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‘Just Kids’ Review: Three Trans Teenagers Seek Medical Care and Acceptance in Timely Tribeca Doc
Debuting days ahead of a legal setback for trans youth, the Toboni sisters’ 'Just Kids' makes an emotional counterargument.
Personalizing a divisive political issue at the same time the U.S. Supreme Court upheld aggressive state-level legislation that bans gender-affirming care for minors, “ Just Kids ” invites audiences to get two know three teenagers trying to live in harmony while feeling like they do not belong in their own bodies. Their script, co-written with Samantha Wender, identifies the 2015 Supreme Court decision to legalize same sex marriage as the spark that brought together the Christian right-wing political machine to deny trans people the medical care they seek. However, the film shows the toll of laws changing, medical care refused, bills piling up, threats from neighbors, abusive phone calls and hateful treatment from schoolmates.
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