ITVS and WHUT Indie Lens Pop-Up and its community partners present Real Boy. Real Boy is the coming-of-age story of Bennett, a trans teenager with dreams of musical stardom. During the first two years of his gender transition, as Bennett works to repair a strained relationship with his family, he is taken under the wing of his friend and musical hero, celebrated trans folk singer Joe Stevens. To RSVP go here .
a film by Shaleece Haas
Film and Discussion with special guests:
Grace Dolan-Sandrino, trans teen activist, student, contributing writer to Teen Vogue; and Karen Dolan IPS Director of Criminalization of Poverty and Race, mother of Grace Dolan-Sandrina.
Read Grace’s Teen Vogue article (Feb 23, 2017)
Vanessa and JR Ford ~ Read their family's story,"Raising a Transgender Child" in The New York Times (Jan 31, 2017), and The Washington Post (Jun 3, 2016). Connect with the Ford family via Twitter and Facebook.
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