Name IO Wright | ||
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Born September 2, 1985 (age 39) ( 1985-09-02 ) New York, New York Occupation artist, director, photographer, writer, film maker, activist, actor | ||
A boy a girl a gender revolutionary io tillett wright
iO Tillett Wright is an American author, photographer, TV host, and activist.
Contents
- A boy a girl a gender revolutionary io tillett wright
- Io tillett wright fifty shades of gay
- Early life and education
- Editor
- Blogger and writer
- Speaker
- Photographer
- Television personality
- Actor
- Personal life
- Filmography
- References
Io tillett wright fifty shades of gay
Early life and education
Wright grew up in New York City with his mother, Rebecca Wright, a photographer.
Wright was assigned female at birth, but during early childhood rejected gender norms, and lived for eight years as a boy.
He has since starred in MTV Suspect which aired in 2016. As news that co-star Nev Schulman had to leave the show to take care of his girlfriend due to her pregnancy, he confirmed the show's end on social media.
Editor
In 2002, at the age of 17, Wright founded and served as editor-in-chief of a street art magazine, Overspray.
Blogger and writer
Wright then became a featured columnist for T Magazine, at The New York Times. In addition, Wright had two regular blogs called Notes From The Underground—for which iO reviewed underground performance—and The Lowdown.
Wright's first book, Darling Days, A Memoir was released on September 27, 2016, by Ecco Books, an imprint of Harper Collins.
Speaker
In 2012, Wright delivered a talk at TEDxWomen in Washington, DC, called Fifty Shades Of Gay, discussing sexuality and gender as a spectrum. The talk has been viewed nearly 2.5 million times.
Photographer
Wright is a self-taught photographer whose first camera was a Pentax KX.
Since 2010, iO has been working on a project called Self Evident Truths that examines Americans, asking them whether they are "other than straight", and photographing respondents who self-evaluate themselves to be "anything other than 100% straight". To date iO has photographed 9,803 people in all 50 States of the USA.
Wright's photographs appeared on the cover of The New York Times magazine in August 2010, marking the beginning of his public photography career. On September 22, 2010, Wright opened Breedings, his first solo show of photographs, at Fuse Gallery in Manhattan. In August 2011, iO debuted Camila, his second solo show, and Act Like You're Fine, a group show he curated at Tokyo's Vacant Gallery.k
Television personality
In 2016, Wright began co-hosting MTV's TV show, "Suspect" with Nev Schulman.
In 2017, Wright was a co-host with Max Joseph, on MTV's TV show, Catfish: The TV Show Season 6 Episode 6
Actor
As an actor, Wright appeared in numerous independent films, on Sex and the City, and after an almost decade long hiatus, the feature film Holy New York.
Personal life
Wright prefers the use of the gendered pronouns "he/him" or no pronouns at all, just his legal first name, "iO". Furthermore, Wright has written in an article for the Huffington Post that "there is nothing wrong with being a ‘they’, but, STRICTLY speaking [for himself], the shoe doesn’t fit."
As of April 2017, Wright has stated that he currently prefers the use of the pronouns 'he/him', or none "just my name, not 'they/them'". He has stated, "That may change, as it has already changed many times, and I'm good with that".
In June 2016, Wright spoke out in support of his friend Amber Heard in her claims of physical abuse at the hands of Johnny Depp. Wright was embroiled in the scandal when he called 911 after hearing Depp attack Heard at their home in Los Angeles. At Heard's request, Wright wrote a piece about his experience, coming to her defense, for Refinery29.