S2 #3: Queer & Muslim in America - Duration: 6 minutes, 9 seconds.

      • 1 year ago
      • 5,468 views
      In season 2 episode 3 of PBS Digital Studios’ First Person, host Tonilyn A. Sideco talks with PhD candidate and queer Muslim activist Eman Abdelhadi about growing up Muslim, finding a community of ...
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