Since we’ve touched in class on issues surrounding gender and gender identity and the sometimes tragic ramifications of society’s lack of acceptance I’d like to recommend a film that expands on the topic and would help if anyone was doing a paper on the subject.

priscilla queen of the desert follows a band of Australian cross dressing performers as they go on a road trip through the outback. It’s directed by Stephen Elliot and stars Hugo Weaving and Guy pierce.

The film touches on issues of acceptance of lifestyles, transsexuality and gender issues in general.

The film was also adapted to a broadway play and if you like ABBA the soundtrack is mostly ABBA, its a comedy so it’s fairly light though it does touch on a lot of the issues that have come up in our discussion of Boy’s Don’t cry.

Below is a link to the trailer: