I have to say that I’m really skeptical of what I’m seeing here.

The trailer seems to be painting a narrative of a trans person having a road trip with their movie star friend (and a film crew) and learn that the American heartland isn’t as awful as they’d feared and that all her shit is internalized (see: “I’m not really afraid of these people … I’m afraid of hating myself.”). I really hope there’s more to it than that.

I’m midwestern and trans. I know so so so many people who would be pleasant and congenial to my face, then turn right around and vote to take away my health care and civil rights without a second thought (or even imagining that they were being two-faced).

I really hope this trailer is a bait-and-switch; something to get trans-skeptical folks in the door under the guise of reinforcing notions they already had, then pulling the rug out with a more nuanced story.