Thursday, November 13, 2014

The T Word - Working Review

I have just finished watching Laverne Cox's The T Word and I need to come up with questions after a short analysis of the film.

Analysis:
- What was done well? -
There was a good representation of different (binary) identities. 3 trans men - Kye, Ari, Shane; 4 trans women - Daniella, Avery, Zoey, L'erret - Equal representation
Very introductory, easy to follow
All youth are within our age range
More youth of color
Let the youth speak
Example of young youth
While there is a discussion of body parts, there are no specifics
Good facts thrown in every now and then
Good discussion of the dehumanization of being "it", or none
Good discussion of trans women
Discusses homeless youth

- What was not done well -
Binary identities - no discussion of people outside the binary
Most of it is negative representations about people not liking themselves
No positive representations of sexual selves
A focus on the sexualness about transliness
Discussion of passing privilege

Why do you think it is trans women of color who are facing such violence
How is being trans different from being lesbian or gay
what unique challenges are transfolk faced with
Why dont the police stop the violence
What is your take away from this film?
how do race and gender affect trans folk?
Why is the average rate of attempted suicide so high among the trans community?
Why are pronouns important?
Why do we have Gender Spectrum?
What did you learn from this?
What did you already know?


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