My Transparent Life

0 out of 10. This is NOT Transgender representation. This is a terribly edited "movie" if you can call it that. The constant cutting people off by Serena, and trying to get "dirt" feels very immature, and not the direction I was hoping to see. Why is the cover so inappropriate? That doesn't represent Stassi, it degrades everything she's worked for through this documentary. If I made a documentary on such a topic, I would simply have some compassion and NOT misgender someone WHILE FILMING especially. I feel for both Jesse and Stassi for having an opportunity to express, educate, and go into detail about their personal lives and it to be completely played off as some sort of social experiment. These are people, and their lives and truth are very real. Do better.

This is the most ridiculous excuse of a documentary I have ever seen. It's a narcissist's puff piece exploiting amazing trans representation with ignorance and a bunch of badly edited stock footage. Not only does the director misgender one of the stars - she misuses the word cisgender. She treats a mental health emergency like a sick opportunity to be entertained. She shows a friend a topless picture of one of the stars during her surgery without consent. WOULD YOU WANT SOMEONE SHOWING YOU TOPLESS IN SURGERY WITHOUT YOUR PERMISSION? WHY WAS IT OKAY FOR YOU TO DO THAT TO A TRANS WOMAN?

She pretends to be on their side throughout intimate moments, even meeting one's child, watching their families cry - but little do they know she does not even believe in what they are doing. The head of an anti trans group gets more screen time than the stars during the climax of their journeys.

It feels like a queer person did not even touch this film. How can you claim to be a part of the community and misrepresent basic information and lack empathy? "Omg I have one trans friend, wanna make a movie?!" sounds about how all this started. The worst part is the director is too ignorant to even know what she has done to badly affect the community and everyone involved. You should be ashamed of yourself and burn every copy of this. I'm waiting for the cast to sue for misrepresentation.

P. S: The audio isn't in sync half the time. You misspelled the word psychologist. And by the way...there's also a typo in the opening text of the trailer. It's a complete joke.

I want to tell people to watch this so we can converse about how bad it is, but I don't want to give you the views.

This is not perfect, but it is a difficult subject, and I believe that the people who made it did it for the right reasons and not to sensationalise. It is a documentary that helps people who don't understand the Trans community, but want too. I think that Serena asks the questions that ordinary people want to ask but really have no way of asking. I certainly learnt a lot from this documentary and it has given me an understanding of the Trans community, and the difficult lives they have to lead before they can truly become the people they have always wanted to be. This is a very good starting point for anyone who wants to understand rather than judge.

I didnt know much about the trans community going into watching this film but Serena DC and the wonderful cast changed that. Jesse and Stassi were lovable and open people who shared their stories so well. It was very interesting to learn how hard life has been for them feeling like they were born in the wrong body. The pain and ridicule seemed intense and so horrible considering what sweet people they both seem to be. After watching the film I now feel a deep empathy for the transgender people of this world. Great flick! I hope it changes the minds of some people who watch it so that bigots can be more accepting of people who are trans.

Wow just wow! I had no idea about the struggle that people who are transgender go through every single day just to feel normal. From binding their breasts to taking hormones. From having traumatic surgeries to trying to get their parents and friends to accept them it seems to me that transgender people really live a life of struggle. The film is one of the most graphic things that I have seen in a long time but I think it was necessary so that viewers could really understand the epic struggle that transgender people face to become the sex that they believe that they should be. I have much more empathy for transgender people now and I hope millions of people around the world see this movie so that they can understand the transgender community better and support them anyway that they can.