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Trying to find myself in media and film was, uh, extremely difficult
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Trying to find myself in media and filmwas, uh, extremely difficult

Trying to find myself in media and film
was, uh, extremely difficult

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Trying to find myself in media and film was, uh, extremely difficult.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
34
Timestamp in Movie
01:12:45
Uploaded
Jun 04, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Bow + Arrow Entertainment,Field of Vision,Fork Films,JustFilms / Ford Foundation,California Humanites,Independent Film Producers (IFP)

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Movie Summary

An in-depth look at Hollywood's depiction of transgender people and the impact of those stories on transgender lives and American culture.
There was something about Bugs Bunny that activated, in my trans imagination, - Disclosure 00:08
There was something about Bugs Bunny that activated, in my t...
♪ I'm hunting wabbits ♪ - Disclosure 00:04
♪ I'm hunting wabbits ♪
You know, when I was growing up in the '60s, - Disclosure 00:09
You know, when I was growing up in the '60s,
Only positive representation I saw of anything transfeminine - Disclosure 00:08
Only positive representation I saw of anything transfeminine
When Bugs Bunny was doing "girl," - Disclosure 00:07
When Bugs Bunny was doing "girl,"
♪ Oh, Brünnhilde ♪ - Disclosure 00:23
♪ Oh, Brünnhilde ♪
I would always look back on that episode - Disclosure 00:09
I would always look back on that episode
And that Bugs looked, you know, really cute. - Disclosure 00:04
And that Bugs looked, you know, really cute.
♪ Won't you return my love? ♪ - Disclosure 00:12
♪ Won't you return my love? ♪
Ma Vie En Rose is where I actually felt - Disclosure 00:11
Ma Vie En Rose is where I actually felt
And nobody understood, and nobody knew what to do with me. - Disclosure 00:04
And nobody understood, and nobody knew what to do with me.
I grew up in Syracuse, New York, - Disclosure 00:05
I grew up in Syracuse, New York,
There was the library, and there was a video store, - Disclosure 00:08
There was the library, and there was a video store,
I was, like, six years old, - Disclosure 00:06
I was, like, six years old,
Okay, young ladies, - Disclosure 00:05
Okay, young ladies,
And having the sense that, Edna Turnblad... - Disclosure 00:04
And having the sense that, Edna Turnblad...
Divine, in Hairspray, is playing a cis character. - Disclosure 00:04
Divine, in Hairspray, is playing a cis character.
So I think that those kinds of, like, slippages - Disclosure 00:07
So I think that those kinds of, like, slippages
As a young person, when I started to identify as queer, - Disclosure 00:09
As a young person, when I started to identify as queer,
And Flawless Sabrina was, like, one of the first people I met - Disclosure 00:12
And Flawless Sabrina was, like, one of the first people I me...