Trantasia

Transtasia is a documentary about the 2004 World's Most Beautiful Transsexual Pageant. It not only shows scenes from the pageant, but interviews several contestants about their lives.

BBC America 'Teen Transsexual'

BBC America
Sunday, December 30, 2007
10:00pm EST /7:00pm PST
Repeated at 1:00am EST / 10:00pm PST

All Richard Parker wants for his 18th birthday is to be Lucy Parker.
Richard has spent his life dealing with gender identity issues and has long dreamed of the day when he can have surgery to become a real woman.

Unable to get the surgery until he turns 18 and has proven to doctors that he is psychologically committed to life as a woman, Richard has spent the last two years living as Lucy. This is her story.

Premieres December 30th at 10pm et/pt. Part of BBC America Reveals.

Documentary-American Beauties

Liz sent this link to TSTB about the award-winning documentary film called American Beauties.

The 2005 documentary is a series of interviews with Asian transwomen Amanda, Imani, Kimberly and Kosal. They express themselves on the issues facing them such as discrimination, prostitution, sex reassignment surgery, their former lives, and their dreams for the future.

And here's the YouTube video from that documentary as well:

Part 1



Part 2



Part 3



Part 4