My Transparent Life

I was pleasantly surprised by the content in this film as lots of filmmakers have tried to talk about this subject but I feel they have fallen short of telling the whole story. This film allows the transgender people to tell their stories and to see inside their private lives so you can make your own judgements on what it means to be a transgender person in 2022. There are a few graphic moments that I found a bit confronting. Seeing surgeries and being inside the actual operating theatre was a lot!! I liked it though because it was raw and real and honest. I feel really bad for the trans community and hope that it was help the world to be more accepting of people who are different.

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.

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.

Transgender people seem to really struggle to be accepted which sucks because its 2022 people!! People should be able to do what they want and feel how they want. At the end of the day these people did not choose to be born in the wrong body. It happened to them and now they have to deal with it. Is having gender reassignment surgery the best possible option? I don't know. But what I do know after watching this film is that after having gender reassignment surgery people who are transgender feel a lot more comfortable in their bodies and this really helps them with their self esteem and also helps them to live normal lives as the gender that they were meant to be born as. I am grateful to the film makers for making this movie as it has really opened my eyes.

I think this movie's intention was to attempt to inform on the level of information that many people know or get when they're on their first journey to understand and become allies in the end. I think it's quite obvious that those who made this film came from a place of wanting to understand. I felt when Serena consistently explored the questions that a lot of people who come from different places in the world and mindsets may have, we also get to witness the moments of discovery to the uninformed; to an extent. There are so many transgender stories out there from many perspectives and this is just one of them that I don't think came from any place but love and friendship that these filmmakers have established with a community they do not directly identify with. Serena mentions at various times that she has had Trans friends way before this film was made and she was still learning. Ultimately, I also got out of it that we all need to learn that there are different types of transgender people in different parts of society, in different places in their lives, and that they are here and they are always fighting in their own paths. Although the film may not be perfect, it is indeed a catalyst and a conversation starter to learning either way you stand on your opinion the project. Jesse and Stassi were brilliant and beautiful and I'm sure they were aware of the intention of this piece. They were brave and infectious with courage for allowing us into only a pocket of their dynamic lives! Keeps you rooting for their future beyond till the end! Great watch, give it a try, and try to understand; all perspectives.