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GRITtv: The Politics of Being Transgender
Barack Obama made the first transgender political appointments that we know of recently -- Amanda Simpson, appointed last week as senior technical adviser in the Bureau of Industry and Security in the Commerce Department and Dylan Orr, special assistant to Assistant Secretary of Labor Kathleen Martinez in the Office of Disability Employment Policy at the Department of Labor -- but even David Letterman couldn't resist making a crack at Simpson's expense. The "T" at the end of LGBT often seems like an afterthought, with transgender rights being excluded even when LGBT rights are approved. Today we talk to Julia Serano, author of "Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity," Naomi Clark of the Sylvia Rivera Law Project and blogger at Feministe, and filmmaker Jules Rosskam of Against a Trans Narrative, about being transgender in the U.S. and how far we still have to go.
Email this pageGRITtv: Got Docs? Against A Trans Narrative
Jules Rosskam's "Against A Trans Narrative," looks at Trans Identity through the lens of personal experience. The film combines dramatic reenactment, spoken word theater-styled performances, as well as commentary by the film's own participants to address issues such as clashing views on feminism and sexism. The Feminist Review has called the film, "...arguably the best movie about gender I?ve ever viewed." Take a look.
