“It’s a beautiful thing to be with the person that gets you.”
In this video, NBC BLK talked to trans people and their partners to hear their stories of how they met, what love is to them and how they overcome adversity.
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Tiq and Kim Milan told NBC BLK they met on Facebook. The couple revealed that they fell in love shortly after they started messaging each other.
Tiq Milan identifies as a trans man, while Kim said she identifies as “a queer, mixed-race black woman."
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Sasha Alexander and Olympia Perez met at an event where Alexander was speaking on the ideas of love for trans people. Alexander said in the video, "It was about bringing together black trans folks."
Alexander said, "I identify with the pronouns he, she, and they and ask the people to mix it up."
Perez added, "I identify with the pronouns her, she, and they."
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Janai and Sean Coleman met at a ball, "but we tell everybody it was a party." Janai said, "I saw Sean and the room stopped."
She was infatuated by how people were moving out the way for him and she was just in awe.
Just like the other couples, Janai friended Sean on Facebook and the two took off!
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