The transsexuals and transvestites of the German association "Transidentitas" held their international congress in Frankfurt. On this occasion, an interview with Pastor Joseph DOUCE about the existence of transsexuals and traverstis in the church. He also talks about this difference which causes a certain fear in public opinion.
The singer Ladybug, who started in the transformist shows at Madame Arthur, arrives at Milan airport. She just had surgery to become a woman. She is the first transgendered woman in the media in France, which is why photographers ask her to pose. This document is silent.
Portrait of singer Bambi, one of the first French transsexuals after Coccinelle. After doing cabaret, Bambi, who is called Marie-Pierre PRUVOT in the city, became a French teacher. His hairdresser, Robert de Paris, explains that he was not surprised that Bambi became a teacher.
On the set of the show, the singer Coccinelle explains her beginnings in the business, in the cabaret Le Carrousel de Paris, where she replaced a transformist. She was immediately successful because the public wanted to see a transsexual. She is indeed one of the first transsexuals in France.
Before becoming a woman, Sandra FORGUES was Wilfrid, an Olympic two-seater canoe champion who won several Olympic Games. In an interview, Sandra speaks candidly about her past and her desire to change sex. She explains that she has repressed her true identity for more than 40 years, but in vain. Although he was surprised, Eric JOURNAUX, the director of the CREPS in Toulouse, where Sandra is President of the Board of Directors, supported her without reservation and finds this change of sex natural.
Eric had surgery in England to become a man. He couldn’t stand his body or women’s clothing. For him, identity is stronger than appearance. He feels he has not changed sex because he has always considered himself a man. This does not prevent him from loving women, "like all men".
Story in the United States, where more and more children want to change sex. At 13, Chris, born Grace, always wanted to be a boy. He explains that he has officially asked his teachers to call him Chris and address him to the masculine. His mother accompanies him in this change, his friends too. But it’s very difficult to get this change accepted and Chris is often mocked...
Doctor Sylviane DULLACK has just written a book about her sex change: "I will be her". She could not stand herself in the skin of a man and always identified with women. Surgery was therefore indispensable.
Véronique and Martine, who became women after surgery, testify about their transsexuality. With a hidden face, Véronique talks about her operation. For her, it is not a transformation because she always felt like a woman. Martine evokes her difficulties in the world of work. Since her surgery, she had to change jobs because the environment in which she worked would not have accepted her change of sex.
A marriage between two women was celebrated this morning at the town hall of Nancy. Elise and Stephanie were officially married before the eyes of their loved ones. A union of all that is most legal, in the form of nose to the chilliness of society. Indeed, if Stephanie became a woman five years ago, her civil status still considers her a man. Hence the possibility for the town hall of Nancy to marry them. Olivier HUSSON, deputy mayor of Nancy, claims freedom of mind and tolerance of the town hall. Stéphanie NICOT explains that she refused to change her identity because she would have had to prove her operation and answer particularly intrusive questions and investigation.
In France, transsexuality will no longer be classified as a mental illness. On the eve of the World Day to Combat Homophobia and Transphobia, this government decision was described as historic by the associations. The interview with Philippe CASTEL, of the LGBT Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Association, alternates with the archival images of a transgender parade.