Amazing stories we can all relate to.

[Lara Smith]

I don't know how many of you have seen this. It made me weep. You should all watch this and the other episodes available. It not only applies to what we go through, but the unimaginable pain that others who are alternatively gendered have experienced,

http://www.logoonline.com/video/shows/beautiful-daughters/95931/beautiful-daughters-part-1.jhtml

Lara

[Elsa Larson]

Thanks for posting this, Lara. Beautiful Daughters on Logo is one that needs to be shared with our straight friends. Rating: 5 Hankies

I also recommend Logo's Southern Comfort about Robert a terminally ill FTM TS. His special friendship with MTF crossdresser, Lola, gives all of us something to think about. Rating: 5 Hankies
http://www.logoonline.com/shows/dyn/southern_comfort/videos.jhtml

[Jilmac]

I watched the whole thing and can recall a co worker who transitioned back in the 70's. I first met her as Bob. Bob was a truck and equipment mechanic at the same utility I worked for. After about a year with the company he announced that he was going through transition and asked to be called Roberta. Everybody in the garage (including management) wanted nothing to do with Roberta. The men considered her a freak, and the women didn't want her using their locker room or toilet facilities. I believe now, that she was the ice breaker to diversity within the company.

I started calling her Bobbi and would specifically ask for her whenever I needed mechanical work done on a company vehicle or construction equipment. Even though we worked in different departments, I would see her frequently because the building that housed the garage also housed a central storeroom, so I stopped there many times on my way to a jobsite to pick up supplies. During breaks or at lunchtime, I would sit at Bobbi's table and talk shop. I never came out to her because I didn't want to go through similar harassment. Even though I had no intention of transitioning, being a crossdresser would have branded me as a freak and I guess I just didn't have the courage to stand up for myself like Bobbi did for herself.

I'm retired now, but Bobbi is still working for the company and in a lower management position. Most of the people who rejected her are gone and the people she supervises respect her for the woman she is. I guess her struggle for acceptance paid off.

[Charlena]

I watched the whole thing and when it ended i found myself just staring at the screen until the screen saver came on... with a tear running down my cheek. Thanks for the link and may peace be with all.

[Miranda09]

A very moving video Lara. Thanks for posting. It tells a very powerful story how our culture can react to the TS issue, but it also shows that if family can accept, who cares about the rest of the world. It brought a tear to my eye. :hugs:

[Adelaide]

Thank you Lara.
This is very powerful. It made me cried...Lots of determination. It shows you how much communication, understanding, TLC are so important through the process...
A.

[JulieC]

I watched all of it as well.

I can't help but think that anyone who watches this can not fail to understand that people who are other than 100% male or 100% female are victims of hatred. That's what we here on this forum exist under; a tyranny of hatred. Whether we're CDers or the spouses of CDers here, we suffer from the same thing. Some of us have found a measure of acceptance in some ways, but all of us...all of us...have struggled to one level or another in trying to exist, to survive in a society that doesn't want us here.

I was moved by much of the video. What might surprise some is I was moved by the scene near the beginning showing a large group of women all walking together, knowing that all of these women were not born as women.

I loved the quote "Litmus test of your humanity"

This is powerful stuff.

Thanks to similar persecution these individuals have faced, I am not out at work and can't afford to be. But, we do have a diversity specialist (among other duties of that person) on our staff. I'm going to find a way to get this in front of that person anonymously.

[docrobbysherry]

The video struck me in 2 ways.

1. How VERY difficult and painful it can be, growing up TG/TS.

2. And how feminine all the ladies in it looked and sounded!

I find it OVERWHELMING to think what life mite be be like for a TG/TS who looked, or sounded, like me!:sad:

[Lara Smith]

Still very much in my mind. So glad that someone had the insight to actually make this doc.

[Stephenie S]

This is a very well known video in the TS/TG community. It is available in it's entirety from NetFlix and directly on line from LOGO.

If you rent it from NetFlix, you can see the whole movie on your TV with no interuptions.

It was produced with the direct help of Jane Fonda who can be seen in the last reel urging the girls to "break a leg", the traditional encouragement given by actors to each other before they go on stage.

Yes, it is a several hankie movie.

Stephenie

[dilane]

Thank you for posting the video. It was very moving.

I was lucky enough to see the TS performance here in LA. The cast was almost uniformly beautifully passable. The average TS is not always that blessed.

I must say that I enjoyed the video even more than the play, though!

-- Diane

[Nicole Brown]

Hi Lara, Thank you for posting the link to wonderful program. Initially I didn't realize what it was nor did I recognize the name in your link. Once I began watching the clip, I realized what it was and remembered that I had watched the entire series of clips several months ago.

This wonderful set of video clips should be mandatory viewing for all people. For us girls it tells a wonderful story and carries an important message. For all other, it will provide an insight into an area which may be foreign and unknown to them and may help to shape their views and acceptance of us.

Nicole

[Lara Smith]

I can't wait to buy or rent this from Netflix!

[Lora Olivia]

WOW...if this doesn't move you...you must be made of stone. I sit here after watching all the clips with tears running down my cheeks. Tears of pain and of joy. Thank you for posting this.