
Plot
An investigation of how Hollywood's fabled stories have deeply influenced how Americans feel about transgender people, and how transgender people have been taught to feel about themselves.
Trailer
Cast

Laverne Cox
Self - Actress

Bianca Leigh
Self - Actress / Writer

Jen Richards
Self - Actress / Writer

Alexandra Billings
Self - Actress / Educator

Susan Stryker
Self - Historian

Yance Ford
Self - Filmmaker

Lilly Wachowski
Self - Filmmaker

Brian Michael Smith
Self - Actor

Tiq Milan
Self - Media Maker / Writer

Nick Adams
Self - GLAAD Director of Trans Media & Representation

Zeke Smith
Self - Writer

Rain Valdez
Self - Actress / Producer

Elliot Fletcher
Self - Actor

Marquise Vilson
Self - Actor

Jazzmun
Self - Actress

Leo Sheng
Self - Actor / Activist

Trace Lysette
Self - Actress / Producer

Alexandra Grey
Self - Actress / Singer

Candis Cayne
Self - Actress

Jamie Clayton
Self - Actress

Michael D. Cohen
Self - Actor / Writer / Acting Coach

Mickey R. Mahoney
Self - Educator / Filmmaker

Ser Anzoategui
Self - Actress

Zackary Drucker
Self - Artist / Producer

Michaela Jaé Rodriguez
Self - Singer / Actress

Sandra Caldwell
Self - Actress / Writer

Chaz Bono
Self - Actor

Tre'vell Anderson
Self - Journalist / Film Critic

Angelica Ross
Self - Actress / Entrepreneur

Chase Strangio
Self - Attorney at ACLU

Jessica Crockett
Self

D'Lo
Self

Ellie Desautels
Self

David E. Harrison
Self

Carmen Carrera
Self

Jackie Curtis
(archive footage)

Candy Darling
Candy (archive footage)

Jaye Davidson
Self / Dil (archive footage)

Divine
Edna Turnblad (archive footage)

Jack Doroshow
Self / Flawless Sabrina (archive footage)

Georges Du Fresne
Ludovic Fabre (archive footage)

Paris Dupree
Self (archive footage)

Leslie Feinberg
Self (archive footage)

James Garner
King Marchand (archive footage)

John Gavin
Sam Loomis (archive footage)

Eric Gurry
Alfie (archive footage)

Arsenio Hall
Self (archive footage)

William Hurt
Luis Molina (archive footage)

Caitlyn Jenner
Self (archive footage)

T.C. Jones
Nurse Betty Ames (archive footage)

Christine Jorgensen
Self (archive footage)

Raúl Juliá
Valentin Arregui (archive footage)

Crystal LaBeija
Self (archive footage)

Junior LaBeija
(archive footage)

Pepper LaBeija
Self (archive footage)

Ethel Lloyd
Jane (the maid) (archive footage)

John Lone
Song Liling (archive footage)

Matthew McConaughey
Ron Woodroof (archive footage)

Janet McTeer
Hubert Page / Self (archive footage)

Tim Moore
Bumpsie (archive footage)

Cathy Moriarty
Montana Moorehead (archive footage)

Mandy Patinkin
Avigdor (archive footage)

Esme Percy
Handel Fane (archive footage)

Robert Preston
Carole 'Toddy' Todd (archive footage)

Stephen Rea
Fergus (archive footage)

Veronica Redd
Eddie Stokes / Edie Stokes (archive footage)

Eddie Redmayne
Lili / Self (archive footage)

Sylvia Rivera
Self (archive footage)

Joan Rivers
Self (archive footage)

Mercedes Ruehl
Self (archive footage)

Hailie Sahar
Self

Chris Sarandon
Leon / Self (archive footage)

Peter Scolari
Henry Desmond / Hildegard Desmond (archive footage)

Daniel Sea
Max Sweeney (archive footage)

Chloë Sevigny
Lana Tisdel (archive footage)

Octavia St. Laurent
Self (archive footage)

Barbra Streisand
Yentl (archive footage)

Hilary Swank
Brandon Teena / Self (archive footage)

Jeffrey Tambor
Self (archive footage)

Mya Taylor
Alexandra (archive footage)

Daniela Vega
Self / Marina Vidal (archive footage)

Lesley Ann Warren
Norma Cassady (archive footage)