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# I AM SAMANTHA by Benjamin Scheuer
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/i-am-samantha/
- Published: 2020-04-01T19:56:50.000Z
- Updated: 2020-04-01T20:10:01.000Z
- Description: Singer-songwriter Benjamin Scheuer has released a song about a transgender woman called ‘I am Samantha’. The track is based on the real life story of Samantha Williams, who Scheuer encountered and befriended in a New York City coffee shop. During their conversations, Samantha related to Scheuer that
- Author: Netty Wendt

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Singer-songwriter **Benjamin Scheuer** has released a song about a transgender woman called **‘I am Samantha’**. The track is based on the real life story of **Samantha Williams**, who Scheuer encountered and befriended in a New York City coffee shop. During their conversations, Samantha related to Scheuer that she had never heard a song about someone with her name. He promptly changed that, filling notebooks with her journey of life and transition.

Appropriately, the song was released on **International Transgender Day of Visibility** and is accompanied by a music video directed by award-winning T. Cooper , and starring a cast of 27 trans actors (believed to be the largest ensemble trans cast to date). The visuals are provided by an all-female LGBTQ and/or person of colour crew. Notable cast members include **Monica Helms** (creator of the Transgender Pride Flag and **Skyler Jay** (season 2 of Queer Eye).

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As Samantha herself says, *“it is the story of one trans woman. It is also the story of what it means to love and be loved, a human journey we all take to find identity, acceptance and love.”*

***A*lison Glock-Cooper** directed the touching behind the scenes documentary which[ can be viewed here:](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxAVZ-MW%5FQk&ref=scenemag.co.uk)

Gscene loves this and says that **We are Samantha.**

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