- Title: Sex Change,Shock Horror Probe
- Date: 24th April 1989
- Summary: FAR FROM BEING THE END OF THE ROAD, SURGERY IS ONLY PART OF THE EXPERIENCE OF TRANSSEXUALS; FROM THEN ONWARDS, LIKE ANYBODY ELSE, THEY HAVE TO MAKE THEIR LIVES WITHIN THE PREVAILING CLIMATE OF SEXUAL POLITICS. IN THE PROGRAMME THEY TALK ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES AND ATTITUDES, RANGING FROM THE PRIVATE AND PUBLIC REVOLUTIONARY OUTLOOK OF TRANSSEXUAL RACHAEL WEBB, A POLITICAL ACTIVIST WHO SEEK S TO FORM ALLIANCES WITH OTHER MINORITIES AND LOOKS AT TRANSSEXUALITY IN THE LIGHT OF RECENT FEMINIST THEROY, TO THE PRAGMATIC ATTITUE AND GLAMOROUS IMAGE PORTRAYED BY TRANSSEXUAL STEPHANIE ANNE LLOYD - BUSINESSWOMAN WHO RUNS A CLOTHES SHOP CATERING MAINLY FOR TRANSVESTITES. BY RESTRICTING PARTICIPANTS TO TRANSSEX UALS THE FILM PRESENTS THE EXPERIENCE FREE FROM THE OVERLAY OF EXPERT OPINION AND SHOWS THAT PEOPLE CONVENIENTLY LABELLED TRANSSEXUAL ARE JUST AS DIVERSE IN THEIR SOCIAL AND SEXUAL ATTITUDES AS THE REST OF SOCIETY.
- Description:ISSUES SURROUNDING TRANSEXUALITY - ADDRESSED,PRODUCED AND PRESENTED BY TRANS- SEXUALS
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Documentary and Factual
- Producer:Spot On Productions
- Programme Episode:Episode 1
- Transmission Date:24/04/1989
- Rights:On Request
- Decade: 1980s