What does "cisgender" mean? What is transphobia? What struggles do transgender people face that are not apparent to non-transgender people? What does it mean to be an ally? The following videos can help you get started in answering these questions and more:
What does "Cisgender" Mean?
Experiencing Cis/Male Privilege as a Transman:
5 Tips for Being an Ally:
Cisgender Privilege: Being an Ally as a Social Worker:
The following videos in the UO Libraries collections address transgender identities and experiences.
Online (streaming) videos:
Growing Up Trans by
Go on an intimate and eye-opening journey inside a new frontier. Told from the perspective of parents, doctors, and, most revealing of all, eight transgender kids themselves, ranging in ages from 9 to 19, FRONTLINE takes a powerful look at this new generation, exploring the medical possibilities, struggles, and choices transgender kids and their families face today.
An intimate exploration of the struggles and choices facing transgender kids and their parents. Through moving, personal stories of children, parents, and doctors, the film examines new medical interventions increasingly being offered at younger ages.
In English with optional English captions.
Rating: TV14.
Documentaries on DVD:
Cruel and Unusual: Transgender Women in Prison by
A documentary about transgender women convicted and incarcerated in men's prisons in the United States. Interviews with lawyers and prison custodians reveal the level of violence these women have to face from the inmates, as well as from the authorities which do not recognize their condition as a medical disorder.
In English; closed-captioned.
Growing Up Coy by
'Growing Up Coy' follows a landmark transgender rights case in Colorado where a six-year-old transgender girl named Coy has been banned from the girl's bathroom at her school. Coy's parents hire a lawyer to pursue a civil rights case of discrimination, and the family is thrust into the international media spotlight, causing their lives to change forever. A timely topic as states across the US battle with this civil rights issue. The film also asks a universal question that every parent may face: How far would you go to fight for your child's rights?
In English; closed-captioned.
Homecomings: A Transition Journey by
Risa Bear documents her path to self-discovery at the age of fifty-six.
This disc is a recorded DVD and may not play on all DVD players or drives.
A gender transition journey, filmed in 2005-2006 in Eugene, Oregon and Miami Beach, Florida.
"This video is a companion piece for the book by the same title and is intended for educational use by LGBT organizations and others interested in widening their understanding of MTF gender transition"--Container.
Tales of the Waria by
Looks at Indonesia's transgender population known as waria (biological men who live as openly as women).
Documentary.
DVD extras: deleted scenes.
In Indonesian with English subtitles; closed-captioned.
DVD; NTSC; widescreen presentation.
Feature films on DVD:
Boys Don't Cry by
A transgendered youth starts living as a man, and assumes the name Brandon Teena. He moves to a tiny Nebraska town and begins making new friends under his new identity. All goes well until his new friends discover his secret. Based on a true story about hope, fear, and the courage it takes to be yourself.
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
In English with optional English or Spanish subtitles.
Academy Award, best actress, Hilary Swank, 2000.
Rated R.