eBar.com – by Robert Julian
The beauties of ‘Trantasia’ come out
Director Jeremy Stanford’s documentary Trantasia aims to be the flagship for a series of transsexual entertainment enterprises. Besides the current film, there are plans for a Las Vegas revue starring transsexuals and a reality series. Taking trannies out of the shack was one of the stated purposes of 2004’s first World’s Most Beautiful Transsexual Pageant, held in Las Vegas. Director Stanford brought a crew to film the event, as well as interview six of the contestants in depth, and Trantasia is the result of his efforts.
Lip-liner, estrogen injections, breast implants, and big hair are de rigueur for this extravaganza, but the path to the competition turns out to be more diverse than it might seem. Some participants are post-operative, some are pre-operative, and some have no intention of ever trading in their penis for a vagina. But all speak glowingly of their own fabulousness while detailing a life of relative misery and unhappiness when they remained trapped in the body of a man.