Ray, une adolescente mal dans sa peau, envisage de changer de sexe. Mais pour ce faire, elle doit obtenir une autorisation signée de ses parents. Accompagnée par sa mère et sa grand-mère, Ray entame un long combat pour que sa famille accepte cette transformation, devenue un enjeu vital pour elle. Un parcours qui est loin d'être évident pour Ray, notamment par rapport à son père, qui n'a jamais été présent dans son quotidien. Chacun de ses proches manifeste son opposition en avançant des arguments qui lui sont propres, avant que tous prennent conscience de l'importance de leur soutien pour cette adolescente déterminée...
Catégorie
🎥
Court métrageTranscription
01:00I made a mistake
01:01Prolonging this doesn't keep me a girl any longer
01:03It just keeps me from being who I already am
01:05Something's got to change
01:07A boy?
01:11Yes, a boy
01:12I can't sign this
01:13This is just a formality because you're named on the birth certificate
01:16There are risks
01:17She may not be able to get pregnant
01:18There is no Ramona anymore
01:20It's just Ray
01:21There's been a problem with the papers
01:24Your father has to sign them
01:26But he won't
01:26Why does he care?
01:27He hasn't seen me since I was a baby
01:29So you leave your family and start a new one?
01:32I didn't leave my family
01:33I feel pretty left
01:34So you're like our brother?
01:37Yeah
01:37Sort of
01:38Why sort of?
01:39Because I was born in a girl's body
01:41I'm a girl in a girl's body
01:43I think
01:44I went through losing my daughter all by myself
01:54And I will be raising my son exactly the same
01:57I don't hear any slamming
02:06Ray is the only good decision I've ever made
02:10Baby be the love of your body
02:13I'm selling you
02:14Baby be the love of your body
02:17I still vote lesbian