Horizon
Season 54 Episode 15 - Being Transgender
How does a person know their gender? Do they see themselves as male or female, or somewhere in between? More and more people around the world do not identify with the gender they were assigned to at birth. Increasingly, people are expressing their gender identity outside of the 'norms', and the lines of gender are becoming more blurred than ever. This film explores what it actually means to be transgender, and what happens when a person transitions psychologically, physically and biologically. We follow a number of transgender people going through their own transition. From a socially transitioning transwoman to two young transmen embarking on hormones, to a transwoman going through gender confirmation surgery - we get a snapshot into what transitioning and being transgender is really like from those living it. We also hear from experts in the field of gender and find out how modern medicine is helping people to transition their gender. And we explore where gender identity actually comes from.
Episodes in Season 54
Clean Eating: The Dirty Truth
60 min
Hair Care Secrets
60 min
ADHD and Me with Rory Bremner
60 min
Why Did I Go Mad?
60 min
Strange Signals from Outer Space!
60 min
Space Volcanoes
60 min
Antarctica - Ice Station Rescue
60 min
Cyber Attack - The Day the NHS Stopped
60 min
10 Things You Need to Know About the Future
60 min
Dawn of the Driverless Car
60 min
Dippy and the Whale
60 min
What Makes a Psychopath?
60 min
Mars - A Traveller's Guide
60 min
Goodbye Cassini - Hello Saturn
60 min
Being Transgender
60 min
