Todays LA Time 'Calendar' (12/14/2020) section ran a story called 'Moving Beyond he/she in TV Roles' which should be interesting to most that visit Big Closet. What caught my eye was reference to "Sissy: a Coming of Gender Story" - a book published in 2019 AND a Showtime movie.

The LA Times article speaks about the evolution of LGBQT characters becoming visible in films and to the public in general. Readers may find bits & pieces that strike a personal note with them.

Excerpted from "Sissy: A Coming-Of-Gender Story" by Jacob Tobia the link below takes you to a fine, long discussion of the who & why for the book.

"The trans narrative perpetuated by mainstream media fucking sucks because it rarely acknowledges history or community."

"The more we share our journeys, the more we challenge the static structure in which we are told to understand ourselves, the greater freedom we find to celebrate ourselves as we are. In a moment when the conversation about gender norms has never been more nuanced or more heated..."

"This isn't about any singular conquest, because as it turns out, trans storytelling gets better without the gender binary as the goal. The story opens up. Free from proscriptive binary boundaries, we are able to tell stories that don't come with an inevitable conclusion, and the possibilities become as endless and varied as the world around us."

https://cpl.catalogue.library.ns.ca/Record/1535279/Excerpt

It will be interesting to see how this book, if you pardon the expression, transitions to the screen. I'd like to see how Director/Historian Ken Burns would make a film on this topic.

Enjoy the read.

Regards,

Dee