Trans Camp: UK Trans Media Action needs your videos »

The UK trans* activist organisation Trans Media Action is running Trans Camp on January 13th at the offices of Channel 4.

Trans Camp will bring together trans* people, developers, designers and innovators to come up with ideas to improve the lives of trans* people using web technologies and the media.

In order to make sure the widest range of experiences are covered, they’re looking for one minute video responses from trans* people around the UK explaining their experiences:

Although around half of the participants will be trans there will also be people there who have never knowingly come across a trans person.

So, we want your short video responses to one or more of these questions. You can use your phone, webcam or something fancier – it doesn’t matter as long as we can hear you and see you (or whatever you choose to film while you’re speaking or subtitling.)

Your videos will be played at Channel 4 on 13th January to the participants of Trans Camp. They will also be put together on a website for people to see in the run up to the camp and afterwards. Your videos will be public so you must be sure you’re happy for them to be seen by anyone online.

Why? We want to give those who are new to trans issues an idea of the diversity within the trans community. We want to bring to life some of the questions we’re asking with real people’s voices.

QUESTIONS: Answer ONE* question per video – max 1 minute

1. CHILDHOOD: For those of you who knew, what was it like growing up as a trans child?
2. MEDIA: How does media coverage of trans people affect you?
3. COMEDY: How do comedy portrayals of trans people affect you?
4. FAMILY: How have you experienced support, or lack of, from family and friends?

*You can answer more than one question if you like, just make a separate video.

If you’re in the United Kingdom and trans* nonbinary, genderqueer or otherwise gender variant or gender nonconforming, please consider submitting a video to make sure the full diversity of trans* experiences are represented in this important project.

Full instructions on how to submit your video responses

* The asterisk at the end of ‘trans*’ denotes that this is the wider inclusive form of trans that includes all transgender, transsexual, nonbinary, genderqueer, gender variant and gender nonconforming people regardless of gender identity or expression.