Trans documentary ‘Disclosure’ debuts in wake of landmark US LGBT+ ruling | Malay Mail

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MEXICO CITY, June 17 — An intimate transgender documentary entitled Disclosure launches this week on Netflix, days after a landmark LGBT+ ruling by the US Supreme Court that creators of the project said left them elated and relieved. Directed by trans filmmaker Sam Feder, Disclosure looks at...

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“We were preparing ourselves and bracing ourselves for them saying it’s okay to fire LGBT+ people from their jobs for being who we are, and we won,” she told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. Last year, according to LGBT+ media advocacy group GLAAD, there were 38 regular and recurring transgender characters on US television.But she added, visibility is a double-edged sword.Increased attention on minorities can result in a violent backlash, said Feder. Last year, the American Medical Association called attacks against transgender people an “epidemic of violence.”

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