"Outlaw" Film viewing notes

The film was conducted in a gym to show dignity and strength of trans people. Kate Bornstein is seen working out, something she does every week. She uses the gym to "Sweat out the bad energy inside her body from the negative messages of society."
I found this film to be a good ally training video. Some of the techniques used to express trans identity were interesting but there was not much complexity to the film.

There is a shot of Bornstein getting dressed in the "Obligatory tie scene." she puts on a suit, the quintessential male wear trade mark. I thought about how this is used in movies about gender, getting dressed is often a key feature in trans movies, the process of changing ones self on the outside to conform to how they want to be seen and how they feel on the inside. I have thought about whether I want a getting dressed scene in TQ. In some ways I think it limits the ideas of gender saying you dress as what you feel so that is what you are. I also see it as an easy way for allies to understand what Bornstein is talking about. This goes into the bigger question of how to weave TQ so that it speaks to a queer audience and a non-queer audience? I think I want to get a straight ally to be the editor to help with this discussion.

The final line I liked in the movie was "Where we go becomes dangerous, the places we are our not dangerous." I liked this point on seeing trans people as humans that are oppressed by society not freaks that are trying to hurt and convert people.