Entrance examination Directors do not get tired of telling us how difficult the life of a person who studies in high school or high school, but often forget about the next stage – those who study in colleges and universities also have a hard time, because it is then that young people need to choose who they want to become and what their future will be. Sometimes desires and plans are quite simple, but it also happens that young minds find themselves in something that is not easy to explain to others. Tamar, an Armenian student studying at Michigan State University, wants to become a man named T.J. Depressive Andrew, who enrolled at the University of Colorado in Boulder, dreams not only to become a programmer, but also to turn into a beautiful girl named Gabby. Almost a graduate of women’s college Lea gradually transforms into a young man named Lucas, and a scholarship student from the University of California Roy dresses like a girl from the age of nine and dreams not only of finishing his studies, but also of finally completing his transformation into a charming girl named Recey. These four young men became the main characters of the reality show of the American television channel Sundance, which tells about the life of transgender people in college. “Transmooding” captures the everyday life of four people who are under stress not only from the need to maintain academic performance and make more and more steps to adulthood, but also from the trials created by the long and emotionally exhausting process of sex change.
While gays, lesbians and bisexuals have long been firmly established in our lives and a rare series does without a character who has non-traditional sexual preferences, transgender people quietly cling to the sidelines at this holiday of tolerance and if they appear on the screen, it is usually some weirdos wrapped in feathers, wives-men, peculiar people of the middle sex. Reality is not so spectacular – many transgender people can be difficult to identify just by looking at them, because they spend a huge amount of time not only thinking like people of the opposite sex, but also looking like them. This is the first thing that catches your eye when you watch “Transmooding” – the main characters have become completely opposite versions of their former selves, shed the skin in which they were not comfortable, and tried on a new garment that is not perfectly sewn and tailored, but still impressive. They are not too different internally either. Of course, there are many things in the lives of T.J., Gabi, Lucas, and Racey that are not familiar to the average college student, but in general, their desires and aspirations are not so different from those generally accepted. Their lives consist of an ordinary kaleidoscope of activities, parties and social activities, which is familiar to almost every young person their age. TV series Sundance has made a great contribution to the destruction of the wall of dehumanization, which to this day, years after the release of “Transcoloration”, surrounds people who decided to change their gender.
But Transcourse wouldn’t be such a valuable television project if it only showed similarities, not differences. Much of the airtime is spent telling the viewer about the classic difficulties transgender people face, including medical ones such as hormone therapy and sex reassignment surgery. The main characters also spend a lot of time explaining to the viewer and themselves the reasons for their decision, which helps to better understand the psychology of transgender people, which is still a very vague thing for most people. “Transparency” has great educational value and in this documentary series you will be able to hear answers to your questions about transgender people, learn a lot of specific terms, get an idea of how common transgender people really are and better understand the medical procedures and psychological trials that accompany the process of gender reassignment. To top it all off, "Transmooding" is just a very good drama about young people on the classic theme of finding yourself.