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Here is the POV of a girl and her thoughts of being a teen in transition. They speak in German but subtitles are in English. Thought it might be of interest.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXpViPHnT3U
Addendum: Corrected from German to Dutch.
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The language is germanic
but not German.
She is a very lucky girl to have all the support she has from her family and friends, even in today's world. (And she is very lucky to be as pretty as she is too.)
with love,
Hope
Once in a while I bare my soul, more often my soles bear me.
Dutch, not German!
If you look at the credits, the last caption is "Hollandse Helden" (Dutch Heroes). Sorry to be picky, but German is my second language. ;-)
Distant Sunshine
Thanks
Thanks for the clarification. I must have missed it else I would have stated it correctly. That is an error on my part. Going through the credits I couldn't read them accurately either even with my glasses on. It looked all blurred to me and that was not even in full screen. Plus I am a little deaf (mid-range).
Not german
She is dutch.
Cant comment on the video as it isn't viewable on mobiles. Seems dumb to me as all smart phones can play youtube videos.
Finally saw the movie. Wasn't really about transitioning... seems to be some kind of documentary...
I don't know why they bothered. Doesn't really have a topic other than she exists.
Dayna.
was blocked
I went to watch the YouTube video and got a message that it's been blocked in my country (USA) and I think we should be able to see what we want to see if the contents are not adult in nature. It almost seems that the USA is trying to keep people from learning more information about the transgendered people who are trying to live a normal life.
Randi
Don't know why.
The video is on youtube and I'm in the US. I don't understand why it will not work for you unless either your computer or phone is set to a different country.
I watched part of it....
...before being called away. Can't someone invent a time machine so I can go back and tell little Andrea or even teen Andrea that it's okay? Oh? It doesn't work that way. Thank god that things have changed since I was a child, at least for the sake of precious children like these!
Love, Andrea Lena
A lovely little film
I hope she makes it, she's delightful and her friends are so supportive - pity about Brian.
Angharad
Wow, She's Gorgeous
I watched this video, then "Living a Transgender Childhood", Genderkinderen 21:48. I felt sad that Joppe couldn't get estrogen until she was 16; I saw the girls around her with breast growth and I'm sure she was envious. Then I saw the video with Josie and that she would get estrogen at 13. I think she could handle being 1 or 2 years behind some of the girls in female puberty. 4 or 5 years would be difficult.
The "adults", Drs. etc. were all going on how Josie's gonads would be sterilized. I think this would be trivial to her since she also lacked a womb, which I think she would like much more. She would also have been more happy if she'd never had balls.
About delayed puberty, me, my sister and brother all had late puberties; my sister was a 5' 10" stick until maybe 15 and then her development was slow. We had kind of a dysfunctional family. I think Pam was the best treated, but I think she suffered some from her late puberty. At one point she was dating the least liked geek (but not one of the bright kids) from my class, 2 years ahead of her. She must have lacked confidence to settle, even temporarily, for such a jerk.
Hugs and Bright Blessings,
Renee
This is Joppe
Joppe is a lovely girl and the short film is a contrast to the fear-mongering in the US about transgender teens threatening other children--and this is not the place to discuss that!
I did want to share two more YouTube videos of Joppe, from Dutch children's programs. They are untranslated or subtitled, but you can see her as she continues to grow.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFu39Ey8Fmo
This one's a bit later:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrGWXUxqMxI
The Dutch put us to shame with their compassionate understanding of transgender youth. If you're not aware Valentijn de Hingh, a Dutch girl whose early life was documented over years, here are a series of links--be sure to see the last two, which are in English:
A general article about her:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/10/valentijn-de-hingh-...
Two parts of an early documentary:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQyxgxfigBQ&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLSGX_Dusro&feature=related
A bit older:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0dLUwC1t6o&feature=mfu_in_or...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPYzQrrQyQA&list=ULO0dLUwC1t6o
And as a working model, in English:
http://vimeo.com/24962808
And Valentijn giving a TED Talk in 2012:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=pbJV...
Karin