On Dec. 20, 2022, Brokenhearted Films released the indie documentary “Dead Name” on Vimeo. It lasted there less than 60 days before Vimeo smote us, deplatforming the film after trans-activists raised hell because the film dared to question how a child’s transitioning can impact parents and the parent-child relationship
Vimeo told us, and the world, it pulled the film because it contained “hate speech.” It even tried to withhold funds we’d earned from the sale of the film on its platform.
Films like “Dead Name” humanize the issue. They’re accessible. These are real people navigating novel medical circumstances and questions. Their voices are extremely important, and not just in red states, or on right-leaning platforms.
They are important emissaries for parents across the nation, no matter their politics, religion, race, or parenting philosophy, because as with any mental illness, the issue of transgender medicine transcends state borders.