#no gender! the queer life of an intersex manga artist

[celluloidrainbow]

性別が、ない！インターセックス漫画家のクィアな日々 | NO GENDER! THE QUEER LIFE OF AN INTERSEX MANGA ARTIST (2018) dir. Shôgo Watanabe Up to the age 30, Sho Arai lived as a woman, but was found to be intersex after chromosome testing. Sho now lives as neither man nor woman, and creates essay manga based on the changes their body has undergone. Sho has been dispatching messages on how to live to young readers who are also struggling with their gender identity. Sho lives with their assistant, Koh, a young gay man who they met 10 years ago at a vocational school where they teaches manga. Koh has himself debuted as a manga artist and come out publicly. When Sho reveals the inner state of their mind on camera, their relationship moves in an unexpected direction. (link in title)

[zhaozi]

following on from my wlw recs, i thought i would do one on shows and films that tackle gender identity. there is also some that include crossdressing, drag and what gender expression means. (some of these are documentaries, but they are interesting to watch)

so here are some you might want to watch; tracey, dragonfly eyes, TransParent, lady caca, the fish with one sleeve, between the seaons, raise de wa chanto shimasu, half, joshi--teki seikatsu, high heel, lee, house of the queen, sowol road, contestant #4, march winter, so long!, 5 lessons in happiness: she is my father, the drum tower, seoul mates, a woman is a woman, no gender! the queer life of an intersex manga artist, nobody, and, moving in between.