Hello all you gender-interested folk!
I thought you might want to know about the film XXY (dir. Lucia Puenzo, Argentina/France/Spain 2007), which will be shown at Cinema City on Sun 20 June at 5.15 pm. It is being introduced by UEA’s own Natasha Curson, and she says:
“This film looks at the experience of a teenager who is intersex – that is someone who has physical characteristics of both sexes. It’s the first film to tackle this seriously and sensitively and does so very well and without becoming an ‘issue’ movie, I think. Intersex is little understood in the community at large (less even than transgenderism I think, which is saying something) so the film offers an opportunity to know more about this subject.”
I think it would be a great opportunity to learn about intersex, so I hope you will come along to the showing, and then we can talk about it in our gender studies group after!
Best wishes,
BJ
