Dikkat! Okulda Trans Var / Attention! Trans At School

"School was a rather terrifying place, I had problems with wearing that skirt, I would wait for that ceremony to end so that I could leave home as soon as possible while my mom helped me dress up for the school. I was such a dreamer, I would dream of wearing other stuff and no skirts."

The documentary reveals what six trans men had to go through during the school years in a country in which heterosexuality is blessed and being an LGBT individual is perceived as an "illness" by the majority. They find it hard to cope with not being able to be like themselves and instead act as if they were someone else in the schools they went to. School ceases to be a place they go to with cheer and joy and turns into a place that they drag their feet to.


Turkey, 2013, HD, color, 25'

Directed by Barış Sulu
Cinematographer Barış Sulu
Editing Tennur Baş
Music Tussle Chicken and Cheese 2 

Barış Sulu was born in Nazilli of Aydın province in the Aegean region, went to elementary, junior high and high school in Aydın and Denizli provinces and continued his education at Muğla University, department of restoration. He then studied elementary school education, stage and setting design, and interior design respectively. He prepared settings and costumes for television series. Having been active in the LGBT movement since 1998, Barış is one of the founders of Trans Consultation Center which, established in 2013, works for the facilitation of the transition periods of trans individuals. He is still working as an activist in the same association.