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Three transgender individuals confront discrimination and fight for their rights, revealing resilience and hope against a backdrop of societal challenges.
Episodes
An intimate portrait of Kimberly and Kai Shappley: a mother has to confront her religious community while her 7-year-old transgender daughter navigates life at school, where she's been banned from the girls' bathroom. TRT: 18 minutes. Directed by Daresha Kyi. Produced by the ACLU and Little By Little Films, with an LGBTQ-led team.
Eisha Love was incarcerated in a men's jail after acting in self-defense. Now, as she rebuilds her life and continues to process the impact of her incarceration, she faces the challenge of trying to get a steady job as an out trans woman with a criminal record. TRT: 15 minutes. Directed by Cary Cronenwett. Produced by the ACLU and Little By Little Films, with an LGBTQ-led team.
When Jennifer Chavez lost her job after transitioning, she sued for discrimination. Years later, having won a national victory in a case that will protect trans people across the nation, she finds herself alienated from her industry, and unable to make a living. TRT: 10 minutes. Produced by the ACLU and Little By Little Films, with an LGBTQ-led team.
Trans In America is a verité short documentary series, and an intimate portrait of three transgender individuals as they battle for their civil rights in the United States. The three films reveal the daily impact of discrimination on three families as they battle with bathroom bills, vulnerability in employment and housing, and the aftermath of incarceration, in Texas, Illinois and Georgia. The series had its world premiere on Conde Nast's LGBTQ+ platform them. on October 10 2018. The films are directed by LGBTQ+ filmmakers, produced by an inclusive and majority-LGBTQ+ production team, and informed by a panel of transgender Advisors.