Mtf Transsexual Talk

[Guest angela2159]

what would you do if you seen a video just for transsexuals, Like lets say transgeneration? Ive seen it like about 15 times and love one persons story. you can watch clips at, transgeneration you can see raci's story shes the one im talking about she is soo sweet. let me know what you think.

[Guest Elizabeth K]

Those movie are so rare. I like the movie Normal also.

There are tons of CD and Drag movies, but most leave me feeling cheated. We TS are so exploited sometimes. I am not a she-male or a Transgender or any of the freaks that are always being promoted on the porn sites. Shame on them and a POX on their house - double POX - triple POX.

Hummmm. some real feelings there Lizzy

[Sally]

I have been so disappointed when I try to watch a movie about transsexuals, I am trying to get a perspective on how to continue after transitioning and how normal a life can I achieve. They are interested in selling tickets or advertising and end up most of the time making me turn it off and wonder if there can actually be a 'normal' life for me. I would love to see something about someone who is actually making it work, but the flambouant Drag Queens and the suicidal Drug addicts make 'much better' viewing.

If only Frank Capra had made a movie about transsexuals, "It's a Wonderful Transitioning Life", how much better people would understand us and care about us rather than just trying to ignore us.

Sorry, but today's gritty, realistic movies from the mid 80s on have done nothing to make me want to go to a new film, I'm stuck in the past where the heroes weren't so flawed!

Silent Film Sally

[Guest Evan_J]

Its coming. I KNOW it is. There are too many artistic/filmmaker types on this site for me to imagine "the" movie is not coming. (That's your cue artistic/filmmaker types....get crackin.)

[Sally]

If you need any bad illustrations for the credits just check out my avatar!

OK, maybe a soundtrack - I am a jazz musician and no one here has ever heard me play so as far as you know - a good one!

Sorry for blowing my own horn, but the music store insisted that I pay for it.

Love ya,

Sally

[Guest Donna Jean]

Those movie are so rare. I like the movie Normal also.

There are tons of CD and Drag movies, but most leave me feeling cheated. We TS are so exploited sometimes. I am not a she-male or a Transgender or any of the freaks that are always being promoted on the porn sites. Shame on them and a POX on their house - double POX - triple POX.

Hummmm. some real feelings there Lizzy

Oh yes, Lizzy! The movie Normal is a "Must see" for any MTF and their Significant One..well done, non explotitve, relevant...no drugs, hate or freaks...

The other things you touch on make my skin crawl..and put all Trans people in a bad light....

Now calm down, Lizzy...**fan..Fan..Fan** there!

Thats a Wrap Donna Jean

[Guest Kelly Ann]

There was an Old episode of Law & Order SVU that addressed the transgendered issue very appropriately I thought...even though the end teared me up pretty bad. Young man falls for demure young woman...young man loses girl, young man finds out why he lost his sweetie and accepts her need to transition and wants to help her because...he...completely loves HER. Girl has family issues and goes to jail...gets beat up...SVU oficers try to get her into the female jail because she's IN THE WRONG PLACE...the courts ignore the danger...the young woman gets beat to death the next time, the young man has a broken heart...the SVU officers are outraged, Kelly Ann carried a box of tissues everywhere for a while...probably based on a real story and real tears besides my own

[Sally]

There was also a very good handeling of the transsexual issues on "Without a Trace", the episode name was "Transitions". A young woman (young to me, mid thiries) disappears the day before she was to sing a solo with the church choir. Searching through her past they find a series of very different looking ID photos and eeventual discover that she is a MTF transsexual, one of the people interogated is her FTM friend. Eventual they trace her to her ex-wife's house where she had gone to try to visit her children. The new husband comes in and drags her out. They find her in an SUV pushed off the road, they get her to the hospital and her ex, is taking the children to see her at the end. That one brought a tear or two.

Love ya,

Sally

[Guest Lizzie McTrucker]

Most of the transgendered movies I've seen were okay or good but didn't quite really nail it. I felt kind of good watching it, but I also felt like there were some things lacking. But with limited exposure, I'll take what I can get I guess.

If I remember, Normal was -really- good, but I couldn't totally relate since she was like 20 years older than I was at the time. Soldier's Girl was pretty good as well. Boys Don't Cry was sad. TransAmerica was kinda "meh".

..and don't get me started on Victor/Victoria, Just One of the Guys, She's the Man, Ladybugs, Mrs. Doubtfire.. and definatly don't get me started about the movie Sorority Boys!

[Sally]

I just realized that no one has mentioned "The Crying Game", was it that easy to forget?

Sally

[Guest Elizabeth K]

I just realized that no one has mentioned "The Crying Game", was it that easy to forget?

Sally

I couldn't relate to the crying game for some reason, possibly because of all the violence. I also thought the transsexual angle seemed to be played too much for its shock value, but what impressed me is the willingness of the lead to keep his love alive even after the discovery of his lovers true nature. In spite of all that the TS person, beautiful by the way, played the part too 'crossdresser' for my taste.

[Guest Christy.dancer]

This may not be exactly what you had in mind, but there's a girl named Ashley who has a wonderful channel at Youtube tracing her transition. You have to follow from the first to the most recent to get her whole story -- plan to devote a couple of hours to it.

Ashley's Channel at Youtube