Trans is a mental disorder

[Van_Bilderass]

Gender Ideology Harms Children

Updated January 2017

The American College of Pediatricians urges healthcare professionals, educators and legislators to reject all policies that condition children to accept as normal a life of chemical and surgical impersonation of the opposite sex. Facts – not ideology – determine reality.

1. Human sexuality is an objective biological binary trait: “XY” and “XX” are genetic markers of male and female, respectively – not genetic markers of a disorder. The norm for human design is to be conceived either male or female. Human sexuality is binary by design with the obvious purpose being the reproduction and flourishing of our species. This principle is self-evident. The exceedingly rare disorders of sex development (DSDs), including but not limited to testicular feminization and congenital adrenal hyperplasia, are all medically identifiable deviations from the sexual binary norm, and are rightly recognized as disorders of human design. Individuals with DSDs (also referred to as “intersex”) do not constitute a third sex.1

2. No one is born with a gender. Everyone is born with a biological sex. Gender (an awareness and sense of oneself as male or female) is a sociological and psychological concept; not an objective biological one. No one is born with an awareness of themselves as male or female; this awareness develops over time and, like all developmental processes, may be derailed by a child’s subjective perceptions, relationships, and adverse experiences from infancy forward. People who identify as “feeling like the opposite sex” or “somewhere in between” do not comprise a third sex. They remain biological men or biological women.2,3,4

3. A person’s belief that he or she is something they are not is, at best, a sign of confused thinking. When an otherwise healthy biological boy believes he is a girl, or an otherwise healthy biological girl believes she is a boy, an objective psychological problem exists that lies in the mind not the body, and it should be treated as such. These children suffer from gender dysphoria. Gender dysphoria (GD), formerly listed as Gender Identity Disorder (GID), is a recognized mental disorder in the most recent edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association (DSM-V).5 The psychodynamic and social learning theories of GD/GID have never been disproved.2,4,5

4. Puberty is not a disease and puberty-blocking hormones can be dangerous. Reversible or not, puberty- blocking hormones induce a state of disease – the absence of puberty – and inhibit growth and fertility in a previously biologically healthy child.6

5. According to the DSM-V, as many as 98% of gender confused boys and 88% of gender confused girls eventually accept their biological sex after naturally passing through puberty.5

6. Pre-pubertal children who use puberty blockers to impersonate the opposite sex will require cross-sex hormones in late adolescence. This combination leads to permanent sterility. These children will never be able to conceive any genetically related children even via artificial reproductive technology. In addition, cross-sex hormones (testosterone and estrogen) are associated with dangerous health risks including but not limited to cardiac disease, high blood pressure, blood clots, stroke, diabetes, and cancer.7,8,9,10,11

7. Rates of suicide are nearly twenty times greater among adults who use cross-sex hormones and undergo sex reassignment surgery, even in Sweden which is among the most LGBTQ – affirming countries.12 What compassionate and reasonable person would condemn young children to this fate knowing that after puberty as many as 88% of girls and 98% of boys will eventually accept reality and achieve a state of mental and physical health?

8. Conditioning children into believing a lifetime of chemical and surgical impersonation of the opposite sex is normal and healthful is child abuse. Endorsing gender discordance as normal via public education and legal policies will confuse children and parents, leading more children to present to “gender clinics” where they will be given puberty-blocking drugs. This, in turn, virtually ensures they will “choose” a lifetime of carcinogenic and otherwise toxic cross-sex hormones, and likely consider unnecessary surgical mutilation of their healthy body parts as young adults.

Michelle A. Cretella, M.D.
President of the American College of Pediatricians

Quentin Van Meter, M.D.
Vice President of the American College of Pediatricians
Pediatric Endocrinologist

Paul McHugh, M.D.
University Distinguished Service Professor of Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins Medical School and the former psychiatrist in chief at Johns Hopkins Hospital

Originally published March 2016
Updated August 2016
Updated January 2017

CLARIFICATIONS in response to FAQs regarding points 3 & 5:

Regarding Point 3: “Where does the APA or DSM-V indicate that Gender Dysphoria is a mental disorder?”

The APA (American Psychiatric Association) is the author of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition(DSM-V). The APA states that those distressed and impaired by their GD meet the definition of a disorder. The College is unaware of any medical literature that documents a gender dysphoric child seeking puberty blocking hormones who is not significantly distressed by the thought of passing through the normal and healthful process of puberty.
From the DSM-V fact sheet:

“The critical element of gender dysphoria is the presence of clinically significant distress associated with the condition.”
“This condition causes clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning.”

Regarding Point 5:  “Where does the DSM-V list rates of resolution for Gender Dysphoria?”

On page 455 of the DSM-V under “Gender Dysphoria without a disorder of sex development” it states: “Rates of persistence of gender dysphoria from childhood into adolescence or adulthood vary. In natal males, persistence has ranged from 2.2% to 30%. In natal females, persistence has ranged from 12% to 50%.”  Simple math allows one to calculate that for natal boys: resolution occurs in as many as 100% – 2.2% = 97.8% (approx. 98% of gender-confused boys)  Similarly, for natal girls: resolution occurs in as many as 100% – 12% = 88% gender-confused girls

The bottom line is this:  Our opponents advocate a new scientifically baseless standard of care for children with a psychological condition (GD) that would otherwise resolve after puberty for the vast majority of patients concerned.  Specifically, they advise:  affirmation of children’s thoughts which are contrary to physical reality; the chemical castration of these children prior to puberty with GnRH agonists (puberty blockers which cause infertility, stunted growth, low bone density, and an unknown impact upon their brain development), and, finally, the permanent sterilization of these children prior to age 18 via cross-sex hormones. There is an obvious self-fulfilling nature to encouraging young GD children to impersonate the opposite sex and then institute pubertal suppression. If a boy who questions whether or not he is a boy (who is meant to grow into a man) is treated as a girl, then has his natural pubertal progression to manhood suppressed, have we not set in motion an inevitable outcome? All of his same sex peers develop into young men, his opposite sex friends develop into young women, but he remains a pre-pubertal boy. He will be left psychosocially isolated and alone. He will be left with the psychological impression that something is wrong. He will be less able to identify with his same sex peers and being male, and thus be more likely to self identify as “non-male” or female. Moreover, neuroscience reveals that the pre-frontal cortex of the brain which is responsible for judgment and risk assessment is not mature until the mid-twenties. Never has it been more scientifically clear that children and adolescents are incapable of making informed decisions regarding permanent, irreversible and life-altering medical interventions. For this reason, the College maintains it is abusive to promote this ideology, first and foremost for the well-being of the gender dysphoric children themselves, and secondly, for all of their non-gender-discordant peers, many of whom will subsequently question their own gender identity, and face violations of their right to bodily privacy and safety.

[NarcissisticDeity]

Gender Ideology Harms Children

Updated January 2017

The American College of Pediatricians urges healthcare professionals, educators and legislators to reject all policies that condition children to accept as normal a life of chemical and surgical impersonation of the opposite sex. Facts – not ideology – determine reality.

1. Human sexuality is an objective biological binary trait: “XY” and “XX” are genetic markers of male and female, respectively – not genetic markers of a disorder. The norm for human design is to be conceived either male or female. Human sexuality is binary by design with the obvious purpose being the reproduction and flourishing of our species. This principle is self-evident. The exceedingly rare disorders of sex development (DSDs), including but not limited to testicular feminization and congenital adrenal hyperplasia, are all medically identifiable deviations from the sexual binary norm, and are rightly recognized as disorders of human design. Individuals with DSDs (also referred to as “intersex”) do not constitute a third sex.1

2. No one is born with a gender. Everyone is born with a biological sex. Gender (an awareness and sense of oneself as male or female) is a sociological and psychological concept; not an objective biological one. No one is born with an awareness of themselves as male or female; this awareness develops over time and, like all developmental processes, may be derailed by a child’s subjective perceptions, relationships, and adverse experiences from infancy forward. People who identify as “feeling like the opposite sex” or “somewhere in between” do not comprise a third sex. They remain biological men or biological women.2,3,4

3. A person’s belief that he or she is something they are not is, at best, a sign of confused thinking. When an otherwise healthy biological boy believes he is a girl, or an otherwise healthy biological girl believes she is a boy, an objective psychological problem exists that lies in the mind not the body, and it should be treated as such. These children suffer from gender dysphoria. Gender dysphoria (GD), formerly listed as Gender Identity Disorder (GID), is a recognized mental disorder in the most recent edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association (DSM-V).5 The psychodynamic and social learning theories of GD/GID have never been disproved.2,4,5

4. Puberty is not a disease and puberty-blocking hormones can be dangerous. Reversible or not, puberty- blocking hormones induce a state of disease – the absence of puberty – and inhibit growth and fertility in a previously biologically healthy child.6

5. According to the DSM-V, as many as 98% of gender confused boys and 88% of gender confused girls eventually accept their biological sex after naturally passing through puberty.5

6. Pre-pubertal children who use puberty blockers to impersonate the opposite sex will require cross-sex hormones in late adolescence. This combination leads to permanent sterility. These children will never be able to conceive any genetically related children even via artificial reproductive technology. In addition, cross-sex hormones (testosterone and estrogen) are associated with dangerous health risks including but not limited to cardiac disease, high blood pressure, blood clots, stroke, diabetes, and cancer.7,8,9,10,11

7. Rates of suicide are nearly twenty times greater among adults who use cross-sex hormones and undergo sex reassignment surgery, even in Sweden which is among the most LGBTQ – affirming countries.12 What compassionate and reasonable person would condemn young children to this fate knowing that after puberty as many as 88% of girls and 98% of boys will eventually accept reality and achieve a state of mental and physical health?

8. Conditioning children into believing a lifetime of chemical and surgical impersonation of the opposite sex is normal and healthful is child abuse. Endorsing gender discordance as normal via public education and legal policies will confuse children and parents, leading more children to present to “gender clinics” where they will be given puberty-blocking drugs. This, in turn, virtually ensures they will “choose” a lifetime of carcinogenic and otherwise toxic cross-sex hormones, and likely consider unnecessary surgical mutilation of their healthy body parts as young adults.

Michelle A. Cretella, M.D.
President of the American College of Pediatricians

Quentin Van Meter, M.D.
Vice President of the American College of Pediatricians
Pediatric Endocrinologist

Paul McHugh, M.D.
University Distinguished Service Professor of Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins Medical School and the former psychiatrist in chief at Johns Hopkins Hospital

Originally published March 2016
Updated August 2016
Updated January 2017

CLARIFICATIONS in response to FAQs regarding points 3 & 5:

Regarding Point 3: “Where does the APA or DSM-V indicate that Gender Dysphoria is a mental disorder?”

The APA (American Psychiatric Association) is the author of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition(DSM-V). The APA states that those distressed and impaired by their GD meet the definition of a disorder. The College is unaware of any medical literature that documents a gender dysphoric child seeking puberty blocking hormones who is not significantly distressed by the thought of passing through the normal and healthful process of puberty.
From the DSM-V fact sheet:

“The critical element of gender dysphoria is the presence of clinically significant distress associated with the condition.”
“This condition causes clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning.”

Regarding Point 5:  “Where does the DSM-V list rates of resolution for Gender Dysphoria?”

On page 455 of the DSM-V under “Gender Dysphoria without a disorder of sex development” it states: “Rates of persistence of gender dysphoria from childhood into adolescence or adulthood vary. In natal males, persistence has ranged from 2.2% to 30%. In natal females, persistence has ranged from 12% to 50%.”  Simple math allows one to calculate that for natal boys: resolution occurs in as many as 100% – 2.2% = 97.8% (approx. 98% of gender-confused boys)  Similarly, for natal girls: resolution occurs in as many as 100% – 12% = 88% gender-confused girls

The bottom line is this:  Our opponents advocate a new scientifically baseless standard of care for children with a psychological condition (GD) that would otherwise resolve after puberty for the vast majority of patients concerned.  Specifically, they advise:  affirmation of children’s thoughts which are contrary to physical reality; the chemical castration of these children prior to puberty with GnRH agonists (puberty blockers which cause infertility, stunted growth, low bone density, and an unknown impact upon their brain development), and, finally, the permanent sterilization of these children prior to age 18 via cross-sex hormones. There is an obvious self-fulfilling nature to encouraging young GD children to impersonate the opposite sex and then institute pubertal suppression. If a boy who questions whether or not he is a boy (who is meant to grow into a man) is treated as a girl, then has his natural pubertal progression to manhood suppressed, have we not set in motion an inevitable outcome? All of his same sex peers develop into young men, his opposite sex friends develop into young women, but he remains a pre-pubertal boy. He will be left psychosocially isolated and alone. He will be left with the psychological impression that something is wrong. He will be less able to identify with his same sex peers and being male, and thus be more likely to self identify as “non-male” or female. Moreover, neuroscience reveals that the pre-frontal cortex of the brain which is responsible for judgment and risk assessment is not mature until the mid-twenties. Never has it been more scientifically clear that children and adolescents are incapable of making informed decisions regarding permanent, irreversible and life-altering medical interventions. For this reason, the College maintains it is abusive to promote this ideology, first and foremost for the well-being of the gender dysphoric children themselves, and secondly, for all of their non-gender-discordant peers, many of whom will subsequently question their own gender identity, and face violations of their right to bodily privacy and safety.

It's about time they took a stand.

[SuperTed]

They are mentally ill. Nearly half end up killing themselves anyway when they realize that they LLS despite spending so much time and effort on their "transition".

[Mr Anabolic]

People like this should not be enabled.  They belong in a psychiatric ward. 

[Tapeworm]

It's not the action I object to.  It's the insistent yapping for universal endorsement.  What ever happened to doing what you want and shutting the fuck up about it?

[Kwon]

In this day and age, what ISN'T mental disorder and not normal these days anyways?

We have people with tattoos

Obsession with feet, ears, forearms, asses, earlobes, hands, ankles, calves, how much someone lifts etc

People that hate others due to their political inclination

People that think there are 30+ genders and hate other genders

People that are adamant that the earth is flat

etc etc

What is normal these days is starting to change as well

[Purge_WTF]

 A tranny who admits that it's a disorder, and states what was once an obvious fact:

 

[Kwon]

Transgenderism not cool and it's not normal - it's a mental illness. Trans-women are not oppressed the same way females are and therefore have no place in the feminist movement.

Gender self declaration is extremely dangerous to societies most vulnerable women.

The complete normalisation and glorification of transgenderism confuses people with gender euphoria and young teenagers who are unsure about their sexuality and identity.

[El Diablo Blanco]

The hottest porn is a hot tranny fucking a Chick.  Like normal porn crossed with lesbian porn.  Hot as shit.

[Kwon]

The hottest porn is a hot tranny fucking a Chick.  Like normal porn crossed with lesbian porn.  Hot as shit.

Then you could pretend one of them is much older than the other (Mature Porn), and have one of them be black (Interracial Porn).
Could even pretend they're related to cover all bases.

If they do it on a Flat Earth, the experience is even better!

(Adding some Flat Earth-porn in the mix)

[El Diablo Blanco]

Then you could pretend one of them is much older than the other (Mature Porn), and have one of them be black (Interracial Porn).
Could even pretend they're related to cover all bases.

If they do it on a Flat Earth, the experience is even better!

(Adding some Flat Earth-porn in the mix)

Yes , now you're thinking.

[residue]

Yeah man.

There will be pushback.

These mental perversions are not the norm.  They're just being blasted everywhere, on TV, in the media, *as* the norm and so everybody thinks that's what it is.

But I'm telling you there's a hell of a lot more people with rationality and common sense secretly against the leftist liberal agenda than you'd believe.

It actually give me faith in humanity.

name 3 shows on tv with trans actors.

[residue]

you still tell him he's a man, and that getting his genitalia mutilated and some makeup put on and some female hormones injected does not make him a woman, no matter what.

he's just a fucking headcase who belongs in a mental institution, but because of societal failures is allowed to roam the world unhindered.

I'm telling you guys, Islam will eliminate all this shit, and that's hilarious because the leftists are the ones brining Islam in.  "Religion of peace" 

the Mullah of iran is famously trans friendly, in fact Iran carries out either the 2nd or 3rd most gender reassignment surgeries in the world, and is one of the few countries that subsidize the surgery 

[El Diablo Blanco]

Transgenderism not cool and it's not normal - it's a mental illness. Trans-women are not oppressed the same way females are and therefore have no place in the feminist movement.

Gender self declaration is extremely dangerous to societies most vulnerable women.

The complete normalisation and glorification of transgenderism confuses people with gender euphoria and young teenagers who are unsure about their sexuality and identity.

Just cracked one off.

[Kwon]

name 3 shows on tv with trans actors.

They're just being blasted everywhere, on TV, in the media, *as* the norm and so everybody thinks that's what it is.

Ru Pauls Drag-Race (2009)

Q & A (1990)

Desperate Living (1977): A John Waters comedy featuring a trans man character who gets phalloplasty.

Linda/Les and Annie: The First Female-to-Male Transsexual Love Story (1992): A 30-minute docu-drama, written, co-directed/co-edited by Annie Sprinkle.

Boys Don't Cry (1999): A drama film based on the real-life story of Brandon Teena, a transgender man who was raped and murdered by male friends. The movie received lots of media attention when its star Hilary Swank, who played Brandon, won the Academy Award for Best Actress.

Southern Comfort (2001): A documentary film about the final year in the life of Robert Eads, a transgender man from the southern United States.

By Hook or by Crook (2001): A queer buddy film written, directed by, and starring trans men.

Flying with One Wing (2003): Revolutionary Sri Lankan movie – a transgender man, Manju, is discovered after being taken to a clinic after a car accident. Film contains themes about sexism, homophobia.

Funny Kinda Guy (2005): A documentary following the singer Simon de Voil's transition to manhood, encountering the sacrifice of his female singing voice. Directed by Travis Reeves, a man who has also transitioned.

Strange Circus (2005): Yuji, the novelist's assistant, is a transgender man.

Boy I Am (2006): A documentary that explores antagonism in the lesbian community as a result of the increased visibility of transgender men.

Itty Bitty Titty Committee (2007): A comedy about young feminists who spread their message through public art and vandalism. Aggie (played by Lauren Mollica) has gender dysphoria. He bonds with the main character, Anna, and develops an apparent crush on her.

Romeos (2011): A drama and tragicomedy which revolves around the romantic relationship between Lukas, a 20-year-old gay trans man who is transitioning from female to male, and a cisgender gay man named Fabio.

Tomboy (2011): A French drama about a 10-year-old transgender child who, after moving with his family to a new neighborhood introduces himself to his new friends as Mikäel.

Albert Nobbs (2011): A drama about a trans man living in 19th century Dublin and working as a butler. He bonds with another trans man, who is a painter, in the same city. Film is criticized for its portrayal of trans men as "women in disguise."

Pierrot Lunaire (2014): an adaptation of Arnold Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire that features a trans man in the title role.

Trans: a documentary about transboys (2014): A documentary film that explores the female-to-male transition by following several subjects in Ghent, Belgium.

Glen or Glenda (1953): A loose, unauthorized retelling of Christine Jorgenson's story by director Ed Wood.

The Christine Jorgensen Story (1970): Former Army private from the Bronx undergoes surgery and hormone treatments in Denmark in 1952 to transition from male to female.

Myra Breckinridge (1970): Starring Raquel Welch in an off-beat role.

Dinah East (1970): A young actor makes it big in 1950s Hollywood – as an actress. Told in flashbacks, her secret is slowly revealed.
I Want What I Want (1972)

The Triple Echo (1972): A British soldier (Brian Deacon) deserts his unit during WWII. At the suggestion of a woman (Glenda Jackson) he meets while exploring the countryside nearby, he disguises himself as her sister to escape detection. Enjoying the experience a little too much, he agrees to accept the invitation of a soldier (Oliver Reed) to attend a dance at the base, risking exposure. Based on a novella by H.E. Bates.

Dog Day Afternoon (1975): Al Pacino's lover, played by Chris Sarandon, was a pre-operative transgender woman. Pacino's character was robbing a bank to pay for her gender reassignment surgery.

Let Me Die a Woman (1978): A documentary film featuring interviews with sex reassignment surgeon Leo Wollman and various trans women.

Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979): Among Eric Idle's multiple roles is Stan/Loretta. Set in the year AD 33, Stan is strongly mocked at first, but at the end is called Loretta, with no trace of disapproval.

Dressed to Kill (1980): A film about a transgender murderer.

Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982): Karen Black portrays a woman named Joanne who is revealed to be transgender and a former friend of the already existing cast members in this Robert Altman film. Joanne's former self was portrayed by Mark Patton.

The World According to Garp (1982): In this film, the character Roberta Muldoon (played by John Lithgow in an Oscar-nominated role) is a transgender former football player.

Sleepaway Camp series (1983, 1988, 1989, 2008): Angela Baker (portrayed by Felissa Rose in the first and fourth installments and Pamela Springsteen in the second and third), the killer and main character of the series, is a trans woman.

Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985): Luis Molina and Valentin Arregui are cell mates in a South American prison. Luis is found guilty of immoral behaviour and Valentin is a political prisoner. To escape reality Luis invents romantic movies, while Valentin tries to keep his mind on the situation he is in. During the time they spend together, the two come to understand and respect one another. Molina is more accurately transgender, if not transsexual. William Hurt's portrayal of Molina won him the Academy Award for Best Actor.

Twin Peaks: Actor David Duchovny plays Denise Bryson, a transgender DEA agent.

The Silence of the Lambs (1991): Ted Levine plays a serial killer named Buffalo Bill who identifies as transgender.

Soapdish (1991): In this soap opera parody, Montana Morehead (Cathy Moriarty), the show's star and scheming antagonist, is revealed, on live television, as a transgender woman.

The Crying Game (1992): A drama film. The plot revolves around a trans woman named Dil (played by the Oscar-nominated Jaye Davidson).

Orlando (1992): Tilda Swinton portrays Orlando, a character whose sex changes after 2/3 of the film.

Tales of the City (1993): In the miniseries, based on Armistead Maupin's series of novels, Anna Madrigal (played by Olympia Dukakis), the landlady of the San Francisco apartment building in which the story is centered is revealed, in the concluding episode, to be a trans woman.

Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994): Anna Nicole Smith's character, Tanya Peters, is revealed to be a transgender woman at the end of the film.

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994): One of the main characters is a trans woman.
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994): Cult Australian film starring Hugo Weaving, Guy Pearce as drag queens and Terence Stamp as a trans woman.

A Transgender Path (1995): A documentary short about the experiences of Jo Ryan, a transgender student at the University of New Hampshire who came out in the early 1990s.

Different for Girls (1996): A British comedy film about two childhood friends who are reunited, after one of them has undergone sex reassignment surgery.

Crayon Shin-chan: Pursuit of the Balls of Darkness (1997): Japanese comic anime with three transwomen heroes who help Shin Chan protect his sister and fight to stop a demon's birth.

Ma vie en rose (1997): A Belgian film about a young child, Ludovic, who believes that she was born in the wrong body and should have been a girl.
The Adventures of Sebastian Cole (1998)

Better Than Chocolate (1999): Features a sub-plot involving the transgender character named Judy (Peter Outerbridge), who struggles with family rejection throughout the film and who has a crush on, and ultimately begins a romantic relationship with, lesbian separatist Frances (Ann-Marie MacDonald), who owns the gay & lesbian bookstore in which the film's central character Maggie (Karyn Dwyer) works. Judy also becomes friends with Maggie's somewhat sexually repressed mother, Lila (Wendy Crewson)

Creature (1999): Documentary by Parris Patton about trans woman Stacey Hollywood; a four-year chronicle of Stacey's transformation into womanhood, life in the West Hollywood LGBT nightclub scene, and her journey from Los Angeles back home to visit her conservative Christian family in North Carolina.

Todo sobre mi madre (1999): A film by Pedro Almodóvar that tells the story of Manuela, a nurse whose son is hit by a car and killed. The son's father is transgender. Agrado, a friend of Manuela, is also transgender, and sex worker.

Wild Zero (1999)

Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001): An off-Broadway cult musical adapted for cinema about a transgender German glam rocker (John Cameron Mitchell) recounting the story of her betrayal by her former boyfriend.

Yellow Hair 2 (2001): A South Korean film starring actress Harisu.

The Badge (2002): Billy Bob Thornton stars as a sheriff investigating the death of a local trans woman.

Beautiful Boxer (2003): A Thai film based on the real-life story of Nong Thoom/Parinya Charoenphol, a Muaythai boxer who underwent a sex change operation to become a woman.

Normal (2003): A drama film about a midwestern factory worker and closeted trans woman who stuns her wife of 25 years revealing that she wishes to have sex reassignment surgery. It starred Jessica Lange and Oscar-nominated actor Tom Wilkinson.

Bad Education (aka La Mala Educacion) (2004): Features Gael García Bernal as an actress who is transgender.
20 centímetros (2005): A Spanish musical comedy about a narcoleptic trans woman during her transition from male to female.

Breakfast on Pluto (2005): Another film by Neil Jordan. Stars Cillian Murphy as a young preoperative trans woman during the Irish Times of Trouble. An orphan, she searches for her mother. Lighter than The Crying Game.

Transamerica (2005): A comedy-drama starring Felicity Huffman, who plays Bree, a transgender woman. It was nominated for two Academy Awards in 2006: Felicity Huffman for Best Actress, and Dolly Parton for Best Original Song.

Tom-Yum-Goong (2005): Known as The Protector in the US release, this is a foreign action film starring Tony Jaa. The main villain, Madame Rose, is a transgender women in the international versions. The actress who plays Rose, Jin Xing is transgender herself.

The World's Fastest Indian (2005): Based on the true story of Burt Munro, who broke the motorcycle land speed record. In the film, Munro met a trans woman motel clerk, Tina Washington (played by Chris Williams), who helps Burt on his way to the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah for Speed Week.
En Soap (English: A Soap, 2006): A Danish film about the love between a (pre-operative) trans woman and a lesbian.

Grilled (2006): A comedy film in which Sofía Vergara plays character of Loridonna, a sultry trans woman who seduces unsuspecting Maurice (Ray Romano) when he and Dave (Kevin James), two desperate meat salesmen, knock on her door. A call from a suicidal friend interrupts signing the contract, so Maurice and Dave offer to drive her to her friend's house, hoping to close the deal. There, troubles multiply as they meet an arms dealer (Kim Coates) - who outs Lori to Maurice just before they got intimate, then hit-men working for a gregarious mob boss (Burt Reynolds).

Red without Blue (2007): A documentary featuring identical twins Mark and Alex Farley. Alex transitions to Clair during the film. Clair is featured again in a 2012 National Geographic documentary American Transgender

Be Like Others (2008), a documentary film about transphobia in Iran

Citulja za Eskobara (2008): Serbian movie includes trans woman named Borko becoming a girl named Lela.

Ticked-Off Trannies With Knives (2010): A rape/revenge "transploitation" film about a trio of trans women who avenge themselves on three men who brutally attack them and kill two of their friends.

Gun Hill Road (2011): A drama about a recently released ex-convict coping with her estranged wife and daughter, who is going through transition from male to female.

The Skin I Live In (2011) [Spanish: La piel que habito]: A Pedro Almodóvar film in which a young man named Vicente, portrayed Jan Cornet, is kidnapped by Antonio Banderas' character, undergoes forced sex reassignment surgery and becomes a woman named Vera, portrayed by Elena Anaya.

Dallas Buyers Club (2013): Jared Leto plays 'Rayon', a transgender woman dying from AIDS.

Boy Meets Girl (2014): 'Ricky' (Michelle Hendley), a transgender woman from rural Kentucky, awaiting acceptance into a New York fashion design school, learns about acceptance, friendship, sexuality and love.

The Gap (2014) [German: Der Spalt]: A movie about the core-misunderstanding of transgender women. It's about a girl named "Alex", who is born with body-parts that do not fit to her gender. The people around her do not believe that she exists.

Man on High Heels (2014): A Korean film about Yoon Ji-Wook (Cha Seung-won), a transgender woman.

Tangerine (2015): An independent film directed by Sean S. Baker where Kitana Kiki Rodriguez and Mya Taylor play the main protagonists, two transgender women, Sin-Dee and Alexandra respectively.

Tchindas (2015): An award-winning feature documentary with Tchinda Andrade, the most respected trans woman from Cape Verde (West Africa) as main character.

The Danish Girl (2015): A drama film about Lili Elbe, based on the book of the same name, starring Eddie Redmayne and Alicia Vikander.

Rainbow Gurl (2016): A film about a trans woman lesbian street musician.

Growing Up Coy (2016), a documentary about a young trans girl barred from using the girls' restroom at her school.

About Ray (2015): A drama about a young person transitioning female to male (Ray). Elle Fanning plays Ray.

[NarcissisticDeity]

Damn  That was brutal 

[Nirvana]

No one here has ever used a gender neutral pronoun. I can't even name one myself. No one here has ever had their free speech encroached upon by a transsexual either. None of you people have ever even met one. You people are scared and upset by something that doesn't affect you at all. Why?

I spend a considerable amount of time in the gayest, most liberal,"east-coat San Francisco" (although I myself am neither gay, trans, etc.) These fears and societal problems you people speak of only exist on places like facebook or conservative propaganda sites.

Yes, trannyism is a mental disorder. That doesn't harm you.

[El Diablo Blanco]

6'8"




This one could fool 100% of everyone

[NarcissisticDeity]

No one here has ever used a gender neutral pronoun. I can't even name one myself. No one here has ever had their free speech encroached upon by a transsexual either. None of you people have ever even met one. You people are scared and upset by something that doesn't affect you at all. Why?

I spend a considerable amount of time in the gayest, most liberal,"east-coat San Francisco" (although I myself am neither gay, trans, etc.) These fears and societal problems you people speak of only exist on places like facebook or conservative propaganda sites.

Yes, trannyism is a mental disorder. That doesn't harm you.

Not accurate https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-theory/wp/2016/06/16/the-government-cant-make-you-use-zhir-or-ze-in-place-of-she-and-he/?utm_term=.2c3c3123e41a

It's an ideology and they're trying to force people into one way or another.

[residue]

Ru Pauls Drag-Race (2009)

Q & A (1990)

Desperate Living (1977): A John Waters comedy featuring a trans man character who gets phalloplasty.

Linda/Les and Annie: The First Female-to-Male Transsexual Love Story (1992): A 30-minute docu-drama, written, co-directed/co-edited by Annie Sprinkle.

Boys Don't Cry (1999): A drama film based on the real-life story of Brandon Teena, a transgender man who was raped and murdered by male friends. The movie received lots of media attention when its star Hilary Swank, who played Brandon, won the Academy Award for Best Actress.

Southern Comfort (2001): A documentary film about the final year in the life of Robert Eads, a transgender man from the southern United States.

By Hook or by Crook (2001): A queer buddy film written, directed by, and starring trans men.

Flying with One Wing (2003): Revolutionary Sri Lankan movie – a transgender man, Manju, is discovered after being taken to a clinic after a car accident. Film contains themes about sexism, homophobia.

Funny Kinda Guy (2005): A documentary following the singer Simon de Voil's transition to manhood, encountering the sacrifice of his female singing voice. Directed by Travis Reeves, a man who has also transitioned.

Strange Circus (2005): Yuji, the novelist's assistant, is a transgender man.

Boy I Am (2006): A documentary that explores antagonism in the lesbian community as a result of the increased visibility of transgender men.

Itty Bitty Titty Committee (2007): A comedy about young feminists who spread their message through public art and vandalism. Aggie (played by Lauren Mollica) has gender dysphoria. He bonds with the main character, Anna, and develops an apparent crush on her.

Romeos (2011): A drama and tragicomedy which revolves around the romantic relationship between Lukas, a 20-year-old gay trans man who is transitioning from female to male, and a cisgender gay man named Fabio.

Tomboy (2011): A French drama about a 10-year-old transgender child who, after moving with his family to a new neighborhood introduces himself to his new friends as Mikäel.

Albert Nobbs (2011): A drama about a trans man living in 19th century Dublin and working as a butler. He bonds with another trans man, who is a painter, in the same city. Film is criticized for its portrayal of trans men as "women in disguise."

Pierrot Lunaire (2014): an adaptation of Arnold Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire that features a trans man in the title role.

Trans: a documentary about transboys (2014): A documentary film that explores the female-to-male transition by following several subjects in Ghent, Belgium.

Glen or Glenda (1953): A loose, unauthorized retelling of Christine Jorgenson's story by director Ed Wood.

The Christine Jorgensen Story (1970): Former Army private from the Bronx undergoes surgery and hormone treatments in Denmark in 1952 to transition from male to female.

Myra Breckinridge (1970): Starring Raquel Welch in an off-beat role.

Dinah East (1970): A young actor makes it big in 1950s Hollywood – as an actress. Told in flashbacks, her secret is slowly revealed.
I Want What I Want (1972)

The Triple Echo (1972): A British soldier (Brian Deacon) deserts his unit during WWII. At the suggestion of a woman (Glenda Jackson) he meets while exploring the countryside nearby, he disguises himself as her sister to escape detection. Enjoying the experience a little too much, he agrees to accept the invitation of a soldier (Oliver Reed) to attend a dance at the base, risking exposure. Based on a novella by H.E. Bates.

Dog Day Afternoon (1975): Al Pacino's lover, played by Chris Sarandon, was a pre-operative transgender woman. Pacino's character was robbing a bank to pay for her gender reassignment surgery.

Let Me Die a Woman (1978): A documentary film featuring interviews with sex reassignment surgeon Leo Wollman and various trans women.

Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979): Among Eric Idle's multiple roles is Stan/Loretta. Set in the year AD 33, Stan is strongly mocked at first, but at the end is called Loretta, with no trace of disapproval.

Dressed to Kill (1980): A film about a transgender murderer.

Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982): Karen Black portrays a woman named Joanne who is revealed to be transgender and a former friend of the already existing cast members in this Robert Altman film. Joanne's former self was portrayed by Mark Patton.

The World According to Garp (1982): In this film, the character Roberta Muldoon (played by John Lithgow in an Oscar-nominated role) is a transgender former football player.

Sleepaway Camp series (1983, 1988, 1989, 2008): Angela Baker (portrayed by Felissa Rose in the first and fourth installments and Pamela Springsteen in the second and third), the killer and main character of the series, is a trans woman.

Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985): Luis Molina and Valentin Arregui are cell mates in a South American prison. Luis is found guilty of immoral behaviour and Valentin is a political prisoner. To escape reality Luis invents romantic movies, while Valentin tries to keep his mind on the situation he is in. During the time they spend together, the two come to understand and respect one another. Molina is more accurately transgender, if not transsexual. William Hurt's portrayal of Molina won him the Academy Award for Best Actor.

Twin Peaks: Actor David Duchovny plays Denise Bryson, a transgender DEA agent.

The Silence of the Lambs (1991): Ted Levine plays a serial killer named Buffalo Bill who identifies as transgender.

Soapdish (1991): In this soap opera parody, Montana Morehead (Cathy Moriarty), the show's star and scheming antagonist, is revealed, on live television, as a transgender woman.

The Crying Game (1992): A drama film. The plot revolves around a trans woman named Dil (played by the Oscar-nominated Jaye Davidson).

Orlando (1992): Tilda Swinton portrays Orlando, a character whose sex changes after 2/3 of the film.

Tales of the City (1993): In the miniseries, based on Armistead Maupin's series of novels, Anna Madrigal (played by Olympia Dukakis), the landlady of the San Francisco apartment building in which the story is centered is revealed, in the concluding episode, to be a trans woman.

Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994): Anna Nicole Smith's character, Tanya Peters, is revealed to be a transgender woman at the end of the film.

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994): One of the main characters is a trans woman.
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994): Cult Australian film starring Hugo Weaving, Guy Pearce as drag queens and Terence Stamp as a trans woman.

A Transgender Path (1995): A documentary short about the experiences of Jo Ryan, a transgender student at the University of New Hampshire who came out in the early 1990s.

Different for Girls (1996): A British comedy film about two childhood friends who are reunited, after one of them has undergone sex reassignment surgery.

Crayon Shin-chan: Pursuit of the Balls of Darkness (1997): Japanese comic anime with three transwomen heroes who help Shin Chan protect his sister and fight to stop a demon's birth.

Ma vie en rose (1997): A Belgian film about a young child, Ludovic, who believes that she was born in the wrong body and should have been a girl.
The Adventures of Sebastian Cole (1998)

Better Than Chocolate (1999): Features a sub-plot involving the transgender character named Judy (Peter Outerbridge), who struggles with family rejection throughout the film and who has a crush on, and ultimately begins a romantic relationship with, lesbian separatist Frances (Ann-Marie MacDonald), who owns the gay & lesbian bookstore in which the film's central character Maggie (Karyn Dwyer) works. Judy also becomes friends with Maggie's somewhat sexually repressed mother, Lila (Wendy Crewson)

Creature (1999): Documentary by Parris Patton about trans woman Stacey Hollywood; a four-year chronicle of Stacey's transformation into womanhood, life in the West Hollywood LGBT nightclub scene, and her journey from Los Angeles back home to visit her conservative Christian family in North Carolina.

Todo sobre mi madre (1999): A film by Pedro Almodóvar that tells the story of Manuela, a nurse whose son is hit by a car and killed. The son's father is transgender. Agrado, a friend of Manuela, is also transgender, and sex worker.

Wild Zero (1999)

Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001): An off-Broadway cult musical adapted for cinema about a transgender German glam rocker (John Cameron Mitchell) recounting the story of her betrayal by her former boyfriend.

Yellow Hair 2 (2001): A South Korean film starring actress Harisu.

The Badge (2002): Billy Bob Thornton stars as a sheriff investigating the death of a local trans woman.

Beautiful Boxer (2003): A Thai film based on the real-life story of Nong Thoom/Parinya Charoenphol, a Muaythai boxer who underwent a sex change operation to become a woman.

Normal (2003): A drama film about a midwestern factory worker and closeted trans woman who stuns her wife of 25 years revealing that she wishes to have sex reassignment surgery. It starred Jessica Lange and Oscar-nominated actor Tom Wilkinson.

Bad Education (aka La Mala Educacion) (2004): Features Gael García Bernal as an actress who is transgender.
20 centímetros (2005): A Spanish musical comedy about a narcoleptic trans woman during her transition from male to female.

Breakfast on Pluto (2005): Another film by Neil Jordan. Stars Cillian Murphy as a young preoperative trans woman during the Irish Times of Trouble. An orphan, she searches for her mother. Lighter than The Crying Game.

Transamerica (2005): A comedy-drama starring Felicity Huffman, who plays Bree, a transgender woman. It was nominated for two Academy Awards in 2006: Felicity Huffman for Best Actress, and Dolly Parton for Best Original Song.

Tom-Yum-Goong (2005): Known as The Protector in the US release, this is a foreign action film starring Tony Jaa. The main villain, Madame Rose, is a transgender women in the international versions. The actress who plays Rose, Jin Xing is transgender herself.

The World's Fastest Indian (2005): Based on the true story of Burt Munro, who broke the motorcycle land speed record. In the film, Munro met a trans woman motel clerk, Tina Washington (played by Chris Williams), who helps Burt on his way to the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah for Speed Week.
En Soap (English: A Soap, 2006): A Danish film about the love between a (pre-operative) trans woman and a lesbian.

Grilled (2006): A comedy film in which Sofía Vergara plays character of Loridonna, a sultry trans woman who seduces unsuspecting Maurice (Ray Romano) when he and Dave (Kevin James), two desperate meat salesmen, knock on her door. A call from a suicidal friend interrupts signing the contract, so Maurice and Dave offer to drive her to her friend's house, hoping to close the deal. There, troubles multiply as they meet an arms dealer (Kim Coates) - who outs Lori to Maurice just before they got intimate, then hit-men working for a gregarious mob boss (Burt Reynolds).

Red without Blue (2007): A documentary featuring identical twins Mark and Alex Farley. Alex transitions to Clair during the film. Clair is featured again in a 2012 National Geographic documentary American Transgender

Be Like Others (2008), a documentary film about transphobia in Iran

Citulja za Eskobara (2008): Serbian movie includes trans woman named Borko becoming a girl named Lela.

Ticked-Off Trannies With Knives (2010): A rape/revenge "transploitation" film about a trio of trans women who avenge themselves on three men who brutally attack them and kill two of their friends.

Gun Hill Road (2011): A drama about a recently released ex-convict coping with her estranged wife and daughter, who is going through transition from male to female.

The Skin I Live In (2011) [Spanish: La piel que habito]: A Pedro Almodóvar film in which a young man named Vicente, portrayed Jan Cornet, is kidnapped by Antonio Banderas' character, undergoes forced sex reassignment surgery and becomes a woman named Vera, portrayed by Elena Anaya.

Dallas Buyers Club (2013): Jared Leto plays 'Rayon', a transgender woman dying from AIDS.

Boy Meets Girl (2014): 'Ricky' (Michelle Hendley), a transgender woman from rural Kentucky, awaiting acceptance into a New York fashion design school, learns about acceptance, friendship, sexuality and love.

The Gap (2014) [German: Der Spalt]: A movie about the core-misunderstanding of transgender women. It's about a girl named "Alex", who is born with body-parts that do not fit to her gender. The people around her do not believe that she exists.

Man on High Heels (2014): A Korean film about Yoon Ji-Wook (Cha Seung-won), a transgender woman.

Tangerine (2015): An independent film directed by Sean S. Baker where Kitana Kiki Rodriguez and Mya Taylor play the main protagonists, two transgender women, Sin-Dee and Alexandra respectively.

Tchindas (2015): An award-winning feature documentary with Tchinda Andrade, the most respected trans woman from Cape Verde (West Africa) as main character.

The Danish Girl (2015): A drama film about Lili Elbe, based on the book of the same name, starring Eddie Redmayne and Alicia Vikander.

Rainbow Gurl (2016): A film about a trans woman lesbian street musician.

Growing Up Coy (2016), a documentary about a young trans girl barred from using the girls' restroom at her school.

About Ray (2015): A drama about a young person transitioning female to male (Ray). Elle Fanning plays Ray.

So.. zero tv shows, the only one on tv is Ru Paul's drag race and drag queens are as transgender as bradley cooper is a racoon. ones's a performance one's an  identity. And about one movie\documentary every few years starting in 1979, most of them so obscure that never saw the light of the day in the theaters...that's hardly "blasted everywhere, on TV, in the media,"

[NelsonMuntz]

Settle down Francis 

LOL

ES in the army

[Kwon]

So.. zero tv shows, the only one on tv is Ru Paul's drag race and drag queens are as transgender as bradley cooper is a racoon. ones's a performance one's an  identity. And about one movie\documentary every few years starting in 1979, most of them so obscure that never saw the light of the day in the theaters...that's hardly "blasted everywhere, on TV, in the media,"

Several of them are trannies (playing themselves) and not actors in that list corrupting and blasting on TV and in the media.

There's something about Miriam-finale

[Kwon]

Can you guess the real woman?

At first glance, “Beija Saco” seems like a pretty regular Brazilian reality TV show. Essentially, it’s pretty much like ‘The Bachelor’ we see here in America. A man moves into a dream home with 10 ladies, gets to know them over several months, and ultimately leaves with the girl of his dreams. However, there’s a teeny tiny catch: only one of them is actually a biological woman.

Manga


Uva


Kiwi


Caqui


Mexerica


Melancia


Pera


Abacaxi


Maca


Goiaba

[Waller]

Can you guess the real woman?

Pera

Do I win?

[fredrollon]

Ru Pauls Drag-Race (2009)

Q & A (1990)

Desperate Living (1977): A John Waters comedy featuring a trans man character who gets phalloplasty.

Linda/Les and Annie: The First Female-to-Male Transsexual Love Story (1992): A 30-minute docu-drama, written, co-directed/co-edited by Annie Sprinkle.

Boys Don't Cry (1999): A drama film based on the real-life story of Brandon Teena, a transgender man who was raped and murdered by male friends. The movie received lots of media attention when its star Hilary Swank, who played Brandon, won the Academy Award for Best Actress.

Southern Comfort (2001): A documentary film about the final year in the life of Robert Eads, a transgender man from the southern United States.

By Hook or by Crook (2001): A queer buddy film written, directed by, and starring trans men.

Flying with One Wing (2003): Revolutionary Sri Lankan movie – a transgender man, Manju, is discovered after being taken to a clinic after a car accident. Film contains themes about sexism, homophobia.

Funny Kinda Guy (2005): A documentary following the singer Simon de Voil's transition to manhood, encountering the sacrifice of his female singing voice. Directed by Travis Reeves, a man who has also transitioned.

Strange Circus (2005): Yuji, the novelist's assistant, is a transgender man.

Boy I Am (2006): A documentary that explores antagonism in the lesbian community as a result of the increased visibility of transgender men.

Itty Bitty Titty Committee (2007): A comedy about young feminists who spread their message through public art and vandalism. Aggie (played by Lauren Mollica) has gender dysphoria. He bonds with the main character, Anna, and develops an apparent crush on her.

Romeos (2011): A drama and tragicomedy which revolves around the romantic relationship between Lukas, a 20-year-old gay trans man who is transitioning from female to male, and a cisgender gay man named Fabio.

Tomboy (2011): A French drama about a 10-year-old transgender child who, after moving with his family to a new neighborhood introduces himself to his new friends as Mikäel.

Albert Nobbs (2011): A drama about a trans man living in 19th century Dublin and working as a butler. He bonds with another trans man, who is a painter, in the same city. Film is criticized for its portrayal of trans men as "women in disguise."

Pierrot Lunaire (2014): an adaptation of Arnold Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire that features a trans man in the title role.

Trans: a documentary about transboys (2014): A documentary film that explores the female-to-male transition by following several subjects in Ghent, Belgium.

Glen or Glenda (1953): A loose, unauthorized retelling of Christine Jorgenson's story by director Ed Wood.

The Christine Jorgensen Story (1970): Former Army private from the Bronx undergoes surgery and hormone treatments in Denmark in 1952 to transition from male to female.

Myra Breckinridge (1970): Starring Raquel Welch in an off-beat role.

Dinah East (1970): A young actor makes it big in 1950s Hollywood – as an actress. Told in flashbacks, her secret is slowly revealed.
I Want What I Want (1972)

The Triple Echo (1972): A British soldier (Brian Deacon) deserts his unit during WWII. At the suggestion of a woman (Glenda Jackson) he meets while exploring the countryside nearby, he disguises himself as her sister to escape detection. Enjoying the experience a little too much, he agrees to accept the invitation of a soldier (Oliver Reed) to attend a dance at the base, risking exposure. Based on a novella by H.E. Bates.

Dog Day Afternoon (1975): Al Pacino's lover, played by Chris Sarandon, was a pre-operative transgender woman. Pacino's character was robbing a bank to pay for her gender reassignment surgery.

Let Me Die a Woman (1978): A documentary film featuring interviews with sex reassignment surgeon Leo Wollman and various trans women.

Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979): Among Eric Idle's multiple roles is Stan/Loretta. Set in the year AD 33, Stan is strongly mocked at first, but at the end is called Loretta, with no trace of disapproval.

Dressed to Kill (1980): A film about a transgender murderer.

Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982): Karen Black portrays a woman named Joanne who is revealed to be transgender and a former friend of the already existing cast members in this Robert Altman film. Joanne's former self was portrayed by Mark Patton.

The World According to Garp (1982): In this film, the character Roberta Muldoon (played by John Lithgow in an Oscar-nominated role) is a transgender former football player.

Sleepaway Camp series (1983, 1988, 1989, 2008): Angela Baker (portrayed by Felissa Rose in the first and fourth installments and Pamela Springsteen in the second and third), the killer and main character of the series, is a trans woman.

Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985): Luis Molina and Valentin Arregui are cell mates in a South American prison. Luis is found guilty of immoral behaviour and Valentin is a political prisoner. To escape reality Luis invents romantic movies, while Valentin tries to keep his mind on the situation he is in. During the time they spend together, the two come to understand and respect one another. Molina is more accurately transgender, if not transsexual. William Hurt's portrayal of Molina won him the Academy Award for Best Actor.

Twin Peaks: Actor David Duchovny plays Denise Bryson, a transgender DEA agent.

The Silence of the Lambs (1991): Ted Levine plays a serial killer named Buffalo Bill who identifies as transgender.

Soapdish (1991): In this soap opera parody, Montana Morehead (Cathy Moriarty), the show's star and scheming antagonist, is revealed, on live television, as a transgender woman.

The Crying Game (1992): A drama film. The plot revolves around a trans woman named Dil (played by the Oscar-nominated Jaye Davidson).

Orlando (1992): Tilda Swinton portrays Orlando, a character whose sex changes after 2/3 of the film.

Tales of the City (1993): In the miniseries, based on Armistead Maupin's series of novels, Anna Madrigal (played by Olympia Dukakis), the landlady of the San Francisco apartment building in which the story is centered is revealed, in the concluding episode, to be a trans woman.

Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994): Anna Nicole Smith's character, Tanya Peters, is revealed to be a transgender woman at the end of the film.

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994): One of the main characters is a trans woman.
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994): Cult Australian film starring Hugo Weaving, Guy Pearce as drag queens and Terence Stamp as a trans woman.

A Transgender Path (1995): A documentary short about the experiences of Jo Ryan, a transgender student at the University of New Hampshire who came out in the early 1990s.

Different for Girls (1996): A British comedy film about two childhood friends who are reunited, after one of them has undergone sex reassignment surgery.

Crayon Shin-chan: Pursuit of the Balls of Darkness (1997): Japanese comic anime with three transwomen heroes who help Shin Chan protect his sister and fight to stop a demon's birth.

Ma vie en rose (1997): A Belgian film about a young child, Ludovic, who believes that she was born in the wrong body and should have been a girl.
The Adventures of Sebastian Cole (1998)

Better Than Chocolate (1999): Features a sub-plot involving the transgender character named Judy (Peter Outerbridge), who struggles with family rejection throughout the film and who has a crush on, and ultimately begins a romantic relationship with, lesbian separatist Frances (Ann-Marie MacDonald), who owns the gay & lesbian bookstore in which the film's central character Maggie (Karyn Dwyer) works. Judy also becomes friends with Maggie's somewhat sexually repressed mother, Lila (Wendy Crewson)

Creature (1999): Documentary by Parris Patton about trans woman Stacey Hollywood; a four-year chronicle of Stacey's transformation into womanhood, life in the West Hollywood LGBT nightclub scene, and her journey from Los Angeles back home to visit her conservative Christian family in North Carolina.

Todo sobre mi madre (1999): A film by Pedro Almodóvar that tells the story of Manuela, a nurse whose son is hit by a car and killed. The son's father is transgender. Agrado, a friend of Manuela, is also transgender, and sex worker.

Wild Zero (1999)

Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001): An off-Broadway cult musical adapted for cinema about a transgender German glam rocker (John Cameron Mitchell) recounting the story of her betrayal by her former boyfriend.

Yellow Hair 2 (2001): A South Korean film starring actress Harisu.

The Badge (2002): Billy Bob Thornton stars as a sheriff investigating the death of a local trans woman.

Beautiful Boxer (2003): A Thai film based on the real-life story of Nong Thoom/Parinya Charoenphol, a Muaythai boxer who underwent a sex change operation to become a woman.

Normal (2003): A drama film about a midwestern factory worker and closeted trans woman who stuns her wife of 25 years revealing that she wishes to have sex reassignment surgery. It starred Jessica Lange and Oscar-nominated actor Tom Wilkinson.

Bad Education (aka La Mala Educacion) (2004): Features Gael García Bernal as an actress who is transgender.
20 centímetros (2005): A Spanish musical comedy about a narcoleptic trans woman during her transition from male to female.

Breakfast on Pluto (2005): Another film by Neil Jordan. Stars Cillian Murphy as a young preoperative trans woman during the Irish Times of Trouble. An orphan, she searches for her mother. Lighter than The Crying Game.

Transamerica (2005): A comedy-drama starring Felicity Huffman, who plays Bree, a transgender woman. It was nominated for two Academy Awards in 2006: Felicity Huffman for Best Actress, and Dolly Parton for Best Original Song.

Tom-Yum-Goong (2005): Known as The Protector in the US release, this is a foreign action film starring Tony Jaa. The main villain, Madame Rose, is a transgender women in the international versions. The actress who plays Rose, Jin Xing is transgender herself.

The World's Fastest Indian (2005): Based on the true story of Burt Munro, who broke the motorcycle land speed record. In the film, Munro met a trans woman motel clerk, Tina Washington (played by Chris Williams), who helps Burt on his way to the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah for Speed Week.
En Soap (English: A Soap, 2006): A Danish film about the love between a (pre-operative) trans woman and a lesbian.

Grilled (2006): A comedy film in which Sofía Vergara plays character of Loridonna, a sultry trans woman who seduces unsuspecting Maurice (Ray Romano) when he and Dave (Kevin James), two desperate meat salesmen, knock on her door. A call from a suicidal friend interrupts signing the contract, so Maurice and Dave offer to drive her to her friend's house, hoping to close the deal. There, troubles multiply as they meet an arms dealer (Kim Coates) - who outs Lori to Maurice just before they got intimate, then hit-men working for a gregarious mob boss (Burt Reynolds).

Red without Blue (2007): A documentary featuring identical twins Mark and Alex Farley. Alex transitions to Clair during the film. Clair is featured again in a 2012 National Geographic documentary American Transgender

Be Like Others (2008), a documentary film about transphobia in Iran

Citulja za Eskobara (2008): Serbian movie includes trans woman named Borko becoming a girl named Lela.

Ticked-Off Trannies With Knives (2010): A rape/revenge "transploitation" film about a trio of trans women who avenge themselves on three men who brutally attack them and kill two of their friends.

Gun Hill Road (2011): A drama about a recently released ex-convict coping with her estranged wife and daughter, who is going through transition from male to female.

The Skin I Live In (2011) [Spanish: La piel que habito]: A Pedro Almodóvar film in which a young man named Vicente, portrayed Jan Cornet, is kidnapped by Antonio Banderas' character, undergoes forced sex reassignment surgery and becomes a woman named Vera, portrayed by Elena Anaya.

Dallas Buyers Club (2013): Jared Leto plays 'Rayon', a transgender woman dying from AIDS.

Boy Meets Girl (2014): 'Ricky' (Michelle Hendley), a transgender woman from rural Kentucky, awaiting acceptance into a New York fashion design school, learns about acceptance, friendship, sexuality and love.

The Gap (2014) [German: Der Spalt]: A movie about the core-misunderstanding of transgender women. It's about a girl named "Alex", who is born with body-parts that do not fit to her gender. The people around her do not believe that she exists.

Man on High Heels (2014): A Korean film about Yoon Ji-Wook (Cha Seung-won), a transgender woman.

Tangerine (2015): An independent film directed by Sean S. Baker where Kitana Kiki Rodriguez and Mya Taylor play the main protagonists, two transgender women, Sin-Dee and Alexandra respectively.

Tchindas (2015): An award-winning feature documentary with Tchinda Andrade, the most respected trans woman from Cape Verde (West Africa) as main character.

The Danish Girl (2015): A drama film about Lili Elbe, based on the book of the same name, starring Eddie Redmayne and Alicia Vikander.

Rainbow Gurl (2016): A film about a trans woman lesbian street musician.

Growing Up Coy (2016), a documentary about a young trans girl barred from using the girls' restroom at her school.

About Ray (2015): A drama about a young person transitioning female to male (Ray). Elle Fanning plays Ray.

Missing classics like The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Ed Wood

Could put Tootsie in there, too.