I'm often asked

why I do art,

what do I want to say with my art photography,

and what is the use of it?

Once in a while I start to worry

how to actually measure the impact from the art

like we do with

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Hi, I'm Jack,

and I'm transgender.

Let me take a guess at some of thoughts

that might be running through your head right now.

"Transgender?

Wait, does that mean that they're actually a man or actually

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I'm from Detroit.

(Applause)

A city that in the 1950s was the world's industrial giant,

with a population of 1.8 million people

and 140 square miles of land and infrastructure,

used to support this bo

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So the other morning I went to the grocery store

and an employee greeted me

with a "Good morning, sir, can I help you with anything?"

I said, "No, thanks, I'm good."

The person smiled and we went our

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I want you to imagine that you are a Child Protective Services worker.

And you have to respond to a report of child abuse.

You walk into a home, unannounced, unexpected, certainly uninvited.

The first

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At this very moment,

with every breath we take,

major delta cities across the globe are sinking,

including New York, London,

Tokyo, Shanghai, New Orleans,

and as well as my city, Bangkok.

Here is the

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So, a little while ago,

members of my family had three bits of minor surgery,

about a half hour each,

and we got three sets of bills.

For the first one, the anesthesia bill alone was 2,000 dollars;

th

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We live in a world increasingly tyrannized by the screen,

by our phones, by our tablets, by our televisions and our computers.

We can have any experience that we want,

but feel nothing.

We can have as

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Why are transgender people suddenly everywhere?

(Laughter)

As a trans activist, I get this question a lot.

Keep in mind, less than one percent of American adults

openly identify as trans.

According to

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To empower girls,

you need to educate them.

That was my dream.

And so I built a school,

and in the process, I learned something much bigger.

When you empower a girl, you transform a community.

School

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