I'm sorry, it's not that I scare you with an award, it's that this film is so hard!
In 2009, director Lucas de Hoot saw a piece of news in a local Belgian newspaper about a girl who wanted to be a ballet dancer, but had the wrong gender. She wanted to be a real girl.
The director was only 18 at the time and was going through his own identity crisis, and the story inspired him. Lucas DeHoot decided to make the story into a movie.
At the beginning of the story, a little boy woke the girl up in a playful way. The first thing the girl did when she got up from the bed was to press her legs. It turned out that she had just joined a ballet dance class.
As soon as the camera turns, the girl's father takes her to the clinic. The protagonist who looks completely a beautiful girl turns out to be a boy. She is undergoing hormone therapy and is preparing for sex reassignment surgery. This is a trans person who loves ballet and wants to be a girl.
The film was mostly made about the troubles and pressures of her life as a transgender in adolescence.
She started ballet late, had to work harder than other girls, and practiced until her toes bleed;
And every day, she took off the training clothes and tore the tape around her crotch, grinning in pain;
She didn't dare to shower with other girls, and she would even be besieged by the girls, forcing her to show her lower body;
When her brother was in a tantrum, he would blurt out her old boy's name.
All kinds of pressure make her can't wait to become a real girl. She thought that the effect of estrogen was too slow, so she increased the dose on her own. She doesn't listen to the doctor and dad. She has been losing weight, and doctors have decided that she has to delay sex change surgery due to her current condition.
Her eagerness made things counterproductive. Will she have a delay in surgery? Or will they come up with something more extreme?
This movie tells the story of one of the LGBT groups. Let’s first popularize what LGBT is.
Sexual minorities are also called rainbow ethnic groups, and sexual minorities are also known internationally as "LGBTQIA+", or "LGBT" for short.
"LGBTQIA+" refers specifically to:
L: Lesbian (lesbian)
G: Gay (Gay)
B: Bisexual
T: Transgender: Refers to a person who is psychologically unable to identify with the gender they were born with, believing that they should belong to another gender.
Q: Queer (queer) non-mainstream sexual orientation
I: Intersex (intersex or intersex): one, hermaphrodites or hermaphrodites, that is, people with both testes and ovaries; two, male pseudohermaphrodites, that is, both testes and part of the female reproductive organs, but People without ovaries; 3. Female pseudohermaphrodites, that is, people who have both ovaries and some male reproductive organs, but no testicles. Individuals whose anatomical characteristics do not meet common male and female criteria. Intersex people may differ from standard male or female conditions in many ways, including chromosomes, hormones, internal and external genitalia, secondary sex characteristics, and more. Intersex conditions may be detected at birth or may become apparent as the body develops. An intersex person may self-identify as male, female, or neither.
A: Asexual (asexual)
+: Other non-normative sexual orientation and gender identity not mentioned above
In my opinion, Lara is lucky, even a little bit ignorant of happiness. In a world where perceptions of LGBT people are vastly different, she was born in Europe, not India, which is definitely the most LGBT-tolerant region.
Lara also has a dad who fully understands and supports her, and not only her dad, but all her family members are very accepting of her. In our country, this is something that can be sought but out of reach, let alone a transgender. Only a few people who come out of the closet can be accepted by their parents.
Those who dare to come out also risk severing ties and breaking their legs. There are many people like her in this world, but I don't know how many times harder than her.
At the age of 16, Lara is in adolescence, her mind is not mature enough, she is easily affected by external factors, all kinds of trivial things in life, and the ballerina girl who haunts her every day, which leads her to become a real girl. .
All of this made her unable to let her heart down, slowly waiting for change, slowly becoming a girl. In this way, she is like many young people in today's society. No matter what she does, the biggest common problem is to be eager for success. She is always impatient with what she likes, and gritted her teeth and resented what she hated.
But my dear, you didn't grow up to be 16 years old in one day, and you didn't grow into long hair in one night.
A caring father, a lovely younger brother, a professional medical team, a psychological counselor, a top ballet school, individual tutoring by teachers, and so many kind people and things.
As long as you are willing to give yourself time, it really won't take long for you to become what you want. Before that, you have to learn to accept yourself as you are now, accept the breasts that have not grown, accept the sexual organs that were born at birth, and learn to live in peace with your body.
Take what you don't like as your own shortcomings. First, you must face up to your own shortcomings, accept your shortcomings, and then work hard to change them. Be full of confidence in yourself, identify yourself as a girl from the heart, rather than simply rely on the outside. Confidence beats everything!
I actually happened to be watching some transgender videos lately. Thailand is the country with the highest acceptance of gay and transgender people in Asia.
Most people in Thailand believe that no matter if a person likes the same sex or the opposite sex, if they want to be a woman or a man, as long as they don’t do things that hurt the country and the people, it’s good to do what you want to be who you want to be, and be happy. .
(Thai transgender Rose)
Everyone knows that Thailand is the most famous ladyboy. This name is actually very disrespectful to them. The more respected and more accepted and liked name by them is "Ladyboy".
It takes ten years for a ladyboy to change from a boy to a complete woman. Their transformation process is basically like this: they started to eat estrogen when they were in school, slowly exercised, had plastic surgery, and started participating in beauty pageants after graduating from college. , began to work on major shows and save money.
As for the money, part of it will be given to the family, part of it will be saved for future surgery, and the rest will be used for living expenses. It is not until the day when I save enough money for the surgery that I can become a woman completely.
(Thai transgender poy)
There are actually very few people who can truly become women. Many people give up in the middle, many people can't save that much money, many people take hormones and have plastic surgery, they will not become very beautiful, not all ladyboys are as beautiful as Tiffany's Show, with such a good figure, can sing and dance better Women are women.
This process is long and arduous, and it may not be successful, but what can be achieved 100% by everyone is not a dream.
(2014 Miss Tiffany champion, married to a Chinese)
Everyone says ladyboy has a short lifespan, but it's not. Ladyboy refers to the ones that have not been removed, because they have to take estrogen for a long time, and estrogen and male hormones fight against each other, which is harmful to the body itself, so it has an impact on life expectancy.
But if she has undergone surgery and completely becomes a woman, then she only needs to supplement estrogen occasionally, and she does not need to take it for a long time, so a ladyboy who is completely a woman is just like a woman, they are completely like normal people, It is not a problem to live to seventy or eighty years old.
The process of transformation is very difficult and painful, and it is sure to bear the pressure. But for a better future, people must learn to be patient. Patience is essential to get something done.
When you don't have enough time to grow and mature, don't take the risk of becoming a butterfly. You can't break through the layer of chrysalis. Even if you break through, you may not be able to withstand the ups and downs outside. You must wait for the time to mature and break the cocoon. A butterfly can fly to the sky.
You don't have to look at transgender people in a different light, you don't need to look down or look up, we are all the same, and all beings are equal. After learning about their stories, I admire them even more.
This kind of courage, will and strength is placed on us. I believe that losing weight is not that difficult, it is not that difficult to take a postgraduate entrance examination, it is not that difficult to quit smoking and drinking, and it is not that difficult to be yourself without caring about other people's eyes.
What you were born with or acquired easily can be someone else's lifelong goal. So, love yourself, love life, love the most!
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