"TRANS" is a feature documentary now in post-production, scheduled for exclusive release in selected festivals and markets in early 2012. For more information, go to TransTheMovie.com. It offers a “up-close and very personal journey into the transgender world.” Watch the trailer.
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Anderson........I love your show,the topics & you! I was very impressed with the show today, regarding Transgenders.I have a very good friend who is transgender. He/she is a wonderful, talented, physically beautiful and very intelligent!He is not gay as I have many gay friends too! I am a hetero woman in my 50's. Thank you for your truthful,empathetic and educational presentation of this subject.Your guest were incredible,the children beautiful! Thier honesty is thier truth!I hope your show has bred more acceptance. Life is too short and goes too fast to have jugements! We all got here the same way and will all leave the same way!We all come with our unique gifts and contribution to this life and others!I hope you have more shows on Transgenders to educate and dispell the ignorance of people.You are an excellent journalist,in the true sense of the profession!Keep on keepin on!Would love to be a part of your audience but I live in California!Where were you when I lived on the eastcoast for 20 years????
It's hard for me to wrap my mind around the thought of a 4 years old child trying to chop off his penis. It's mind boggling. How can a 4 year old child have such mature and profound thoughts about God? I don't know of any 4 year old that would formulate thoughts in such a way. Once again...mind boggling.
Thank you Anderson for covering this topic with such respect and empathy. It is such a blessing that people with so much reach and influence use the gifts for good. Compassion and Education are the truth, the light and the way.
Anderson, this is simple, "thank you" for being a voice that people are open to hear.
From the first interview with Dannan's family, her father saying "I have a daughter who needs to be a little girl" I began to cry. Thank you Anderson, thank you to that family, someone gets it.
The Trans* community I live and work in needs people like you. THANK YOU for doing this show Anderson.
Congratulations . Our largest mainstream media has descended to a level where we allow and encourage an eight year old to discuss their sexuality to a world audience.
Mr. Cooper, I’m sure you are aware of the negative ramifications of media exposure. I’m also sure that an eight year old has no such awareness.
Having a discussion on the topic is one matter. Putting an eight year old before a world audience is another matter.
Can any reasonable person believe this is helpful to the child?
Unfortunately are schools are doing the same thing; exposing our 5 year old to sexual issues that adults have difficulty understanding. Where is our common sense?
Let our children be children. For the sake of our children.
Sincerely
The father of an eight year old
I am not trans but have had experience in "coming out" issues of my own. The most amazing thing i learned about "coming out" in the sense of self-acceptance is the amount of suppression that closeting causes in a life that is not even related to sexual issues. Things get better from job performance, the amount of laughter you have, the ability to not sweat the small stuff, you love better, listen better, FEEL better, carry yourself better, think better. The list goes on and on. People think it is all about sex,(as in having sex) but it isn't. I think it is WONDERFUL you are giving time and public education to the need of TG people and especially children to be supported and left alone by those who can't wrap their minds around it. I hope that other forms of orientation are able to reach children with early awareness because the cost of closeting is great and many fabulous lives get "aborted" or limited by the "global" nature of suppression.
The show on Trans people was great. I think that people don't understand it, but people need to be more open to people that are different than them. It's disgusting to me that in 2011 Americans are so narrow minded. I've had several friends who were trans and like some of the guests stated, they knew it at a very young age. As a gay man I can relate to this as I knew at a very young age 4, that I was different from many of my friends. I didn't really know what that difference was until I was going through puberty. I grew up in the 70's in a midwest community and had never heard the word gay. When I did hear it, I was like, oh that must be what I am. However, much of the literature said, I had to effeminate, etc. So that caused confusion. I'm glad that your show is putting subjects like this out there. If just one trans youth sees this show and starts to understand themselves a little more, or one person is more tolerant then the show was a complete success. Thanks for your show. I personally love it.
As a gender specialist psychologist working in Little Rock, Arkansas, I want to thank you for educating the public about transkids. The show was heartwarming & thought-provoking. These families need understanding & support as they face daunting challenges. Your efforts are appreciated.
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.... vs. 26 And God said, let us make man in our image, after our likeness:... vs. 27 So God created man in his own image in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. vs. 31 And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was VERY GOOD. God made everything perfect. God does not make mistakes. It is very sad to see two grown people ALLOW AND ACCEPT this young child behave in such a manner. BEND THE TREE WHEN IT IS YOUNG. Now is the time that you should be teaching this child right from wrong. The child should not be telling you the parent what he wants, you the parent should and must know what is right. If he ask you for a knife, would you give him, NO, because you know a knife will hurt him. If you sit back and accept this God will hold you accountable for it. You cannot sit back and say he knows what he wants, quite frankly what he think he wants is not good for him. The enemy, the devil, is capturing the hearts and minds of our young people and we need to go down in prayer and fasting for them to defeat the enemy. Mother I am pleading with you, don't sit back and allow the devil to take hold of your son. God gave you this precious child, grow him up in the way he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it. Teach him that God made him and love him just the way he is. Pray over him every night. Dad, teach him the right way to be a man. If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything. Don't fall for this garbage that the devil has put on your son. Believe that God has a purpose and a plan for his life. Please don't accept this, I refuse to accept this and that is why I will be praying for you and your son. Nothing beats prayer and fasting. Teach him the way of the Lord. Mom, sit with him at night and read the bible to him. Don't let the devil get him, his soul belongs to God. For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life. Teach him that God is love and that God loves him. The devil wants to destroy him and that is why he is doing the wrong things he is doing now. Please don't accept this. It is time to act, act now, before it's too late. I believe in you that you want the best for your child and that you will do the best for your child and that you love your child. So search yourselves and see if you would be able to deal with the pain and hurt when you see your child suffering when it could be avoided. For you I am Praying, I am praying for you. God Bless.
Everyone should have the right to live as they feel, as they want. As a matter of fact it wasn't their choice, it is biological, a question of hormones etc, but even if you don't agree with the facts,as long as these people are happy is all that matters. (((HUG))) to all of you
Transgender is the state of one's "gender identity" (self-identification as woman, man, neither or both) not matching one's "assigned sex" (identification by others as male, female or intersex based on physical/genetic sex). "Transgender" does not imply any specific form of sexual orientation; transgender people may identify as heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, pansexual, polysexual, or asexual; some may consider conventional sexual orientation labels inadequate or inapplicable to them. The precise definition for transgender remains in flux, but includes:
"Of, relating to, or designating a person whose identity does not conform unambiguously to conventional notions of male or female gender roles, but combines or moves between these."
"People who were assigned a sex, usually at birth and based on their genitals, but who feel that this is a false or incomplete description of themselves."
"Non-identification with, or non-presentation as, the sex (and assumed gender) one was assigned at birth."
The current definitions of transgender include all transsexual people, although this has been criticized!, Intersex people have genitalia or other physical sexual characteristics that do not conform to strict definitions of male and/or female, but intersex people are not necessarily transgender, since they do not all disagree with their assigned sex at birth. Transgender and intersex issues often overlap, however, because they both challenge the notion of rigid definitions of sex and gender.
interesting subject!