Phoenix’s mother Molly, who seems to regret her earlier open-mindedness about her child’s gender identity. At one point, frazzled, she says emphatically of Phoenix’s younger brother,
“Please not you, too. Please be a boy. Don’t be transgender. Don’t be gender-nonconforming. Please be a boy. Can I please not have two?” ... [Molly] makes a shocking assertion:
“It was a mistake. Children are not transgender. And maybe there are people who actually are, but it’s probably a mental disorder.”
Director Sharon Liese just wants you to know that trans kids exist, and their experiences are valid.
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