Ask Matt: Identifying with 'Boys Don't Cry'
June 9, 2011 by Matt Kailey
http://tranifesto.com/2011/06/09/ask-matt-identifying-with-boys-dont-cry/A reader writes: "I've noticed lately how many trans guys of my generation and a bit younger (I'm 29) first recognized themselves in the media while watching Boys Don't Cry. I can count myself among those guys.
"I was a senior in high school and newly out as a lesbian, and I didn't know enough about trans people (I wonder if I knew anything at all) to use that language, but I knew that there was something in this character (and his real-life counterpart) that resonated in me. I haven't thought much about it, but recently a few YouTube channels have addressed media representations of trans men and many of the guys mentioned this connection to Boys Don't Cry.
