Comments on: Review: ‘Transvestite Wives’ on BBC America

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Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:32:42 +0000

[...] male to female. But I knew they’d done previous respectful treatments of a young transman and three partners of transvestites, so I approached it with an open [...]

By: Review: “My Secret Female Body” on BBC America « TRANScend GENDER

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:54:59 +0000

[...] “My Secret Female Body” on BBC America Posted on June 23, 2008 by Khyri Having reviewed “Transvestite Wives” earlier, I felt it was only fair to give a similar treatment to “My Secret Female Body”, [...]

By: martrickz

martrickz — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 16:46:45 +0000

does anyone have the other show mentioned here “my small breasts” available and can share?

By: Khyri

Khyri — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 21:26:39 +0000

Thanks for those links, Georgie! Not everyone over here has BBC America available to them – these are very useful. (I fixed your first comment using the links in your second one. )

By: Georgie Dresser

Georgie Dresser — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 20:56:14 +0000

For those that might want to archive the show, after a bit of work:

Preview:

http://rapidshare.com/files/120820452/TVWives1.jpg

And:

Video:

http://rapidshare.com/files/120825708/TVWives1.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120831270/TVWives1.part2.rar

158M

Both files are required. The AVI file uses the XVid codec, use the proper playback viewer. Assemble the RAR files

with WinRAR or 7-zip or J-zip to result in the avi file.

By: Davinia

Davinia — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 22:10:29 +0000

When it comes to words we in Britain speak it right as we spoke English first! But it does get very confusing, for example whatever your sexuality if you smoke in Britain you would go outside for a ‘fag’ (cigarette) in the US going for a ‘fag’ means something entirely different!

I still remember when the hostages were released from Iran in 1977 (?) one of them said, “There are not words in the American Language to describe how I feel today.” Believe it or not I was young at the time and thought, “What does he mean? He’s speaking English?” I later got to learn that we are two countries separated by a common language!

Back to the subject of the blog, many BBC programmes which are show on terrestrial TV can be watched for several days on the internet. I will try to remember to look out for the programme on BBC1 or BBC2 over here and see if it will be able to be watched on line.

By: Khyri

Khyri — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 04:38:29 +0000

Renee,

I also noted the non-derogatory use of the word “tranny” throughout the show. It’s not the first time I’ve come across that type of language disparity between the US and the UK; in the brit_americans Livejournal community, there are frequent heated discussions on exactly which words are okay (and not okay) to use when referring to people with darker skin color, for example.

I came in on the middle of “My Small Breasts and I”, right where they were getting out the suction equipment. I lasted for about ten seconds before I had to switch the channel. *shudder* Yes, my breasts are far too sensitive for me to stomach that, thankyouverymuch.

By: Renee

Renee — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 21:31:32 +0000

I caught this, along with the show that aired before it “My Small Breasts and I”. Thank God for the BBC.

I’m pleased that the transvestite crowd is getting a little press…and decent press at that. It was kind of a fluff piece, but I think the value here was in showing the rest of the world that “trannies” aren’t always psychotic furniture-wielding weirdos to be found exclusively on the set of the Jerry Springer show. Heck, I’d go so far as to say they’re mostly not.

Sidenote 1: As noted in an article in the Montreal Gazette a few days ago, “tranny” is apparently a hate word. I’m not surprised…it’s definitely derogatory, especially if you’re non-trans and spouting off. But apparently that isn’t true in Britain; they were ripping the t-word off with amazing alacrity.

Sidenote 2: “My Small Breasts and I” had some really interesting stuff too, from a TS perspective. A) It gave suggestions for how to get free breast implants and B) They talked at length about a therapeutic technique used to deal with Body Dysmorphic Disorder called Phototherapy. I have long thought that, as it pertains to the t-community, photos of ourselves serve the purpose of re-inforcing self-image…like a mirror when a mirror isn’t present. I had no idea real therapists were using this technique to help people overcome other kinds of self-esteem issues. Awesome stuff.