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'''Phil Allen ''' (born '''Jennifer Grace Allen''', November 8, 1992) is an American correspondent best known as a villain of the American version of [[Vote for the Girls (United States)|''Vote for the Girls'']].
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Allen has been to former Philly 17 News anchorman Mark Gold since 2010. Having dealt with [[wikipedia:gender dysphoria|gender dysphoria]] since childhood, Allen publicly [[wikipedia:coming out|came out]] as a [[wikipedia:transgender man|transgender man]] in 2012,<ref name="HOSinterview" /> ceasing to use his birth name and taking the name Phil Allen.
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==Biography==
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===1992–2011: Early life===
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Allen was born Jennifer Grace Allen as an [[wikipedia:Sex assignment|assigned female]] in New York City, the child of Benjamin William and Jane Elizabeth Allen.<ref name="CBS">??</ref><ref name="Eells">{{cite journal |title=The Secret Life of Jennifer Allen|}}</ref> Allen experienced feelings of [[wikipedia:gender dysphoria|gender dysphoria]] from an early age, playing with Matchbox cars and fantasizing about being Arnold Schwarzenegger.<ref name="Eells"/>
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Allen's parents had an acrimonious divorce when she was 11 years old, and never spoke to one another again.<ref name="Eells"/> Allen felt severely depressed during this time, recalling it as "a period of extreme dysphoria – of just not wanting to be female".<ref name="Eells"/> Constantly bullied at school and called a "[[wikipedia:Dyke (slang)|dyke]]", by age 13,  Other coping mechanisms included skipping school to [[wikipedia:cross-dressing|cross-dress]] at home.<ref name="Eells"/>
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Grace and Hannoura have a daughter together, Evelyn, born October 30, 2009.<ref name="Eells"/> Grace's feelings of dysphoria "started coming back really strong" about the time Hannoura became pregnant that February, but were not acted on.<ref name="Eells"/> The family moved to [[St. Augustine, Florida]] in 2010, when Evelyn was about a year old.<ref name="Eells"/> Against Me!'s fifth studio album, ''[[White Crosses (album)|White Crosses]]'', was released that year and became their most successful, reaching no. 34 on the ''Billboard'' 200.<ref name="Billboard 200"/> By that September, however, Grace began taking week-long writing trips alone, checking into hotels dressed as a woman and writing a [[concept album]] titled ''Transgender Dysphoria Blues'', about a [[transsexualism|transsexual]] prostitute.<ref name="Eells"/><ref name=":3" /> Against Me! cancelled a series of tour dates in October and November 2010 due to "a culmination of circumstances engulfing us", and left Sire/Warner.<ref name="White">{{cite web |last=White |first=Adam |title=Against Me! Leave Sire/Warner |publisher=[[Punknews.org]] |date=November 29, 2010 |url=http://www.punknews.org/article/40752 |accessdate=May 17, 2012}}</ref> In 2011, Grace purchased an abandoned [[post office]] in [[Elkton, Florida]], converting it into a recording studio called Total Treble and launched an accompanying record label, Total Treble Music, through which to issue future Against Me! releases.<ref name="Eells"/><ref name="Strummer">{{cite web |last=Strummer |first=Brittany |title=Against Me! Announce New Record Label Total Treble Music |publisher=[[Punknews.org]] |date=June 3, 2011 |url=http://www.punknews.org/article/42893 |accessdate=May 17, 2012}}</ref><ref name="Cherrie">{{cite web |last=Cherrie |first=Chrysta |title=Review: ''Giant Orange'' |publisher=[[Allmusic]] |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/giant-orange-r2381055/review |accessdate=May 18, 2012}}</ref> The first album recorded at the studio was [[Cheap Girls]]' ''[[Giant Orange]]'' (2012), which also marked Grace's first experience as a [[record producer]].<ref name="Cherrie"/><ref name="Marchese">{{cite web |last=Marchese |first=David |title=First Spin: Hear Cheap Girls' Tom Gabel-Produced 'Communication Blues' |publisher=''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' |url=http://www.spin.com/articles/first-spin-hear-cheap-girls-tom-gabel-produced-communication-blues |accessdate=May 18, 2012}}</ref> -->
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===2011–present: Transition and ''Vote for the Girls''===
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{{Quote box |quote=The cliché is that you're a man trapped in a woman's body, but it's not that simple. It's a feeling of detachment from your body and from yourself. And it's shitty.<ref name="Eells"/> |source=—Allen, describing [[wikipedia:gender dysphoria|gender dysphoria]] |align=right |salign=right |width=25%}}
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Allen publicly [[wikipedia:coming out|came out]] as [[wikipediatransgender:|transgender]] in May 2011, announcing plans to [[wikipedia:transitioning (transgender)|transition]] to living as a man.<ref name="Eells"/><ref name="17 News">{{cite news |title=Jennifer Allen Comes Out as Transgender}}</ref><ref name="Montgomery 2012-05-10">{{cite news |title=Jennifer Allen Reveals Details of Transgender Life|}}</ref>
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Allen has been undergoing medical transition since September 2011. He is receiving [[wikipedia:Hormone replacement therapy (female-to-male)|HRT]] to produce body and facial hair growth and decrease breast size.<ref name="HOSinterview">{{cite news |title=Phil Allen Gives Revealing Life at New Life, New Closet}}</ref> At the time, he also mentioned plans to undergo [[wikipedia:mastectomy|top surgery]], but is apprehensive about bottom surgery: "I don't give a fuck if I lose my vagina. It's just fucking scary because of the surgery."<ref name="Eells"/> He said in a May 2012 interview that he would live as a man and undergo [[wikipedia:psychotherapy|psychotherapy]] for a year before considering full sex reassignment surgery: "Right now, I'm in this awkward transition period. I look like a chick, and feel like a chick, and it sucks. But eventually I'll flip, and I'll present as male."<ref name="Eells"/>
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The correspondent now goes by the name Phil Allen.<ref name="HOSinterview" /> "Phil" is the name his mother would have chosen had he been [[wikipedia:assigned male at birth|assigned male at birth]].
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===Other works===
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In January of 2016, Allen auditioned for the male moderator role on the [[Vote for the Girls (United States)|American version of ''Vote for the Girls'']] that was vacated by the death of [[Leonard Lai]]. He, along with [[Kye Sanchez]] were respectively officially named a third and fourth male moderator on the Red Team (joining [[Clark Jones]] and [[Luka Runecraft]]) on the American version and host [[Ava Zinn]] introduced him to the show's viewers on the September 19 episode.
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Revision as of 10:46, 15 September 2016

Phil Allen
Born Jennifer Grace Allen
November 8, 1992 (1992-11-08) (age 31)
Spouse Mark Gold (m. 2010)[1]

Phil Allen (born Jennifer Grace Allen, November 8, 1992) is an American correspondent best known as a villain of the American version of Vote for the Girls.

Allen has been to former Philly 17 News anchorman Mark Gold since 2010. Having dealt with gender dysphoria since childhood, Allen publicly came out as a transgender man in 2012,[2] ceasing to use his birth name and taking the name Phil Allen.

Biography

1992–2011: Early life

Allen was born Jennifer Grace Allen as an assigned female in New York City, the child of Benjamin William and Jane Elizabeth Allen.[3][4] Allen experienced feelings of gender dysphoria from an early age, playing with Matchbox cars and fantasizing about being Arnold Schwarzenegger.[4]

Allen's parents had an acrimonious divorce when she was 11 years old, and never spoke to one another again.[4] Allen felt severely depressed during this time, recalling it as "a period of extreme dysphoria – of just not wanting to be female".[4] Constantly bullied at school and called a "dyke", by age 13, Other coping mechanisms included skipping school to cross-dress at home.[4]


2011–present: Transition and Vote for the Girls

The cliché is that you're a man trapped in a woman's body, but it's not that simple. It's a feeling of detachment from your body and from yourself. And it's shitty.[4]

—Allen, describing gender dysphoria

Allen publicly came out as transgender in May 2011, announcing plans to transition to living as a man.[4][5][6]

Allen has been undergoing medical transition since September 2011. He is receiving HRT to produce body and facial hair growth and decrease breast size.[2] At the time, he also mentioned plans to undergo top surgery, but is apprehensive about bottom surgery: "I don't give a fuck if I lose my vagina. It's just fucking scary because of the surgery."[4] He said in a May 2012 interview that he would live as a man and undergo psychotherapy for a year before considering full sex reassignment surgery: "Right now, I'm in this awkward transition period. I look like a chick, and feel like a chick, and it sucks. But eventually I'll flip, and I'll present as male."[4]

The correspondent now goes by the name Phil Allen.[2] "Phil" is the name his mother would have chosen had he been assigned male at birth.

Other works

In January of 2016, Allen auditioned for the male moderator role on the American version of Vote for the Girls that was vacated by the death of Leonard Lai. He, along with Kye Sanchez were respectively officially named a third and fourth male moderator on the Red Team (joining Clark Jones and Luka Runecraft) on the American version and host Ava Zinn introduced him to the show's viewers on the September 19 episode.


See also

References

  1. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Rafferty
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Phil Allen Gives Revealing Life at New Life, New Closet". 
  3. ↑ ??
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 The Secret Life of Jennifer Allen. 
  5. ↑ "Jennifer Allen Comes Out as Transgender". 
  6. ↑ "Jennifer Allen Reveals Details of Transgender Life". 

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