All language subtitles for Let.Me.Die.A.Woman.1977.1080p.BluRay.x264.DTS-FGT_Track04

af Afrikaans
sq Albanian
am Amharic
ar Arabic
hy Armenian
az Azerbaijani
eu Basque
be Belarusian
bn Bengali
bs Bosnian
bg Bulgarian
ca Catalan
ceb Cebuano
ny Chichewa
zh-CN Chinese (Simplified)
zh-TW Chinese (Traditional)
co Corsican
hr Croatian
cs Czech Download
da Danish
nl Dutch Download
en English
eo Esperanto
et Estonian
tl Filipino
fi Finnish
fr French Download
fy Frisian
gl Galician
ka Georgian
de German Download
el Greek Download
gu Gujarati
ht Haitian Creole
ha Hausa
haw Hawaiian
iw Hebrew
hi Hindi
hmn Hmong
hu Hungarian
is Icelandic
ig Igbo
id Indonesian
ga Irish
it Italian Download
ja Japanese
jw Javanese
kn Kannada
kk Kazakh
km Khmer
ko Korean
ku Kurdish (Kurmanji)
ky Kyrgyz
lo Lao
la Latin
lv Latvian
lt Lithuanian
lb Luxembourgish
mk Macedonian
mg Malagasy
ms Malay
ml Malayalam
mt Maltese
mi Maori
mr Marathi
mn Mongolian
my Myanmar (Burmese)
ne Nepali
no Norwegian
ps Pashto
fa Persian
pl Polish
pt Portuguese Download
pa Punjabi
ro Romanian
ru Russian
sm Samoan
gd Scots Gaelic
sr Serbian
st Sesotho
sn Shona
sd Sindhi
si Sinhala
sk Slovak Download
sl Slovenian
so Somali
es Spanish Download
su Sundanese
sw Swahili
sv Swedish
tg Tajik
ta Tamil
te Telugu
th Thai
tr Turkish Download
uk Ukrainian
ur Urdu
uz Uzbek
vi Vietnamese
cy Welsh
xh Xhosa
yi Yiddish
yo Yoruba
zu Zulu
or Odia (Oriya)
rw Kinyarwanda
tk Turkmen
tt Tatar
ug Uyghur
Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:02,127 --> 00:00:04,755 (Alarm ringing) 2 00:00:12,179 --> 00:00:16,141 (Upbeat music) 3 00:00:20,896 --> 00:00:22,523 - When I wake up in the morning, 4 00:00:22,981 --> 00:00:24,858 I am always a little surprised. 5 00:00:29,154 --> 00:00:31,782 This is my life and I am happy. 6 00:01:02,813 --> 00:01:07,818 I used to wear baggy shirts, shirts that were concealing. 7 00:01:08,193 --> 00:01:13,197 Now I wear things that flatter me, that go with my coloring. 8 00:01:13,198 --> 00:01:14,533 I love clothes. 9 00:02:31,151 --> 00:02:36,156 I am lonely, yet I feel wonderful because I'm a woman now. 10 00:02:40,327 --> 00:02:42,704 Last year I was a man. 11 00:02:43,580 --> 00:02:46,333 (Dramatic music) 12 00:02:53,965 --> 00:02:55,966 (Traffic rumbling) 13 00:02:55,967 --> 00:02:56,843 (Horn honking) 14 00:02:56,844 --> 00:02:58,804 - [Narrator] We all know what sex we are. 15 00:03:02,349 --> 00:03:05,102 It is so obvious that it can be seen by the naked eye. 16 00:03:06,603 --> 00:03:09,231 And we know it in the deepest part of ourselves. 17 00:03:11,441 --> 00:03:13,735 We are male or female. 18 00:03:16,363 --> 00:03:18,698 But perhaps it's not so obvious. 19 00:03:18,699 --> 00:03:21,118 (Jazz music) 20 00:03:23,370 --> 00:03:26,123 Imagine, if you can, what it is like to be a woman 21 00:03:27,582 --> 00:03:29,501 imprisoned in the body of a man. 22 00:03:46,393 --> 00:03:50,105 Or a man trapped in the body of a woman. 23 00:03:58,155 --> 00:04:00,991 (Dramatic music) 24 00:04:06,037 --> 00:04:11,042 Not male, not female, not homosexual. 25 00:04:14,629 --> 00:04:15,671 (Jazz music) 26 00:04:15,672 --> 00:04:17,757 Recently the world was shocked 27 00:04:17,758 --> 00:04:22,220 by the discovery of this third sex, the transsexual. 28 00:04:25,140 --> 00:04:27,349 We will meet real transsexuals. 29 00:04:27,350 --> 00:04:31,896 We will show for the first time how and why genetic men 30 00:04:31,897 --> 00:04:36,735 become real women and genetic women become real men. 31 00:04:41,531 --> 00:04:43,909 We will take you behind these headlines. 32 00:04:47,162 --> 00:04:48,245 - I come from a very small town. 33 00:04:48,246 --> 00:04:50,790 There's not much to do in small towns to begin with. 34 00:04:50,791 --> 00:04:54,126 And when you had the problem that I had, 35 00:04:54,127 --> 00:04:55,544 there's even less to do. 36 00:04:55,545 --> 00:04:58,672 And no, I never had any friends. 37 00:04:58,673 --> 00:05:00,299 Boys could be very painful 38 00:05:00,300 --> 00:05:02,301 because they would say things that would hurt. 39 00:05:02,302 --> 00:05:04,011 And then if you were caught hanging around girls, 40 00:05:04,012 --> 00:05:05,554 that would say you were either a homosexual, 41 00:05:05,555 --> 00:05:08,766 'cause they knew that I wasn't a playboy by no means. 42 00:05:08,767 --> 00:05:13,688 And yes, my life existed me living 43 00:05:15,148 --> 00:05:19,568 in an attic bedroom for many, many years. 44 00:05:19,569 --> 00:05:21,821 But I always believe that tomorrow the sun would rise 45 00:05:21,822 --> 00:05:25,783 and it might bring some kind of clue as to why 46 00:05:25,784 --> 00:05:29,703 I was the way I was, why my development of breasts, 47 00:05:29,704 --> 00:05:33,040 why I had such a soft voice. 48 00:05:33,041 --> 00:05:36,168 There was so much feminine things in me 49 00:05:36,169 --> 00:05:37,336 that it was this, you know, 50 00:05:37,337 --> 00:05:38,796 at that point to me was disgusting 51 00:05:38,797 --> 00:05:41,465 because it prevented me from getting job. 52 00:05:41,466 --> 00:05:42,967 (Drum rumbling) 53 00:05:42,968 --> 00:05:44,844 - [Narrator] Our guide through this strange new world 54 00:05:44,845 --> 00:05:49,850 is Dr. Leo wollman, md, phd, doctor, surgeon, 55 00:05:52,435 --> 00:05:56,106 psychologist, minister, medical writer, 56 00:05:57,232 --> 00:05:59,066 a man uniquely qualified 57 00:05:59,067 --> 00:06:01,485 to help us understand this phenomenon, 58 00:06:01,486 --> 00:06:04,363 one of the pioneers who has devoted his career 59 00:06:04,364 --> 00:06:07,742 to exploring the frontiers of sexual identity. 60 00:06:08,618 --> 00:06:11,620 - Modern medicine has brought all sorts of miracles. 61 00:06:11,621 --> 00:06:15,624 Mankind has been released from suffering and early death. 62 00:06:15,625 --> 00:06:19,753 In the 20th century, we have seen Jonas salk conquer polio. 63 00:06:19,754 --> 00:06:22,756 We have seen Christian barnard insert a beating heart 64 00:06:22,757 --> 00:06:25,634 into the chest of a dying man. 65 00:06:25,635 --> 00:06:29,013 We had seen Michael debakey install mechanical devices 66 00:06:29,014 --> 00:06:31,724 fabricated from plastics and transistors 67 00:06:31,725 --> 00:06:33,475 placed directly into the bodies 68 00:06:33,476 --> 00:06:36,353 of the hopelessly ill diseased organs. 69 00:06:36,354 --> 00:06:39,982 And now I'm prepared to deal with the most exciting portion 70 00:06:39,983 --> 00:06:44,028 of the medical world today, sexual identity. 71 00:06:44,029 --> 00:06:45,279 What is a male? 72 00:06:45,280 --> 00:06:46,989 What is a female? 73 00:06:46,990 --> 00:06:49,116 Why are some people born with the mental 74 00:06:49,117 --> 00:06:52,369 and emotional characteristics of one sex 75 00:06:52,370 --> 00:06:54,288 and the outward physical characteristics 76 00:06:54,289 --> 00:06:56,290 of the other sex? 77 00:06:56,291 --> 00:07:01,296 What, who, and why are transsexuals? 78 00:07:01,463 --> 00:07:03,881 In only the past few years we have been able 79 00:07:03,882 --> 00:07:05,758 to take a human being who has had 80 00:07:05,759 --> 00:07:10,179 this monstrous biological joke played on him or her, 81 00:07:10,180 --> 00:07:13,140 who was born with the genitals if one sex, 82 00:07:13,141 --> 00:07:16,185 but who possesses the heart, mind, and soul 83 00:07:16,186 --> 00:07:19,188 of the opposite sex and reverse it. 84 00:07:19,189 --> 00:07:22,524 Before this, anatomy was destiny. 85 00:07:22,525 --> 00:07:26,195 We have made genetic men into real women. 86 00:07:26,196 --> 00:07:30,574 We have made genetic women into real men. 87 00:07:30,575 --> 00:07:33,160 We have taken a voyage into a world 88 00:07:33,161 --> 00:07:34,578 which is more mysterious 89 00:07:34,579 --> 00:07:38,540 and more profoundly disturbing than outer space. 90 00:07:38,541 --> 00:07:41,835 A journey into inner space. 91 00:07:41,836 --> 00:07:43,212 (Slow dramatic music) 92 00:07:43,213 --> 00:07:45,966 (Birds chirping) 93 00:09:03,168 --> 00:09:05,712 (Gentle music) 94 00:09:22,479 --> 00:09:25,857 (Slow suspenseful music) 95 00:09:57,889 --> 00:10:00,266 (Slow music) 96 00:10:05,730 --> 00:10:08,900 (Slow dramatic music) 97 00:10:28,294 --> 00:10:30,755 (Slow music) 98 00:10:42,517 --> 00:10:45,645 (Slow dramatic music) 99 00:11:51,002 --> 00:11:53,838 (Dramatic music) 100 00:13:13,209 --> 00:13:16,086 You have just met Ann zordi. 101 00:13:16,087 --> 00:13:18,714 Ann zordi is a male transsexual, 102 00:13:18,715 --> 00:13:21,717 and there must be at least 100,000 Ann zordis 103 00:13:21,718 --> 00:13:23,553 in these United States. 104 00:13:24,804 --> 00:13:28,473 Now, let me tell you what a male transsexual is. 105 00:13:28,474 --> 00:13:31,059 A male transsexual is an individual 106 00:13:31,060 --> 00:13:32,811 who is born a genetic male 107 00:13:32,812 --> 00:13:36,606 with male sexual organs, penis, and testicles. 108 00:13:36,607 --> 00:13:39,943 However, he has an obsessional desire 109 00:13:39,944 --> 00:13:43,697 to get rid of his unwanted male organs 110 00:13:43,698 --> 00:13:46,366 and become an anatomic female 111 00:13:46,367 --> 00:13:48,745 to match his psychological sex. 112 00:13:50,496 --> 00:13:53,498 In other words, the male transsexual 113 00:13:53,499 --> 00:13:56,626 feels that he is emotionally a female 114 00:13:56,627 --> 00:13:59,339 and is physically trapped in a male body. 115 00:14:00,506 --> 00:14:04,217 His one and all consuming thought and desire 116 00:14:04,218 --> 00:14:07,721 is to get rid of his hated penis and testicles 117 00:14:07,722 --> 00:14:12,727 and somehow achieve womanhood by getting a vagina, 118 00:14:13,644 --> 00:14:17,982 thus becoming and living completely as a woman. 119 00:14:18,900 --> 00:14:22,277 This actually can be done by an operation, 120 00:14:22,278 --> 00:14:25,489 which we call a sex change operation. 121 00:14:25,490 --> 00:14:29,284 This sex change operation consists of the removal 122 00:14:29,285 --> 00:14:31,286 of the penis and testicles 123 00:14:31,287 --> 00:14:35,290 and the creation of a vagina and breasts. 124 00:14:35,291 --> 00:14:39,669 The vagina is formed by the skin of the penis, 125 00:14:39,670 --> 00:14:44,675 which has been cut and unrolled. 126 00:14:45,134 --> 00:14:48,178 The breasts may be developed by injections 127 00:14:48,179 --> 00:14:53,184 of liquid silicone or inserts of plastic gel, 128 00:14:53,559 --> 00:14:57,188 which is like silicone in a plastic bag. 129 00:14:58,314 --> 00:15:01,775 There are approximately 2,000 people 130 00:15:01,776 --> 00:15:05,779 who have already had a sex change operation. 131 00:15:05,780 --> 00:15:07,948 Let us go back to our Ann zordi, 132 00:15:07,949 --> 00:15:10,575 who typifies the male transsexual. 133 00:15:10,576 --> 00:15:12,661 Ann, as you have noticed, 134 00:15:12,662 --> 00:15:16,957 in spite of her female breasts, still has a penis. 135 00:15:16,958 --> 00:15:21,212 Ann is trying to save enough money for a final operation, 136 00:15:22,088 --> 00:15:24,340 which is the removal of her penis. 137 00:15:25,550 --> 00:15:29,094 And then she will become a complete woman. 138 00:15:29,095 --> 00:15:31,973 (Dramatic music) 139 00:15:34,851 --> 00:15:38,228 Let me show you how important it is for the male transsexual 140 00:15:38,229 --> 00:15:40,231 to have his penis and testicles removed. 141 00:15:41,107 --> 00:15:43,942 This patient was happily married 142 00:15:43,943 --> 00:15:45,486 with a wife and two children, 143 00:15:46,487 --> 00:15:47,863 was a carpenter by trade, 144 00:15:47,864 --> 00:15:50,615 and served a time in the United States Navy. 145 00:15:50,616 --> 00:15:53,326 Since he couldn't afford the price of the operation, 146 00:15:53,327 --> 00:15:56,581 he decided to try to do the operation himself. 147 00:16:14,390 --> 00:16:17,101 (Man screaming) 148 00:16:19,604 --> 00:16:21,480 As a result of this action, 149 00:16:21,481 --> 00:16:24,524 he was taken to the emergency room in the hospital, 150 00:16:24,525 --> 00:16:28,028 and the rest of his penis was removed surgically. 151 00:16:28,029 --> 00:16:30,239 This was what he wanted in the first place. 152 00:16:36,037 --> 00:16:38,288 What you have seen is a true incident 153 00:16:38,289 --> 00:16:41,166 and actually happened to one of my patients. 154 00:16:41,167 --> 00:16:43,919 It's too bad that self-mutilation of this kind 155 00:16:43,920 --> 00:16:47,172 is so frequently resorted to in desperation. 156 00:16:47,173 --> 00:16:49,549 - I remember when I was 11 years old, 157 00:16:49,550 --> 00:16:51,551 my family going away to the beach. 158 00:16:51,552 --> 00:16:53,053 They were going to go for a couple of days 159 00:16:53,054 --> 00:16:55,430 and I couldn't go because I couldn't get in the water. 160 00:16:55,431 --> 00:16:57,641 And I remember when they drove by, 161 00:16:57,642 --> 00:16:59,309 I just got in front of the mirror 162 00:16:59,310 --> 00:17:00,894 and I slammed the mirror so heavy, 163 00:17:00,895 --> 00:17:02,896 the medicine cabinet, the mirror shatter. 164 00:17:02,897 --> 00:17:04,439 And I just started hitting on my breasts 165 00:17:04,440 --> 00:17:05,982 because here I was 11 years of age, 166 00:17:05,983 --> 00:17:08,026 I don't know what's happening. 167 00:17:08,027 --> 00:17:09,361 And I hit myself. 168 00:17:09,362 --> 00:17:13,156 And at that time, my breasts were very, very, 169 00:17:13,157 --> 00:17:15,617 they were sensitive to pain. 170 00:17:15,618 --> 00:17:20,539 And which later on, I found out that when a young girl 171 00:17:20,540 --> 00:17:22,791 is developing her breast, at that stage 172 00:17:22,792 --> 00:17:27,420 she's very susceptible to pain. 173 00:17:27,421 --> 00:17:30,298 And I hit myself so hard, just kept pounding on it, 174 00:17:30,299 --> 00:17:32,426 that I fell against the floor. 175 00:17:35,012 --> 00:17:37,931 And it's been that long that I had this, 176 00:17:37,932 --> 00:17:39,516 that I was tormented with this problem, 177 00:17:39,517 --> 00:17:43,687 until finally the doctors removed the disease 178 00:17:43,688 --> 00:17:47,399 and left me with my life at last. 179 00:17:47,400 --> 00:17:49,442 (Dramatic music) 180 00:17:49,443 --> 00:17:52,028 - Several transsexuals of both genders 181 00:17:52,029 --> 00:17:55,532 are assembled here to discuss their mutual problems, 182 00:17:55,533 --> 00:17:57,577 both pre and post-operative. 183 00:17:58,661 --> 00:18:01,913 Some have come from cities hundreds of miles away 184 00:18:01,914 --> 00:18:04,708 because they are unable to achieve their objectives 185 00:18:04,709 --> 00:18:07,420 at medical centers in their home cities. 186 00:18:08,713 --> 00:18:11,214 The reason for this is the lack of facilities 187 00:18:11,215 --> 00:18:15,219 for training physicians in this particular area of medicine. 188 00:18:16,554 --> 00:18:19,973 This is Steve, a male transsexual 189 00:18:19,974 --> 00:18:21,975 who has not had the operation 190 00:18:21,976 --> 00:18:24,227 and is working as an automobile mechanic 191 00:18:24,228 --> 00:18:26,438 in order to accumulate sufficient money 192 00:18:26,439 --> 00:18:28,357 for the sex change operation. 193 00:18:30,109 --> 00:18:33,862 This is a female who wishes to become a male, 194 00:18:33,863 --> 00:18:37,699 and is dressed as a male in order to maintain her job 195 00:18:37,700 --> 00:18:39,493 as the manager of a supermarket. 196 00:18:40,828 --> 00:18:43,997 We have here a 55 year old diabetic 197 00:18:43,998 --> 00:18:45,874 who also has other illnesses, 198 00:18:45,875 --> 00:18:49,502 and yet firmly believes that age makes no difference 199 00:18:49,503 --> 00:18:51,714 as far as a sex change is concerned. 200 00:18:52,632 --> 00:18:53,965 I see you've become a blonde. 201 00:18:53,966 --> 00:18:55,467 You look very pretty. 202 00:18:55,468 --> 00:18:57,260 But you weren't at our last group session, Debbie. 203 00:18:57,261 --> 00:18:58,512 Is everything all right? 204 00:18:59,513 --> 00:19:01,389 - [Debbie] No, nothing is all right. 205 00:19:01,390 --> 00:19:04,476 I'm so depressed, so miserable. 206 00:19:04,477 --> 00:19:06,645 - We all feel that way sometimes. 207 00:19:06,646 --> 00:19:09,898 Perhaps if you talked about it, we might be able to help. 208 00:19:09,899 --> 00:19:12,275 - [Debbie] There's no sense in talking about it. 209 00:19:12,276 --> 00:19:13,526 Nothing can help. 210 00:19:13,527 --> 00:19:15,528 - Come now, you know our rules. 211 00:19:15,529 --> 00:19:16,905 Don't be a defeatist. 212 00:19:16,906 --> 00:19:18,615 Don't be depressed. 213 00:19:18,616 --> 00:19:20,033 Let's see if we can solve the problem 214 00:19:20,034 --> 00:19:21,494 by discussing it, shall we? 215 00:19:23,037 --> 00:19:24,537 - [Debbie] I told you about Jim. 216 00:19:24,538 --> 00:19:27,791 I met him at a party about three months ago. 217 00:19:27,792 --> 00:19:30,293 We've been dating pretty regularly 218 00:19:30,294 --> 00:19:32,797 and well, I love him very much. 219 00:19:33,798 --> 00:19:36,549 Jim says he never knew he could care for anyone 220 00:19:36,550 --> 00:19:38,927 as much as he loves me. 221 00:19:38,928 --> 00:19:40,179 - Does he know about you? 222 00:19:41,055 --> 00:19:43,014 - [Debbie] Oh no, I'm afraid to tell him. 223 00:19:43,015 --> 00:19:44,015 He'll leave me. 224 00:19:45,059 --> 00:19:47,686 I can't take that chance. 225 00:19:47,687 --> 00:19:49,688 - You have the body of a woman. 226 00:19:49,689 --> 00:19:51,815 You feel like a woman, don't you? 227 00:19:51,816 --> 00:19:55,568 - I always felt like a woman, even when I had a penis. 228 00:19:55,569 --> 00:19:56,569 - Don't be a fool. 229 00:19:57,405 --> 00:19:58,697 Don't tell him. 230 00:19:58,698 --> 00:20:00,448 He'll never know the difference. 231 00:20:00,449 --> 00:20:03,451 - There's always the chance that someone will tell him 232 00:20:03,452 --> 00:20:06,162 and he'll leave you because you weren't honest. 233 00:20:06,163 --> 00:20:11,168 - Dilemma, but you know, rosalind is right. 234 00:20:11,335 --> 00:20:14,337 If Jim cares for you as much as you say he does, 235 00:20:14,338 --> 00:20:15,464 he wouldn't leave you. 236 00:20:16,465 --> 00:20:18,800 If he finds out from someone else, 237 00:20:18,801 --> 00:20:21,052 he'll feel that he cannot trust you, 238 00:20:21,053 --> 00:20:23,596 that you had not been honest with him. 239 00:20:23,597 --> 00:20:25,349 Then he no doubt would leave you. 240 00:20:26,308 --> 00:20:29,436 Then too, if you keep your secret, 241 00:20:29,437 --> 00:20:30,688 you'll always be worried. 242 00:20:31,564 --> 00:20:34,983 If he frowns at you or is angry and irritated, 243 00:20:34,984 --> 00:20:37,610 you'll think he knows. 244 00:20:37,611 --> 00:20:39,863 You'll be constantly on edge, 245 00:20:39,864 --> 00:20:41,741 and this can only lead to unhappiness. 246 00:20:42,616 --> 00:20:44,493 Please come to our next group session. 247 00:20:45,369 --> 00:20:47,328 No matter what you decide to do, 248 00:20:47,329 --> 00:20:49,330 we all want to know about it. 249 00:20:49,331 --> 00:20:51,958 - I suppose you could say I'm very lucky. 250 00:20:51,959 --> 00:20:54,461 My employer knows I'm a transsexual, 251 00:20:54,462 --> 00:20:56,254 and it really doesn't matter to him 252 00:20:56,255 --> 00:20:59,382 as long as I do my job properly. 253 00:20:59,383 --> 00:21:02,260 - Generally however, I'm sorry to say, 254 00:21:02,261 --> 00:21:05,638 employers will not hire transsexuals. 255 00:21:05,639 --> 00:21:06,723 Now just the other day, 256 00:21:06,724 --> 00:21:09,142 one of my patients came to the office. 257 00:21:09,143 --> 00:21:12,103 She was very much upset and despondent. 258 00:21:12,104 --> 00:21:15,023 It seems that her employer had somehow found out 259 00:21:15,024 --> 00:21:18,401 that she was a transsexual, and fired her, 260 00:21:18,402 --> 00:21:21,154 in spite of the fact that she was an excellent secretary, 261 00:21:21,155 --> 00:21:24,240 was in his employ for two years, 262 00:21:24,241 --> 00:21:27,368 and he was extremely pleased with her work. 263 00:21:27,369 --> 00:21:31,122 So you see you are indeed fortunate, roslyn. 264 00:21:31,123 --> 00:21:34,292 Your employer is obviously an understanding person. 265 00:21:34,293 --> 00:21:37,420 - Well my sister, she knows about me. 266 00:21:37,421 --> 00:21:40,173 She keeps on insisting that I see a psychiatrist. 267 00:21:40,174 --> 00:21:43,259 But I told her I don't need a psychiatrist. 268 00:21:43,260 --> 00:21:46,388 I'm a woman, and all I need is a woman's body. 269 00:21:47,765 --> 00:21:50,517 - And now I would like you to meet Angela. 270 00:21:50,518 --> 00:21:51,518 Angela. 271 00:21:51,519 --> 00:21:54,772 (Slow dramatic music) 272 00:21:59,443 --> 00:22:02,445 Angela, pretty and extremely intelligent, 273 00:22:02,446 --> 00:22:04,572 is a male transsexual. 274 00:22:04,573 --> 00:22:07,325 Angela presents the breasts of a female 275 00:22:07,326 --> 00:22:10,703 solely due to female hormones. 276 00:22:10,704 --> 00:22:12,956 The hormone injections are very vital 277 00:22:12,957 --> 00:22:14,958 to the individual's development. 278 00:22:14,959 --> 00:22:17,335 And we customarily give the injections 279 00:22:17,336 --> 00:22:19,587 intramuscularly twice a month. 280 00:22:19,588 --> 00:22:20,840 The pelvis is male. 281 00:22:23,676 --> 00:22:24,969 The penis is uncircumcised. 282 00:22:26,929 --> 00:22:28,305 The testes are small. 283 00:22:30,099 --> 00:22:31,809 The scrotum is normal in size. 284 00:22:42,695 --> 00:22:44,697 The shoulders are quite broad. 285 00:22:49,869 --> 00:22:51,370 Waist is small and thin. 286 00:22:56,876 --> 00:23:00,087 However, the buttocks are male-like. 287 00:23:02,464 --> 00:23:03,464 Thank you, Angela. 288 00:23:07,845 --> 00:23:11,139 Frequently in place of natural sexual organs, 289 00:23:11,140 --> 00:23:14,393 dildos are used to achieve sexual gratification. 290 00:23:15,603 --> 00:23:18,855 A hollow plastic replica of the phallus 291 00:23:18,856 --> 00:23:21,858 is a more realistic vaginal dilator. 292 00:23:21,859 --> 00:23:25,403 Because of the visual association with a penis, 293 00:23:25,404 --> 00:23:28,908 an erogenous sensation is experienced while dilating. 294 00:23:32,286 --> 00:23:35,663 This slender white vibrator is frequently used 295 00:23:35,664 --> 00:23:38,416 to tone up the skin's circulation. 296 00:23:38,417 --> 00:23:42,296 It can also be nicely used to dilate the healing vagina. 297 00:23:47,051 --> 00:23:49,177 This gun has compartment 298 00:23:49,178 --> 00:23:52,513 in which warm, soapy fluid is stored. 299 00:23:52,514 --> 00:23:56,309 This gun is used by the imaginative male transsexual 300 00:23:56,310 --> 00:23:59,562 who has had the operation and wants to receive 301 00:23:59,563 --> 00:24:03,817 the full impact of the hot fluid emission into the vagina. 302 00:24:06,320 --> 00:24:09,697 The Harris obturator is a hard white plastic 303 00:24:09,698 --> 00:24:12,575 bowling pin-shaped device which is useful 304 00:24:12,576 --> 00:24:15,663 in keeping open the healing post-operative vagina. 305 00:24:16,538 --> 00:24:17,956 The advantage of this instrument 306 00:24:17,957 --> 00:24:21,918 is that one end is smaller knobbed than the other end. 307 00:24:21,919 --> 00:24:24,337 And therefore there is selective choice 308 00:24:24,338 --> 00:24:26,340 for any size vaginal opening. 309 00:24:28,676 --> 00:24:31,052 As a matter of fact, very often these dildos 310 00:24:31,053 --> 00:24:34,973 are used by the individuals for sexual pleasure only, 311 00:24:34,974 --> 00:24:37,100 and not for any medical reason. 312 00:24:37,101 --> 00:24:38,685 This is quite common. 313 00:24:38,686 --> 00:24:40,728 - Up to this point I have a complete normal 314 00:24:40,729 --> 00:24:42,480 little orgasm with a man. 315 00:24:42,481 --> 00:24:45,441 And that's one of the subjects 316 00:24:45,442 --> 00:24:47,860 that you hear among transsexual talks, 317 00:24:47,861 --> 00:24:49,862 and the articles that I've read about transsexual, 318 00:24:49,863 --> 00:24:51,489 they say that they can achieve 319 00:24:51,490 --> 00:24:54,200 five, six, seven, or eight orgasms. 320 00:24:54,201 --> 00:24:56,577 That's where I've drawn the complete conclusion 321 00:24:56,578 --> 00:24:59,247 that most of them are really screwed up mentally 322 00:24:59,248 --> 00:25:00,456 to begin with. 323 00:25:00,457 --> 00:25:05,462 Because, yes, I might obtain one in a relationship. 324 00:25:05,754 --> 00:25:08,965 And possibly, if the relationship is good, two. 325 00:25:08,966 --> 00:25:10,717 But there's no such thing as achieving 326 00:25:10,718 --> 00:25:13,386 eight, nine, no what, six the way 327 00:25:13,387 --> 00:25:16,389 a lot of transsexual discuss in some books, 328 00:25:16,390 --> 00:25:19,517 or stories, or television interviews that I've seen. 329 00:25:19,518 --> 00:25:22,520 (Slow music) 330 00:25:22,521 --> 00:25:25,023 - This chart of the genito-urinary organs 331 00:25:25,024 --> 00:25:26,899 in the male and human female 332 00:25:26,900 --> 00:25:28,776 best illustrates the gross anatomy 333 00:25:28,777 --> 00:25:31,279 of the male and female genitals. 334 00:25:31,280 --> 00:25:33,531 The primitive beginnings of these organs 335 00:25:33,532 --> 00:25:36,869 are influenced into human by sex organs. 336 00:25:41,040 --> 00:25:43,750 The male anatomy is shown here. 337 00:25:43,751 --> 00:25:44,751 The female anatomy here. 338 00:25:49,757 --> 00:25:52,675 This is the male anatomy of the human. 339 00:25:52,676 --> 00:25:56,679 This is the picture of the adult female anatomy. 340 00:25:56,680 --> 00:25:59,807 The infant about to be born is influenced 341 00:25:59,808 --> 00:26:02,894 by the sex hormones taken by the mother. 342 00:26:02,895 --> 00:26:06,189 A female whose mother takes larger doses of hormones 343 00:26:06,190 --> 00:26:09,650 to prevent a miscarriage will sometimes be born 344 00:26:09,651 --> 00:26:13,529 with large clitoris resembling a penis. 345 00:26:13,530 --> 00:26:15,324 This is the testicle in the sac. 346 00:26:16,450 --> 00:26:19,078 This is the developing baby in the mother's womb. 347 00:26:25,084 --> 00:26:28,211 If the glands we have just seen and discussed 348 00:26:28,212 --> 00:26:31,589 do not develop normally, then the individual 349 00:26:31,590 --> 00:26:34,842 may become either a homosexual, a lesbian, 350 00:26:34,843 --> 00:26:37,679 a transvestite, or transsexual. 351 00:26:47,606 --> 00:26:49,482 The homosexual is a male 352 00:26:49,483 --> 00:26:52,860 who wants the sexual love of another male. 353 00:26:52,861 --> 00:26:56,490 He does not want to have his penis removed by surgery. 354 00:26:57,449 --> 00:26:59,826 The lesbian is a female who prefers 355 00:26:59,827 --> 00:27:03,246 to have sexual relations with another female. 356 00:27:03,247 --> 00:27:07,583 She does not feel the necessity for having a penis. 357 00:27:07,584 --> 00:27:10,628 The transvestite is content to dress 358 00:27:10,629 --> 00:27:12,756 in the clothing of the opposite sex, 359 00:27:13,590 --> 00:27:15,383 and while doing so very often 360 00:27:15,384 --> 00:27:18,094 will become sexually frustrated 361 00:27:18,095 --> 00:27:21,890 and will resort to masturbation to satisfy his needs. 362 00:27:22,850 --> 00:27:27,603 The transvestite can sometimes pass through three stages. 363 00:27:27,604 --> 00:27:32,609 Homosexuality, transvestism, transsexualism. 364 00:27:34,153 --> 00:27:38,406 The transsexual, however, has a desire since childhood 365 00:27:38,407 --> 00:27:40,992 to be of the opposite sex, 366 00:27:40,993 --> 00:27:45,496 as emotionally the individual is of the opposite sex. 367 00:27:45,497 --> 00:27:47,915 If he is a male transsexual, 368 00:27:47,916 --> 00:27:50,251 he wants to have the body of a woman. 369 00:27:50,252 --> 00:27:53,296 - This thing about burning the bra and all of this nonsense. 370 00:27:53,297 --> 00:27:56,507 And first of all, it took me a long time to wear one. 371 00:27:56,508 --> 00:27:58,885 I'll be damned if I'm going to burn it now. 372 00:27:58,886 --> 00:28:01,179 - If she is a female transsexual, 373 00:28:01,180 --> 00:28:03,931 she wants the body of a man, a penis, 374 00:28:03,932 --> 00:28:06,642 and demands place in society. 375 00:28:06,643 --> 00:28:08,811 - I feel like I am what I was meant to be. 376 00:28:08,812 --> 00:28:12,398 I can honestly say I'm myself. 377 00:28:12,399 --> 00:28:14,067 It's as simple as that. 378 00:28:16,695 --> 00:28:19,572 - What you are about to see is a true sex act 379 00:28:19,573 --> 00:28:21,949 performed by a man and another man 380 00:28:21,950 --> 00:28:25,703 who emotionally thinks and acts like a woman. 381 00:28:25,704 --> 00:28:26,954 (Slow dramatic music) 382 00:28:26,955 --> 00:28:30,583 In this male transsexual's mind, he is a woman 383 00:28:30,584 --> 00:28:32,961 having sexual intercourse with a man. 384 00:28:38,842 --> 00:28:42,304 The penis and testicles of both are clearly shown. 385 00:29:55,043 --> 00:29:57,920 We have not dwelled on the female transsexual. 386 00:29:57,921 --> 00:30:00,423 That is the child born a female 387 00:30:00,424 --> 00:30:02,926 who feels the emotions and needs of a male. 388 00:30:03,927 --> 00:30:05,928 The proportion of female transsexuals 389 00:30:05,929 --> 00:30:09,557 to the male transsexual is about one to five. 390 00:30:09,558 --> 00:30:13,185 In other words, for every 100 male transsexuals, 391 00:30:13,186 --> 00:30:16,939 there are about 20 female transsexuals, 392 00:30:16,940 --> 00:30:21,193 the female transsexual who desires to become a male. 393 00:30:21,194 --> 00:30:25,072 As a girl child, at the age of about five or six 394 00:30:25,073 --> 00:30:27,325 she begins to feel that she is different 395 00:30:27,326 --> 00:30:29,076 from other little girls. 396 00:30:29,077 --> 00:30:30,828 She is eager to play with the little boys 397 00:30:30,829 --> 00:30:33,080 and finds it difficult to accept the fact 398 00:30:33,081 --> 00:30:36,584 that she is expected to act like a girl. 399 00:30:36,585 --> 00:30:39,712 When she discovers that a boy child has a penis, 400 00:30:39,713 --> 00:30:41,547 she is extremely envious 401 00:30:41,548 --> 00:30:44,050 and begins to imagine herself with a penis too. 402 00:30:44,051 --> 00:30:46,844 Now let me introduce you to a female transsexual 403 00:30:46,845 --> 00:30:50,348 who is planning to have the sex change operation. 404 00:30:50,349 --> 00:30:52,725 I would like to demonstrate the physical appearance 405 00:30:52,726 --> 00:30:54,685 of a female transsexual. 406 00:30:54,686 --> 00:30:55,686 Len. 407 00:30:59,691 --> 00:31:03,611 Len is a female transsexual dressed in male clothing, 408 00:31:03,612 --> 00:31:07,074 primarily because len has a male job. 409 00:31:08,742 --> 00:31:12,495 The physical appearance, as we see it now, 410 00:31:12,496 --> 00:31:15,498 is of a typical male, based on the fact 411 00:31:15,499 --> 00:31:17,458 that len is dressed as a man. 412 00:31:17,459 --> 00:31:18,626 (Slow music) 413 00:31:18,627 --> 00:31:21,963 Len's physical appearance is truly masculine. 414 00:31:23,840 --> 00:31:25,258 You will note his hairstyle. 415 00:31:28,512 --> 00:31:31,472 The surprising effect of a female breast 416 00:31:31,473 --> 00:31:33,974 in a seemingly male individual 417 00:31:33,975 --> 00:31:38,354 demonstrates effectively the paradox of transsexualism. 418 00:31:38,355 --> 00:31:40,731 The contour of the breasts shown here 419 00:31:40,732 --> 00:31:42,984 are typically that of a female adult. 420 00:31:44,277 --> 00:31:45,778 The nipple and areola, 421 00:31:45,779 --> 00:31:48,156 it conforms to the normal female breasts. 422 00:31:50,033 --> 00:31:51,909 Here we have the pubic area. 423 00:31:51,910 --> 00:31:56,038 The escutcheon, or hair pattern, is typically female. 424 00:31:56,039 --> 00:31:57,749 Notice the position of the hands. 425 00:31:58,917 --> 00:32:02,169 The large size legs and thighs len has 426 00:32:02,170 --> 00:32:05,173 is caused by excessive walking on his job. 427 00:32:09,678 --> 00:32:12,638 As we note on len's back, the width of the shoulders 428 00:32:12,639 --> 00:32:16,392 are probably due to the effect of physical exercise, 429 00:32:16,393 --> 00:32:18,060 such as lifting heavy objects 430 00:32:18,061 --> 00:32:19,646 in the course of his employment. 431 00:32:21,440 --> 00:32:24,567 The hairline on the neck, as would be expected, 432 00:32:24,568 --> 00:32:26,445 is that of a male for appearance sake. 433 00:32:28,572 --> 00:32:30,531 The hair on len's lower body, 434 00:32:30,532 --> 00:32:32,324 which is generally found on males, 435 00:32:32,325 --> 00:32:34,536 was the result of male hormones. 436 00:32:36,163 --> 00:32:38,581 The lower torso is masculine. 437 00:32:38,582 --> 00:32:41,792 The upper torso is feminine. 438 00:32:41,793 --> 00:32:43,669 Besides the obvious physical truths, 439 00:32:43,670 --> 00:32:45,087 there are tragic consequences 440 00:32:45,088 --> 00:32:49,091 in the family lives of transsexuals, as in len's case. 441 00:32:49,092 --> 00:32:50,676 (Slow dramatic music) 442 00:32:50,677 --> 00:32:53,846 - My mother, and you know how much I love my mother, 443 00:32:53,847 --> 00:32:55,223 was very suspicious of me. 444 00:32:56,224 --> 00:32:58,225 One day she confronted me. 445 00:32:58,226 --> 00:33:00,478 And I told her the truth. 446 00:33:00,479 --> 00:33:02,938 I was a man. 447 00:33:02,939 --> 00:33:04,982 I was not her daughter. 448 00:33:04,983 --> 00:33:05,984 I was her son. 449 00:33:06,985 --> 00:33:08,612 Well, she really carried on. 450 00:33:09,488 --> 00:33:11,740 I thought she was going to go out of her mind. 451 00:33:12,699 --> 00:33:15,743 Said that this couldn't happen in her family 452 00:33:15,744 --> 00:33:18,120 and not to one of her children. 453 00:33:18,121 --> 00:33:19,998 She told me not tell my father. 454 00:33:21,208 --> 00:33:23,626 She said he'd probably kill me if he know. 455 00:33:23,627 --> 00:33:26,212 - What was her attitude after that? 456 00:33:26,213 --> 00:33:28,839 - [Len] She never spoke about the incident again. 457 00:33:28,840 --> 00:33:31,383 When I told her I was leaving the house for good, 458 00:33:31,384 --> 00:33:33,636 she just kissed me and left the room. 459 00:33:33,637 --> 00:33:35,888 - Did she ever contact you? 460 00:33:35,889 --> 00:33:37,973 - I haven't seen her since I left home. 461 00:33:37,974 --> 00:33:40,727 - There are so few people who can comprehend these things. 462 00:33:41,895 --> 00:33:44,772 And most important, it's those people we love most 463 00:33:44,773 --> 00:33:48,108 that seem to fail to understand. 464 00:33:48,109 --> 00:33:50,361 - I have an opinion that a lot of people 465 00:33:50,362 --> 00:33:53,280 who want to undergo this surgery are really, 466 00:33:53,281 --> 00:33:55,741 and still remain emotionally homosexual 467 00:33:55,742 --> 00:33:58,995 just by the conversations they have. 468 00:33:59,788 --> 00:34:01,413 In fact, at the doctor's office, 469 00:34:01,414 --> 00:34:04,166 the doctor thought that, 470 00:34:04,167 --> 00:34:05,793 he has a certain day set out for them 471 00:34:05,794 --> 00:34:07,670 so that the rest of the patients 472 00:34:07,671 --> 00:34:09,171 don't come in there and see, 473 00:34:09,172 --> 00:34:11,674 have to hear this kind of talk that goes amongst them. 474 00:34:11,675 --> 00:34:13,467 And he even arranged it that I will come 475 00:34:13,468 --> 00:34:16,220 on the days when the regular people would come in. 476 00:34:16,221 --> 00:34:17,721 And he said, "I don't think you belong 477 00:34:17,722 --> 00:34:19,473 "in that crowd to begin with." 478 00:34:19,474 --> 00:34:22,476 And this doctor does treat a lot of them. 479 00:34:22,477 --> 00:34:24,478 But I never thought of myself in that light, 480 00:34:24,479 --> 00:34:25,479 so how can I be something 481 00:34:25,480 --> 00:34:27,106 I never believed in it in the first place? 482 00:34:27,107 --> 00:34:31,485 And up to this point, I'm still to some degree, 483 00:34:31,486 --> 00:34:33,196 you could say like Anita Bryant. 484 00:34:34,614 --> 00:34:37,116 And she's against a lot of that. 485 00:34:37,117 --> 00:34:40,120 And I believe that individuals should live their life 486 00:34:42,247 --> 00:34:44,081 as best they want, or can, 487 00:34:44,082 --> 00:34:47,376 even if it means accepting things like that. 488 00:34:47,377 --> 00:34:49,503 But for me personally, I would never. 489 00:34:49,504 --> 00:34:52,881 In fact, my dream in life is one day to adopt children. 490 00:34:52,882 --> 00:34:56,720 And sometimes the thought of maybe one 491 00:34:57,637 --> 00:35:01,015 being a homosexual, it would frighten me 492 00:35:01,016 --> 00:35:02,016 to the point that I would think 493 00:35:02,017 --> 00:35:04,269 I'll have second thoughts about adopting kids. 494 00:35:05,353 --> 00:35:09,608 And a lot of people who are transsexual... 495 00:35:11,276 --> 00:35:14,737 I've told people that I am a transsexual. 496 00:35:14,738 --> 00:35:16,906 And the first thing they say, 497 00:35:19,242 --> 00:35:20,909 "you mean you were once a man?" 498 00:35:20,910 --> 00:35:22,286 And that's very strange. 499 00:35:22,287 --> 00:35:25,414 It's so hard for me to get that kind of question back 500 00:35:25,415 --> 00:35:27,667 because I've never saw myself in that light. 501 00:35:30,045 --> 00:35:32,546 In fact, that was the masquerade at one time in my life, 502 00:35:32,547 --> 00:35:35,175 when I was trying to be a man for family reasons. 503 00:35:37,260 --> 00:35:38,761 Because other than that, if not, 504 00:35:38,762 --> 00:35:41,180 people would think of me as a homosexual. 505 00:35:41,181 --> 00:35:43,683 (Slow music) 506 00:35:55,070 --> 00:35:57,696 - Generally at about the age of five, 507 00:35:57,697 --> 00:36:00,949 the little boy who cannot play or respond 508 00:36:00,950 --> 00:36:05,079 as a boy child should realizes he is different. 509 00:36:05,080 --> 00:36:08,832 But of course at that age, he does not know what is wrong. 510 00:36:08,833 --> 00:36:12,419 As he grows older and his sex problems increase, 511 00:36:12,420 --> 00:36:13,837 he becomes aware that what 512 00:36:13,838 --> 00:36:16,591 he really wants to be is a female. 513 00:36:17,967 --> 00:36:20,094 He feels that emotionally. 514 00:36:20,095 --> 00:36:23,847 He is a girl with the desires and traits of a girl. 515 00:36:23,848 --> 00:36:26,225 As he reaches his teen years, 516 00:36:26,226 --> 00:36:28,811 he is confronted with greater problems. 517 00:36:28,812 --> 00:36:30,979 As a boy, he must sit with the boys, 518 00:36:30,980 --> 00:36:32,815 use the boys lavatory. 519 00:36:32,816 --> 00:36:37,236 He finds this devastating, for to himself he is a girl, 520 00:36:37,237 --> 00:36:38,988 just like the girl in the front seat 521 00:36:39,948 --> 00:36:42,825 who would teases the boys, wears makeup, 522 00:36:42,826 --> 00:36:45,619 revealing dresses, and is treated gently. 523 00:36:45,620 --> 00:36:49,707 For she is one of the so-called weaker sex. 524 00:36:49,708 --> 00:36:52,000 This is what she yearns for. 525 00:36:52,001 --> 00:36:55,129 How does she become the girl in the front seat? 526 00:36:55,130 --> 00:36:58,590 As his teenage years draw to a close, 527 00:36:58,591 --> 00:37:02,136 the boy usually finds he can no longer act 528 00:37:02,137 --> 00:37:04,638 as the male he is supposed to be. 529 00:37:04,639 --> 00:37:08,517 - I came from a very puerto rican family, 530 00:37:08,518 --> 00:37:09,977 very low in education. 531 00:37:09,978 --> 00:37:14,648 And me, myself, I was in about the seventh or eighth grade. 532 00:37:14,649 --> 00:37:16,650 No, seventh grade, 'cause I never made it 533 00:37:16,651 --> 00:37:18,026 past the seventh grade. 534 00:37:18,027 --> 00:37:20,654 I only went to two weeks. 535 00:37:20,655 --> 00:37:25,660 And well, by that time I had a very developed breast 536 00:37:26,035 --> 00:37:28,495 that came on naturally when I was 11 years of age. 537 00:37:28,496 --> 00:37:32,124 And a very ignorant doctor, they were examining us. 538 00:37:32,125 --> 00:37:36,170 And this doctor was so, he just told the nurse, 539 00:37:36,171 --> 00:37:38,172 "we don't want the girls till tomorrow.“ 540 00:37:38,173 --> 00:37:40,257 and from then on I just couldn't face those, you know, 541 00:37:40,258 --> 00:37:42,176 those kids making fun of me. 542 00:37:42,177 --> 00:37:43,427 All I knew that everybody, 543 00:37:43,428 --> 00:37:46,389 I thought to myself that everybody knew about me. 544 00:37:47,432 --> 00:37:50,517 And so that was the last I was to, 545 00:37:50,518 --> 00:37:52,436 you know, to attend school. 546 00:37:52,437 --> 00:37:56,064 - Some transsexuals lived their entire lives as men. 547 00:37:56,065 --> 00:37:59,443 They are ineffective sexually, socially, 548 00:37:59,444 --> 00:38:02,696 and are usually failures in all of their undertakings 549 00:38:02,697 --> 00:38:05,324 because they are so very insecure. 550 00:38:05,325 --> 00:38:07,326 - To some degree I have put a lot of doubts in people 551 00:38:07,327 --> 00:38:08,702 about the subject itself. 552 00:38:08,703 --> 00:38:09,703 Because at some of them do tend 553 00:38:09,704 --> 00:38:12,456 to have a low opinion about transsexualism. 554 00:38:12,457 --> 00:38:15,417 And maybe the fact is because 555 00:38:15,418 --> 00:38:17,586 I can be myself because I am myself. 556 00:38:17,587 --> 00:38:18,421 I don't have to pretend. 557 00:38:18,422 --> 00:38:20,964 I don't have to fake anything. 558 00:38:20,965 --> 00:38:24,969 There was no way I would've wanted to live before. 559 00:38:27,722 --> 00:38:31,434 - You may ask, what makes someone a transsexual? 560 00:38:32,310 --> 00:38:36,189 What factors brought about the strong obsession 561 00:38:37,232 --> 00:38:40,484 to change gender for a male to female. 562 00:38:40,485 --> 00:38:43,987 - A psychiatrist actually, when I showed him 563 00:38:43,988 --> 00:38:47,242 my breast development, which I had at the age of 11, 564 00:38:48,243 --> 00:38:53,248 this psychiatrist tells me, "well, I have the same thing. 565 00:38:53,998 --> 00:38:55,457 “You know, it's a very common thing." 566 00:38:55,458 --> 00:38:59,127 And here he opens his shirt 567 00:38:59,128 --> 00:39:02,381 and reveals his breast and all that was behind. 568 00:39:02,382 --> 00:39:05,968 There was blubber because the guy weighed over 300 pounds. 569 00:39:05,969 --> 00:39:10,974 And so I didn't even believe when I went in there, 570 00:39:11,140 --> 00:39:12,599 because the first thing he said was, 571 00:39:12,600 --> 00:39:14,142 "by the time we get through, 572 00:39:14,143 --> 00:39:17,646 "you will be going with broads from corner to corner." 573 00:39:17,647 --> 00:39:21,024 And I knew that that was just like removing the soul 574 00:39:21,025 --> 00:39:22,526 from from a human being. 575 00:39:22,527 --> 00:39:23,902 What was going to be left of me? 576 00:39:23,903 --> 00:39:26,154 There were times when I consider suicide 577 00:39:26,155 --> 00:39:27,531 because the operation in itself 578 00:39:27,532 --> 00:39:29,783 was going to be so hard to accomplish, 579 00:39:29,784 --> 00:39:31,994 you know, require a lot of money. 580 00:39:31,995 --> 00:39:35,038 And I've always been the type of person 581 00:39:35,039 --> 00:39:36,540 that I used to go up to the doctors. 582 00:39:36,541 --> 00:39:38,542 And I practically waited for them to leave their offices 583 00:39:38,543 --> 00:39:40,168 and say, "look, can you help me? 584 00:39:40,169 --> 00:39:41,378 "I don't have no money. 585 00:39:41,379 --> 00:39:44,172 "I'm not well-educated enough to have a, 586 00:39:44,173 --> 00:39:46,300 "you know, financial independent. 587 00:39:46,301 --> 00:39:49,303 "And unless I find this, this is going to be my life." 588 00:39:49,304 --> 00:39:51,305 And I remember telling one doctor, you know, 589 00:39:51,306 --> 00:39:54,266 "aren't you supposed to help human being, 590 00:39:54,267 --> 00:39:57,519 "or is money more important than the person's life?" 591 00:39:57,520 --> 00:39:59,646 And that doctor just had me thrown right out of the office. 592 00:39:59,647 --> 00:40:01,189 "How did you get here to begin with? 593 00:40:01,190 --> 00:40:02,566 "I don't even have office hours." 594 00:40:02,567 --> 00:40:05,193 - First and most important, a doctor has to make certain 595 00:40:05,194 --> 00:40:07,905 that the patient is truly a transsexual, 596 00:40:07,906 --> 00:40:12,576 and his female desires and emotions are not temporary. 597 00:40:12,577 --> 00:40:15,787 If this is so, the doctor prepares the patient 598 00:40:15,788 --> 00:40:18,332 for his future life as a woman. 599 00:40:18,333 --> 00:40:19,208 (Upbeat music) 600 00:40:19,209 --> 00:40:21,793 A measure of the complicated nature of the operation 601 00:40:21,794 --> 00:40:24,838 can be gauged by the number of surgical specialists 602 00:40:24,839 --> 00:40:26,965 employed in the operation. 603 00:40:26,966 --> 00:40:30,093 They number four, in addition to the normal complement 604 00:40:30,094 --> 00:40:32,596 of medical personnel needed for an operation, 605 00:40:32,597 --> 00:40:34,598 including an anesthetist. 606 00:40:34,599 --> 00:40:39,478 They are a general surgeon, a gynecological surgeon, 607 00:40:39,479 --> 00:40:42,940 a urological surgeon, and a plastic surgeon. 608 00:40:42,941 --> 00:40:46,193 By dissection, the skin covering the penis 609 00:40:46,194 --> 00:40:49,112 is removed from the body of the penis, 610 00:40:49,113 --> 00:40:51,866 leaving one small pedicle intact. 611 00:40:52,992 --> 00:40:55,452 Incisions are then made in the two parts 612 00:40:55,453 --> 00:40:59,373 of the scrotal sac, both right and left, 613 00:40:59,374 --> 00:41:02,585 and the testes are removed and discarded. 614 00:41:03,753 --> 00:41:06,004 Due to the years of hormone treatment, 615 00:41:06,005 --> 00:41:07,715 the prostate gland has atrophied. 616 00:41:09,217 --> 00:41:11,259 If the patient has been circumcised 617 00:41:11,260 --> 00:41:13,387 or doesn't have enough skin, 618 00:41:13,388 --> 00:41:17,391 part of the scrotal skin is used to form part of the sheath. 619 00:41:17,392 --> 00:41:19,726 Otherwise the skin of the scrotum is used 620 00:41:19,727 --> 00:41:24,147 to form the labia, or lips of the vulva, or vaginal opening. 621 00:41:24,148 --> 00:41:28,652 Because this tissue has a hair-bearing surface, 622 00:41:28,653 --> 00:41:31,405 it is well suited to this purpose. 623 00:41:31,406 --> 00:41:34,408 The urological surgeon then fits the sheath 624 00:41:34,409 --> 00:41:38,286 into this hollow, taking care not to kink the urethra, 625 00:41:38,287 --> 00:41:41,415 a condition that can later cause strictures. 626 00:41:41,416 --> 00:41:43,625 This instrument is strapped in place 627 00:41:43,626 --> 00:41:47,045 to give the wall a chance to stay apart. 628 00:41:47,046 --> 00:41:50,048 Otherwise, the vagina becomes a closed 629 00:41:50,049 --> 00:41:51,926 rather than an open space. 630 00:41:53,136 --> 00:41:57,431 Post-operative hospitalization is minimally eight days. 631 00:41:57,432 --> 00:41:59,808 Though it takes several weeks to several months 632 00:41:59,809 --> 00:42:01,686 for the hundreds of sutures to heal. 633 00:42:03,021 --> 00:42:06,189 Depending on the particular condition of the patient, 634 00:42:06,190 --> 00:42:09,276 the operation can take as long as four hours. 635 00:42:09,277 --> 00:42:12,029 (Heart beating) 636 00:42:12,030 --> 00:42:14,448 First, a circular incision is made 637 00:42:14,449 --> 00:42:16,825 around the base of the penis. 638 00:42:16,826 --> 00:42:20,704 The incision is then extended in one continuous line 639 00:42:20,705 --> 00:42:22,457 along the middle of the penis. 640 00:42:27,462 --> 00:42:31,048 The skin is then inverted to form a sheath, 641 00:42:31,049 --> 00:42:33,967 much as a sock is turned inside out. 642 00:42:33,968 --> 00:42:38,973 It is this inverted penile skin which forms the vagina. 643 00:42:40,224 --> 00:42:44,478 This space between the now removed penis and the anus 644 00:42:44,479 --> 00:42:47,230 is hollowed out by the urological surgeon 645 00:42:47,231 --> 00:42:50,067 to accommodate the vaginal scabbard. 646 00:42:50,068 --> 00:42:53,236 The implantation of the inverted penile skin 647 00:42:53,237 --> 00:42:56,865 requires the special skills of all four surgeons 648 00:42:56,866 --> 00:43:01,620 to keep the new vagina adherent to the underlying tissues. 649 00:43:01,621 --> 00:43:04,831 It takes several hundred sutures or stitches 650 00:43:04,832 --> 00:43:07,126 to anchor this newly formed organ. 651 00:43:08,503 --> 00:43:11,755 A mold is now inserted into the vagina, 652 00:43:11,756 --> 00:43:14,758 fashioned of plastic and flattened at the top 653 00:43:14,759 --> 00:43:18,096 so the pressure on the floor of the bladder is avoided. 654 00:43:19,764 --> 00:43:22,265 - My first date and lover. 655 00:43:22,266 --> 00:43:24,268 This was after the surgery. 656 00:43:25,394 --> 00:43:27,772 I met a very nice, good looking... 657 00:43:28,856 --> 00:43:30,398 I've always been very choosy 658 00:43:30,399 --> 00:43:35,404 and this was a very good looking German man. 659 00:43:35,655 --> 00:43:40,408 And we dated each other a couple of times. 660 00:43:40,409 --> 00:43:44,621 Then I decided to try out, you know, 661 00:43:44,622 --> 00:43:46,164 this was the first time I was to go to bed 662 00:43:46,165 --> 00:43:47,917 with the operation, with anyone. 663 00:43:49,544 --> 00:43:54,549 And so the time came and I went to bed with a young man. 664 00:43:54,715 --> 00:43:58,301 And maybe because he was the first, 665 00:43:58,302 --> 00:44:02,932 or maybe the surgery was still a fresh surgery, 666 00:44:03,933 --> 00:44:06,309 I bleed, I started bleeding. 667 00:44:06,310 --> 00:44:11,315 And so I didn't even have to tell him why 668 00:44:12,024 --> 00:44:13,942 because the first thing he said was, 669 00:44:13,943 --> 00:44:17,154 "god, you know, this is the first time in my 28 years 670 00:44:17,155 --> 00:44:18,781 "that I've been with a virgin." 671 00:44:19,699 --> 00:44:22,701 And then from then on I was a little frightened 672 00:44:22,702 --> 00:44:24,327 because I like the guy as a person, 673 00:44:24,328 --> 00:44:28,039 but I didn't want him for something to just have around 674 00:44:28,040 --> 00:44:30,960 all the time, just while it lasted for a little while. 675 00:44:34,589 --> 00:44:37,340 Then his idea of a girl bleeding, he was very German. 676 00:44:37,341 --> 00:44:39,467 That means that that's the kind he would want to marry, 677 00:44:39,468 --> 00:44:41,303 because she hasn't been around with no other men. 678 00:44:41,304 --> 00:44:46,057 And so it was kind of cute that he left thinking 679 00:44:46,058 --> 00:44:48,435 and he kept calling me and he really said, 680 00:44:48,436 --> 00:44:49,728 "look, I really want to get serious 681 00:44:49,729 --> 00:44:51,479 "because I really think you are a nice girl. 682 00:44:51,480 --> 00:44:52,856 "I already know." 683 00:44:52,857 --> 00:44:54,191 And then I saw him on an on and off 684 00:44:54,192 --> 00:44:55,859 and up to this point he never knows. 685 00:44:55,860 --> 00:44:58,111 As far as he knows, he's just walking around 686 00:44:58,112 --> 00:45:00,990 with a happy smile knowing that he once did have a virgin. 687 00:45:01,991 --> 00:45:03,992 - After the operation, there is a period 688 00:45:03,993 --> 00:45:06,453 of a few months of convalescence. 689 00:45:06,454 --> 00:45:11,458 This is a must so that the new vagina can heal properly. 690 00:45:11,459 --> 00:45:14,753 Let me tell you about an incident 691 00:45:14,754 --> 00:45:18,340 that occurred to a young male transsexual 692 00:45:18,341 --> 00:45:21,636 who went to Casablanca for the sex change operation. 693 00:45:22,637 --> 00:45:27,515 Ronald, who is now rhoda, stayed in Casablanca 694 00:45:27,516 --> 00:45:31,519 for about six weeks so that she could be near the doctor 695 00:45:31,520 --> 00:45:34,397 who operated, in case of any trouble. 696 00:45:34,398 --> 00:45:37,234 However, rhoda was extremely impatient 697 00:45:37,235 --> 00:45:39,487 to try out her new vagina. 698 00:45:40,404 --> 00:45:42,864 So on her way to the airport 699 00:45:42,865 --> 00:45:45,283 to board a plane for the United States, 700 00:45:45,284 --> 00:45:47,160 rhoda asked her taxi driver 701 00:45:47,161 --> 00:45:49,872 to take her to a small hotel near the airport. 702 00:45:50,748 --> 00:45:53,917 When the driver carried her valise to the room, 703 00:45:53,918 --> 00:45:55,543 rhoda seduced him. 704 00:45:55,544 --> 00:45:57,922 (Slow music) 705 00:46:59,984 --> 00:47:03,195 (Slow dramatic music) 706 00:48:10,679 --> 00:48:13,140 (Slow music) 707 00:48:55,850 --> 00:48:56,850 - Thanks, lady. 708 00:48:59,103 --> 00:49:01,856 (Dramatic music) 709 00:49:03,732 --> 00:49:04,817 - [Rhoda] Oh! 710 00:49:10,614 --> 00:49:13,492 (Dramatic music) 711 00:49:19,748 --> 00:49:23,126 - As a result of her sex impatience, 712 00:49:23,127 --> 00:49:27,505 when rhoda called the hospital she was told to return. 713 00:49:27,506 --> 00:49:29,757 She did, and spent the next two weeks 714 00:49:29,758 --> 00:49:31,843 recovering from another operation 715 00:49:31,844 --> 00:49:35,389 to repair the damage that had been done to her new vagina. 716 00:49:36,849 --> 00:49:41,854 Of course, this is just an isolated instance. 717 00:49:42,104 --> 00:49:44,397 Most patients are more careful. 718 00:49:44,398 --> 00:49:46,024 - Oh, the operation in itself 719 00:49:46,025 --> 00:49:48,152 was one of the most painful procedures 720 00:49:49,528 --> 00:49:51,405 I will ever have to undergo. 721 00:49:52,364 --> 00:49:55,658 And well, at that time it was a very painful procedure 722 00:49:55,659 --> 00:49:58,536 to the point that I wish I would have die 723 00:49:58,537 --> 00:50:00,538 than to go through the pain that I was in. 724 00:50:00,539 --> 00:50:03,750 But today, now that I see all the success 725 00:50:03,751 --> 00:50:07,670 and possibly a good future to look forward to, 726 00:50:07,671 --> 00:50:10,423 I'd undergo the operation again and again. 727 00:50:10,424 --> 00:50:12,300 - Debbie, will you come in, please? 728 00:50:12,301 --> 00:50:14,803 (Slow music) 729 00:50:18,891 --> 00:50:20,058 This is Debbie harten. 730 00:50:20,059 --> 00:50:20,935 How are you? 731 00:50:20,935 --> 00:50:21,935 - Fine, thank you. 732 00:50:22,895 --> 00:50:23,812 - How old are you Debbie? 733 00:50:23,813 --> 00:50:25,939 - [Debbie] I'm 38 years old, doctor. 734 00:50:25,940 --> 00:50:28,566 - Tell me about your childhood. 735 00:50:28,567 --> 00:50:31,194 - Well, it was a lonely childhood. 736 00:50:31,195 --> 00:50:33,571 I refused to play with the boys. 737 00:50:33,572 --> 00:50:35,074 I wanted to be with the girls. 738 00:50:35,908 --> 00:50:38,076 When I was about six years old, 739 00:50:38,077 --> 00:50:41,412 I knew I was different from other little boys. 740 00:50:41,413 --> 00:50:43,039 And when I was eight years old, 741 00:50:43,040 --> 00:50:46,167 I started to dress as a girl. 742 00:50:46,168 --> 00:50:48,294 - What about your family? 743 00:50:48,295 --> 00:50:50,547 Did they know about your problem? 744 00:50:50,548 --> 00:50:55,093 - Well, my parents knew that something was wrong, 745 00:50:55,094 --> 00:50:57,804 but did not know what it was. 746 00:50:57,805 --> 00:51:00,558 When they found out I was a transsexual, 747 00:51:01,433 --> 00:51:04,687 they was shocked and simply could not believe it. 748 00:51:05,604 --> 00:51:07,356 - Did they accept you or reject you? 749 00:51:09,066 --> 00:51:13,194 - Both my parents, after the initial shock wore off, 750 00:51:13,195 --> 00:51:15,864 were understanding and sympathetic. 751 00:51:16,991 --> 00:51:21,494 As a matter of fact, I lived with them at this time. 752 00:51:21,495 --> 00:51:23,955 However, my brother and sister 753 00:51:23,956 --> 00:51:27,875 did not speak to me for a number of years. 754 00:51:27,876 --> 00:51:30,003 But for the past year or so, 755 00:51:30,004 --> 00:51:33,506 they seem to be anxious to be friends again. 756 00:51:33,507 --> 00:51:35,008 - As you grew older, did you ever think 757 00:51:35,009 --> 00:51:36,384 you might be a homosexual? 758 00:51:36,385 --> 00:51:37,468 - Yes, I did. 759 00:51:37,469 --> 00:51:41,639 And when I grew older, I engaged in homosexual practices, 760 00:51:41,640 --> 00:51:43,391 but I found I didn't like it 761 00:51:43,392 --> 00:51:46,269 because my partner regarded me as a male. 762 00:51:46,270 --> 00:51:47,895 Would you like to be a picture of me 763 00:51:47,896 --> 00:51:49,398 when I was in the Navy, doctor? 764 00:51:52,151 --> 00:51:55,236 - By the way I watched you on "the David susskind show." 765 00:51:55,237 --> 00:51:57,990 What you had to say was extremely interesting. 766 00:52:01,660 --> 00:52:05,288 Debbie, why don't you tell me about your life in the Navy, 767 00:52:05,289 --> 00:52:08,250 and also tell me what effect it had upon you. 768 00:52:09,418 --> 00:52:11,919 - I thought that being in the Navy would get me to Denmark, 769 00:52:11,920 --> 00:52:16,007 where I could have a sex change operation. 770 00:52:16,008 --> 00:52:18,176 But I didn't leave the United States, 771 00:52:18,177 --> 00:52:22,138 and I had to live on the base with the other men. 772 00:52:22,139 --> 00:52:25,642 This was very distasteful to me. 773 00:52:25,643 --> 00:52:29,312 The only way I could get off the base was to get married. 774 00:52:29,313 --> 00:52:33,441 I asked a girl I knew in my hometown to marry me. 775 00:52:33,442 --> 00:52:34,442 She agreed. 776 00:52:35,319 --> 00:52:38,072 We lived off the base while I was in service. 777 00:52:39,073 --> 00:52:41,075 And we had a child, a daughter. 778 00:52:42,451 --> 00:52:44,202 - Tell me about your wife. 779 00:52:44,203 --> 00:52:48,706 - My wife knew my problem before our daughter was born. 780 00:52:48,707 --> 00:52:51,542 She accepted the fact that I felt 781 00:52:51,543 --> 00:52:54,588 a terrific need to dress as a woman. 782 00:52:55,464 --> 00:53:00,469 After I was discharged from the Navy, I tried to get work. 783 00:53:00,719 --> 00:53:02,470 I went from one job to another. 784 00:53:02,471 --> 00:53:04,972 I couldn't adjust to any male job. 785 00:53:04,973 --> 00:53:07,100 I felt I couldn't go on living. 786 00:53:07,101 --> 00:53:09,352 Suicide was the only way out. 787 00:53:09,353 --> 00:53:11,979 As you know, that's how I came to see you. 788 00:53:11,980 --> 00:53:14,233 - Debbie came to my office every two weeks. 789 00:53:15,234 --> 00:53:17,360 I gave her injections of female hormones 790 00:53:17,361 --> 00:53:18,861 and oral medication. 791 00:53:18,862 --> 00:53:21,864 This produced the appearance of increased breast tissue. 792 00:53:21,865 --> 00:53:24,367 How did you feel when you looked in the mirror 793 00:53:24,368 --> 00:53:28,246 and saw that your breasts were beginning to look feminine? 794 00:53:28,247 --> 00:53:30,248 - It made me more anxious to get 795 00:53:30,249 --> 00:53:33,502 the sex change operation and to get rid of my penis. 796 00:53:34,753 --> 00:53:38,215 And now I'm trying to arrange a uterus and ovary transplant 797 00:53:39,758 --> 00:53:42,135 so that I can bear children. 798 00:53:42,136 --> 00:53:44,387 - But you know, this hasn't proven too successful 799 00:53:44,388 --> 00:53:46,514 and could be extremely dangerous. 800 00:53:46,515 --> 00:53:49,100 - I am aware of this. 801 00:53:49,101 --> 00:53:51,853 - When did you have the sex change operation? 802 00:53:51,854 --> 00:53:56,859 - I had it done about 11 months ago. (Indistinct) 803 00:53:57,234 --> 00:53:59,152 - [Leo] When did you have sex with a man? 804 00:53:59,153 --> 00:54:01,863 - About six weeks after the operation. 805 00:54:01,864 --> 00:54:03,656 It was quite painful. 806 00:54:03,657 --> 00:54:08,161 But after the sexual act was over, I felt wonderful. 807 00:54:08,162 --> 00:54:11,497 I felt that finally I was a true female. 808 00:54:11,498 --> 00:54:12,874 - How old is your daughter? 809 00:54:12,875 --> 00:54:15,294 And does she know that her father is now a woman? 810 00:54:16,670 --> 00:54:20,423 - My daughter is 16 years old. 811 00:54:20,424 --> 00:54:24,677 She is a beautiful young lady, a good student, 812 00:54:24,678 --> 00:54:28,556 and thank god, a compassionate human being. 813 00:54:28,557 --> 00:54:33,436 She knows about my operation and that I am now a female. 814 00:54:33,437 --> 00:54:37,398 She is intelligent enough to understand me 815 00:54:37,399 --> 00:54:40,777 and to love me as a child loves a parent. 816 00:54:40,778 --> 00:54:43,697 - What do you look forward to in your future life? 817 00:54:45,908 --> 00:54:49,703 - I'd like to fall in love, get married, and have children. 818 00:54:51,455 --> 00:54:54,208 Oh, I just want to be a woman. 819 00:54:55,292 --> 00:54:58,461 - Debbie, will you come into the examining room, please? 820 00:54:58,462 --> 00:54:59,546 - Yes, doctor. 821 00:55:35,123 --> 00:55:37,124 Will you come in, Debbie? 822 00:55:37,125 --> 00:55:40,127 (Upbeat music) 823 00:55:40,128 --> 00:55:42,256 Debbie's body is that of a female. 824 00:55:49,096 --> 00:55:50,721 The breasts, as you see, 825 00:55:50,722 --> 00:55:53,474 are quite ample and very feminine-like. 826 00:55:53,475 --> 00:55:56,894 These are not only the results of the hormone injection, 827 00:55:56,895 --> 00:56:00,398 but inserts as well of silastic gel, 828 00:56:00,399 --> 00:56:03,025 which gives the substance of the breast 829 00:56:03,026 --> 00:56:07,530 a very firm, hard, and feminine look. 830 00:56:07,531 --> 00:56:09,156 Fortunately for Debbie, 831 00:56:09,157 --> 00:56:13,744 as a male she had a very flat abdomen 832 00:56:13,745 --> 00:56:15,288 and hasn't gained any weight, 833 00:56:15,289 --> 00:56:19,667 which makes her form quite feminine-like. 834 00:56:19,668 --> 00:56:24,046 The pubic triangle, the female escutcheon, 835 00:56:24,047 --> 00:56:25,882 is duplicated here. 836 00:56:25,883 --> 00:56:28,301 But most of the effect is, 837 00:56:28,302 --> 00:56:31,679 well it's the result of shaving on this area. 838 00:56:31,680 --> 00:56:35,182 Otherwise we might've seen the additional growth of hair 839 00:56:35,183 --> 00:56:36,809 as is found in a normal male. 840 00:56:36,810 --> 00:56:39,145 We might note that the tapering fingers 841 00:56:39,146 --> 00:56:40,897 are those of a female. 842 00:56:40,898 --> 00:56:43,774 Fortunately Debbie is lucky in this respect. 843 00:56:43,775 --> 00:56:46,193 Because the entire picture, 844 00:56:46,194 --> 00:56:51,199 the legs, ankles, the thighs, the flat abdomen, 845 00:56:51,450 --> 00:56:53,951 the protuberant female breast, 846 00:56:53,952 --> 00:56:57,955 the entire contours are that of a typical female. 847 00:56:57,956 --> 00:57:01,208 And she thus represents after the operation 848 00:57:01,209 --> 00:57:05,838 as much femininity as one might expect in a female. 849 00:57:05,839 --> 00:57:10,844 I would like to now show the dilatation of the vagina. 850 00:57:12,930 --> 00:57:16,098 The vagina is created by the surgeon 851 00:57:16,099 --> 00:57:18,601 in the sex change operation. 852 00:57:18,602 --> 00:57:20,853 Now, as I've already told you, 853 00:57:20,854 --> 00:57:24,357 the vagina is made from the skin of the penis. 854 00:57:24,358 --> 00:57:27,485 And in every operated case, it is necessary 855 00:57:27,486 --> 00:57:32,449 to dilate the vagina so that the vagina space remains open. 856 00:57:33,367 --> 00:57:35,868 In some cases, it is necessary 857 00:57:35,869 --> 00:57:40,498 to increase the depth of the vagina by dilating frequently, 858 00:57:40,499 --> 00:57:42,250 as Debbie is now doing. 859 00:57:47,506 --> 00:57:50,132 The hormone injections are very vital 860 00:57:50,133 --> 00:57:51,760 to the individual's development. 861 00:57:53,261 --> 00:57:56,013 The hormone effects on the breasts, 862 00:57:56,014 --> 00:58:00,393 on the hair of the body, and depressing the sex drive 863 00:58:00,394 --> 00:58:03,021 are the effects that we would normally expect. 864 00:58:04,231 --> 00:58:08,150 Another thing is for the skin to become very smooth, 865 00:58:08,151 --> 00:58:10,529 soft, and feminine-like. 866 00:58:11,905 --> 00:58:14,115 We customarily give the injections 867 00:58:14,116 --> 00:58:16,785 in the buttocks, intramuscularly. 868 00:58:17,911 --> 00:58:20,913 These injections are given twice a month, 869 00:58:20,914 --> 00:58:23,791 approximately every two weeks. 870 00:58:23,792 --> 00:58:25,002 You can go inside now. 871 00:58:38,557 --> 00:58:41,517 I call this the slap technique. 872 00:58:41,518 --> 00:58:43,561 I inject the female hormones 873 00:58:43,562 --> 00:58:46,689 by applying pressure at the side of the hand. 874 00:58:46,690 --> 00:58:49,316 The entrance of the needle through the skin of the buttock 875 00:58:49,317 --> 00:58:51,777 is hardly felt because the patient 876 00:58:51,778 --> 00:58:54,573 is more aware of slap than the injection. 877 00:58:55,907 --> 00:58:57,074 Turn over. 878 00:58:57,075 --> 00:58:59,828 Vagina was created from the skin of her penis. 879 00:59:00,912 --> 00:59:02,955 Let me show you the closeup anatomy 880 00:59:02,956 --> 00:59:06,084 of the change from to female sex. 881 00:59:09,212 --> 00:59:12,840 This is the opening of the canal leading to the bladder, 882 00:59:12,841 --> 00:59:15,176 through which the urine passes. 883 00:59:15,177 --> 00:59:18,305 The metal probe indicates the direction of the opening. 884 00:59:23,810 --> 00:59:26,479 This part of the vagina that I am touching 885 00:59:26,480 --> 00:59:29,691 is a bulge caused by the base of the penis. 886 00:59:31,359 --> 00:59:34,196 This was left for erotic sensations. 887 00:59:38,200 --> 00:59:39,825 The fourchette is still healing 888 00:59:39,826 --> 00:59:41,953 where the two lips of the vagina meet. 889 00:59:42,746 --> 00:59:46,874 Healing in this area sometimes take several weeks. 890 00:59:46,875 --> 00:59:49,001 However, the rate of healing 891 00:59:49,002 --> 00:59:51,505 is different in different individuals. 892 00:59:52,380 --> 00:59:55,132 One disappointing feature is the absence 893 00:59:55,133 --> 00:59:57,718 of lubricating fluid, because the glands 894 00:59:57,719 --> 01:00:00,138 that produce this fluid cannot be transplanted. 895 01:00:02,516 --> 01:00:07,353 The vagina is best illustrated by inserting my gloved hand 896 01:00:07,354 --> 01:00:09,272 and lubricated finger into it. 897 01:00:10,357 --> 01:00:13,025 The skin of this newly created vagina 898 01:00:13,026 --> 01:00:16,403 was formerly the skin covering the penis. 899 01:00:16,404 --> 01:00:19,115 This accounts for the retention of the sensation 900 01:00:19,116 --> 01:00:22,409 of eroticism in the area it touches. 901 01:00:22,410 --> 01:00:25,413 In spite of this female organ just described, 902 01:00:26,289 --> 01:00:29,126 note the male hairiness of the thighs and perineum. 903 01:00:30,877 --> 01:00:33,671 The depth of the vagina is adequate to accommodate 904 01:00:33,672 --> 01:00:37,259 an average size penis during sexual intercourse. 905 01:00:38,176 --> 01:00:39,552 The direction of the vagina 906 01:00:39,553 --> 01:00:42,429 fits the direction of the erect penis. 907 01:00:42,430 --> 01:00:44,266 That's it, thank you. 908 01:00:49,437 --> 01:00:52,273 Debbie had the sex conversion operation 909 01:00:52,274 --> 01:00:54,567 approximately 11 months ago. 910 01:00:54,568 --> 01:00:55,443 (Slow music) 911 01:00:55,444 --> 01:00:58,529 During the operation, the testes were removed 912 01:00:58,530 --> 01:01:00,698 following which the penis was removed 913 01:01:00,699 --> 01:01:03,284 and the skin of the penis was used 914 01:01:03,285 --> 01:01:07,288 to create a vagina by plastic surgery. 915 01:01:07,289 --> 01:01:11,834 As a result of this Debbie, like any woman, 916 01:01:11,835 --> 01:01:14,838 can now have sexual intercourse. 917 01:01:18,300 --> 01:01:21,094 (Dramatic music) 918 01:02:31,039 --> 01:02:33,749 One afternoon I received a phone call 919 01:02:33,750 --> 01:02:36,044 from a young man whom we will call Steve. 920 01:02:37,295 --> 01:02:39,421 Steve said that it was imperative 921 01:02:39,422 --> 01:02:41,632 that he see me immediately. 922 01:02:41,633 --> 01:02:45,135 He had heard about me, had read some of my articles, 923 01:02:45,136 --> 01:02:48,681 and thought possibly I could help him. 924 01:02:48,682 --> 01:02:51,934 Steve sounded so desperate, so despondent, 925 01:02:51,935 --> 01:02:53,687 that I told him to come right over. 926 01:02:54,813 --> 01:02:56,563 The young man that came to my office 927 01:02:56,564 --> 01:02:59,441 within the hour was indeed frantic. 928 01:02:59,442 --> 01:03:01,193 His story was like so many others 929 01:03:01,194 --> 01:03:02,695 I had heard throughout the years. 930 01:03:02,696 --> 01:03:03,571 (Dramatic music) 931 01:03:03,572 --> 01:03:06,573 He said that from the time he was five years old, 932 01:03:06,574 --> 01:03:09,576 he knew he was different from other little boys. 933 01:03:09,577 --> 01:03:12,204 He spent his youth unhappy and alone, 934 01:03:12,205 --> 01:03:14,958 unaware of what his true problem was. 935 01:03:15,834 --> 01:03:18,210 It was not until he was a young man 936 01:03:18,211 --> 01:03:20,462 that he learned about transsexualism 937 01:03:20,463 --> 01:03:23,340 and realized and admitted to himself 938 01:03:23,341 --> 01:03:25,676 that he was a transsexual. 939 01:03:25,677 --> 01:03:28,304 No one knew about his problems. 940 01:03:28,305 --> 01:03:31,223 He lived in misery and frustration. 941 01:03:31,224 --> 01:03:33,976 He knew he needed help, but could not bring himself 942 01:03:33,977 --> 01:03:37,564 to confide in anyone, not even a physician. 943 01:03:38,606 --> 01:03:42,109 Now he said he wanted my advice. 944 01:03:42,110 --> 01:03:43,944 It seemed that a number of months ago, 945 01:03:43,945 --> 01:03:47,072 Steve spent the weekend at a friend's home. 946 01:03:47,073 --> 01:03:50,617 During the night, he heard noises and went to investigate. 947 01:03:50,618 --> 01:03:54,121 There was Tom and his wife, Sandy making love. 948 01:03:54,122 --> 01:03:56,958 (Dramatic music) 949 01:04:08,636 --> 01:04:11,513 Steve knew that he should not invade their privacy 950 01:04:11,514 --> 01:04:15,225 by watching, but he couldn't move. 951 01:04:15,226 --> 01:04:16,770 He felt rooted to the spot. 952 01:04:24,652 --> 01:04:26,653 Finally, he left. 953 01:04:26,654 --> 01:04:28,906 That night, when Steve fell asleep, 954 01:04:28,907 --> 01:04:31,283 he dreamed that he was making love to blanche, 955 01:04:31,284 --> 01:04:34,536 a girl he had met at a concert some time ago. 956 01:04:34,537 --> 01:04:37,749 (Slow dramatic music) 957 01:05:50,613 --> 01:05:51,990 The dream haunted him. 958 01:05:52,991 --> 01:05:54,992 Steve said that making love to blanche 959 01:05:54,993 --> 01:05:56,619 had seemed so natural. 960 01:05:57,704 --> 01:06:00,247 Perhaps getting married might somehow 961 01:06:00,248 --> 01:06:02,833 help him overcome his problem. 962 01:06:02,834 --> 01:06:05,878 Blanche was intelligent, seemed sympathetic. 963 01:06:05,879 --> 01:06:08,380 And so Steve had been courting her. 964 01:06:08,381 --> 01:06:11,216 Their marriage was to take place within the month. 965 01:06:11,217 --> 01:06:14,511 Steve had come to me because he had had the need 966 01:06:14,512 --> 01:06:17,473 to talk to someone who understood his dilemma. 967 01:06:17,474 --> 01:06:20,894 Was he doing the right thing by marrying blanche? 968 01:06:21,895 --> 01:06:24,021 I could not give Steve any advice 969 01:06:24,022 --> 01:06:27,983 because he hadn't communicated enough information to me 970 01:06:27,984 --> 01:06:29,736 so that I could help him. 971 01:06:30,653 --> 01:06:34,239 I did, however, suggest that he think very carefully 972 01:06:34,240 --> 01:06:36,241 about his forthcoming marriage, 973 01:06:36,242 --> 01:06:38,535 and that he contact me again. 974 01:06:38,536 --> 01:06:39,621 He said he would. 975 01:06:42,665 --> 01:06:45,876 A few weeks later, a young girl came to see me. 976 01:06:45,877 --> 01:06:47,169 It was blanche. 977 01:06:47,170 --> 01:06:48,046 (Slow music) 978 01:06:48,047 --> 01:06:49,546 She had found my name and address 979 01:06:49,547 --> 01:06:52,007 on a pad near Steve's phone. 980 01:06:52,008 --> 01:06:55,385 She thought possibly I could explain what had happened. 981 01:06:55,386 --> 01:06:58,931 Blanche said that she and Steve were planning to be married. 982 01:06:58,932 --> 01:07:00,682 One evening in Steve's house 983 01:07:00,683 --> 01:07:03,144 they were discussing their wedding arrangements. 984 01:07:04,020 --> 01:07:07,439 Steve seemed very quiet and depressed. 985 01:07:07,440 --> 01:07:09,399 Blanche attributed this to the fact 986 01:07:09,400 --> 01:07:12,320 that he was the usual nervous bridegroom. 987 01:07:14,572 --> 01:07:17,200 Suddenly he got up and walked into the next room. 988 01:07:18,701 --> 01:07:20,577 Blanche thought that she had said something 989 01:07:20,578 --> 01:07:21,704 to disturb Steve. 990 01:07:22,956 --> 01:07:24,082 She would find out. 991 01:07:27,585 --> 01:07:28,419 (Blanche screaming) 992 01:07:28,420 --> 01:07:31,214 (Dramatic music) 993 01:07:43,560 --> 01:07:46,061 Blanche wanted to know if I had any idea 994 01:07:46,062 --> 01:07:47,981 why Steve had taken his life. 995 01:07:49,107 --> 01:07:50,857 I felt that under the circumstances, 996 01:07:50,858 --> 01:07:52,610 I could not tell her the truth. 997 01:07:54,195 --> 01:07:55,863 Perhaps I did not know the truth. 998 01:07:57,824 --> 01:08:00,618 Blanche left my office bewildered and miserable. 999 01:08:01,869 --> 01:08:04,871 Less painful than surgery, but more terrible 1000 01:08:04,872 --> 01:08:05,998 is the only alternative 1001 01:08:05,999 --> 01:08:08,875 many transsexuals see for themselves. 1002 01:08:08,876 --> 01:08:12,129 The only way out of this living nightmare. 1003 01:08:12,130 --> 01:08:14,881 It was a chance occurrence of a dream 1004 01:08:14,882 --> 01:08:16,341 that led Steve to think 1005 01:08:16,342 --> 01:08:20,345 that he could sort out his life by marriage, 1006 01:08:20,346 --> 01:08:24,975 a marriage that would condemn him to an even deeper lie, 1007 01:08:24,976 --> 01:08:29,480 a deeper hell, to a point beyond endurance, suicide. 1008 01:08:30,732 --> 01:08:32,441 (Dramatic music) 1009 01:08:32,442 --> 01:08:34,735 Perhaps if Steve had come to me sooner, 1010 01:08:34,736 --> 01:08:36,112 I could have helped him. 1011 01:08:38,615 --> 01:08:43,620 Transsexuals are dentists, attorneys, college professors, 1012 01:08:44,078 --> 01:08:49,083 engineers, chemists, writers, theatrical producers. 1013 01:08:49,751 --> 01:08:53,503 Some have become models, movie stars. 1014 01:08:53,504 --> 01:08:57,341 And then there are others who are truck drivers, stevedores, 1015 01:08:57,342 --> 01:09:01,638 waiters, waitresses, electrologists, and beauticians. 1016 01:09:02,764 --> 01:09:06,600 So you can see that the occupations and professions 1017 01:09:06,601 --> 01:09:10,103 of the transsexual population are extremely varied. 1018 01:09:10,104 --> 01:09:12,856 - It was kind of hard to get a job. 1019 01:09:12,857 --> 01:09:14,858 Even when I used to dress as a male. 1020 01:09:14,859 --> 01:09:16,902 Or live, I didn't say live, 1021 01:09:16,903 --> 01:09:19,363 exist and pretended to be a male. 1022 01:09:19,364 --> 01:09:23,408 I saw a photo of myself when I was 14 years of age, 1023 01:09:23,409 --> 01:09:27,788 and for some reason, 1024 01:09:27,789 --> 01:09:32,168 that person was something that... 1025 01:09:34,128 --> 01:09:35,796 I couldn't even stare at the picture straight 1026 01:09:35,797 --> 01:09:40,802 because it involves so much pain and misery. 1027 01:09:40,968 --> 01:09:43,762 It wasn't easy for, number one, 1028 01:09:43,763 --> 01:09:47,933 I am not well-educated in the sense that, 1029 01:09:47,934 --> 01:09:49,393 because of my problem with my breasts, 1030 01:09:49,394 --> 01:09:51,186 I didn't finish school. 1031 01:09:51,187 --> 01:09:54,272 - It becomes necessary for many transsexuals 1032 01:09:54,273 --> 01:09:55,440 to leave this country 1033 01:09:55,441 --> 01:09:58,568 in order to have the operation performed. 1034 01:09:58,569 --> 01:10:02,948 However, during the last few years, more and more doctors 1035 01:10:02,949 --> 01:10:05,534 are becoming interested in the problem. 1036 01:10:05,535 --> 01:10:07,953 And consequently, there are more operations 1037 01:10:07,954 --> 01:10:11,081 being performed in the United States. 1038 01:10:11,082 --> 01:10:15,335 Hopefully this will continue and more medical centers 1039 01:10:15,336 --> 01:10:18,338 will perform the sex conversion operation. 1040 01:10:18,339 --> 01:10:21,091 - I did not know that there was any such thing 1041 01:10:21,092 --> 01:10:25,470 as a transsexual or a surgery to adjust whatever, 1042 01:10:25,471 --> 01:10:29,349 the mind to the rest of the body, and so forth. 1043 01:10:29,350 --> 01:10:33,103 And I thought that it was a very... 1044 01:10:33,104 --> 01:10:34,813 I knew that I was not a homosexual. 1045 01:10:34,814 --> 01:10:35,939 I felt that. 1046 01:10:35,940 --> 01:10:40,610 I didn't hate the idea of a homosexual 'cause I wasn't it. 1047 01:10:40,611 --> 01:10:42,487 But at that time, that's what people 1048 01:10:42,488 --> 01:10:43,488 would have thought of me. 1049 01:10:43,489 --> 01:10:48,494 They knew that what I felt inside, and I used to... 1050 01:10:49,871 --> 01:10:51,204 I went to several doctors to see 1051 01:10:51,205 --> 01:10:52,622 if they could give me answers. 1052 01:10:52,623 --> 01:10:55,834 They were very ignorant where this subject was concerned. 1053 01:10:55,835 --> 01:10:57,461 One of them didn't even bother talking to me. 1054 01:10:57,462 --> 01:10:59,004 He sent me to a stronger psychiatrist. 1055 01:10:59,005 --> 01:11:01,256 He thought I was that badly disturbed. 1056 01:11:01,257 --> 01:11:05,469 And I decided to take my life 1057 01:11:05,470 --> 01:11:07,596 because I say, I'm not a homosexual. 1058 01:11:07,597 --> 01:11:09,765 | can never live as a man. 1059 01:11:09,766 --> 01:11:12,017 Certain things are expected of a male. 1060 01:11:12,018 --> 01:11:14,227 When you're 18, you're supposed to start dating. 1061 01:11:14,228 --> 01:11:16,104 Marriage soon after that. 1062 01:11:16,105 --> 01:11:18,231 And how could I have done something like that? 1063 01:11:18,232 --> 01:11:22,110 It was beyond anything I could ever have done. 1064 01:11:22,111 --> 01:11:25,405 And so I said that I was going to end my life 1065 01:11:25,406 --> 01:11:27,157 at the age of 18. 1066 01:11:27,158 --> 01:11:32,037 And I clearly remember getting pills and everything. 1067 01:11:32,038 --> 01:11:34,289 I was totally prepared to commit suicide. 1068 01:11:34,290 --> 01:11:37,501 And then one day, the same day the matter of fact 1069 01:11:37,502 --> 01:11:39,419 that this incident was ought to take place, 1070 01:11:39,420 --> 01:11:42,506 Christine jorgensen came over "the Mike Douglas show." 1071 01:11:42,507 --> 01:11:45,801 And he introduced her as a man who had undergone a surgery. 1072 01:11:45,802 --> 01:11:47,052 And then she walks on stage. 1073 01:11:47,053 --> 01:11:49,679 But still, I was still so naive and ignorant 1074 01:11:49,680 --> 01:11:54,059 to such a thing as a sex change that I said to myself, 1075 01:11:54,060 --> 01:11:56,561 "oh, she must have just had slight alterations.“ 1076 01:11:56,562 --> 01:11:59,773 and then when they show a picture of Christine jorgensen 1077 01:11:59,774 --> 01:12:02,317 in the service, you know, she looked more like a man 1078 01:12:02,318 --> 01:12:05,654 than I could ever have been. 1079 01:12:05,655 --> 01:12:08,824 So then that was the first hint 1080 01:12:08,825 --> 01:12:10,826 that I was what I believed all along, 1081 01:12:10,827 --> 01:12:14,288 that I was not something 1082 01:12:16,833 --> 01:12:18,708 that people would think of as a homosexual, 1083 01:12:18,709 --> 01:12:21,169 but that I was what I felt, a woman all along. 1084 01:12:21,170 --> 01:12:22,796 In fact, one of the nicest stories 1085 01:12:22,797 --> 01:12:24,297 that I will always relate to my life 1086 01:12:24,298 --> 01:12:26,550 is the story of the ugly duckling. 1087 01:12:26,551 --> 01:12:28,218 For the simple reason that one night 1088 01:12:28,219 --> 01:12:29,302 he went to bed miserable. 1089 01:12:29,303 --> 01:12:31,596 The next day, he became a beautiful swan. 1090 01:12:31,597 --> 01:12:33,974 And that's exactly, 1091 01:12:33,975 --> 01:12:36,726 when I went to buy the Christine jorgensen book. 1092 01:12:36,727 --> 01:12:39,980 It was all dusty, they give it to me for half price 1093 01:12:39,981 --> 01:12:42,357 'cause nobody was interested in that subject. 1094 01:12:42,358 --> 01:12:46,444 And that was to be my first contact 1095 01:12:46,445 --> 01:12:48,488 with the medical profession, 1096 01:12:48,489 --> 01:12:51,116 that there was such a thing as being what I was 1097 01:12:51,117 --> 01:12:55,245 by simply alternating, you know, certain areas. 1098 01:12:55,246 --> 01:12:58,331 And when I started reading her biography, 1099 01:12:58,332 --> 01:12:59,749 my life actually started, 1100 01:12:59,750 --> 01:13:01,961 it was like putting pieces of puzzles 1101 01:13:03,254 --> 01:13:04,088 with the numbers on the puzzle 1102 01:13:04,089 --> 01:13:06,464 and the number on the plate, or on the sheet 1103 01:13:06,465 --> 01:13:08,258 where the puzzle would go. 1104 01:13:08,259 --> 01:13:12,596 And from then on life was again, 1105 01:13:12,597 --> 01:13:14,764 I started living again. 1106 01:13:14,765 --> 01:13:16,266 I merely existed. 1107 01:13:16,267 --> 01:13:18,476 And then like, I knew I had something to reach for. 1108 01:13:18,477 --> 01:13:23,149 And along the line, I never thought of suicide after that. 1109 01:13:24,984 --> 01:13:27,777 - One are the problems that beset the transsexual 1110 01:13:27,778 --> 01:13:29,905 is the difficulty in finding a church 1111 01:13:29,906 --> 01:13:32,991 that will condone this type of marriage. 1112 01:13:32,992 --> 01:13:35,785 However, in scattered areas throughout our country, 1113 01:13:35,786 --> 01:13:38,914 are ministers who understand the situation 1114 01:13:38,915 --> 01:13:40,665 and are compassionate enough 1115 01:13:40,666 --> 01:13:42,418 to perform the wedding ceremony. 1116 01:13:43,419 --> 01:13:46,671 One minister with whom I discussed marriage 1117 01:13:46,672 --> 01:13:49,925 involving a transsexual said that he did not think 1118 01:13:49,926 --> 01:13:51,885 that the physical state of a person 1119 01:13:51,886 --> 01:13:55,389 had anything to do with taking the marriage vows. 1120 01:13:56,265 --> 01:13:59,059 He further stated that he had united 1121 01:13:59,060 --> 01:14:02,187 many impotent men and frigid women, 1122 01:14:02,188 --> 01:14:04,397 and the transsexual marriages 1123 01:14:04,398 --> 01:14:07,275 were as binding as any other marriages. 1124 01:14:07,276 --> 01:14:08,568 Of course, this minister 1125 01:14:08,569 --> 01:14:11,655 is an unusually enlightened and intelligent man. 1126 01:14:11,656 --> 01:14:16,201 - My family are very heavy pentecostal christians. 1127 01:14:16,202 --> 01:14:19,579 And they're the type of people that they think 1128 01:14:19,580 --> 01:14:23,458 that if you do give your life to the lord Christ, 1129 01:14:23,459 --> 01:14:25,710 that, you know, you'll be safe from anything. 1130 01:14:25,711 --> 01:14:28,546 Even if you have a leg missing, 1131 01:14:28,547 --> 01:14:31,341 you place enough faith, you'll grow a new leg. 1132 01:14:31,342 --> 01:14:33,843 And they always believe that if I give myself to the lord 1133 01:14:33,844 --> 01:14:34,928 that all of this would change. 1134 01:14:34,929 --> 01:14:37,222 And they had my mind confused 1135 01:14:37,223 --> 01:14:39,349 where religion was concerned. 1136 01:14:39,350 --> 01:14:40,725 It was a time when I didn't think of religion. 1137 01:14:40,726 --> 01:14:42,477 - Transsexuals are prejudiced against 1138 01:14:42,478 --> 01:14:45,106 more than any other minority group. 1139 01:14:46,190 --> 01:14:49,985 Family life, social life, and employment. 1140 01:14:49,986 --> 01:14:52,988 - To some degree, I guess they've accepted the fact 1141 01:14:52,989 --> 01:14:54,864 that I am very successful as a woman. 1142 01:14:54,865 --> 01:14:59,619 Because their explanations of why I am so successful 1143 01:14:59,620 --> 01:15:04,625 and I appear very attractive compared to others 1144 01:15:05,584 --> 01:15:09,379 is that that's the devil's way of getting other people 1145 01:15:09,380 --> 01:15:12,090 to commit the same mistake that I did 1146 01:15:12,091 --> 01:15:13,842 and condemn themselves to hell. 1147 01:15:13,843 --> 01:15:16,761 The attitude that my family bred in me about, you know, 1148 01:15:16,762 --> 01:15:18,847 if you ever undergo such a procedure 1149 01:15:18,848 --> 01:15:21,099 that you're condemned to hell for all eternity. 1150 01:15:21,100 --> 01:15:24,644 And he made it quite clear that, you know, 1151 01:15:24,645 --> 01:15:26,980 I'm still god's creation, 1152 01:15:26,981 --> 01:15:29,482 regardless of whatever I did decide to choose. 1153 01:15:29,483 --> 01:15:31,776 And if I was going to be happier for it, 1154 01:15:31,777 --> 01:15:34,530 why would the lord want me miserable if I could be happy? 1155 01:15:35,656 --> 01:15:40,285 - Most of society has not yet been educated sufficiently 1156 01:15:40,286 --> 01:15:43,163 so that they can understand and sympathize 1157 01:15:43,164 --> 01:15:45,166 with the problems of the transsexual. 1158 01:15:46,292 --> 01:15:50,795 Most unfortunately, and I repeat, most unfortunately 1159 01:15:50,796 --> 01:15:54,799 there are some transsexuals who, miserable and despondent 1160 01:15:54,800 --> 01:15:58,053 because they cannot have the sex conversion operation 1161 01:15:58,054 --> 01:16:00,680 due to lack of understanding and money, 1162 01:16:00,681 --> 01:16:01,681 cannot cope with the situation 1163 01:16:01,682 --> 01:16:04,643 and resort to drastic measures. 1164 01:16:05,436 --> 01:16:08,188 We look forward to the time when sex labels 1165 01:16:08,189 --> 01:16:12,317 will no longer exist and there will be only people. 1166 01:16:12,318 --> 01:16:14,569 - I do tell people about myself. 1167 01:16:14,570 --> 01:16:18,698 They ask why I decided to do this. 1168 01:16:18,699 --> 01:16:23,578 And I simply tell it wasn't a matter of a decision. 1169 01:16:23,579 --> 01:16:26,456 It was really a matter of life and death. 1170 01:16:26,457 --> 01:16:30,668 And if one is fortunate enough 1171 01:16:30,669 --> 01:16:35,590 to trade in an unhappy existence and a miserable one 1172 01:16:35,591 --> 01:16:38,426 for a chance at a brand new life 1173 01:16:38,427 --> 01:16:41,179 and to be themselves for the first time in their life, 1174 01:16:41,180 --> 01:16:42,847 why not go ahead with it? 1175 01:16:42,848 --> 01:16:45,309 (Jazz music) 1176 01:16:51,482 --> 01:16:53,733 - [Narrator] We seen have the transsexual's willingness 1177 01:16:53,734 --> 01:16:55,569 to undergo trial by knife. 1178 01:16:58,239 --> 01:17:01,491 We have witnessed the terrible anguish of their lives 1179 01:17:01,492 --> 01:17:03,202 before this transformation. 1180 01:17:06,872 --> 01:17:09,749 We have followed them on their remarkable journey 1181 01:17:09,750 --> 01:17:13,002 from despair and seen how this radical reversal 1182 01:17:13,003 --> 01:17:15,839 of biological destiny can not only offer 1183 01:17:15,840 --> 01:17:20,385 the transsexual hope, but even happiness. 1184 01:17:20,386 --> 01:17:23,347 (Fast jazz music) 93024

Can't find what you're looking for?
Get subtitles in any language from opensubtitles.com, and translate them here.