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Transamerica: Weeks before her gender reassignment surgery, a tranwoman is shocked to discover that she unknowingly fathered a child.  She is forced to confront a wide variety of issues from her past while on a cross-country road trip with her new found teenage son.

Country: USA, 2005

Original Language: English

Rating: 4.5/5

Zavi thinks: This movie impressed me by exploring a much broader spectrum of queer issues than I initially expected. It delves into the gender, sexuality, and secret desires of both of the lead characters and examines how these factors have made them into the people they are today. Forget cliches – this film is direct and refreshingly honest.

Panda thinks: This movie was another really pleasant surprise for me.  It feels in many ways like an older film (in fact I had no idea it was released in 2005 prior to reading the IMDB information).  At the beginning I was wary, certain that this film would be a stereotypical blurring of the lines between transwomen, crossdressers, and drag queens.  But in …

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