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[swordznsorcery]

Just discovered that somebody has posted the 1996 film Different For Girls on YouTube. I encourage everybody to watch it before it gets taken down! It's a film that very rarely comes on TV, and hasn't been available to buy for years (it only had a fairly limited release, and second hand copies tend to go for silly money). It's about a transgender woman who falls in love with an old schoolfriend, who knew her before her transition, and how they gradually build a relationship. Rupert Graves plays the boyfriend, trying to figure out what, if anything, falling in love with a transwoman means for his masculinity and heterosexuality, and Steven Mackintosh is the woman. There was some debate at the time whether it was right to have a man in that role, but it works, and he does a great job. Unusual subject for a film, and worth giving a go.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImRUTmktzF4

Doesn't seem to have been posted in particularly high res, but better than nothing.

Disclaimer: Haven't seen it in years! But I do remember it as being well done, and a good exploration of the reality outside gender and sexuality binaries.

Here endeth my five minutes of usefulness.

Comments

[moonbathe_skin]

Thanks, I watched the beginning and bookmarked it.