Transamerica

I'm gonna say our mantra.

''This is the voice I want to use. ''

over and over again. but with different inflections.

and I want you to try to mimic what I'm doing.

This is the voice I want to use.

This is the voice I want to use.

Now. what we're gonna do is press down on our tongue

and sot of watch what's happening at the back of our mouths.

Ready?

Aaaah...

Any suicidal tendencies?

No.

You ever felt as though you were being followed?

No.

Any history of family mental illness?

No.

Medical procedures to date?

The usual electrolysis. three years of hormone therapy.

facial feminization surgery. brow lift. forehead reduction.

jaw re-contouring. and a tracheal shave.

You look very authentic.

I try to blend in. Keep a low profile.

I believe the slang terminology is ''Living Stealth. ''

Do you consider yourself a happy person?

Yes.

l mean, no.

l mean...

l will be.

Miss Osbourne,

there's no such thing as a right answer in this office.

Yes, l'm a very happy person.

How can l help you if you won't be honest with me?

You can sign that consent form.

Please.

The American Psychiatric Association

categorizes gender dysphoria as a very serious mental disorder.

After my operation,

not even a gynecologist will be able to detect

anything out of the ordinary about my body.

l will be a woman.

Don't you find it odd that plastic surgery

can cure a mental disorder?

How do you feel about your penis?

lt disgusts me.

l don't even like looking at it.

What about friends?

They don't like it, either.

No, l mean, do you have the support of friends?

l'm very close to my therapist.

What about your family?

My family is dead.

You take some hormones

And l'll take some hormones

l'll be a woman before you

Make me happy when skies...

Shit.

l mean darn.

Darn. l mean darn it.

Darn it, darn it, darn it.

Mmm.

Good night, Bree.

Sleep tight, Bree.

Hmm.

I Orale !

Oh!

This is the voice.

l...this...

this is the voice.

This is the voice.

Hello. May l please speak to

Mrs. or Mrs. Bhumibol Niratpattanasani?

Mrs. Niratpattanasani, this is Bree Osbourne calling

with a special introductory offer

from the National Home Shopping...

Hello?

Hello.

Stanley Schupak doesn't live here anymore.

Who's calling?

Stanley doesn't have a son.

You must have the wrong number.

How old are you?

Why don't you call your mother?

Hello. May l please speak to Mr. Jamal Niang?

Mr. Niang, it's Bree Osbourne calling from the National Home Shopping Club

with a special introductory rate of only $19.90...

Hello?

He signed it.

l am so proud of you! Two signatures.

l hereby pronounce you officially legal to undergo sexual reassignment surgery.

Thank you.

l just...

Mmm.

Thank you.

So...

What else is new?

l made my sales quota for the month on Tuesday.

That pink lamb's wool cardigan that l ordered arrived.

Oh, and this is odd.

l got a phone call last night

from a juvenile inmate of the New York prison system.

- He claimed to be Stanley's son. - No third person.

My son.

l thought you told me that you were a virgin.

Hmm.

There was this one girl at college,

but the whole thing was so...

tragically lesbian that l didn't think it counted.

Wow!

A son.

An alleged son.

He's probably just some sort of scam artist.

What is he scamming you for?

Well, l guess we'll never know.

Nothing is gonna stop me

from checking into that hospital next week.

l'm not gonna get dragged back into Stanley's old life.

Stanley's life is your life.

Why don't you get in touch with the mother?

She's dead.

Anyway, he's practically 1 8.

He's old enough to take care of himself.

Bree... this is a part of your body

that cannot be discarded.

l don't want you to go through this metamorphosis

only to find out you're still incomplete.

What if l...

visit him later...

after my surgery...

after l've settled into my new life?

When you're ready.

What are you doing?

l can't give this to your surgeon right now.

Yes, you can.

Margaret, l can't miss my surgery on Friday.

They're booked up a year in advance.

l'll wire bail money to New York.

l'll-l'll call a social worker

and have someone check in on him.

What do you want me to do?

Bree, honey...

l just want you to be ready.

Hello. May l please have the number

of the New York City downtown lock-up?

Mr. Schupak.

Ms. Schupak.

l mean, Ms. Osbourne. l changed it.

Can l ask what your relationship is to the prisoner?

Allegedly, l'm his...

allegedly, he's my son.

This is a new one.

According to this, he shoplifted a frog.

Plus we have testimony that he was in possession

of a small amount of a suspicious-looking white powder,

although emergency services was unable to recover the evidence.

Drugs?

ls he an addict?

Most of 'em are.

Most of whom are?

Are you aware that your son's been hustling on the streets

working as a prostitute?

- How much is the bail? - Bail's set at one dollar.

l can't possibly afford...

one dollar?

Sabrina Claire Osbourne?

Meet Toby Wilkins.

Uh...

my friends call me Bree.

Jesus the reformer?

That's one of these churches that sends missionaries out

to guide street people back to God.

No.

l'm...

...from the church of the potential father.

l am a pilgrim

l am a stranger

Travelin' through

Oh, yes.

Dear God...

bless this food and bless this restaurant

and all the people in it.

And everyone else...everywhere.

Sic transit gloria mundi. in excelsis Deo.

Amen.

Do you have any percs?

Vicodin? Anything with codeine?

Sorry. l'm all out.

So why don't you tell me something about yourself.

l'm not naming any names.

l said about yourself.

ls Toby short for something?

A diminutive?

No, it's American.

Where do you come from?

Callicoon.

Where's Callicoon?

ln Kentucky. Duh.

ls that where your family is?

My mother's dead.

She had a stroke.

- ls there anyone else? - l had a step-father.