A while back on another Forum, a screen writer came as a guest and presented a story line and asked for a critique. The story was very simplistic with many natal assumptions common for us. It was a good try at caring, yet it was so monochromatic and shallow.
There were may replies and several bits of story ideas given, including one about about a trans man and a trans woman falling in love, they met by chance on the day of her planned suicide, due to social treatment of society. It all combined to make a moving and complex story about us. The writer gratefully promised a complete re-write as our stories are moving. We are very complex intelligent people. That is the biggest fact Hollywood will probably miss. They would rather paint us as Marge and Homer.
I have never seen or known of the work being finished or presented, as the writer was from another country and not destined for USA TV. I do often wonder what the outcome was. I do agree with Beth and Jessica, we do need a venue for telling our true stories. Each week a new person added and the facets of thier individual story. It can be a comidy and a tragity. Not like the current trash on the boob tube. Hug. Joann
