Framing Agnes

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In the late 1950s, a woman named Agnes approached the UCLA Medical Center seeking sex reassignment surgery. Her story was long considered to be exceptional and singular until never-before-seen case...

In the late 1950s, a woman named Agnes approached the UCLA Medical Center seeking sex reassignment surgery. Her story was long considered to be exceptional and singular until never-before-seen case files of other patients were found in 2017. Watch as preeminent trans culture-makers of our time breathe new life into those who redefined gender in the midcentury. Starring Zackary Drucker (Transparent), Angelica Ross (Pose), Silas Howard (A Kid Like Jake), and Max Wolf Valerio (The Testosterone Files) who play their parts, reciting the patients' interviews and in turn revealing societal attitudes of the time and the challenges faced by sequestered transgender people.

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