Cut: Daughters of the West – Alteration & Exploitation of Children is an anti-transgender 2023 film about the ex-transgender movement, with a focus on gender affirming surgery for youth.
Background
The film premiered on April 15th in Phoenix, Arizona as a fundraiser for The Gavel Project, an “anti-woke” non-profit moving from fighting COVID policies to fighting “gender affirmation policies in schools (e.g., policies promoting the sexualization of our children, including hormone therapies and reassignment surgeries for children).”
Synopsis
According to Esler:
Cut explores the impact of the current transgender craze on girls by diving into the history of plastic surgery. […] The film investigates the moral and cultural precursors that have enabled transgender ideology to thrive. Before the rise in puberty blockers, hormone therapy and double mastectomies, there was an exponential increase in teenage girls seeking breast augmentations and labiaplasties. Cosmetic surgery, and feminist icons flaunting sexual liberation, handed girls the power to permanently alter their bodies, based on trends and self diagnosis. Now, pre-teens have spiralled into a mental health crisis that coincides perfectly with the introduction of smartphones, social media and gender theory. Is this the cultural and historical legacy we have handed to girls on the precipice of womanhood. Filmmaker Simon Esler weaves the voices of experts, outspoken citizens and detransitioners into a cultural fever dream that asks: What has happened to the daughters of the West?
People
Production/Crew
- Simon Esler (writer-director)
Interviews
- Pamela Garfield-Jaeger
- Ryan Heath of The Gavel Project
- Seak Smith of Mom & Dad Army
Blurbed by
- Scott Armstrong
- Landon Starbuck
- Justin Deschamps
Recommended organizations
- MOM Army
- The Truthful Therapist
- The Gavel Project
- Parents of ROGD kids
- Thoughtful Therapists
- Genspect
- Gender Dysphoria Support Network
- Advocates Protecting Children
- Partners for Ethical Care
- Gender Dissent (in Canada)
- Gender Dysphoria Alliance
- Our Duty
- Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine
- Transgender Trend (UK)
- Sex Change Regret
- Conservative Therapy Directory
- Jackson Bone Law
- Detrans United
- 4th Wave Now
- Gender Health Query
- GETA Gender Exploratory Therapy Association
- TReVoices
- Parents with Inconvenient Truths about Trans
- Wait Until 8th
Resources
Cut (daughtersofthewestfilm.com)
IMDb (imdb.com/)
Vimeo (vimeo.com)