https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soldier%27s_Girl

I have watched this three times over the past two decades, albeit not now for quite a few years. It's indescribably moving... uplifting & crushing, joyful & devastating.

The first two times at least, i also felt utterly betrayed by it. So much so that after my initial viewing i vowed i'd never put myself thru that again. Several years later though, my curiosity got to me & i watched again, with one eye on myself re my reaction [still betrayed]. The third time was again years later, & tbh i really can't imagine ever doing it again.

I already knew of Calpernia Addams [& Andrea James] before my initial seeing of this, via all my pre-Transition research. I did not however know of any of the actors in this film.

I was so in awe of Lee Pace's performance, in that initial watching, that as soon as i could pull myself together after it finished, i researched Lee to learn about this magnificent trans actress who had so fulsomely brought Calpernia to the screen.

When i then discovered that Lee is not at all what i had believed, that Lee is just a bloke, with not a single transsexual bone in his body, i was genuinely devastated. I felt bitterly betrayed, duped, & stupid. I raged around my small home, screaming & crying. It just seemed so fucken unfair. Here was just a bloke, doing a better job of portraying someone like me, than i have ever managed to achieve myself.

To this day anytime any recollection of this film pops into my head, so many conflicted complex emotions return.

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Nov2️⃣0️⃣
Movie about trans rights 🏳️‍⚧️

#SoldiersGirl (2003)

The true story of the price a young soldier paid for falling in love with a transsexual night-club performer.

https://youtu.be/hWfycfe9wwk?si=Y9hIoDR8_uuc4fiY

Character of the Day: Calpernia Addams

The LezWatch.TV character of the day is Calpernia Addams from Soldier’s Girl - #LWTVcotD #SoldiersGirl - https://lezwatchtv.com/character/calpernia-addams/

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Jan1️⃣4️⃣
Two character go on a Date

#SoldiersGirl (2003)

Calpernia takes her boyfriend Barry on a date on the lake
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Aug1️⃣6️⃣
Main character shows their real self

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Calpernia #LeePace shows Berry #TroyGarity who she was before she became a woman.

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Someone Life story told in movies

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The true story of the price a young soldier paid for falling in love with a transsexual night-club performer