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Anundergroundnarrativehaslongbeenwhisperedamongtransgendermen:aftercomingoutastrans,manyofusdevelopanattractionforothermen.Inthishybriddocumentary,historycomesalivewhenanIranian-Americantransmantime-travelsonadizzyingquesttounravelhisownsexualdesires.AsAhmadapproachestheage60,hislong-suppresseddesiresforothermenbecomeimpossibletoignore.Havinggrownupinanerawhenhomosexualactivitycouldblockone’saccesstomedicaltransition,hecan’thelpbutwonderwhetherhissexualityandgenderidentityarecompletelyatodds.HeturnstotheLGBTQI+archivesforanswers,wherehemeetsa20-somethingtransarchivistnamedKieran.AsAhmadfallsdeeperintothearchive,heisquiteliterallysuckedintothetext—becomingatimetravelerwhoparticipatesinthequeercruisinghistoryhereadsabout.ThishybriddocumentaryisatenderlovelettertothegaytransmasculinecommunityandthelegacythatLouSullivan,andmanyunnamedotherslikehim,leftbehind.ThisfictionalnarrativeisinterwovenwitharchivalgemsandatroveofcontemporaryoralhistoriesfromadiversegroupoftransmenacrossNorthAmerica.Theseparticipantscandidlydiscusstheevolutionoftheirdesiresandilluminatetheirstruggleswithgender(non)conformity,fetishization,transphobia,sexualracism,andsafersex.DesireLinespushesagainstbinaries–fictionvs.non-fiction,realityvs.fantasy,publicvs.private–tohighlightthefallacyof“purity”thatundergirdscolonialistnotionsofdiscretecategoriesofbeing(orgenre);embracingbewildermentasaliberatorystrategyfortransrepresentation.(源自:TIDF)
