I have been fighting for 6 years to bring my trans fiancee here to America. A trans from Cebu like Olivia is supposed to be.
I am filled with rage at this movie. Not only for the character of Alex being such a wimpy useless man, but also at creator Sandoval for passing as a trans woman.
She could have made an equally strong statement about immigration in America without passing.
Olivia's panic at Alex hiding her passport had nothing to do with being trans. Any undocumented immigrant in America would freak out over that regardless of gender.
GLAAD loved this movie while lambasting Scarlet Johansson for trying to portray a trans man in a movie. I guess they forgot about Hilary Swank in "Boys Don't Cry."
I wanted to get closer to my Dawn. Donny Rey, in her dead name. Instead, this movie only enraged me for a cisgender woman saying she was trans when her story was about immigration more than LGBTQ+ bias. Her exposed breasts in the sex scene. I have been with Dawn in Cebu. Neither her nor her friends could afford surgery before coming to America. This was definitely not "The Crying Game."
I feel pity for Olivia. What is done to her in the film is horrible. But, from my background, seeing what Sandoval did, I feel no more pity her than I do Alex.
My Dawn has told me of such treatment for years in her native Philippines.
I will not forgive Sandoval for basking in the adoration of passing. Nor will I forgive GLAAD.
I am filled with rage at this movie. Not only for the character of Alex being such a wimpy useless man, but also at creator Sandoval for passing as a trans woman.
She could have made an equally strong statement about immigration in America without passing.
Olivia's panic at Alex hiding her passport had nothing to do with being trans. Any undocumented immigrant in America would freak out over that regardless of gender.
GLAAD loved this movie while lambasting Scarlet Johansson for trying to portray a trans man in a movie. I guess they forgot about Hilary Swank in "Boys Don't Cry."
I wanted to get closer to my Dawn. Donny Rey, in her dead name. Instead, this movie only enraged me for a cisgender woman saying she was trans when her story was about immigration more than LGBTQ+ bias. Her exposed breasts in the sex scene. I have been with Dawn in Cebu. Neither her nor her friends could afford surgery before coming to America. This was definitely not "The Crying Game."
I feel pity for Olivia. What is done to her in the film is horrible. But, from my background, seeing what Sandoval did, I feel no more pity her than I do Alex.
My Dawn has told me of such treatment for years in her native Philippines.
I will not forgive Sandoval for basking in the adoration of passing. Nor will I forgive GLAAD.