Week of Class

This week of class was an interesting one I thought. The first movie we watched I thought was a little weird because the kid was kind of young and thought he was supposed to be a girl. They also talked about the lady boy’s that are in Bangkok. I was a little surprised by this and the amount of them there are in Bangkok. When this part came on it reminded me of the part in Hangover 2 when they are in the strip club. This movie made me realize how many people are transgender people there are in the world. I also did not realize how well these transformations turn out.

            On Thursday you had Ed talk to the class about him. At first I was not even sure if the guy on the screen was a transgender person. I was surprised how good the transformation was and you could hardly tell by looking at his face that he used to be a woman. I kind of felt awkward talking about this but I think Ed did a good job at making everyone feel comfortable talking about it. What really surprised me the most was that he tried to commit suicide when he was eleven twelve and fourteen. I thought this was crazy because you do not usually hear about kids that young trying to commit suicide a number of times like that. I thought it was neat how his brothers stuck with him throughout the transformation. He also said he had lots and lots of friends and family that supported him while transitioning. I thought it was pretty neat that he was able to grow facial hair, I think he might have been able to grow better facial hair than me. Ed was a cool experience to have and I enjoyed having him talk to the class.