Non-binary Toronto comedian and actor Mae Martin says their new documentary about gender fluidity feels especially relevant as transgender rights "are really under attack" in Canada and the United States.
“ show people that this is all a very ancient and natural thing and that actually, that strict gender binary is not really the rule in nature.” "And it's all based around hysteria and misconceptions, like, ‘Oh they're going to be giving sex changes to children,’" they said. “To feel like you have no recourse and no support and you're being demonized, particularly when you're young and going to school, I think that's pretty devastating.”
“People don't get to those decisions lightly about undergoing any kind of medical intervention. For me, it was at a point where it felt pretty life or death.” “ grow manes and their voices will drop. That's pretty wild that nature can do that because we think of the lion as the king of the jungle, and it's very binary. So, to know that a female lion can inhabit that role and even biologically develop those characteristics, that was pretty mind-blowing.”