| Abstract |
Seventeen year-old Adina Scheim from Toronto is becoming a boy named Ayden. Ayden is willing to go to great lengths to alter his female body--his sex--to correspond with his male self image--his gender. Ayden recently began taking testosterone. His voice has started to deepen--an irreversible physical effect of the male sex hormone. Ayden says he would have his breasts removed if he had the money to pay for it. Changing sex. Not simple, not well understood, not consistently regulated, but here to stay and getting complicated. One Canadian clinic is carrying out 250 sex reassignments per year. Women and men of all ages believe that identity is not as simple as what kind of genitalia they happen to be born with. In order to find their true identity, they're prepared to undergo major surgery--which can cost tens of thousands of dollars, and is most often irreversible. |
| General note | Originally broadcast October 13, 2004 as a segment of the television program The fifth estate. |
| Technical details | DVD. |
| Technical details | This disc does not work on all DVD players or drives. |
| Awards note | American Psychological Association, 2009. |
| Other title |
Fifth estate (Television program) |
