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Adventures in The Gender Trade
A Case for Diversity
| Length: | 40 min |
| Released: | 1994 |
| Ages: |
College Adult |
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Writer and performer Kate Bornstein was born a man. This documentary presents a frank account of her personal journey from unhappy young boy into liberated transsexual lesbian. Intercut with her satiric night club act Hidden: A Gender are the stories of a range of interviewees who refuse to have their identity defined by whether they were born male or female.
Adventures in the Gender Trade presents a spectrum of colorful gender anomalies: drag queens, transsexuals, cross dressers, gays and lesbians, and those who refuse to be categorized. These individuals advocate for the right to be not “male” or “female,” but whatever they choose in between. Why, they ask, must we have a bipolar gender system, when other cultures accommodate, and even embrace, diversity?
Academics including anthropologist Dr. Walter Williams and MIT’s David Halperin encourage a reevaluation of traditional thinking, and a distinction between gender orientation and sexual preference. Adventures in the Gender Trade is guaranteed to provoke discussion.
Adventures in the Gender Trade presents a spectrum of colorful gender anomalies: drag queens, transsexuals, cross dressers, gays and lesbians, and those who refuse to be categorized. These individuals advocate for the right to be not “male” or “female,” but whatever they choose in between. Why, they ask, must we have a bipolar gender system, when other cultures accommodate, and even embrace, diversity?
Academics including anthropologist Dr. Walter Williams and MIT’s David Halperin encourage a reevaluation of traditional thinking, and a distinction between gender orientation and sexual preference. Adventures in the Gender Trade is guaranteed to provoke discussion.
"The documentary presents an articulate, realistic view of a transsexual lifestyle."
‒Library Journal
‒Library Journal
Association for Women in Psychology, 1994
Margaret Mead Film Festival, 1993
Directors Citation, Black Maria Film Festival, 1993
Margaret Mead Film Festival, 1993
Directors Citation, Black Maria Film Festival, 1993
