Last night I saw the movie A Man Named Otto, starring Tom Hanks, and produced by his wife Rita Wilson. This is an adaptation from the Swedish novel by Fredrik Backman published in 2012 that was later adapted into a 2015 foreign film of the same name directed by Hannes Holm. I read Backman's book many years ago and loved it. I saw the movie clip for
The disgusting bigotry I see in this movie review and comments just takes my breath away. How do you sleep at night with so much hate in your heart for people who just want to live their lives being their authentic self and the gender they believe they are? How exactly are trans people hurting you when they just ask you to acknowledge them for who they are?
I doubt you define who you are by just YOUR genitalia alone. Therefore, you should give people the freedom to exist as they believe, no matter what genitalia they have as well. Men are more than their penis and women are more than their vagina, and if you believe that those parts alone define what makes a man and a woman, then you live a sad existence.
Perhaps if people would just mind their business and just love one another, Hollywood wouldn't have to "shove the acceptance of people different from you down your throats". Hooray to Tom and Rita for including this topic in their movie since it obviously is a message that still needs to be heard by many people around the world......
Now go hug your children....and I hope you still love them unconditionally if they tell you they are transgender.
The trans thing, it's cool, whatever, but Otto would not have accepted him so easily. This is clearly pushing an agenda and added nothing to the film. Just sayin'.
No one gives a sh** about trans people or the bull sh** garbage ass movement. No one has the right to shove any of that evil nonsense in anyone’s faces and no one has to accept it!! Get over it
LOL. This has nothing to do with anger, hate or bigotry. It also has nothing to do with being gay or lesbian. This ideology is being pushed on our youth and it is and will end very badly. Educate yourself on the facts before accusing others of bigotry.
They AREN'T being their "authentic selves". They are being groomed by nefarious and crooked adults, creating gender dysphoria where none may have existed, and when they experience it, offer no therapy or understanding, just affirmation and transition. This is an evil cult.
Richard, don't just pretend to care for children. Actually care for them and their real needs. Calling them trans after creating gender dysphoria in them, which resolves in about 90% of cases if you leave the kids alone and give them real therapy, is insane.
I shared this with someone else in a reply, but I will ask you the same thing:
Have you read, Irreversible Damage, by Abigail Shrier? Or anything that pushes back on this insane gender affirming care for minors ideology? Have you even asked why children who identify as trans has gone up 4,000% in 10 years and sex swapped from 5-1 boys struggling to 5-1 girls struggling? Have you read the WPATH latest iteration of the standards of care and wondered why we would automatically affirm everything a child says when the consequences are irreversibly life-changing and we don't even ask them about underlying conditions? Have you asked why children can get puberty blockers and wrong-sex hormones in one doctor visit without therapy or real evaluations?
The reality I am living in is the one that doesn't change based on my subjective feelings. Gender is a fabricated term used to push a queer agenda by the likes of Judith Butler and the pedophilic butcher, John Money.
Or just answer a simpler question: What is a transgender kid?
I started watching this movie today. I was annoyed at the "trans" character being promoted, and then when I got to the part where he shares the "meme" about his dad kicking him out for being trans, I just stopped watching it. I won't support a movie that promotes this nonsense. So sad, I guess I'll read a spoiler and at least find out what happened.
I’m not sure what reality your living in but sadly it’s not uncommon for parents to disown their children for being transgender and reactions like yours just reinforce my point!
I don't believe you, unless by "disown" you mean the parents don't affirm their child's false gender identity. Have you read, Irreversible Damage, by Abigail Shrier? Or anything that pushes back on this insane gender affirming care for minors ideology? Have you even asked why children who identify as trans has gone up 4,000% in 10 years and sex swapped from 5-1 boys struggling to 5-1 girls struggling? Have you read the WPATH latest iteration of the standards of care and wondered why we would automatically affirm everything a child says when the consequences are irreversibly life-changing and we don't even ask them about underlying conditions? Have you asked why children can get puberty blockers and wrong-sex hormones in one doctor visit without therapy or real evaluations?
The reality I am living in is the one that doesn't change based on my subjective feelings.
Julie, don't just pretend to care to be one of the "good guys". Actually care and do the research.
I'm not the original message sender as you can probably see, and i'm probably responding very tardily to your post. However in response to your original claim, I would like to offer testimony, and if that's not enough facts and statistics. My testimony is this: my brother was thrown out at 16 after coming out to our parents as trans (W->M), I watched the entire conversation happen, as he very hesitantly tried to make our parents understand how he felt. After he'd finished, my father told him to get out and never darken our doorstep again. He stayed with our neighbors for a few months before he turned seventeen and moved into Edinburgh, we still talk from time to time but my parents refuse to even talk to him until he apologizes and gives up on trying to be himself. Even if my eye witness testimony didn't convince you that this is a sad but real situation, here are several sites with information about homelessness among lgbt youth:
I must say this “group” is disgusting…..all this talk of God and yet you ignore what Jesus commands of all of us……………to love. Remember faith, hope and love; these three BUT the greatest is love. Love before faith. Don’t live by fear. ❤️
That's because there is no such thing as a trans person. But there is a definition of God's creation repeated over and over in the Bible - God made them male and female. And it was GOOD.
Wait, you were just critical of people, in your opinion, not following the words of Jesus and now you pivot to call Him a fictional man in the sky? Which one is it?
As to the claim there is nothing in the bible about "trans" people, you forget Deuteronomy 22:5 "The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the Lord thy God."
I guess if you can't answer a few simple questions and critically examine your beliefs, you should resort to insults. I guess that is what most people do. Keep on thinking you're a good person on the right side of history supporting genital mutilation and sterilization of children.
How can people think god made a mistake by putting cancer in people's bodies? Cancer isn't real and is a cult created by people to make us get cancer-affirming surgeries. It's all a lie.
God didn't put cancer in people's bodies. It is the result of living in a fallen world. God didn't put sin and wrong desires in our hearts either. The good news is that he offers a way out through His son.
It took both my wife and I by surprise as we watched. When the scene hit, we promptly turned off the movie, even though it was good up until that part. Shame on hanks, shame on wilson. Just what the world doesn’t need. More trans grooming to confuse and ruin the mental health of our children. A full on endorsement from the former best actor of a generation. Pathetic. Also pathetic that everyone is falling all over themselves for like .1 pct of the population (for real). And the “regular” gay people are being cast down, just like real women in sports and other arenas of life.
Regular gays?🤭 Check your LGBTQ+ history buddy they used to say the exact same thing about cis gays in trying to create misinformation and hate a few decades ago!
What is wrong with people open your eyes that your "God" gave you be transgender is not a cult or the "devil's work" it's a part of your brain scientist's have proved it, we are real people I hope you never have to feel the pain the the gay and trans youth have to go through, and just remember what a transgender kid said when your in a nursing home and no one will visit you. You can ask my birth mom what it's like to be lonely and your kids hate you and won't even look at you. And you ask my 81 year old grandmother what it's like to be proud of her transgender grandson that loves her and cares for her and put his life on hold so he can be there to make sure she is taken care of and be there for her last days.
It's a shame to see what could have been helpful representation of a homosexual character be washed away for a trans character to take over. I think many gay and lesbian people would find this to be par for the course with how they've been treated in the past 10 years by people who used to be their peers. Drop the T; as the T has already dropped you.
It has to do with their sexual orientation, because gay and lesbian children are being told they are trans instead of just gay and lesbian. Differences between sex and gender are made up, as gender identity is a new concept that has no background in biology and reality. And as soon as you define what you mean by gender, you negate the gender ideology. Most say gender is a social construct, but then say you must mutilate your body and render it infertile and incapable of orgasm or pleasure so that your biological reality can conform to a social construct. That's right. Girls can't be tomboys, they must be real boys. Boys can't be effeminate men, instead they are actually girls. Very progressive ideology.
The Swedish original version of this film was wonderful. Complex and moving. That a gay character who is rejected by his father due to his faith is a small part of the story and shows the lead characters newly sympathetic mindset. To add Hollywood sociopolitical trans dog whistles and highlight what is a dangerous trend (with many Hollywood stars being the mother of trans- identified children) this is loathsome to me. I am glad you wrote this about this movie, I might have seen it. And now I will not. This is a dangerous idea to popularise.
Thank you for letting us know. Normally I would have gone to see a Tom Hanks film. I am shocked that he agreed to participate in a film that normalises the trans phenomenon. I will pass the word.
Thanks so much for the warning about the movie. My comment isn't related to the movie but is to draw attention to a recent op-ed about de-transitioners in The Atlantic. The Atlantic is a high quality long form publication. The op-ed is hidden, it's not listed on the front page of the online version. I'd like to see it get a lot of views so that the editors know this is a story people are interested in. You can find it at: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/01/detransition-transgender-nonbinary-gender-affirming-care/672745/
I can barely watch modern movies anymore because of all the pandering garbage. I’m so tired of it.
The disgusting bigotry I see in this movie review and comments just takes my breath away. How do you sleep at night with so much hate in your heart for people who just want to live their lives being their authentic self and the gender they believe they are? How exactly are trans people hurting you when they just ask you to acknowledge them for who they are?
I doubt you define who you are by just YOUR genitalia alone. Therefore, you should give people the freedom to exist as they believe, no matter what genitalia they have as well. Men are more than their penis and women are more than their vagina, and if you believe that those parts alone define what makes a man and a woman, then you live a sad existence.
Perhaps if people would just mind their business and just love one another, Hollywood wouldn't have to "shove the acceptance of people different from you down your throats". Hooray to Tom and Rita for including this topic in their movie since it obviously is a message that still needs to be heard by many people around the world......
Now go hug your children....and I hope you still love them unconditionally if they tell you they are transgender.
The trans thing, it's cool, whatever, but Otto would not have accepted him so easily. This is clearly pushing an agenda and added nothing to the film. Just sayin'.
Shut the hell up you freaking fool
No one gives a sh** about trans people or the bull sh** garbage ass movement. No one has the right to shove any of that evil nonsense in anyone’s faces and no one has to accept it!! Get over it
LOL. This has nothing to do with anger, hate or bigotry. It also has nothing to do with being gay or lesbian. This ideology is being pushed on our youth and it is and will end very badly. Educate yourself on the facts before accusing others of bigotry.
They AREN'T being their "authentic selves". They are being groomed by nefarious and crooked adults, creating gender dysphoria where none may have existed, and when they experience it, offer no therapy or understanding, just affirmation and transition. This is an evil cult.
Richard, don't just pretend to care for children. Actually care for them and their real needs. Calling them trans after creating gender dysphoria in them, which resolves in about 90% of cases if you leave the kids alone and give them real therapy, is insane.
I shared this with someone else in a reply, but I will ask you the same thing:
Have you read, Irreversible Damage, by Abigail Shrier? Or anything that pushes back on this insane gender affirming care for minors ideology? Have you even asked why children who identify as trans has gone up 4,000% in 10 years and sex swapped from 5-1 boys struggling to 5-1 girls struggling? Have you read the WPATH latest iteration of the standards of care and wondered why we would automatically affirm everything a child says when the consequences are irreversibly life-changing and we don't even ask them about underlying conditions? Have you asked why children can get puberty blockers and wrong-sex hormones in one doctor visit without therapy or real evaluations?
The reality I am living in is the one that doesn't change based on my subjective feelings. Gender is a fabricated term used to push a queer agenda by the likes of Judith Butler and the pedophilic butcher, John Money.
Or just answer a simpler question: What is a transgender kid?
I started watching this movie today. I was annoyed at the "trans" character being promoted, and then when I got to the part where he shares the "meme" about his dad kicking him out for being trans, I just stopped watching it. I won't support a movie that promotes this nonsense. So sad, I guess I'll read a spoiler and at least find out what happened.
I’m not sure what reality your living in but sadly it’s not uncommon for parents to disown their children for being transgender and reactions like yours just reinforce my point!
I don't believe you, unless by "disown" you mean the parents don't affirm their child's false gender identity. Have you read, Irreversible Damage, by Abigail Shrier? Or anything that pushes back on this insane gender affirming care for minors ideology? Have you even asked why children who identify as trans has gone up 4,000% in 10 years and sex swapped from 5-1 boys struggling to 5-1 girls struggling? Have you read the WPATH latest iteration of the standards of care and wondered why we would automatically affirm everything a child says when the consequences are irreversibly life-changing and we don't even ask them about underlying conditions? Have you asked why children can get puberty blockers and wrong-sex hormones in one doctor visit without therapy or real evaluations?
The reality I am living in is the one that doesn't change based on my subjective feelings.
Julie, don't just pretend to care to be one of the "good guys". Actually care and do the research.
Hi there,
I'm not the original message sender as you can probably see, and i'm probably responding very tardily to your post. However in response to your original claim, I would like to offer testimony, and if that's not enough facts and statistics. My testimony is this: my brother was thrown out at 16 after coming out to our parents as trans (W->M), I watched the entire conversation happen, as he very hesitantly tried to make our parents understand how he felt. After he'd finished, my father told him to get out and never darken our doorstep again. He stayed with our neighbors for a few months before he turned seventeen and moved into Edinburgh, we still talk from time to time but my parents refuse to even talk to him until he apologizes and gives up on trying to be himself. Even if my eye witness testimony didn't convince you that this is a sad but real situation, here are several sites with information about homelessness among lgbt youth:
https://lesley.edu/article/the-cost-of-coming-out-lgbt-youth-homelessness
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/gay-and-transgender-youth-homelessness-by-the-numbers/
https://www.thetrevorproject.org/research-briefs/homelessness-and-housing-instability-among-lgbtq-youth-feb-2022/
Sorry, I know this was a bit long, but I do hope this can help change your perspective! ☺🌈
I must say this “group” is disgusting…..all this talk of God and yet you ignore what Jesus commands of all of us……………to love. Remember faith, hope and love; these three BUT the greatest is love. Love before faith. Don’t live by fear. ❤️
Thanks! I am a follower of Christ. What do you think is unloving about this group?
There’s nothing in the bible about trans people so the anti trans narrative are a creation of bigotry not the words of Christ!
That's because there is no such thing as a trans person. But there is a definition of God's creation repeated over and over in the Bible - God made them male and female. And it was GOOD.
this coming from a man who believes in a fictional man in the sky telling him what to do!🤣
Wait, you were just critical of people, in your opinion, not following the words of Jesus and now you pivot to call Him a fictional man in the sky? Which one is it?
As to the claim there is nothing in the bible about "trans" people, you forget Deuteronomy 22:5 "The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the Lord thy God."
I guess if you can't answer a few simple questions and critically examine your beliefs, you should resort to insults. I guess that is what most people do. Keep on thinking you're a good person on the right side of history supporting genital mutilation and sterilization of children.
Nazis erased gender history.
Gender is no cult.
The difference between a cult and religion? Time.
How can people think god made a mistake by putting cancer in people's bodies? Cancer isn't real and is a cult created by people to make us get cancer-affirming surgeries. It's all a lie.
God didn't put cancer in people's bodies. It is the result of living in a fallen world. God didn't put sin and wrong desires in our hearts either. The good news is that he offers a way out through His son.
It took both my wife and I by surprise as we watched. When the scene hit, we promptly turned off the movie, even though it was good up until that part. Shame on hanks, shame on wilson. Just what the world doesn’t need. More trans grooming to confuse and ruin the mental health of our children. A full on endorsement from the former best actor of a generation. Pathetic. Also pathetic that everyone is falling all over themselves for like .1 pct of the population (for real). And the “regular” gay people are being cast down, just like real women in sports and other arenas of life.
Regular gays?🤭 Check your LGBTQ+ history buddy they used to say the exact same thing about cis gays in trying to create misinformation and hate a few decades ago!
Different time, new scapegoat!
What is wrong with people open your eyes that your "God" gave you be transgender is not a cult or the "devil's work" it's a part of your brain scientist's have proved it, we are real people I hope you never have to feel the pain the the gay and trans youth have to go through, and just remember what a transgender kid said when your in a nursing home and no one will visit you. You can ask my birth mom what it's like to be lonely and your kids hate you and won't even look at you. And you ask my 81 year old grandmother what it's like to be proud of her transgender grandson that loves her and cares for her and put his life on hold so he can be there to make sure she is taken care of and be there for her last days.
Also HEAVEN OR HELL IM STILL GETTING CREMATED
It's a shame to see what could have been helpful representation of a homosexual character be washed away for a trans character to take over. I think many gay and lesbian people would find this to be par for the course with how they've been treated in the past 10 years by people who used to be their peers. Drop the T; as the T has already dropped you.
what does this have to do with their sexual orientation, many trans people are gay and lesbian!
Maybe you need to better educate yourself about the differences between sex and gender?
It has to do with their sexual orientation, because gay and lesbian children are being told they are trans instead of just gay and lesbian. Differences between sex and gender are made up, as gender identity is a new concept that has no background in biology and reality. And as soon as you define what you mean by gender, you negate the gender ideology. Most say gender is a social construct, but then say you must mutilate your body and render it infertile and incapable of orgasm or pleasure so that your biological reality can conform to a social construct. That's right. Girls can't be tomboys, they must be real boys. Boys can't be effeminate men, instead they are actually girls. Very progressive ideology.
Thanks for letting us know. I will not be seeing this movie.
The Swedish original version of this film was wonderful. Complex and moving. That a gay character who is rejected by his father due to his faith is a small part of the story and shows the lead characters newly sympathetic mindset. To add Hollywood sociopolitical trans dog whistles and highlight what is a dangerous trend (with many Hollywood stars being the mother of trans- identified children) this is loathsome to me. I am glad you wrote this about this movie, I might have seen it. And now I will not. This is a dangerous idea to popularise.
Thank you for letting us know. Normally I would have gone to see a Tom Hanks film. I am shocked that he agreed to participate in a film that normalises the trans phenomenon. I will pass the word.
Everything associated with the trans cult and non-binary crap makes me feel like I’m living in upside down world. It’s crazy making.
Hate to break it to you but Tom hanks is evil.
Thanks so much for the warning about the movie. My comment isn't related to the movie but is to draw attention to a recent op-ed about de-transitioners in The Atlantic. The Atlantic is a high quality long form publication. The op-ed is hidden, it's not listed on the front page of the online version. I'd like to see it get a lot of views so that the editors know this is a story people are interested in. You can find it at: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/01/detransition-transgender-nonbinary-gender-affirming-care/672745/
It also portrays the “ bad parent” ( often myth) rejection and kicking out their child.