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Transgender.
That's what it's called.
That's me.
Basically, when babies are born, they're assigned a gender
based on what the doctors think they look like.
For trans people, that gender doesn't match who we are.
And for many who want or are able to, we transition.
It's coming out, hair and clothes,
maybe have surgeries, take hormones.
That's why I look really different.
I take testosterone.
You can save your fancy language.
I don't understand.
And I don't care.
Where are you going?
Dad.
Dad, we need to talk about this.
10 years you've been gone, and now you wanna talk.
I thought...
maybe you didn't know,...
maybe you changed your number.
And you send flowers, so you knew.
You knew,...
and you didn't come home.
I can't even say how sorry I am.
Don't tell me.
There's your mum.
You tell her.
Would you deliberately call a cheese
Camem?bert?
Hell no. I know better than that.
But you don't? But you'd mispronounce Opoho.
No, it's not mispronounced. That's my hometown, Marcus.
Well, it is... But if I told you how it was pronounced, right?
Well, it's a bit late now, dear. I'm 83 soon.
But... But... But why's it too late now?
Oh, because that's my... that's my home,
that's my birthplace. It's my region, my... No.
No, and no disrespect to anybody.
But, Mary... Well, it is disrespect,
cos then you are being wilfully ignorant. You are.
No, like hell I am.
Well, you... But you're deliberately pronouncing...
So...
Yeah.
How long, do you think?
I mean, uh...
You can stay.
Whoa.
No way.
Yeah, I guess it's...
a little bit different.
Your mum, uh...
She kept your room exactly the same. She wanted...
She wanted to keep it that way.
I'm, um, I'm staying with Anahera.
It's really hard for me, being here.
It's hard for you?
You know what...
at least you can come in for a bloody cup of tea.
It's not locked.
Oh, hey, man.
If you're looking for Gerald, he went up the way.
Hey, Jem.
Oh, sorry. Do we know each other?
Uh, yeah.
Oh, you were... you were at the, uh... the council meeting today.
Ah, and high school.
Sorry. Sorry, man. A long time ago.
We, uh...
We used to be a c...
actually used to be a couple.
A couple of what?
I'm, um... I'm Gerald's kid.
What?
Holy shit.
Yeah. Name's Caz now.
Wait, so you're, um... you're a...
A guy, yep.
We...
I'm... I'm so sorry. This is fuckin'...
really confusing. I'm not doing this right.
I shouldn't have come here.
I'm gonna... I'm gonna go.
Sweet as.
It's real good.
? Hello? ? Shelley from R?rangi Auto.
- You brought in the Nissan, yeah? ? Yeah.
It's gonna be at least a week to get the parts in.
OK.
And it's gonna cost you about a grand. She's pretty stuffed.
? Can I get back to you? ? Sure.
I just won't order anything till I hear from you.
- All right? ? Yeah, whatever.
Hey, mate.
Do you know how much this fella spent on phosphates last year?
I don't live here.
I seen you waving to him on the way to work every day.
Oh, here we go.
Tweedledee and Tweedle?stupid.
- Ladies. ? How's it going?
Oh, slowly.
? How are you? ? Good, good.
? Not softly... slowly. ? Oh, slowly.
Haz, what happened today?
Hey.
I'm sorry about today.
Yeah, whatever.
I mean...
Oh, fuck me.
Already did.
? Sorry. - At least you're talking to me.
Oh, your old man?
Yeah.
Hey, he'll...
he'll come around.
I guess.
Man, I... can't get over your voice.
Magic of testosterone.
Mate, I don't know what that is.
Yeah, don't worry about it.
Uh...
See you like your beer now.
? I always liked my beer. ? Yeah, right.
I'm, uh...
Hey, uh, I'm...
I'm gonna get a pint.
And I thought maybe... maybe
you want another one or something.
Um...
Yeah, OK.
? Yeah? ? Yeah.
Cool.
Yeah, I'll? I'll go get it.
Sorry. Pull. Pull. Clo... Yeah.
Three. Wait, wait, wait.
? Are you even gonna go, or...? ? I am gonna go. Here we go.
Three, two, one, go!
- I reckon I was close. ? No, I was closer.
Mrs Rawlings' class.
? Mrs Rawlings? ? Yeah.
Why do you wanna see Mrs Rawlings?
I dunno. Cos she was funky.
She always had weird decorations.
Your jacket.
Thank you.
Lead the way. Let's see if you remember.
? I don't actually remember. ? OK. It's this way.
Yeah, right. That way.
Fuck, remember when we had to hand in our books
- at the end of class? ? Wait. Wait, wait, wait, wait.
? What? - Finish calculations.
This is the maths class.
? Don't tell me it's Miss Girr. - Yeah, I know.
What an appropriate name for such an angry lady.
? Whoa. ? I'm fine.
? You should stop drinking. ? Me stop drinking?
Do you understand all of it?
I'm not really...
- on my game. - No, no, no.
I think I get it. Like...
Gender... it's...
it's complicated.
Ooh yeah.
You...
You were never exactly girly.
? Yeah, nah. ? Nah, I mean, your mum tried.
Oh... fuck.
Shit.
Sorry about your mum.
Yeah.
It's what I liked about you.
Well, one of the things.
You weren't like the other girls.
That's because I wasn't one.
Yeah.
I guess not.
I think it's cos we could, like, talk about stuff,
you know, easy, like mates.
And...
you know...
other things.
Some stuff.
What?
We could talk about some stuff.
You know, when you left...
I...
I got pretty messed up.
? Fuck. Jem... ? Nah, nah.
I... I get it.
It's...
We had all these plans.
I loved you.
? That was never the problem. ? Then why'd you leave?
Because if I'd stayed, I would've...
What?
I'd be dead.
You know, I thought this would be weird.
But it's not.
Yeah.
You look good.
- Not too bad yourself. ? Oh, yeah?
Bit scrawny, maybe.
What?
I'm... No, I lift.
OK? I lift on the farm.
I think your eyesight isn't as good as it used to be.
You see, this, this is au naturel.
OK? Ooh.
Allow me.
Yeah.
This is way too heavy for you.
Piss off.
Whoa.
I didn't, um...
? Didn't like? ? Yeah. No! I...
I don't know.
You... You're, like, the same,...
but not.
Yeah.
I ca... I c... I can't.
I don't...
I have to go.
Yeah.
Yeah, I... I have to go.
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