Diagnosing Difference & 3 Questions
| Director: Annalise Ophelian Year: 2009 Country: USA Rating: Unknown Length: mins. Language: English Genre: Documentary |
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Diagnosing Difference
How does it feel to have your gender identity included in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders? Diagnosing Difference is a full-length length documentary featuring interviews with 13 diverse scholars, activists, and artists who identify on the trans spectrum (transgender, transsexual, genderqueer, and gender variant) about the impact and implications of the Gender Identity Disorder (GID) on their lives and communities.
Diagnosing Difference humanizes the debate around the GID diagnosis by valuing personal experience as a vital (and often ignored) form of expertise. Rather than trying to create an exhaustive examination of the diagnosis or offer claims of universal representation, Diagnosing Difference is purposefully personal, seeking to expand the experience of the audience, provoke thought, and create as many questions as it answers.
Using the diagnosis as a departure point, the participants debunk myths and misconceptions about transgender identities, challenge stereotypical gender expectations, and offer educative insight into the terms and language used to describe transgender lives. This groundbreaking film is the first to explore the impact of the GID diagnosis on people who identify on the trans spectrum in their own words and images.
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Website: http://gidthemovie.com/
Trailer: http://www.gidthemovie.com/trailer–clips.html
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3 Questions
All moviegoers who attend the screening of “Diagnosing Difference” are invited to stay for a special screening of local filmmaker Melissa Sky’s short film “3 Questions.”
This documentary, originally conceived for cliterature, an annual literary celebration of women’s sexuality, asks local queer women 3 simple questions. What do you love about women? what’s hot? what’s the secret to pleasing a woman?
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