How Jill Soloway found their non-binary identity

When Jill Soloway won an Emmy Award for their groundbreaking Amazon series "Transparent" two years ago, they enthusiastically encouraged the audience to "topple the patriarchy." Six weeks later, the election of Donald Trump reminded us all that the patriarchy remains still very much untoppled.

In 2018, Soloway is boldly calling out inequity and challenging established norms around power and gender in Hollywood. On “Salon Talks,” Soloway shared their book "She Wants It: Desire, Power, and Toppling the Patriarchy," a memoir, both personal and political, about coming out as non-binary and grappling with what to do when the MeToo movement inspired revelations about the star of their own show, Jeffrey Tambor.

Part of toppling the patriarchy, Soloway explained on “Salon Talks,” is wrapped up in how we see gender. “All these misconceptions about gender don’t do anything to help us,” Soloway said. Instead, Soloway is advocating for many definitions of gender.

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