In the snapshot that my class mate Junie Vallon uploaded, the actor Elliot Page is being depicted in an awards ceremony as he expresses himself as transgender. Page himself had received positive outcomes after being supported by LGBTQ rights advocates and other people in the film industry and they viewed him as a positive inspiration for transgender people in the community. The actor felt blessed for having such support during his transition and expressed as much in his letter. On the other hand in the documentary Disclosure, transgender people are expressing their issues about being judged in popular culture. One person who is being interviewed stated that a transgender woman will get arrested if she enters the women’s bathroom and yet the moment she enters the men’s bathroom the men start running away from her. I believe that people who falsely criticise transgender people for their choices gain benefits and getting them apprehended. For example, one of the old headlines from this film showed a description of an article of a transgender woman who was arrested by the police for dressing up in feminine clothing. This kind of treatment towards transgender people is a huge issue for the LGBTQ community because there are people who dislike the trend and lots of the male actors who wear in dresses as they are often being referenced in popular culture. I think that scene from one of the other movies depicting actors who play horribly parodied versions of African Americans, however there is a term for that known as blackface. For example, in the 1914 silent movie “A Florida Enchantment“, a white actor who plays a blackface crossdressing maid who was given the pill by the white lady, which caused the blackface woman to go on a rampage and the other woman joined in and they started attacking the man outside. The media made African Americans look bad because they view them as barbaric and it adds fuel to the fire when it comes to racism and hate groups. The most important thing about being denied and judged by strangers when it comes to gender identity is transgender people who prefer new pronouns based on their sex. For example, one person prefers to be known as “they”, “them” or “theirs” rather than “he”, “him” or “his”. Another example is when an androgynous person who wore clothes which has the equivalent of both masculine and feminine clothing, which they are subject of becoming prime targets of a dispute due to people viewing them negatively in public. I felt disappointed towards androgynous people because they are treated badly and it causes them to be in shame for the choices they make for themselves. People who have the right to choose and be what they wanted to become, the possibilities are endless. Don’t let people judge you from identifying your own sex. Nothing can take that away from you. Looking back from this film, it taught me how to accept my own gender and just because people say that I look like man doesn’t mean that can’t engage in feminine acts and having crushes towards men. No matter how or what people judge me, in the end, it’s my decision to love myself and accept for who I am.