TED Talks

Samy Nour Younes: A short history of trans people's long fight for equality (2019x73)

Air date: Mar 28, 2019

Transgender activist and TED Resident Samy Nour Younes shares the remarkable, centuries-old history of the trans community, filled with courageous stories, inspiring triumphs -- and a fight for civil rights that's been raging for a long time. "Imagine how the conversation would shift if we acknowledge just how long trans people have been demanding equality," he says.