What to Expect from the ‘Adult Human Female’ Documentary
Yes, of course it’s anti-trans!
There’s a new transphobic documentary on the internet. Adult Human Female was released November 11, 2022, and its April 2023 screenings are in the news right now. The film features about a dozen UK transphobes explaining their contradictory positions to each other. They all agree that trans women are in the wrong.
Predictably, the documentary complains about “trans ideology” without ever defining it, focuses nearly entirely on trans women (who are portrayed as predators) and briefly mentions trans boys (who are infantilized), says that trans women’s rights conflict with women’s rights in general, refuses the word “cis” but gives only a weak objection to it, harps on the straw man argument that bodies are important and relevant (as if trans people disagree with that), makes contradictory recommendations about whether trans people should or shouldn’t change our bodies, uses demonizing language against trans people, pretends trans people were invented less than 10 years ago, claims that their side has been disallowed from debate, and doesn’t feature or even quote a single trans person or ally (so much for wanting a debate).
The film features 16 speakers. That’s a lot of people to get to know, so I screenshotted each of them as a reference guide for…