'The most important thing is to talk about it': Trans couple open up in intimate new documentary

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The pair have been in a relationship for four years, navigating the challenges faced by the trans community together, and documenting their experience in a new documentary.

THE FEAR WAS absolutely paralysing. I read so many stories and heard so many stories of trans people coming out and being completely abandoned by pretty much everyone they know – parents, friends, everybody. Victoria van der Spek was 18 years old when, with the support of her boyfriend Max, she came out as a trans woman.

Max, who is now 21, was 19 years old before he fully came out as transgender – similarly negotiating his own gender identity for a number of years before he was comfortable enough to open up. “I was very depressed and I’m still very depressed, but I was extraordinarily depressed in several parts of college and there was a lot going through my head,” van der Spek explained in an interview with TheJournal.ie.

“The struggles are highlighted but it’s a personal look at people who are trans. And I just hope it adds to positive media coverage for trans people… If I can help even one or two trans people then that will be good.” “I’ve told doctors that I’ve known from 2016 that I was a trans man and that this is what I wanted to do. The waiting list is 25 months long but it’s February 2020 and they still haven’t told me when I’ll be seen again, and my prescription is already overdue.”

 

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Another documentary about the minority majority, who cares bunch of freaks

God help these poor people, they are obviously mentally unstable..

I wish them health and happiness thank for sharing this

Western degeneracy. No wonder the Chinese are overtaking us.

Yay! Trans rights are human rights. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

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