Two Brides and a Scalpel: Diary of a Lesbian Marriage (1999)
Directed by Mark Achbar
Sub-Genres - Biography, Gender Issues, Marriage & Commitment, Social Issues |
Run Time - 60 min. |
Countries - Canada |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis
When Linda, an outspoken lesbian psychotherapist, decided that George, a bulldozer-driving transsexual, was the woman for her, Two Brides and a Scalpel: Diary of a Lesbian Marriage was born. Directed and produced by Vancouver-based Mark Achbar, the video was shot over a two-year period by the subjects and covers what the media touted as the first lesbian marriage in Canadian history, a graphic sex change operation, and the daily lives and most intimate moments of a relationship generally hidden
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couple, diary, family-disapproval, gay/lesbian-rights, harassment, legal-rights, lesbianism, ostracism, rejection, same-sex-marriage, sex-change, transsexual
