Gender Revolution

The Plot: Katie Couric sets out to explore the rapidly evolving complexities of gender identity.

She might have set out to do this, but she didn't succeed. More on this later.

The doc is really cheaply made and clearly has a previously set idea of where they want to take us. So instead of exploring this concept with an open mind and honestly, the doc sets out to prove their own agenda.

That's quite simply not science. Science explores a hypothesis honestly and diligently. It doesn't use cherry picked examples to prove its case.

Unfortunately, like other Couric docs (example, the gun control doc that was produced by an anti-gun lobbyist) this doc doesn't do that.

The answer to this question is simple and only complex to people with a lot of money and time on their hands: there are men and there are woman. Case closed.

This movie is informative, but it feels misguided. To see the hate hurts me. No one should have to deal with discrimination. When I came out to my first job. I was told I had to use the only unisex bathroom. When everyone else found out that they can also use the only bathroom I can use, I was then told to go outside and use the bathroom. You have the right to your religious beliefs but those beliefs only govern you. You have no right to push your beliefs on me. Got upset when Katie seemed to force a mother to say that her AABM might be gay. That's a slap in the face of the daughter. When I came out to my biological father. He said No, I had this many sons and I have this many daughters. At that moment I wanted to get a hold of my birth certificate and have my marker changed. He also said that if I die, he will bury me with the name he gave me. The funny thing about my birth name is in my past he said he had no choice of my name. That was left up to my biological mother and her mother. So, I wanted to get my name changed officially so he didn't have the right. I didn't understand my body when I was younger. But, I knew my name didn't fit me since the 4th grade. I started with going by my full first name, that didn't work. Then I started going by my middle birth name, that didn't work. Then I started writing different names to find one that fit. Then I was watching tv shows and movies about people being in the wrong place and saw something they shouldn't have. The FBI would give them an new identity and they would move to a new place and start living a new life. Then I was hoping that I would see something that would give me the ability to have my name and life changed. My favorite holiday was Halloween. It was the one day I was allowed to wear mascara. One year my biological mother made a purple clown costume. It was my favorite costume of all.

I am labeled as a transgender woman but I don't identify as a transgender woman no more then I don't identify as a man. I identify as a woman. As in my past I was forced to adhere to the label of a man. Today I'm forced to identify as a transgender woman. None of this fits for me. I don't conform to the ideology of color to gender. In the old days heels were made for men. Make up was made for men. Wigs were made for men. And little boys use to wear dresses because it was easier to potty train in a dress. Times have changed and we don't see these social norms anymore. Most of this is because of religious beliefs being an effect on our laws and social norms. This is also why I don't believe in religion. If you look through history. You will see when a child is growing up. If they had an imaginary friend. It was ok for a certain amount of time. After a certain amount of time. If they still believe in their imaginary friend they were sent to mental hospital. This is how I see religious people. But in society if you talk to an imaginary entity, then you are not mentally insane. This makes no since to me. You can't condemn one without condemning the other.

This documentary so adeptly describes the nuances of gender and how easy it is to assume a binary simply because doctors and society have been in control of a person's only gender determination.

2/7/18. Katie Couric serves as a tour guide for viewers as she explores the complexities of gender identity. And, she does a great job of navigating the various aspects of what it means to be unhappy with the body one is born with. You will be just as puzzled as she is trying to make sense of the ever-growing vocabulary that is being used to define the spectrum of gender identities for those unhappy with the simple male and female dichotomy. Good luck to all those in the business of generating population statistics. Interesting as only Couric can pull off.

My only critiques are that (a) in university housing you do NOT have to live with someone who is transgender if you do not want to or feel uncomfortable, and (b) the science doesn't go as in-depth as it could have had there been more time. For 90 minutes, it gets the best of all areas of science and some areas of advocacy.

I love the breadth of information from historical to international. It is intersectional and includes diverse presentations of genders and ages (the bench scene at the end is my favorite moment for parent/child dyads to watch!). I recommend all my clients with trans family members watch this.

P.S. Not everyone needs or desires medical intervention. I am disappointed in the hateful reviews here that have been found "helpful" and are full of disinformation.

This video affirms guidelines and statements made by the American Medical Association, American Psychiatric Association, American Psychological Association, The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, American Academy of Family Physicians, American Academy of Physician Assistants, American College of Nurse Midwives, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, American Public Health Association, and the Endocrine Society. Transgender health is not some "experimental psychiatric treatment method" as other reviews have espoused.

Internationally, medical intervention has been provided to transgender individuals since the 1900s. Those records were burned by the Nazis in 1933.

I worry about those who support the hateful 1-star ratings of this title.