IO Tillett Wright explained

iO Tillett Wright
Birth Date:2 September 1985
Birth Place:New York City, U.S.

iO Tillett Wright (born September 2, 1985) is an American author, photographer,[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] actor, TV and podcast host, and activist.[6] [7] [8] After growing up in New York City, he founded street art magazine Overspray and served as its editor-in-chief until 2009. From 2010 to 2012 he was a featured columnist for T Magazine with two regular blogs. In 2016, he co-hosted MTV show Suspect with Nev Schulman.

Early life

Wright grew up in New York City with his mother, Rebecca Wright, a poet and actress. He attended Brockwood Park School in England.[9] [10] [11] [12] Wright is a transgender man. He documented the struggles of his upbringing in his memoir Darling Days.[13] [14]

Career

Editor

In 2002, at the age of 17, Wright founded and served as editor-in-chief of a street art magazine, Overspray,[15] until 2009.[16]

Blogger and writer

From 2010 to 2012, Wright was a featured columnist for T Magazine, at The New York Times where he had two blogs called Notes From The Underground—for which iO reviewed underground performances—and The Lowdown.[17]

Wright's first book, Darling Days, A Memoir[18] was released on September 27, 2016, by Ecco Books, an imprint of HarperCollins.

Wright's second book, Self Evident Truths: 10,000 Portraits of Queer America, has been published on September 15, 2020, by Prestel.

Wright's third book, Oasis: Modern Desert Homes Around The World, has been published in November, 2020, by Clarkson Potter.

Speaker

In 2012, Wright delivered a talk at TEDxWomen in Washington, DC, called Fifty Shades Of Gay,[19] discussing sexuality and gender as a spectrum. The talk has been viewed over 3 million times.

Photographer

Wright is a self-taught photographer[20] who, on September 22, 2010, opened Breedings, his first solo show of photographs, at Fuse Gallery in Manhattan. In August 2011, Wright debuted Camila, his second solo show, and Act Like You're Fine, a group show he curated at Tokyo's Vacant Gallery.

Since 2010, Wright 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".[21] To date, Wright has photographed 10,000 people in all 50 of the United States.[22] On September 15, 2020, a monograph, called "Self Evident Truths: 10,000 Portraits of Queer America" that includes all ten thousand images, has been published by Prestel, with a foreword by Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors.

Actor

As an actor, Wright appeared in several independent films, including in a 2004 appearance as a McDonald's worker in Sex and the City, and after an over decade long hiatus, with a part in the feature film Holy New York (2020).[23]

Television host

In 2016, Wright co-hosted the MTV show Suspect with Nev Schulman.[24] [25] [26] [27]

In 2017, Wright was a co-host with Max Joseph, on Episode 6 of Season 6 of MTV's, .[28]

Podcaster

In 2019, Wright produced and hosted The Ballad Of Billy Balls, a true crime investigation of the murder of the love of his mother's life.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: iO Tillett Wright . Goldin . Nan . 2016-10-06 . InterviewMagazine.com . en-US . 2020-03-18.
  2. Web site: iO Tillett Wright on Chronicling His Gritty Childhood in Darling Days . Felsenthal . Julia . Vogue . October 4, 2016 . en . 2020-03-18.
  3. Web site: iO Tillett Wright Has Identified As a Boy, a Girl, and a Man, and Traces His Gender-fluid Journey in a New Memoir . Baritaux . Zio . 2016-09-28 . i-D.Vice.com . en . May 18, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221207231016/https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/43vz49/io-tillett-wright-has-identified-as-a-boy-a-girl-and-a-man-and-traces-his-gender-fluid-journey-in-a-new-memoir . December 7, 2022.
  4. Web site: iO Tillett Wright's TED Talk. iO Tillett Wright. TED.com. January 2013. May 29, 2016.
  5. News: Shades of Gay. The New York Times blog 6th Floor. 19 July 2011. May 29, 2016.
  6. Web site: Artist and activist iO Tillet Wright is helping to smash stereotypes. Huck Magazine. May 29, 2016. June 8, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160608211133/http://www.huckmagazine.com/perspectives/activism-2/io-tillett-wright. dead.
  7. News: Civilities: 8 LGBT names to know in 2016. January 18, 2016. Washington Post. May 29, 2016.
  8. Web site: Photographer iO Tillett Wright Intends to Capture the Humanity of the LGBT Community in Self-Evident Truth Project . . Rose . Kennedy . March 7, 2012 . Wright, 26, grew up as a female in Manhattan . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141219071706/http://www.metropulse.com/stories/features/photographer-io-tillett-wright-intends-capture-hum . December 19, 2014 .
  9. Web site: Wright. iO Tillett. 2017-03-17. Op-Ed: A transgender child's dilemma: When to go, and where. 2020-03-18. Los Angeles Times. en-US. "the attendance sheet told them I was assigned female at birth".
  10. Web site: Tuttle. Kate. iO Tillett Wright's coming-of-age tale as transgender man. 2020-03-18. BostonGlobe.com. en-US.
  11. News: Filgate. Michele. 2016-09-28. 'Darling Days': His anatomy said girl. His reality said boy.. 2020-03-18. Washington Post. en-US.
  12. Web site: Abbott. Alysia. 2016-10-10. Questioning Gender Amid a Chaotic East Village Childhood. 2020-03-18. The New York Times. en-US.
  13. Web site: Ossad. Jordana. Meet Nev Schulman's 'MTV Catfish' Co-Host iO Tillett Wright. https://web.archive.org/web/20160213010356/http://www.mtv.com/news/2737680/mtv-suspect-io-tillett-wright/. dead. February 13, 2016. mtv.com. Viacom International Incorporated. 8 June 2016. mtv.
  14. Web site: Who's who in these Nan Goldin photos?. uk.phaidon.com. Phaidon. 8 June 2016. phaidon.
  15. Web site: Tillett Wright. iO. About Me. darlingdays.com. iO Tillett Wright. 8 June 2016. darlingdays. June 20, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160620085904/http://www.darlingdays.com/about-me. dead.
  16. News: Fifty Shades of Gay . 17 May 2020 . 5election.
  17. Web site: IO Tillett Wright . The New York Times . T Magazine Blog.
  18. Web site: Darling Days. IndieBound. July 15, 2016. August 28, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160828184531/http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780062368201%26aff%3Dhcweb. dead.
  19. Web site: Fifty shades of gay. iO Tillett. Wright. January 30, 2013 . www.ted.com.
  20. Web site: iO Tillett Wright. The Citrus Report. 8 June 2016. citrus.
  21. Web site: Home. SELF EVIDENT TRUTHS. en-US. 2017-05-19.
  22. Web site: iO Tillett Wright: My Parents Never Once Questioned My Gender. Serafini. Marisa. 2016-10-17. AfterBuzz TV Network. https://web.archive.org/web/20170209234401/http://www.afterbuzztv.com/2016/10/17/io-tillett-wright-my-parents-never-once-questioned-my-gender/. 2017-02-09. dead. 2017-05-19.
  23. Web site: Io Tillett Wright . IMDb.
  24. Web site: Suspect TV Series 2016 . IMDb.
  25. Web site: iO Tillett Wright joins Nev Schulman for MTV's "Catfish" spin-off "Suspect" – AfterEllen. AfterEllen. February 24, 2016 . May 29, 2016.
  26. Web site: Nev Schulman and iO Tillett Wright Talk New MTV Show "Suspect". John Panichella. March 1, 2016. J-14. May 29, 2016.
  27. Web site: Non-Binary Artist iO Tillet Wright Joins Catfish's Nev Schulman For "MTV Suspect" – NewNowNext. LOGO News. May 29, 2016.
  28. Web site: "Catfish: The TV Show" Mecca and Tanner - IMDB. IMDb. November 18, 2020.

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