Filmmakers Seek to Tell Trans Service Members' Stories

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Filmmakers Seek to Tell Trans Service Members' Stories

http://www.advocate.com/film/2016/5/30/filmmakers-seek-tell-trans-service-members-stories

The Advocate/BY TRUDY RING MAY 30 2016 8:04 PM EDT

"While the U.S. military moves slowly in reviewing the ban on service by transgender people, some filmmakers hope to put a spotlight on trans troops who are serving honorably and sometimes risking discharge by being open about their status.

Director Gabe Silverman and producers Fiona Dawson and Jamie Coughlin have initiated a Kickstarter campaign seeking to raise $89,500 to produce a documentary about those troops as part of the TransMilitary Project"