Janet Jackson is hoping she can help get people to understand the lives of transgendered people and the issues they face, especially from a population that seems to almost willfully misunderstand and mock them. It’s been announced that Jackson will executive produce the documentary Truth, which will explore the lives and struggles of the transgendered community.
Jackson commented, “All people are very important to me. I’ve been fortunate to make friends and learn about very different lives. Truth is our small chance to ask that you try and understand someone who lives their life in a way that is a little bit different from yours, even though all of our hearts are the same. We want to stop the hate and find understanding.”
Director Robert Jason says, “Janet Jackson will take us on a visually innovative, cerebral journey through the turbulent lives of transgendered people of all ages around the world and their epic struggle for equality. This film will highlight landmark mainstream stories and provide a glimpse at others that will change the gender landscape of the world forever. Just as it is hard to believe that there ever was a time when different components of society were required to use separate drinking fountains, it is as incredible that one’s gender expression remains just such a target for discrimination.”
It’s certainly a topic the media needs to look at more, as part of the problem is that for many people transgendered people are invisible and therefore easier to be prejudiced against – many can’t imagine feeling their birth sex is incorrect and so it’s easy for them to feel anyone who does feel that way is ‘wrong’. Hopefully Jackson’s support will get this to a wider audience and promote some understanding.
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