Janet Jackson Producing Documentary About Transgender People

BY Jeremy Kinser

Superstar entertainer Janet Jackson is set to executive-produce a documentary that will help “stop the hate and find understanding” toward transgender people.

The documentary is titled Truth and described as “a journey through the lives of trans- and nongendered people around the world and their epic struggle for equality.” The film will be directed by Robert Jason and is expected to begin production this summer.

“All people are very important to me,” Jackson says in a statement released to the media. “I’ve been fortunate to make friends and learn about very different lives. Truth is our small chance to ask that you try and understand someone who lives their life in a way that is a little bit different from yours, even though all of our hearts are the same. We want to stop the hate and find understanding.”

Jason is obviously ecstatic to have such a high-profile collaborator on the project. ”Janet Jackson will take us on a visually innovative, cerebral journey through the turbulent lives of transgendered people of all ages around the world and their epic struggle for equality,” he says. “This film will highlight landmark mainstream stories and provide a glimpse at others that will change the gender landscape of the world forever. Just as it is hard to believe that there ever was a time when different components of society were required to use separate drinking fountains, it is as incredible that one’s gender expression remains just such a target for discrimination.”

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  1. fistsoflove reblogged this from projectqueer and added:
    …is she even the right person to be doing this? Is her position of publicity going to make it as bad as everything Chaz?
  2. rainbowblakelock reblogged this from projectqueer and added:
    Interesting!
  3. liveeverything reblogged this from projectqueer and added:
    This is awesome. But I can’t help but wonder where her personal experience and sudden investment in the trans community...
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  10. stevasaurusrex reblogged this from notsorrycharlie and added:
    I saw her talking about this on Anderson it sounds super neat :D
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  13. notsorrycharlie reblogged this from projectqueer and added:
    This sounds like a promising project. I’m hopeful and excited. :D
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    “trans- and non-gendered people…” non-gendered people… see! we exist! (yeah yeah, I’m going to wait before actually...
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