After watching the film \u201cDisclosure\u201d it really made me emotional because I never really knew of\u00a0the tragic and sad things Trans people go through just for trying to live their life the way they want to. It\u2019s even sadder to think about all the ignorant people out there who take time out of their day to try and bring down those who are a part of the trans community. I still don’t really understand how people have a problem with the way trans people live their lives when it doesn\u2019t affect them in any way possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As I grew up, I watched movies like Big Mama\u2019s house and Mrs. Doubtfire but I never knew that making these kinds of movies was a way of making fun of the trans community until watching this film. It really broke my heart to hear that a lot of trans people were excited when they would see trans people represented in movies or tv shows until they realized they were being portrayed in a negative way to make people laugh. Laverne Cox said that \u201cPeople are trained to have that reaction\u201d when talking about riding the train in NYC early on in her transition and someone laughed at her. If all of these movies and shows are portraying being trans as a joke and something to laugh at, and a lot of ignorant people take that and run with it to the point where when they see someone who is trans, they completely ignore their feelings and see them as some kind of joke. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It really blows my mind how many people don\u2019t accept those who are a part of the LGBTQ+ community because they would not like it if they were to be treated the way they are. I don\u2019t get how it is hard for people to just mind their business, respect others and just be nice regardless of skin color or gender identity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was really shocking to me to find out that these movies and tv shows were portraying trans people as vicious\/ bad people or people we need to fear. I think stuff like that definitely can change the way people view those a part of the trans community in real life. It was also sad to know that they would show people finding out one of the characters were trans and they would instantly become sick as if being trans is just some disgusting thing. Someone being trans makes them no different than anyone else so people shouldn\u2019t see them as less of a person because of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I really liked Kevin Kimbles snapshot because a lot of people probably think that the issues trans and black people face aren\u2019t as big as we make it seem. They probably think we only went through simple issues like trans people not being able to use the bathroom with the gender they identify with or that the only issue black people faced is having to use different water fountains as the white people but the issues go completely beyond that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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