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- Jonathan Goldstein
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- "Dia's Diary: My Mother"
- Summary: A transgender woman tells how she came out to her mother
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Review of Dia's Diary: My Mother
Jonathan Goldstein
Posted on January 16, 2004 at 08:06 AM
In listening to Dia talk about the inspiration for revealing her homosexuality to her mother—which happens to come from an episode about gay youths on Phil Donahue-- you realize the built-in importance of having these kinds of forums. I’m sure Dia’s story will inspire others, and that’s a good thing… especially when you think back to other eras, not so long ago, in American life when the drive towards such admissions inspired the kind of self-hatred that pushed William Burroughs to cut off the end of his own finger.
The scoring music is a little unwieldy at times but all in all, it keeps things upbeat and Dia’s voice and story transcend.