Ticked Off at Ticked-Off Trannies
Transgender activists took to the streets to oppose a locally made movie — and made it more successful than ever.
Wednesday, 04 August 2010 08:10 JIMMY FOWLER

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At a nondescript house in Arlington last summer, a showdown of cinematic proportions took place. Three women faced off against three men who'd brutally attacked and beaten them earlier. The women wore tight leather jumpsuits, elaborate sequined face makeup, and high-heeled boots. They kicked, punched, and slashed their hapless bashers with switchblades, kitchen knives, hammers, and elaborately carved ninja weapons. Sweat poured down their faces and mixed with the makeup and the blood in colorful streams.

"You think we're 'tranimals'!" a blonde, curly-haired female avenger shouted at a cowering man. "But you're the animal here!"

The word "tranimal" is a pun on what these superheroines are — transgender women, individuals who were born male but identify and publicly present themselves as female. And if the line sounds like a cheesy bit of B-movie dialogue, it is — it's in the script for North Texas writer-director Israel Luna's movie Ticked-Off Trannies With Knives, which filmed on location in Fort Worth, Arlington, and Dallas last summer.