Shake It Off Video Montage

I had a lot of fun creating a music video montage to Taylor Swift’s “Shake It Off” song. My goal of this video is to raise awareness and acceptance of transgender youth and adults. Being transgender is NOT a mental illness, it is just a variation of the human condition. We need more understanding and more allies!! Those who are transgender should not live in shame or in fear of coming out. And for those who face adversity every day, here is my reminder to try your best to “shake it off”. For any one person who is against you, there are more people who will stand for you.

A sincere thanks to everyone who contributed videos for this project, and to my sister Emily who sang the modified lyrics.

Enjoy the video below, and feel free to share! 🙂

CLICK HERE TO WATCH “SHAKE IT OFF” VIDEO
Published in: on April 12, 2015 at 1:42 pm  Comments (13)  

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  1. MORGAN SEABORN's avatar On April 12, 2015 at 2:43 pm MORGAN SEABORN said:

    I had lunch with a self-described “bunch of old trans guys” yesterday. I’m 65 and began my transition last year. It’s slow going, trying to work through a lifetime of assaults and extreme self-censorship, but I don’t bite my nails any more. 😉 This video really made me smile. Thanks.

    Morgan

    Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2015 20:42:33 +0000 To: seamor13@msn.com

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  2. carolyn's avatar On April 12, 2015 at 4:56 pm carolyn said:

    Love, love, love this video! Thanks so much for making this and for all you do for the trans community.. The very best part is that the viewer has NO idea who is trans and who is an ally. Just all beautiful human beings having fun, being loving and loved.

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  3. georgiakevin's avatar On April 12, 2015 at 5:02 pm georgiakevin said:

    This is soo wonderful, absolutely darling!

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  4. Harold Kameya's avatar On April 13, 2015 at 3:09 am Harold Kameya said:

    Thank you for this creation!

    It’s great to have creative minds finding new creative methods of communicating ideas to help change calcified thinking!

    Harold Kameya

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  5. Shawn512's avatar On April 13, 2015 at 5:52 am Lesboi said:

    Reblogged this on Dawn to Don and commented:
    I just had to share this awesome music video put together by Darlene Tando to the Shake it Off song. Enjoy and if you don’t know Darlene yet, check out her blog. She’s an amazing ally and has written some beautiful posts on her site.

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  6. Shawn512's avatar On April 13, 2015 at 5:53 am Lesboi said:

    Loved the video Darlene and I reblogged it for my followers. Thank you.

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  7. Joyful Girl's avatar On April 13, 2015 at 11:57 am Joyful Girl said:

    Beautiful and uplifting!

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  8. Unexpected Amy's avatar On April 14, 2015 at 3:55 am UnknownJamie said:

    Such a lovely video, really well done, upbeat and showing lots of people, yay! Gives me nice smiles for the morning, thank yoooou

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  9. georgiakevin's avatar On June 8, 2015 at 2:46 pm georgiakevin said:

    This is an adorable video, loved it.

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  10. georgiakevin's avatar On June 8, 2015 at 2:46 pm georgiakevin said:

    This is an adorable video, loved it.

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  11. Tish Wolfsong's avatar On November 14, 2015 at 9:25 am Tish Wolfsong said:

    Sent the video link to my closest T-Girlfriend, she’s a Taylor Swift nut, along with a link to your blog.
    Love the video, thank you so much to everyone involved.

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