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Chella Man (born November 26, 1998) [2] is an American actor, model, artist, YouTuber, and LGBTQ activist. They [a] are known for sharing their experiences as a transgender, deaf, Asian, and Jewish person of color. Man rose to wider prominence in 2019 for portraying a mute superhero Jericho in the second season of the DC Universe series Titans. [5]
The Device That Turned Me Into A Cyborg Was Born The Same Year I Was
- He was born and raised in Central Pennsylvania, to a Jewish mom and a Chinese dad.
- He started a YouTube channel, Chella Man, in May 2017 to document his transition. He also vlogs about his identity and love life, and posts ASL translations of songs.
- Why be so public? “My hope is for this visibility to provide hope and motivation towards all who can see bits of themselves in my journey. I strive to be a transparent role model I wish I had as a queer, deaf kid from a conservative town,” he explained.
- As Chella Man wrote in them, “When I began documenting my transition publicly, I never expected such a large audience to join me on my journey. Especially on YouTube, I mainly posted videos for my own personal use to look back upon.”
Mar 24, 2023 · Co-commissioned by Sydney’s Powerhouse museum, short film The Device That Turned Me Into A Cyborg Was Born The Same Year I Was, explores actor and director Chella Man’s relationship with the cochlear implant, and the nuances of life on a continuum between the deaf and hearing worlds. Fed by his experiences as a deaf, transgender, gender-queer creative, the film traces his journey to a ...
Feb 13, 2020 · Chella Man: On Infinite Kinds of Love. We asked the actor and artist and his partner, MaryV Benoit, to tell us the story of their love. We’ve been lucky enough to have Chella Man be a part of them. since the earliest days of our publication, and give him space to do what he does best: fearlessly capture what it means to be himself.
Feb 28, 2018 · Chella Man is a 19-year-old deaf, genderqueer, queer artist currently transitioning on testosterone. He is studying virtual reality programming at The New School in New York City, while creating art on the side. His main focus is to educate others on issues regarding being queer and disabled within a safe space.
Chella Man is an internationally acclaimed artist whose work explores the continuum of identity by deconstructing binaries within and beyond disability, gender, race, sexuality, and morality. His expansive identities as a Deaf, Genderqueer, Trans-Masculine, Jewish, and Chinese artist inform a unique perspective that cannot be limited to one medium. Most recently, he curated a New York Times ...
