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transition story on tv – Opposite Sex: Jamie’s Story:
screening on the bio channel tonight: Opposite Sex: Jamie’s Story:
(m,a,l) Jim was a 47-year-old genetic male, who knew in childhood that something was very wrong. This is the story of Jim’s arduous path to becoming a feminine heterosexual woman and the tragic effect it has had on his family.
Long synopsis: Jim was a 47-year-old genetic male, who knew in childhood that something was very wrong, because when the house was empty he was compelled to dress in his mum’s clothes. This is the story of Jim’s arduous path to becoming a feminine heterosexual woman and the tragic effect that it has had on his family.
will probably be replayed again on that channel sometime … keep a watch out for it.
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some more about this program … off the net:
Quote:Jamie, 47 a male-to-female gender reassignment candidate, formerly known as Jim, was an all-around man’s man from a small town in Michigan. Jamie chased girls, raced cars and built houses. To top it off, she has been married to Brenda for 25 years and fathered their 12 year-old daughter. Jamie hoped that becoming a husband and father would cure her of what she considered a shameful secret; that she was a woman in a man’s body. Finally, after considering suicide, Jamie decides to make the male-to-female transition which has profound effects on her family and life-long friends. Against all advice, Brenda decides to stay with Jamie through the surgery.
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Quote:In this intimate depiction of a woman undergoing a male-to-female transition, Jamie reveals the process she will go through from taking hormones to coming out to her family and friends to the sex reassignment surgery. Born as Jim in a small town in Michigan, Jamie faces criticisms and rejections from her friends and family, the sudden loss of business clients, sharing her identity with her wife of 25 years and 12 year old daughter, and her insecurities concerning her evolving appearance. Part of Logo’s Real Momentum documentary series.http://www.logotv.com/shows/dyn/the_opposite_sex_jamies_story/cast.jhtml?personalityId=6949
and on imdb:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0878140/
i have searched foxtel ‘s guide, and it doesn’t look like they will be re-screening this. the show is not available for downloading on to the pc from the foxtel download section either.
it is available, however (in seven parts), on good old youtube, though (for part one):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jhAB_KHJe0
and probably available in the ether on a search using bit torrent:
