'Crystal' tells the story of a Texas trans girl, her challenges, and her supportive family

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Crystal and her grandmother protesting for trans youth rights at the Texas state Capitol.(Photo courtesy of Park Place Productions) JAMES RUSSELL | Contributing WriterJames.Journo@gmail.com Crystal was around three years old when she told her parents Beth and Bubba she was their daughter. “That’s the way the way she preferred to live,” Bubba, a teacher, said in the new short documentary Crystal: Story of a Girl From Texas. The movie, released Th…

The Heartwarming Documentary About A Texas Girl Named Crystal

Crystal is a straight-A student who loves studying geography, playing the trumpet and making kandi bracelets, the colorful jewelry representing unity with origins in the rave community.She’s also no longer in a state wanting to erase her existence.Crystal, who is transgender, is the subject of the documentary short Crystal: Story Of A Girl From Texas, which was released for free on Thursday, May 29 on YouTube by director Michelle Mower.Crystal: …

'Crystal' tells the story of a Texas trans girl, her challenges, and her supportive family

Eleven-year-old Crystal is a geography nerd, loves making candy bracelets, and plays the trumpet, all pretty typical interests for her age. She is also transgender.Keep up with the latest in LGBTQ+ news and politics. Sign up for The Advocate's email newsletter.Her story is now being told in the short documentary Crystal: Story of a Girl From Texas, which has played at film festivals and just went live on YouTube (the video is embedded in this st…

Exclusive Interview: "Amplitudes: Stories Of Queer And Trans Futurity" Editor Lee Mandelo ... .

Science fiction has often given marginalized people hope for the future. Just ask any women, black people, Japanese Americans, or Russians who watched Star Trek in the ’60s. Like, for instance, civil rights leader and proud Trekkie Martin Luther King, Jr. and his Trek-loving family. It’s a hope that may also come to queer and trans people — and their family, friends, and allies — from reading the new sci-fi short story anthology Amplitudes: Stor…