As I was watching the film “ Disclosure” It really got me reflecting on how transgender people are projected in films and how Hollywood has influence and shaped how people view transgender people. It really gets one thinking why did we thought it was ok to make fun and laugh of a film that stereotypes transgender people in the wrong way. 

The film industry Hollywood has been shaping the history  and has given  misrepresentation of how transgender people really are and the way they live their life. Most of the films stereotypes them as monsters, lunatics, sociopaths, violent, serial killer.  With  television having such a big impact they have internalized the idea that trans people are wrong or less worthy and even hate towards them. 

In one part of the film Jen Richards says “ I kind of hate the idea of  disclosure, in the sense that it presupposes that there is something to disclose” explaining that it gives the assumption she has the responsibility to tell others and that presupposes that the other person might have a issue with what has to be disclose. It’s really unfair for Trans people to feel like they have to disclose themselves because people feel like they have the obligation to do so.

Growing up as a kid around 15 years ago I remember seeing men dress as women, I used to ask my mom why was he dress like that. I never really got answer from my mom I’m not even sure she understood or new about Trans people. The first time I heard about Transgender people I was probably around the age fifteen and I fully understood it till I was nineteen when I moved to NYC. After living here for almost six years I have crossed paths with several transgender people and made friend with one, she told me her story and all the process she went through, and all the struggles that they still face today.