Trans Youth in America - TRANSFORMING MEDIA and RE-FRAMING -
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Fully one third of transgender youth in America have reported a suicide attempt last year. Behind this chilling statistic is a specter of trans representation in the media that veers from the pathological to the horrific. Filmmakers Amber Young (Transforming Media) and Delaney Mauve (Reframing) tackle trans representation in very personal stories, allowing families to talk openly about gender.

Episode Duration: 26 minutes and 46 seconds

Episode Number: 205

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About Our Time:

OUR TIME is a series produced by youth in partnership with professional documentary filmmakers.

Films in the series feature character-driven stories that address social issues ranging from racial inequity to identity politics and everything in-between - all through the eyes of young people.

Working hand-in-hand with award-winning, nationally recognized filmmakers and television producers, these young students produce high-caliber, emotionally driven, first-person narratives that derive from their own lived experiences.