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I Am What I Feel To Be (Guevote)
Guevote
Guevote: Wie ich mich fühle, so bin ich
Guevote: The Way I Feel Is Who I Am
Switzerland
Germany
United States of America
New York, United States of America
New York City, New York, United States of America
New York City, New York, United States of America
3sat
Fama Film AG
LUNA-Film GmbH
Schweizer Fernsehen (SF)
Streiffschuss V & F
Teleclub AG
Colour
video
English/English
Spanish/español
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Two brothers moved to the Bronx, NY from a village in the Dominican Republic with a high proportion of syndrome steroid 5-alpha reductase deficiency, one of two dozen variations of conditions leading to ambiguous genitalia at birth. The Dominican syndrome which impairs metabolism of testosterone leads to a bifid scrotum that appears labia like and an absent or clitoris-like penis at birth. Children born with the syndrome are raised as girls until the age of twelve when puberty begins and male secondary sex characteristics occur. These children are known locally as Guevote ("penis at twelve"). These brothers have two other siblings who are hermaphrodite but not all want to become boys at twelve.
“The First International Transgender Film & Video Festival Program.” London: Alchemy and Transmutation, 1997. Personal Archives.October 31, 1997 8:00 PM
Hermaphrodites with Attitude: Intersexual Shorts & Discussions
Lux Cinema, 2-4 Hoxton Square, London, England, N1 6NU (in-person)
September 25, 1998 3:00 PM
Guevote - I Am What I Feel To Be + FTM Shorts
Lux Cinema, 2-4 Hoxton Square, London, England, N1 6NU (in-person)
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