DVD
TransMilitary
Languages
Closed-captioned.
Performers
Logan Ireland, Laila Villanueva, Jennifer Peace, El Cook.
Publication Information
[El Segundo, California] : Gravitas Ventures, [2019]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (92 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
Around 15,500 transgender people serve in the U.S. military (notably the largest transgender employer in the U.S.), where they must conceal their gender identity because military policies ban their service. TransMilitary chronicles the lives of four individuals (Senior Airman Logan Ireland, Corporal Laila Villanueva, Captain Jennifer Peace & First Lieutenant El Cook) defending their country's freedom while fighting for their own. They put their careers and their families livelihoods on the line by coming out as transgender to top brass officials in the Pentagon in hopes of attaining the equal right to serve. The ban was lifted in 2016, but with President Trump now trying to reinstate it, their futures hang in the balance once again.
Notes
Title from container.
Originally produced as a documentary in 2018.