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1 online resource (streaming video file) (50 min.) ; 268918255 bytes |
| Summary |
In Our Gender Swap Wedding, the first documentary in the Forbidden Love series, Jamie and Louis, one of only a few transgender couples in the UK, discuss the obstacles they have faced in the lead-up to surgery and their wedding day. Louis and Jamie's story is an engaging and fascinating modern-day romance which will inspire young and old alike.Jamie was born a man but is now a woman and Louis was born a woman and is now a man. Together they have found true love and they plan to marry in the summer. Their story is both heart-warming and heartbreaking. They have suffered a life of hell enduring taunts and hate crime, attempting suicide and both have tried to cut off their bodily parts.In the midst of their extreme physical and mental trauma they have managed to find each other and their unconventional relationship proves against the odds that love really can conquer all.Their story challenges and overturns many of our prejudices and misconceptions and through honest story-telling makes us realise that committed and successful relationships can embrace the unusual. Join Jamie and Louis on every step during their journey down the aisle, with in-depth interviews about their life to date; their hospital visits; surgery; their struggle obtaining a gender recognition certificate; life at home with their new pug puppy; shopping for their wedding outfits and finally their wedding day and celebrations.PRODUCTION DETAILS:Director Paul Gowers. Our Gender Swap Wedding is a Smudge Entertainment Production of SKY |
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Closed captioning in English |
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Broadcast 2015-06-05 at 21:35:00 |
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Classification: M |
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Breast -- Surgery.
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Man-woman relationships -- Psychological aspects.
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Marriage service.
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Victims of hate crimes.
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Transgender people.
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Wales -- Bridgend.
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Streaming video
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Gowers, Paul, director
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Davies, Louis, cast
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Milroy, Catherine, contributor
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