Middle sex.

A study of transsexuality which includes detailed stories from transsexuals and accounts from professionals in the area of human sexuality. The programme begins with the tragic story of Gwen Araujo who was murdered by a group of young men, two of which were former lovers, when they discovered she was a male. Transsexuals Calpernia Addams and Andrea James who run a website for transsexual people discuss their sexuality. Max Beck, born a hermaphrodite (intersex), tells how he was raised a girl but later on while settled in a lesbian relationship decided to begin to live as a male. Professor Maria Patino was disqualified as an Olympic athlete when blood tests revealed her to be a 'man' despite her living her life since birth as female. We see Noah, a 10-year-old transsexual child and his family trying to come to terms with his sexuality. Louis Gooren in Amsterdam talks about latest research into brain scans of transsexuals. We also hear about transsexuality in different cultures - a young Indian man becomes a woman, and in Thailand so-called 'lady boys' talk about how their transsexuality has affected their lives. The programme ends by looking again at the aggression transsexuals are frequently confronted with. Lester Wright narrates the findings of his 1996 study to assess how much of homophobia might be an aggression stemming from the denial / self-deception of the homophobe towards their own ambiguous sexuality.