DustyWolfe
Proud Transman
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My girlfriend rented Transgeneration through netflicks and we watched it this weekend. I had been wanting to see it and we both thought it would be good to watch it together.
My thoughts/opinions/some background... Don't worry, I wont spoil anything. Unless of course anyone else has seen this and would like to discuss it.
The documentary was very well done. It followed 4 four college students and the people associated with them. 2 were FtM (Female to Male) and 2 were MtFs (Male to Female). One of the MtFs was hard of hearing and Filipino both of which put her further as a minority.
T.J (an FtM) was attending school in the U.S on a Scholarship. He's Armenian and as such there were difficulties associated with being a part of a very small, tight knit community back in Cyprus. T.J is a bit of an activist and also up until this year was part of the Drag King Troupe called Drag King Rebellion. T.J also worked to set up the first ever FtM Fraternity. Not sure how successful it was though.
Lucas, an FtM from Oklahoma attending a girl's college. A big part of the issues with Lucas revolved around his ambivalence about starting hormones and then dealing with his father. He and his roommate also had been working at raising transgender awareness.
Gabbie, an MtF was attending school in Colorado. She was given a special room so that she would have a private bathroom. She was also an RA. Her issues revolved around surgery and trying to get acceptance from her parents. The surprise though was that her grandparents were very supportive and her grandfather is a retired minister. One of the things that was discussed was that he was so accepting yet he was a minister. His comment was something to the effect of "That's what religion is about, accepting people and not judging." I thought that was cool.
Raci, an MtF in LA who is also very hard of hearing. Alot of her struggles have to do with her hearing loss and financial stressors. She was pretty whiney though. She also was very sexualized which in her position could cause her to come to harm.
There was a set of statistics thrown out that said the hate crime rate for transgender people is higher than all other minority groups put together, or something like that. I'll see if I can find it. I would say that if one of the 4 students were to be a victim of a hate crime it would likely be Raci. I can see the whole Gwen Arajou thing happening here.
Anyways... Just a brief overview of it. I'd recommend watching the series if you are Trans, a significant other, ally or whatever. I think it was well done and that all in all it put things into a pretty good perspective
My thoughts/opinions/some background... Don't worry, I wont spoil anything. Unless of course anyone else has seen this and would like to discuss it.
The documentary was very well done. It followed 4 four college students and the people associated with them. 2 were FtM (Female to Male) and 2 were MtFs (Male to Female). One of the MtFs was hard of hearing and Filipino both of which put her further as a minority.
T.J (an FtM) was attending school in the U.S on a Scholarship. He's Armenian and as such there were difficulties associated with being a part of a very small, tight knit community back in Cyprus. T.J is a bit of an activist and also up until this year was part of the Drag King Troupe called Drag King Rebellion. T.J also worked to set up the first ever FtM Fraternity. Not sure how successful it was though.
Lucas, an FtM from Oklahoma attending a girl's college. A big part of the issues with Lucas revolved around his ambivalence about starting hormones and then dealing with his father. He and his roommate also had been working at raising transgender awareness.
Gabbie, an MtF was attending school in Colorado. She was given a special room so that she would have a private bathroom. She was also an RA. Her issues revolved around surgery and trying to get acceptance from her parents. The surprise though was that her grandparents were very supportive and her grandfather is a retired minister. One of the things that was discussed was that he was so accepting yet he was a minister. His comment was something to the effect of "That's what religion is about, accepting people and not judging." I thought that was cool.
Raci, an MtF in LA who is also very hard of hearing. Alot of her struggles have to do with her hearing loss and financial stressors. She was pretty whiney though. She also was very sexualized which in her position could cause her to come to harm.
There was a set of statistics thrown out that said the hate crime rate for transgender people is higher than all other minority groups put together, or something like that. I'll see if I can find it. I would say that if one of the 4 students were to be a victim of a hate crime it would likely be Raci. I can see the whole Gwen Arajou thing happening here.
Anyways... Just a brief overview of it. I'd recommend watching the series if you are Trans, a significant other, ally or whatever. I think it was well done and that all in all it put things into a pretty good perspective
