Ångrarna . Regretters
Verzio FF Duration: 01:00:00 Two men who went through sex-change operations, but later changed their minds, talk about their lives, gender, and regrets. Orlando and Mikael, born as men, go under the knife in the hope of finding their true selves, only to realize that life on the other side isn’t wha...
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| Institution: | Open Society Archives at Central European University |
| Language: | Swedish |
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Åberg, Kristina ; Atmo Media Network
2010
Sweden |
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:fb57053c-f4f7-4826-8ff9-1a1fbc83229d |
| Summary: | Verzio FF
Duration: 01:00:00
Two men who went through sex-change operations, but later changed their minds, talk about their lives, gender, and regrets. Orlando and Mikael, born as men, go under the knife in the hope of finding their true selves, only to realize that life on the other side isn’t what they dreamed of. Mikael underwent surgery in the mid-90s as a 50-year-old, while Orlando was one of the very first sex change patients in Sweden in 1967. Mikael now dresses as a man again and is trying to persuade his doctors to restore his original gender. The surgery done, he finds himself trapped inside a strange body that isn't his, and feels lost between genders. Orlando tells the story of his 11-year marriage to a man who presumed that he was a biological woman, until one afternoon his secret was revealed. Today, Orlando is an androgynous dandy, donning a single diamond earring. He enjoys living as both: sometimes man, sometimes woman. Now well into their 60s, the two meet for the first time to talk about their lives as well as the one defining regret they share, their sexual reassignment |
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| Published: | 2010 |