‘Transitions’ Explores the Process of a Mother’s Acceptance of Her Child’s Gender
about 10 months ago (12/08/2023)
‘Transitions’ Explores the Process of a Mother’s Acceptance of Her Child’s Gender | KQED Skip to Nav Skip to Main Skip to Footer The Do List ‘Transitions’ Explores the Process of a Mother’s Acceptance of Her Child’s Gender Tahneer Oksman Dec 8 Save Article Save Article Failed to save article Please try again Facebook Share-FB Twitter Share-Twitter Email Share-Email Copy Link Copy Link ‘Transitions: A Mother’s Journey.’ (Top Shelf Productions) In the opening to Élodie Durand’s visual narrative, Transitions: A Mother’s Journey , a mother in her early 40s sits with her newly 19-year-old at a therapist’s office. The therapist is explaining the ways people in France are typically placed into oversimplified categories, boy or girl, from birth. “But in reality,” she continues, “there are multiple possibilities.” The guarded mother only reluctantly engaging in this conversation beside her mostly silent teenager is Anne Marbot, a French university biologist who, until this point, as she later admits, has generally considered herself to be open-minded.