Lucas Helth Postma’s short film Boy is about accepting transgender people for who they are. The movie’s plot centers on a transgender man Emilie, who was born a woman, and the circumstances leading up to a dinner with several families (Helth, 2014). This short film tells that being transgender is much more than just appropriating gender roles (Helth, 2014). It is a significant movie that tackles an issue that affects the society today. It likewise marks history as a reminder that this was when these issues were explored and signaled a shift in how transgender persons are perceived and understood. I must admit that before watching the short film Boy, I did not fully comprehend or have empathy for transgender people.
No doubt the mother could have treated her child differently and understood the situation better. Stereotypical thinking about the rigid connection between a person’s physical and psychological sense of self prevented her from empathizing with and emotionally helping her son (Helth, 2014). Unfortunately, this approach is still prevalent in today’s world, and it will still take some time before transhumans are adequately treated and understood. In this case, the mother could be advised to increase her cultural intelligence level and diversity to establish a normal relationship with her child.
Intersex individuals have reproductive or sexual anatomy that defies categorization as exclusively male or female. Although intersex characteristics may be present at birth, they may not become evident until later, maybe throughout puberty or even maturity (As/Is, 2015). It is impossible to accept the idea that gender is invented by men. In the case of being born with a double set of genitalia, there is a genetic malfunction, a problem in the body that entails potential complications. That is, a person’s biological sex has nothing to do with the relatively new psychological concept of gender. If a person identifies with only one gender, if medically possible, they can have an operation and determine their physical genitalia if they wish. Accordingly, a person will be precisely the gender he or she feels, which is the most important goal.
References
Helth, L. (2014). Boy – short film [Video]. YouTube. Web.
As/Is. (2015). What it’s like to be intersex [Video]. YouTube. Web.