The City of West Hollywood's Human Rights Speakers Series and IMP's Community Perspectives Film Series present a special screening and panel discussion for GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Documentary nominee: REAL BOY

A moving and intimate story of a family in transition, Real Boy follows the journey of trans teen Bennett as he navigates adolescence, sobriety, and the physical and emotional ramifications of his changing gender identity. Through the process, his mother Suzy makes her own transformation — travelling a difficult road toward accepting that the daughter she raised as Rachael is now her son Bennett.

Filmed over the course of four years, Real Boy is a love story about a mother and son who rediscover connection with each other and find support from their communities, reminding us that families are not only given, but chosen.

Through observational storytelling that is alternately heartbreaking and humorous, Real Boy offers a clear-eyed look at a family tested by a change they never imagined, the complexity of addiction, the healing power of music, and the unbreakable bond between mother and child.

SCREENING & PANEL SCHEDULE

6:30pm Pre-Screening Reception

7:00pm Musical Performance by Joe Stevens & Screening

8:00pm Panel discussion featuring the filmmaker, Shaleece Haas and Joe Stevens, who appears in REAL BOY.

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