woman turns into man to have child of themself

Andréa decides to become a woman at the age of 50. She will finally assume her true dimension: to be a woman. Since she became a woman, transmission has been necessary for her. Instinctively, she takes charge of the teenager who is still inside her. Through this echo between her and him, a balance is built, a harmony in the same body.

Gary, a 39 year-old successful animation artist and devout Christian, is pursuing a lifelong dream — to become a woman. Metamorphosis is a candid, non-sensational and sometimes humorous journey of nearly three years as Gary prepares physically and emotionally for sex reassignment surgery. Along the way, the film raises provocative questions about what really makes us men and women.

It is one of the most provocative personal statements a person can make: I was born the wrong sex. To express this dilemma, and the desire to resolve it, is to be transsexual. Meet four transsexual men, and share their journey from where they started to where they are today.

1970s documentary about sex reassignment surgery.