The Gender Spectrum documentary
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- Опубліковано 3 сер 2015
- The Gender Spectrum is a documentary about the various gender identities in today's society including Transgender and Gender Fluidity.
Written, edited, produced and directed by Róisín Reynolds and Saoirse O'Kane.
Presenter: Róisín Reynolds
LinkedIn: / 700
Camera & Sound: Saoirse O'Kane
LinkedIn: / saoirseokh
I am a cisgender and heterosexual man. I am comfortable that my gender identity matches my biological gender assignment. Many many people like me are VERY critical of those for whom this description doesn't fit. I think this is because they feel that what they are is "normal" and if that description doesn't work for you, you are "abnormal" and there is something "wrong" with abnormal people. For me it is just the opposite. Because I am so comfortable with how I am, I think I can understand what it must be like for that to NOT be true. I have transgender friends and all I can say is that they are very normal, it's just that their normal is different from my normal, and that's perfectly all right. Well, mostly normal; aren't we all weird in our own way?
+badbiker666 this kind of made my day
this is late but thanks for sharing, I'm glad some cis people can see us trans people as functioning human beings
badbiker666 you're a fucking piece of shit
what's cisgender
Yes many people think that this stuff doesn't exist but that's not reason to attack the people who feel this way. If they want to live this way let them! It's not hurting you and it's not affecting your life!
THANK YOUUUU
sophie searle Thank you I really wanted to see a comment that said that
While I don't think we should attack these people personally, I see nothing wrong in debating this issue. If you believe someone is doing something destructive and harmful, would you not say something?
what if you were born a woman, want to be a woman. but never felt like you really belonged. Like an interloper when with a group of women, especially when younger.
Eric Musashi We transition exactly because not doing so is destructive and harmful. That's the point of transitioning, to improve quality of life. Any problems we may have during or after the process are our business and quite a lot of its is due to harmful attitudes from others. Debating is good, sure, but I think it's best left to issues where there's something to debate. Our bodies, our expression, our lives. Infantilising us doesn't help.
my god, Luke is GORGEOUS.
That smile!
veryyyy i lovee
Vids lke this one here will make our world gear towards a more accepting and loving future. Thanks for such beautiful work.
Yep, people accepting everything no matter how ridiculous.
I think it comes down to this, Love who you are, the whole beautiful being you are; be your authentic self, life is short; and love one another..............Love and Light
+Aspen Edgewalker but they thing seems to be that they don't know who they are...
Aspen Edgewalker thank you 😊
Cisgender, straight, male here. You people are beautiful and I fail to understand why people are so dismissive and protective of their own bubble. I mean okay you don't feel this way but someone else does and all they ask you is to respect them in the way they live their lives. What's the problem with that? Isn't that just being a decent human being?
I hope the world treats you better in the coming years.
Luke is amazing. He says all the things I think about society and how we view gender. If society didn't say a woman must wear a dress and a man must wear a suit and tie, what would happen? I think we would have a lot more of a happier world if societal norms just disappeared.
There were a number of things that made me flinch, but I can understand and appreciate that the interviewer is looking to learn at least.
But Luke is stunning, omg.
Big RESPECT to Luke and the others for their honesty and courage more power to them
Why pander to a delusion, no one can change what they are no matter how much money they have, how hard thy try or how loud they shout. America has lost the last bit of sane reasoning that had, which wasn't much.
I appreciate that there is more mini documentaries like this that help to open the eyes of those who are not familiar with the gender spectrum, however it was a little painful watching the interviewer. It appeared that she really didn't do that much research before conducting these interviews. I am sure she was not meaning any disrespect but I get tired of people always confusing gender identity with sexual orientation.
Sometimes - in fact if they're good, all times - an interviewer will be willing to look uninformed in order to ask questions that she believes the average viewer would ask, and want to hear the answer to. It takes a lot of getting your ego out of the way to put the desire to reach people above a private need to appear well-informed.
Fun fact: telling us we aren't [x] gender isn't gonna change who we are
kittysrock16 because you never were that thing.
shaytoo 3105 yes random stranger I'm sure you know about my gender lol ok
kittysrock16 i know how science works so yes I do. Penis = male.
Vagina = female. Prove me wrong.
shaytoo 3105 that's an incorrect statement lmao genitals have nothing to do with gender identity and if you knew a single thing about gender identity you would realize this most basic concept
kittysrock16 gender and gender identity is not the same thing. You can identify as whatever you want but that doesn't make you that thing.
The blonde girl =SHE's a real girl, end of discussion, and she's pretty and soo natural .good luck to her.
Lovely! Really identify with Luke's being and outlook. Thanks!
so proud of them all, Luke especially, he/she could be a model love how he doesn't label himself
They talk about it being hard finding shoes in size 9... that's not necessarily a gender fluid issue. I'm biologically female and wear size 9 in the US (10.5 for females in the US).
Go raibh math agat! Thank you! This is a lovely piece that is so easy for a wide variety of audiences to understand and begin to stretch their awareness of the LGBTQ+ community, especially the Gender spectrum concept.
No trans men?? :
AndreNickatlna You mean a PERSON. Have some respect for people please.
She avoids the question, "does transition change sexuality". No, I liked women before and still like women. Personally, those who say hormones changes sexual preference were lying to themselves
Amazing! Great insight! Really well done!
+Mike Conrast mental disorders? These are not mental disorders, if they were these people would be acting completely out of hand. And as you can see, they act like normal people. Because they are NORMAL PEOPLE.
Yay,, they're Irish too
Thank you for posting this thoughtful video!
I don't care what people think my gender is. I am nonbinary. I don't care if no one in the world agrees with me. I am who I am.
Ok so can I become a mailbox or a drive way?
So you believe on Feelings>Science and factual information? That's pathetic.
+Sebeki 2 yea she believes how she feels.....
I identify as bigender.
Can you be an inaminate object?
Could this interviewer have done just a little bit of research before doing this interview? God sake.
Luke is a really beautiful human being
Fascinating.
I have no problem with who or how anyone identifies as. I must admit though, I really can't comprehend how it feels to be gender neutral. I think my sex is so ingrained with my identity that I really struggle to get my head around how these people feel.
Whilst I agree that this isn't the best documentary and sexuality ISN'T a gender expression, I am glad to see people talking about the issue.
I also think that being gender neutral and transgender are two different things. Transgender DO identify with a sex - just not the one they were born as. Whereas gender neutral appear to be much more chilled out and accepting of their bodies. They are happy to be feminine males or masculine females without too much concern. Does anyone have anything to add to this? I don't know anyone personally who identifies as gender neutral, therefore, I can only gather what I do from the internet (I don't own a TV)
+lea perrins The language people use varies greatly depending on who in the community you talk to. Transgender can be a synonym for transexual or it can be an umbrella term for anyone who's gender non-conforming. Some genderqueer people will call themselves transgender and some won't. Not all trans people identify specifically with a gender, though it's likely they will, or with elements from both. I thought there were many refreshing points raised and it's good to have as many voices in discussing this as possible, forging a way past a lot of the popular political correctness(and by that i don't mean insulting people, I just mean that the media, while presenting lots of trans people at the moment in a positive light, does tend to present a very narrow view of trans people)
Edward Day
Hi Edward, thanks for your reply. So let me get this right . . some people who are gender neutral refer to themselves as transgender?
You see my original point was based on trans being those who felt they were born in the wrong body and who had a sex change. In all honesty, up until this moment when I looked up the terms (based on your reply) I thought the two terms (transgender and transsexual) were interchangeable for the same thing and did not encompass any other sub group.
I've always thought of myself as open and (more or less) up to date with sexuality and gender terms although I have surprised myself here. I have been using the term transgender with no idea that it could have a dual meaning. So thank you for highlighting that.
Have I missed anything or got it wrong anywhere? Trans is a community I very rarely mix with. I live in an affluent white middle class small town in the UK. It's beautiful here but hardly multi cultural/sexual/ whatever (what do you call a town with many differing sexual and gender identifications??) We do have a couple that come into my local where the woman is obviously a transsexual (she doesn't pass very well). I talk to them both but several avoid them or laugh behind their backs. However this is as bad as it gets. Now I am not saying that people ought to be grateful for scraps . . .but that it's nice to see a trans person is MOSTLY accepted. Maria (false name for protection) says she feels safe in this town and finds that on the whole, people are pleasant to her. For such a haughty town, it's refreshing. May be violence is below them all haha - who knows?!
As much as I want everyone to be accepted, if we could even get to the stage where people ignored, rather than were violent, it would be a step in the right direction.
+lea perrins imagine a white wall blank with nothing on it that is not masculine or femine then u add shit to it that could be considered masculine or feminine the blank wall is still neutral
Luke was so beautiful inside and out ah
Some people don’t fit into gender stereotypes! We are who we are and sometimes people don’t fit into boy or girl stereotypes and feel lost. I choose a different gender because I don’t fit in. I now feel like I have a place.
Ok, come through Luke looking cute AF in that hat! Yes, honey.......just be YOU, that is all you can be and it is so easy to be YOU. Do your thing!
Great Job :)
+Mike Conrast troll
For having a real Dialogue about something You would need to take into consideration both sides of an argument ... just asking for "acceptance" (or in many cases demanding it) of anything ... just because .... It's not a dialogue.
This has nothing to do with the video but I love their accent
I feel like the gender fluid person who get stared at gets stared at a lot because they're gorgeous, at least just as much as "oh god thats a guy!"
The gender spectrum, Male and female, end of spectrum.
Luke is awesome :) x
He makes a very cute girl, which is often true of young men: There faces aren't as jagged and angular as a mature man, and softer features so they make very believable females. How come people stare at him when he walks into stores? He could pass as a girl easily. Maybe work on getting breasts? That's up to him/her.
What a babe, with or without makeup. Gorgeous!
The first person's makeup is so good that she actually looks like a female. And she looks sexy when she pulls her hair back
If Luke is biologically female, she will be sexy and pretty...
The first guy,his makeup is better than mine
Thanks for this great video. I'd like to respectfully offer a correction for your information - Canada legalized same sex marriage nationally on July 20th 2005. Perhaps your narration described Ireland as the first European country to do the same. I'll have to re-listen. Again - thanks for your work. LOVE. RESPECT.
Christina Willings we were the first to legalise it nationally by popular vote :)
Fabulous! Great to know! :-)
Luke is so lovely and beautiful, Luke is a 11 in a world of 6’s. Super nice, cute and sexy
Roles are directed to us through culture etc. Who knows what is right and what is wrong for each individual? I'm a woman but I'm not a damsel in distress. I'm tough. I have never been any specific orientation of 'ideals' that's why I'm gender-non-conforming. I always was.
The person with the hat is hot as hell, and you ought to admit it, haters. I think hateful comments are generally posted by people who are privately dismayed that they find transgenders sexually attractive.
TEACH ME MAKEUP PLEASE LIKE DAMN FAM
Wonderfull 💕😊
I don't think we even need genders at all, its just a way to separate people, which we don't need.... gender is not the same as sex.
i agree, but it is evolution. but even back then there were inferences that everyone was bisexual when humans first evolved, but later on most had a preference to the opposite sex.
Jason Innes you are a sexual vegan
gender difference is so obvious the people who swallow the 'gender as a social construct' crap must be completely blind sided by their stupid cult.
Jesse Lee Ward or maybe they know the english language :)
noooreally Let me tell you something about the English language little one. In English, 'him' refers to someone who has male genitalia, and 'her', to someone who has female genitalia. It's biologically determined. If I was to fuck a guy, or bake a cake, it would not change my gender just because I was 'performing' a different gender role than is expected of me. My 'gender' is predetermined. Gender is a description of your biological sex. Given the sociological differences between how men and women experience the world, removing 'gender' from it's purpose as descriptor of biological sex is to reduce it to a meaningless concept. It is to render it a word that determines nothing, and means nothing. But I hope blind faith and membership in your estranged cult gives meaning to your life.
I'm attracted to gender-fluid people.
NJ Rock Me Too!
Most people who interview others have at least researched the subject before hand and not make so many rude remarks during the interviews.
Fall in love with same sex you are gay/ lesbian. Its always been defined.
Luke is male, dean is male...but luke wears female clothing, so luke is a cross dresser. I'm transgender and everyone is using these gorgeous,gay men as my precursor. Eh nah babe soz, I am female and they are male. These boys are lovely and all, got drunk with dean a lot but I'm slightly offended that they kept or luke rather kept getting asked about transgender issues when luke is not trans. Everyone can wear clothing of all genders but to keep linking men in skirts with my actual gender problem is offensive. This was a cute video but it is riddled with inaccuracies.... Mainly the questioners fault. If luke walks into a shop and gets called a man, well, that's fair, he is!!
Love Luke You go girl
You crazy brother ?
I am actively AGENDER. I unsubscribed (or never did subscribe) from everything that humans socially constructed/invented, so nothing I do has to do with the social construction of "gender" (or "sex", "race", ethnicity, labelling sexuality, physical age, etc.). Amazing how the world has opened up, yet humans remain very attached to their illusions like they think it can't be changed. I'm a proud person and animal, I have my personality, interests, goals, dreams, and skills that separates and connects me to/from others, not the body I appear in.
JustJ agender is not a thing. I get you have feelings but it doesn't mean that science doesn't matter.
I'm so happy to see a documentary on trans people and I support and accept them, however the interviewer was highly uneducated and should not have been there. She even compared gay and lesbian to gender identities though gender and sexual orientation are completely different.
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS ALIENS WE ARE THE ALIENS WE JUST NEED TO KEEP PROGRESSING LIFE IS AWESOME
im a chirazard
Attractive guy, very pretty girl
"I never see myself as a male or female I'm kind of like the little mermaid" Boy ohh boy was someone coddled by mommy until the age of 18, did she tell you it's ok to be a freak?!? Of course she did she's your mom she's the only one who loves you enough to say that
I'm so confused how many genders are there ?
it's really more of a spectrum, a infinite amount. think of it more like colors; you could say that there's a solid blue, green, pink, ect. but really there are an infinite amount of shades. you should watch justin dennis's video on genders if you're still confused:)
+jordanleon1407 so technically one could be attracted or identify as virtually anything and it would fall under the concept of the gender spectrum ?
+lilflashy i don't really know the response for that, but im sure if you researched it you could find it
+jordanleon1407 well you did say it was an infinite spectrum. Therefore, there are an infinite amount of possibilities or else it's a defined limited amount. Which is it ?
+lilflashy i think that it's a infinite amount with people who are attracted to humans or asexual
The interviewer was so rude and ignorant oh my god
+theonethatsblonde How? I think she asked questions that help people see from a different view point. Ignorance is what youre trying to remove no? If you dont ask the ignorant questions, people like me watching to try and learn who are ignorant will stay ignorant. I dont believe she meant to be rude as much as wanted to understand from the bottom up. Without an understanding as to why people are confused you cant help them, I dont believe. To me this is all foreign, but I want to understand. And as rude or ignorant as some of those questions may have seemed or are, sadly thats the level someone like me is at at the moment and is step 1 of getting an understanding.
+Elyse4point0
She went into an interview uninformed and very ignorant. Which is not bad considering that she was there to learn. But she had assumptions that were kind of rude and didn't accurately portray the subject she was discussing.
+AceOfSpace The interviewer should be informed about both the actual things that trans people have to go through, such as surgeries, but also how certain things make them feel. And the difference gender identity and sexuality. If she knew about that she could ask questions that were phrases in a way that didn't require people to correct an assumption.
+Joe Billips how is it you believe people become informed? And reporters often ask questions they already know the answers to in order for people to hear it from the real people who can explain it best.
+Joe Billips I'd actually like to know what you mean by accuracy. Not in a rude sense, but honestly in an ignorant stand point trying to understand better. To be honest I think this video isn't a bad one for openings to explanations like this. Not everyone has the exposure or understanding needed to be fully empathetic even though they strive to be. I've also found that being a straight cisgendered person I either offend people or at least put them off when I try to learn more about things from a desire to understand and be empathetic rather than ignorant and by consequence only partly empathetic.
''for people who don't have an understanding of transgender'', pretty comical sentence there, might want to put yourself on the list. Quite a bad and offensive documentary
Lova aaa there's nothing wrong with being gay or lesbian,transgender or bisexual so please shut up people!
Yay Ireland!
Transgender and Gender Fluidity are not new concepts in the slightest. I don't understand why that was asked...
How far back does gender fluidity in history?
like what that Person says about gender that you can have the one sex and the other gender but don t have to do a tranition
i didnt know anime trap characters were gonna be in this bull shit.
There is a thing about this community that doesn't sit well with me. That being, why must anyone flaunt their sexuality: heterosexual, homosexual, trans-sexual, and any other term I may leave out? Why the necessity to flaunt it?
I'm truly working, in my old age, to be more compassionate and understanding. To cross borders of gender, politics, religion, and etc.
To have the need to flaunt your "sexuality" in bizarre ways, seems to me, to be nothing more than seeking, attention, exhibitionism, and rebelliousness. So many people are abandoning what is important in life. The basics of what it takes to be a good human being, regardless of their sex.
The others in the film, I have respect for. They live their quiet life without pushing their choice "in your face". The same goes for heterosexuals, in my book. For a long time there has existed an unhealthy, blatant emphasis on sexuality - which has led to some pretty bizarre consequences in realms of underground sexual communities.
For some, of different persuasions, as in this documentary, it appears to be a "party" life displaying yourself. The ritual of "getting ready" for the stage, anticipating what they may find at their "party".
Personally, I feel this aspect should have been separated from those who are just living their preferred, quiet life. Two separate documentaries.
That's my two cents, for what it's worth.
A free spirit .. yep ... after I escaped the gender lock , I became a witch too .. a free spirit of nature and I been that way for thousands of years !
1 word cute
You can identify how ever you want but we all are divided into two groups. Makeup and clothing do not a person make
Eola-Ystwyth Martinez whatever !!!
Eola-Ystwyth Martinez you have no earthly idea
😳
Gender dysmorphia .
wait until your beard is thick and dark. then what?
What a mess!
What is written in the DNA is what defines what you are, male or female. Society, wishful thinking can not change your biology. I accept you as you are or who you want be. But we can not change reality to live a lie. above all we have to stay by the side of science and truth, peace and love.
hilarious
ew
Loll are u disgusted with yourself
+Ashinator no he's a freak
+SwInGhzHyy is that the gender you identify with
It's a pretty big spectrum like I mean like two that's a pretty big Spectrum
This is the stupidest thing I have ever seen people have had multiple personality disorder for years and no one's had to change because of that they just got help
so the whole gender fluidity concerns how a person 'feels' and what one is in the mood to dress like on that particular day or second. It seems like an unstable, unsure way to be to me. How long will you waver between two opinions?
+k butter it seems to be more of 'trend' than anything else. These people go around saying 'be yourself' but then they don't seem to know why they are...
Suggest a terrible interviewer
who are we kidding we all know hes a ladyboy..
Go ahead and live your life the way you see fit on two conditions..1. Don’t force your lifestyle on me 2. Don’t make my government tax me for your lifestyle.
You really don't have to get genital surgery to "express yourself;" you should just stop concerning yourself with how people will think of you without taking more drastic measures to excessively differentiate yourself. Just be you, not someone/thing else. Your ideas and how they're considered don't rest on what gender/sex you are. Feel free to argue, but I honestly don't think this is an appropriate solution for anything. Just 'cause Freud confirms it doesn't mean it's true; Democritus thought everything was made of four elements, and people thought he was onto something. Was he really though? No. And Aristotle, who was also pretty much wrong about everything. So, just letting you know, Freud is not a strong counter. But damn, people. Just some advice-take it or leave it-: please stop doing this to yourselves and forcing this onto people to accept. If you push, they always push back. Let it be considered at least. If it works out; great. If it doesn't; oh, well. I only wanted to
understand this line of thinking, but now I do understand. It's folly. Desperation. Just chill out.
Guy wearing womens clothes is a transvestite.
Words have meaning. Gender is the biological parts you are born with. Gender is by definition Male/Female. If you feel different from what parts you are born with, nobody is stopping you. You may experience unfavorable treatment, but you will always find others catering, sympathetic or otherwise conducive to your identity. I would that a very high percentage of people that are unable to identify with the gender they were born with could use the services of mental health professionals.
This is a strange statement because seeing a mental health professional is usually a necessary part of transitioning. You have to talk to one or more of them in length to be diagnosed in the first place. It's a medical diagnosis because it's needed for medical treatment that helps avoid mental suffering, not because being trans as such is the mental problem. It takes a very long time and they are very thorough. There are mental health issues and then there's being trans, which are two separate things that are related because of the anxiety from dysphoria when pre-transition and the the lack of understanding and empathy from others. Also biological sex and gender identity are obviously related but still separate. So, I can never completely erase the way I was born but that is not me, certainly isn't more relevant to anything than what and who I actually am. Underlining the birthsex and claiming that nobody is stopping me when it was pure luck that I have the privilege of being able to transition at all and don't live in an area where I have to constantly worry about my safety just because I am myself is questionable.
whats wrong with you.
Me No last name needed Nothing
First dude doesn’t see himself as a boy or girl but yet, he put a face full of makeup on and decided to dress like a lady. Sha-bye.
You're automatically assuming that make-up is feminine. I think you've missed the whole point of the video. He was expressing the gender he identifies most with.
Rachel Walton Yes.....I do associate makeup with women 🙂. And no....I did not miss the point. He contradicted himself.
Rachel Walton - wearing female makeup is feminine. You don't get to rewrite a thousand years of history because it doesn't suit your delusions of what you want to be true. There are only two genders and they are both based in biology. Deal with it
Oh please ...
rob catalunya go Fuck yourself!
roses are red
violets are blue
how many genders ?
only 2!
find better things to make a documentary on
Just dropping in to say that this is wrong because gender is a descriptor of the biological sex. :P
Yes finally someone sees that gender is biological
+Grizz Gamer being trans is a physical mutation that happens when physical and phycological gender is determined in a fetus
Theres 3 blast of testosterone making the balls,penis and masculine brain
Same with females
Making the ovaries breast and female brain
So you think that in 12 billion people
In thousands of years
That these lined up perfectly in every single person?
You must be insane
Look at the definition of gender. We know what we feel just like you. I am genderfluid so just leave this subject alone if you know nothing about it.
Jay The Son wow. the so called gender fluid is saying we know nothing.
+Jesse Lee Ward +shaytoo 3105 +Grizz Gamer
Wow, thank god you dropped in and left this very positive message, from THE authority on this subject. Let's see what psychologists use as definitions of gender and sex :
"Sex is assigned at birth, refers to one’s biological status as either male or female, and is associated primarily with physical attributes such as chromosomes, hormone prevalence, and external and internal anatomy. Gender refers to the socially constructed roles, behaviors, activities, and attributes that a given society considers appropriate for boys and men or girls and women. These influence the ways that people act, interact, and feel about themselves. While aspects of biological sex are similar across different cultures, aspects of gender may differ."
Would you look at that. Turns out people whose job is to know these things for real, not just random people on the internet, say that sex and gender are NOT the same thing, and since gender is a social construct, there is technically no limit on how many there can be.
Do you really think that 7.5 BILLION people can be simply divided in ONLY 2 categories without there being just a few exceptions, do ya ? You're not that dumb, I hope...
If I had a nickel for every gender, I would have ten cents. Like it or not, that is how it is.
Genders : boy
Girl
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How would you know? Not everyone is the same as you. Some people have nonbinary gender identities and since you obviously don't know what that's like you have no right to say those identities don't exist. You identify as in guessing male. Maybe female. But you don't identify as let's say genderqueer as an example/umbrella term. How would you know that being gender queer doesn't exist if the only experience you have with such an identity is your own?
+Emma Foote gottem 👌👌
Two genders: Die, Das, and Der. Oh! Wait!
James Haygreen stop ruining this
You are misunderstanding the term "gender". What you're talking about is the sex a person is at birth, ie: usually male or female. Gender refers to the point on the continuum at which a person identifies most with from male to female. They may be male sex, but identify as female gender; female sex and identify as both male and female gender. But that can also change from day to day or year to year. Gender is fluid. Sex is not.
Playing dress ups gone serious
Eola-Ystwyth Martinez . Wisdom doesn’t come from books pet
There are 2 genders
Only 2 genders.
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS ALIENS WE ARE THE ALIENS WE JUST NEED TO KEEP PROGRESSING LIFE IS AWESOME
Ice7eroRampage Fuck You!