Nearly everyone who meets eight-year-old Noah agrees—he is a girl in a boy’s body. What challenges, or even dangers, await Noah as he grows up in the American heartland? This program explores the lives of those who do not conform to rigid gender concepts and examines changes in brain science that are shedding light on the gray areas between male and female. In moving and courageous commentary, individuals in the U.S., Suriname, India, and Thailand who have undergone gender transformation, or who have chosen same-sex partners, share their experiences—revealing a wide array of cultural attitudes on this eye-opening journey through psychology, biology, and sociology. An HBO Production. (75 minutes)
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