A Boy Like Her: A Personal Story About an Unavoidable Journey (2012)

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The documentary "A boy like her" is about the Icelandic boy Halldor who believed from a young age that he was a girl. When he came to realize that his gender would not change even if he prayed and wished he soon realized that he only had two options in life - to take his own life or to undergo a sex-change. As a teenager he went through terrible periods and people around him started to ask questions about what was wrong. He did not dare to tell his parents, family and friends that he was girl. He decided to move abroad and live as a girl in foreign countries. At the age of twenty he realized he had to return home and face his past. With the population of only 320,000 people, returning home was not easy. Only about 20 Icelanders had undergone a sex-change and he wanted to become of of them

Director: Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir
Genre: Documentary
Runtime: 62 min
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Country: Iceland
Language: Íslenska
Original Language: en
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What is A Boy Like Her: A Personal Story About an Unavoidable Journey about?
The documentary "A boy like her" is about the Icelandic boy Halldor who believed from a young age that he was a girl. When he came to realize that his gender would not change even if he prayed and wished he soon realized that he only had two options in life - to take his own life or to undergo a sex-change. As a teenager he went through terrible periods and people around him started to ask questions about what was wrong. He did not dare to tell his parents, family and friends that he was girl. He decided to move abroad and live as a girl in foreign countries. At the age of twenty he realized he had to return home and face his past. With the population of only 320,000 people, returning home was not easy. Only about 20 Icelanders had undergone a sex-change and he wanted to become of of them
Who directed A Boy Like Her: A Personal Story About an Unavoidable Journey?
A Boy Like Her: A Personal Story About an Unavoidable Journey was directed by Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir.
How long is A Boy Like Her: A Personal Story About an Unavoidable Journey?
A Boy Like Her: A Personal Story About an Unavoidable Journey has a runtime of 1h 2m (62 minutes).
What genre is A Boy Like Her: A Personal Story About an Unavoidable Journey?
A Boy Like Her: A Personal Story About an Unavoidable Journey is a Documentary film.
Where was A Boy Like Her: A Personal Story About an Unavoidable Journey produced?
A Boy Like Her: A Personal Story About an Unavoidable Journey was produced in Iceland.