iO Tillett Wright

iO Tillett Wright is an American author, photographer,[1][2][3][4][5] TV host, and activist.[6][7][8]

iO Tillett Wright
Wright in 2012
Born (1985-09-02) September 2, 1985
New York City, New York
Occupation
  • Television host
  • Photographer
  • Writer
  • Actor
  • Speaker

Early life and education

Born female,[9][10][11][12] Wright grew up in New York City with his mother, Rebecca Wright, a photographer.[13][14]

Wright, during early childhood, rejected gender norms.[14][13]

Wright has since starred in MTV Suspect which aired in 2016. As news that co-star Nev Schulman had to leave the show to take care of his wife during her pregnancy, he confirmed the show's end on social media.[15]

Career

Editor

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

Blogger and writer

Wright then became a featured columnist for T Magazine, at The New York Times. In addition, Wright had two regular blogs called Notes From The Underground—for which iO reviewed underground performances—and The Lowdown.[18]

Wright's first book, Darling Days, A Memoir[19] was released on September 27, 2016, by Ecco Books, an imprint of Harper Collins.

Speaker

In 2012, Wright delivered a talk at TEDxWomen in Washington, DC, called Fifty Shades Of Gay,[20] discussing sexuality and gender as a spectrum. The talk has been viewed over 2.8 million times.[21]

Photographer

Wright is a self-taught photographer whose first camera was a Pentax KX.[22]

Since 2010, iO 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".[23] To date iO has photographed 9,803 people in all 50 States of the USA.[24]

Wright's photographs appeared on the cover of The New York Times magazine in August 2010, marking the beginning of his public photography career. On September 22, 2010, Wright opened Breedings, his first solo show of photographs, at Fuse Gallery in Manhattan. In August 2011, iO debuted Camila, his second solo show, and Act Like You're Fine, a group show he curated at Tokyo's Vacant Gallery.

Television personality

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

In 2017, Wright was a co-host with Max Joseph, on MTV's TV show, Catfish: The TV Show Season 6 Episode 6.

Actor

As an actor, Wright appeared in numerous independent films, on Sex and the City, and after an almost decade long hiatus, the feature film Holy New York.

Personal life

Wright uses the gendered pronouns "her/him" or no pronouns at all, just his legal first name, "00".[28] Wright has written that "there is nothing wrong with being a ‘they’, but, STRICTLY speaking [for himself], the shoe doesn't fit."[29] He has said that this "may change, as it has already changed many times, and I'm good with that".[30]

References
  1. Goldin, Nan (October 6, 2016). "iO Tillett Wright". InterviewMagazine.com. Retrieved March 18, 2020.
  2. Felsenthal, Julia. "iO Tillett Wright on Chronicling His Gritty Childhood in Darling Days". Vogue. Retrieved March 18, 2020.
  3. Baritaux, Zio (September 28, 2016). "iO Tillett Wright Has Identified As a Boy, a Girl, and a Man, and Traces His Gender-fluid Journey in a New Memoir". i-D.Vice.com. Retrieved March 18, 2020.
  4. iO Tillett Wright (January 2013). "iO Tillett Wright's TED Talk". TED.com. Retrieved May 29, 2016.
  5. "Shades of Gay". The New York Times blog 6th Floor. July 19, 2011. Retrieved May 29, 2016.
  6. "Artist and activist iO Tillet Wright is helping to smash stereotypes". Huck Magazine. Retrieved May 29, 2016.
  7. "Civilities: 8 LGBT names to know in 2016". Washington Post. January 18, 2016. Retrieved May 29, 2016.
  8. Kennedy, Rose (March 7, 2012). "Photographer iO Tillett Wright Intends to Capture the Humanity of the LGBT Community in Self-Evident Truth Project". Metro Pulse. Archived from the original on December 19, 2014. Wright, 26, grew up as a female in Manhattan
  9. Wright, iO Tillett (March 17, 2017). "Op-Ed: A transgender child's dilemma: When to go, and where". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 18, 2020. the attendance sheet told them I was assigned female at birth
  10. Tuttle, Kate. "iO Tillett Wright's coming-of-age tale as transgender man". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved March 18, 2020.
  11. Filgate, Michele (September 28, 2016). "'Darling Days': His anatomy said girl. His reality said boy". Washington Post. Retrieved March 18, 2020.
  12. Abbott, Alysia (October 10, 2016). "Questioning Gender Amid a Chaotic East Village Childhood". The New York Times. Retrieved March 18, 2020.
  13. Ossad, Jordana. "Meet Nev Schulman's 'MTV Catfish' Co-Host iO Tillett Wright". mtv.com. Viacom International Incorporated. Retrieved June 8, 2016.
  14. "Who's who in these Nan Goldin photos?". uk.phaidon.com. Phaidon. Retrieved June 8, 2016.
  15. iO Tillet Wright [@iOlovesyou] (August 12, 2016). "Hey friends, it's true. There is no more MTV Suspect after this season. Nev Schulman has cute babies to make! But..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  16. Tillett Wright, iO. "About Me". darlingdays.com. iO Tillett Wright. Retrieved June 8, 2016.
  17. "Fifty Shades of Gay". 5election. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
  18. "IO Tillett Wright". T Magazine Blog. The New York Times.
  19. "Darling Days". IndieBound.
  20. Wright, iO Tillett. "Fifty shades of gay" – via www.ted.com.
  21. Wright, iO Tillett, Fifty shades of gay, retrieved May 19, 2017
  22. "iO Tillett Wright". The Citrus Report. Retrieved June 8, 2016.
  23. "Home". SELF EVIDENT TRUTHS. Retrieved May 19, 2017.
  24. Serafini, Marisa (October 17, 2016). "iO Tillett Wright: My Parents Never Once Questioned My Gender". AfterBuzz TV Network. Retrieved May 19, 2017.
  25. "iO Tillett Wright joins Nev Schulman for MTV's "Catfish" spin-off "Suspect" – AfterEllen". AfterEllen. Retrieved May 29, 2016.
  26. John Panichella (March 1, 2016). "Nev Schulman and iO Tillett Wright Talk New MTV Show "Suspect"". J-14. Retrieved May 29, 2016.
  27. "Non-Binary Artist iO Tillet Wright Joins Catfish's Nev Schulman For "MTV Suspect" – NewNowNext". LOGO News. Retrieved May 29, 2016.
  28. "iO Tillett Wright on Twitter".
  29. artist, iO Tillett Wright Photography-based visual (May 14, 2014). "He / She / It / ... Me".
  30. "iO Tillett Wright on Instagram".
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