Out of the Shadows
/Erin Parisi is changing the narrative about trans people, one mountaintop at a time
“The narrative that we always see … is trans death and trans violence and trans discrimination. I decided I would change that narrative.”
— Erin Parisi
Growing up, Erin Parisi knew she was a girl. But the body she was born with didn’t match. And growing up in a small town, she didn’t feel safe telling anyone her secret.
It wasn’t until decades later that she finally mustered the courage to come out and transition.
But for Erin, manifesting as a woman wasn’t enough; she recognized that for all her struggles, she had racial and socioeconomic privileges that not all trans people had. And she wanted to leverage those privileges to make a big, bold, trans-positive statement.
So she set out to do something that would make history: climb the Seven Summits.
On this episode, we bring you Erin’s story. It’s a story about hiding, and not hiding. About taking a leap of faith and risking everything. And about trying to show the world that trans people belong (both literally and metaphorically) on the world’s highest mountains.
Natalia Lutterman brings us Erin’s story.
To learn more about Erin Parisi and her Seven Summit bid, check out transending7.org.
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