Real Boy

Real Boy is the intimate story of 19-year-old Bennett Wallace who is navigating early sobriety, late adolescence, and the evolution of his gender identity. At the same time, his mother is making her own transformation from resistance to acceptance of her trans son. Both find support in their communities, reminding us that families are not only given, but chosen.

Q&A and Reception: Jamie Bruesehoff, a writer, speaker, and advocate whose first-born child transitioned at age 8 and became a national symbol for the transgender community, and Shepard Verbas, program manager at The LOFT Community Center, and prominent spokesperson for trans rights who was profiled in National Geographic’s January 2017 Gender issue.