What movie helps you with being trans?

[Lukas-H]

Like Monty said (even though it was over a month ago) Mulan was the film that, when I watched it for the first time when I was younger, sort of set in motion the realization for me that I wasn't really cisgendered. I was also insanely happy that it was one of the few disney movies that departed from the typical helpless princess rescued by the dream guy. In Mulan, SHE rescues HIM, and I always thought that it was the most awesome thing, maybe because I've always liked ideas that 'colored outside the lines' or because it proved that no matter what your gender you are capable of the same things as everyone else.

I also always thought it was cool how she covertly blended in with the other males, even though the characters never noticed some things that I'm sure would have been noticed in reality, but this was mostly helped along by the fact that it was sort of a kid's movie and it would have been ruined otherwise if they knew too early on.

They made Mulan 2, which I watched (even though it was a long time after it actually came out) which I thought wasn't as good as the first, but it still had some value to it.

I also read they're making a live-action Mulan

[joannatsf]

Dressed to Kill


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[tekla]

Dressed to Kill

Wow, you're a little ray of sunshine in a troubled world aren't you?

[joannatsf]

I'm off my meds  >

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[Chrissty]

Hey Claire

What's up?

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=TtEslgOKdjg&feature=related

Hugs

Chrissty

[joannatsf]

I got up on the wrong side of the coffin this morning.  I had my cranky pants on.  A day out shopping and dinner with friends and I'm back to normal dysthymic self. 

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[Arch]

I got up on the wrong side of the coffin this morning.  I had my cranky pants on.  A day out shopping and dinner with friends and I'm back to normal dysthymic self. 

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Freude!!!

[Chrissty]

I had my cranky pants on. 

I had a pair like that...threw them out last month...!



Chrissty

[joannatsf]

I had my cranky pants on.

I had a pair like that...threw them out last month...!



Chrissty

Perhaps I should do the same.  I hear the Passion Pants are much more fun! 

[KateDrinks]

I think the movie that helped me most was Ma Vie en Rose.... i love that little movie so much. Boys dont cry is the one i watch the most (mainly cuz i dont have ma vie en rose on dvd) and me and my friends watch transgeneration too, too much.

Other good Movies: beautiful boxer, iron ladies, middle sexes, hedwig and the angry inch, rocky horror, Priscilla queen of the desert...

trans movies i DIDNT like include Normal, which seemed to mock the trans character a little (the director used transsexualism as a metaphor for betrayal in a relationship apperently)

Transamerica just felt like very much an outsiders view point and it was hard to like Bree, she came off as quite selfish and weak. i remember in the interviews they talk about how they didnt think the actress would pull it off because she was "too pretty" (comments like that put me off). Someone also pointed out to me that the boys naivety about transsexuals is a bit odd when he was a rent boy from the streets of new york

sorry movies are kinda my thing

[Stealthgrrl]

Kate, I agree completely about Transamerica...I found it disappointing. I did laugh when she asked for a pink sleeping bag though. 

A lot of people have mentioned Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. That one didn't do a thing for me. Rocky Horror either, though SO many people love it and give me the screwy face when I say i don't.

Normal put me off at first. I thought, there is nothing feminine about this character, and so, the wearing of perfume and so forth just jars. But the scene in the barn saved it for me. Because being trans IS a life and death issue, and so many people don't understand that. I also thought it did a fine job of showing the wife's hurt and confusion, and also love. I love the scene where the trans character goes, "I understand women so much better now" or something to that effect, and she goes, "Couldn't you just have read a book?" 

Ma Vie En Rose is just so priceless. I love it love it love it, and copied it off, despite all Interpol warnings. I almost fall off the couch when Ludovic's mom says, "You'd rather live with that doll?" and I'm just like Ludovic, going oh hell yes! Le Monde du Pam looked like Heaven to me!
   I felt so bad when Ludovic has to get a haircut. Just like in The Crying Game, when Stephen Rea starts to cut Dil's hair, I have to look away, no fooling.

Stealth

[debbiej]

Normal put me off at first. I thought, there is nothing feminine about this character, and so, the wearing of perfume and so forth just jars.

I had a very hard time watching Normal because I really identified with the masculinity of the character. Who among us older folk does look good the first time we put on a dress. It was jarring to see and it still IS, for me, still jarring when I look in a mirror. Things are getting better as I continue my HRT and learn to style my hair.

But the scene in the barn saved it for me. Because being trans IS a life and death issue, and so many people don't understand that. I also thought it did a fine job of showing the wife's hurt and confusion, and also love. I love the scene where the trans character goes, "I understand women so much better now" or something to that effect, and she goes, "Couldn't you just have read a book?" 

The scene that meant the most to me was the wife's comment to that awful pastor about why she is staying with her spouse. Something like, "How can I leave, he is my heart (as she puts her hand to her breast). I won't encourage my spouse watch Normal since it would feel to me like I'm trying to put words into her mouth. Although I do believe my spouse feels the same way. She showed me last night by holding me as I wept at the kitchen table. Also, to get back to your comment, I don't want her to see it because I don't want to encourage her fears that I might take my own life if I can't express myself as a woman. If it comes to that, I'll find a way to tell her myself and seek her help.

Yes, we all are touched (or not touched) by movies in different ways. I'm glad there are different movies out there for everybody's tastes - to help us on our journey.

Dee

[Alyssa M.]

Shameless bump, and an addition that I can't believe nobody mentioned (including myself).
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Okay, cheesy -- but it had a heck of an impact on me when I was ten years old. And still does, I must admit.

~Alyssa

[lady amarant]

Okay, cheesy -- but it had a heck of an impact on me when I was ten years old. And still does, I must admit.

Not cheesy. 

~Simone.

[Alyssa M.]

I'm sorry Simone! As I said, it's always been a favourite, though I felt I couldn't admit it. I guess I still think I need to make excuses.

~Alyssa

p.s. The "extra" "u" is a Yank's gesture of reconcilliation.

[lady amarant]

Aw honey! I wasn't taking you on about it! I was agreeing with you ... except for the cheesy bit (which you didn't really believe anyway)! And total props for using the correct spelling!

~Simone.

[Jamie10011]

for me it's Boys don't Cry, but the endings really sad though. i know its about how hard it is, but it gets me inspired

[japple]

Silence of the Lambs.  Kidding. I watched it in 7th grade when I overheard someone say it had a boy who wanted to be a girl in it.  It scarred me for life.  I still think about it and feel like a freak.

I've seen them all, but "She's a Boy I Knew" is the only inspiration.  Watching Gwen try to be ultra-femmy and obsessed and then finding the kind of woman that makes sense for her is something I think about a lot.  She seems so comfortable in her own skin, which is what I dream of.  I also like "Prodigal Sons" because she's also from Montana and goes home for her class reunion.  The idea of ever going home again is something I didn't think was possible.

[Nero]

Shameless bump, and an addition that I can't believe nobody mentioned (including myself).
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Okay, cheesy -- but it had a heck of an impact on me when I was ten years old. And still does, I must admit.

~Alyssa

awww So you felt like Ariel? That movie had a hell of an impact one me too. But for a different reason. It was my baby sister's favorite movie, so it was always on in the background for like a whole year. Whatever was going on in my life sort of melded into the songs (namely my first crush). So, whenever I hear it now, I'm 11 again. 

[Battle_On]

QUEER AS FOLK (US version) and BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN. For Pride month, QAF was on sale, so I bought the first three seasons and watched them through in a few days. Got the last two seasons and watched them in a few days. Obviously the show has its flaws, but it had a profound effect on me. First, I was so saturated in the show that I couldn't go back to suppressing my identity. It just wasn't possible anymore. Second, seeing all of those gay guys made me realize something. It's not that I want to be a gay guy someday, after I get my doctorate and have time to explore my identity...I AM a gay boy, now, even though I'm no-ho and no-op.

^This.

I discovered Queer as Folk last summer...and then in December celebrated the 10th anniversery of the airing of the first episode. I have watched the show about six times now all the way through, more becuase I like disecting the characters the way we used to disect books in A.P. Lit. But QAF was an eye opener for me. It is definately a big part of what helped to having my little light bulb light up. I'm a gay boy too, despite how the rest of the world may see me, and I'm proud of it ^^