No Theo Kemp, ua hele mai kona aloha aloha weliweli i ka wanaʻao.

"ʻO ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni mua loa aʻu e hoʻomanaʻo nei ā, "Haʻi mai ʻo ia iaʻu. "Ua like wau me ʻeono a ke nānā nei wau ā a ua komo wau i loko o ia mea. "

ʻO ke ala ma waena o kēlā ʻeono makahiki a me ka mea ʻōpio ʻeleu i hālāwai me aʻu i ke alakaʻi ʻana i nā nīnauele no iHorror's Horror Pride Month series kahi lōʻihi a paʻakikī kekahi manawa.

ʻIke ʻoe, ʻaʻole i hiki iā Theo ke lilo iā ia iho. I ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, no ka mea hana keaka trans, ke kuhikuhi wale nei iā ia iho no ka manawa mua ma ke ʻano he "had" had a hurdle big.

Ua nahu ʻia ʻo ia e ka pepeke hana ma mua o ka ʻae ʻia ʻana, eia naʻe, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua alualu ʻo ia i nā luna talena ma ka pūnaewele a me ka leka uila iā lākou me he mea lā he mau mākua wale nō kāna e kelepona i nā kelepona a cajole iā lākou e hele pū me kāna ruse. .

Ua kāhea paha lākou i nā kelepona, akā ua koi ʻo kona mau mākua e kali a hiki i ka wā ma hope e hoʻomaka i ka hana maoli. Ua pae ʻo ia i kekahi mau ʻāpana ma hope o ke puka ʻana i ke kula kiʻekiʻe, a ua ʻae ʻo ia e loaʻa paha iā ia kekahi o nā wili hana kū hoʻokahi o kēlā me kēia mea e hana nei i kēia lā a ʻoiaʻiʻo nō i waena o nā mea hana keaka āna i ʻike ai.

"E hana ana wau ma mua o koʻu neʻe ʻana i kēia manawa no kaʻu wikiō hana ma mua a ma hope o ka hoʻololi hoʻololi wikiō," ʻakaʻaka ʻo ia. "Ke hopohopo mau nei wau i ka wā e hoʻouna aku ai wau e huikau nā alakaʻi i ke ʻano o kuʻu hoʻololi."

I ka makahiki 22, ʻoiai e aʻo ana iā Meisner Acting Technique ma Atlanta, Georgia, ua haʻi hope ʻo ia i kāna ʻoiaʻiʻo i ka honua holoʻokoʻa.

"Ua puka maoli wau i ka National Coming Out Day i kahi wikiō Facebook ola," wahi a Theo. "Maopopo iaʻu ke ala wale e loaʻa ai iaʻu ma ia mea inā ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke hoʻi i waho."

Ma loko o ia mea, ua hana ʻo ia, ʻaʻole naʻe i huli i hope me ka nui o kāna hānai haipule ʻana i hāʻawi iā ia me ka hewa āpau o ka hewa i loko. Eia nō naʻe, me kahi mau hoa aloha kākoʻo, ua maikaʻi ʻo ia e hele a lilo maoli i mea e pono ai.

Aia kekahi kanaka kūikawā i lilo i pōhaku nona. ʻAʻole hiki i ka nui o ka poʻe trans ke ʻōlelo i ko lākou aloha aloha ma mua o ka hoʻololi i kū iā lākou me ka hoʻopau ʻole i kēlā pilina aloha.

"ʻO wau me kaʻu ipo kāne, Zach, no 8 a 9 paha mau makahiki, i kēia manawa," wehewehe ʻo Kemp. “Ua hele pū ʻo ia me aʻu i kēlā me kēia kaʻina o kēia kaʻina hana. ʻOiai he mea ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua hoʻi mai wau i ka home i kekahi lā ma mua o koʻu puka ʻana i waho a e uē ana wau no kekahi mea a kekahi i ʻōlelo ai. Ke hoʻāʻo nei ʻo ia iaʻu e kamaʻilio e pili ana i ia mea akā ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu a ua ʻōlelo wale ʻo ia, 'Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe e haʻi iaʻu, hiki iaʻu ke koho?' "

Ua haʻi ʻo Zach iā Theo i kekahi manawa, maopopo iā ia he kāne ʻo Theo, ʻaʻole he wahine, a ke kali nei i ka mea hana keaka e haʻi wale i nā huaʻōlelo. ʻO kā lāua pilina, ʻoiai aia nā piʻi a me nā lalo, ʻaʻole i nāwaliwali ma hope o kēlā.

A ma o lākou nei a pau, ua hoʻomau ʻo Kemp i ka hoʻonaninani ʻana i kāna hana lima. Ua uku maoli kāna aʻo mau ʻana, a ʻike koke ka poʻe hoʻolohe indie i ka mea hana keaka ma ke ʻano he kāne alakaʻi.

He kāne ka mea i kapa ʻia ʻo Joe, a kāhea ʻia ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ʻO Fang, he wili hou ma ka werewolf archetype.

"Ua makaʻu maoli wau i ka wā i auditioned ai no ka mea lahilahi wau ʻaʻole wau ke ʻano o ke kāne alakaʻi," wahi a Kemp e ʻakaʻaka ana. “Ua loaʻa he pilikia lāʻau lapaʻau kā Joe no laila ʻaʻole ia he pilikia iki no ka wī a wīwī o kona nānā ʻana! ʻAʻole ia he kāne kū i mua. He ʻano bouncing ʻo ia mai kēlā wahi a i kēia wahi me kāna ipo wahine ke hoʻoholo ʻo ia e kipa aku i ka ʻohana, kahi e hoʻomaka ai ka huakaʻi maoli. ”

A ma ka pīhoihoi, ʻo ia ka hoʻokahe koko, ka hana ʻino, a me nā mea āpau āna i ulu ai e aloha i ke ʻano weliweli.

Hāʻawi pū ʻo ia i kāna alakaʻi, ʻo Adam Steigert, no ka manawa kūpono iā ia.

“Aloha nui wau iā ʻAdamu. Ua kamaʻilio mākou e pili ana i ka hana pū ʻana ma mua o koʻu haʻalele ʻana no Atlanta, ”wahi a Kemp. "Ua hoʻi wau a ʻike wau e hana ana ʻo ia ʻO Fang, akā ua ʻokoʻa koʻu nānā ʻana ma mua o kaʻu hana i ka manawa hope loa aʻu i ʻike ai iā ia. Ua kāhea wau iā ia a ua hauʻoli loa ʻo ia e hoʻolohe mai iaʻu. ʻAʻole ia i kīkī iā ia. Ma mua o kaʻu ʻike ʻana, e hoʻokele leo ana wau a ua kiola ʻia. ”

No laila, he aha ia mea i loko o ka weliweli e ʻumeʻume ai i ka mea hana ʻōpio i kēlā me kēia manawa?

"Aia kēia ʻano cliche character i ka weliweli kahi e hele ai ke kāne protagonist ma waena o kekahi ʻano protagonist e lilo i mea ikaika a ulu i koa," i ʻōlelo ka mea hana. "ʻIke wau i nā poʻe e hoʻololi nui i maʻalahi iaʻu e pili pū no ka mea ua hele wau i loko o nā mea he nui iaʻu iho."

Manaʻo ʻo ia e hoʻomau i ka hana ʻana i ka ʻano, ʻoiai, inā hiki iā ia, a he papa inoa bākeke kāna.

"ʻAʻohe mea e like me ka lanakila ʻana i Oscar," i wehewehe ai ʻo Kemp. "Makemake wau e lilo i ke kāne e hilinaʻi ana ma ka puka e hāwanawana 'E holo!' pono ma mua o ka huki ʻana o nā lima iaʻu i loko o ka pouli. Makemake wau e kolo ma waena o kahi lewa lewa. Makemake wau e hana i kēlā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni noir e nānā ana mai lalo o ka pāpale me kahi puhipaka kuni i koʻu waha. "

Noʻu iho, lana koʻu manaʻo iā Theo Kemp i kēlā me kēia manawa kūpono.