About

I Am Kathy addresses gender dysphoria. Gender dysphoria is a feeling of discomfort which can lead to depression, even suicide, in transgender people whose gender identity differs from sex assigned at birth or sex-related physical characteristics. I Am Kathy documents Kathy's journey pursuing her gender affirming health care.  Sex, gender, bodies, hormones, what does it mean and how can we make sense of it all? In a time when gender is being politicized, does it matter what gender our neighbor is? What about character and core values? I Am Kathy illustrates the importantance of gender affirming health care and the need to recognize gender dysphoria is real, as well as the consequences of not adressing the needs of the transgender community. 

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Jane Therese a  2020 AMPAS Nicholl Fellows. An award winning screenwriter and photojournalist. Her storytelling explores the backyard of cultural archetypes and relationships within social customs and beliefs. This gives rise not only to visual content but transfers into her narrative work as well. She is a member of; WIF, NYWIFT and NPPA. A native of Southern California, she now resides along the Delaware River in Bucks County, PA. Jane traveled to Haiti documenting the effects of the Aristide coup, worked with Indigenous people and displaced families in America, as well as shepherded the project, Breaking the Silence of Autism. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, Newsweek, Trenton Times, and in international publications in Japan, Paris, and London. She is writer and director for the feature documentary I Am Kathy.

Kathy was born in West Chester, Pa. it wasn’t until years later she confirmed her transition by taking the name of her childhood babysitter. She graduated from Delaware State University with a BS in Economics. Certified in race relations from DSU, as well as certified by the Transgender Training Institute as a Transgender Ally. Kathy served on Bayhealth Hospital's Equality Outreach Committee and Southern Delaware Association for Racial Justice Youth Education Committee. She currently serves on Cape Henlopen’s High School Outreach Committee. In 2000, Kathy was crowned Miss Sussex County at the last Ms. Gay Delaware Pageant held at the notorious Renegade in Rehoboth. She is the creator and co-founder of TransLiance and Delmarva Transparent USA and in 2016 co-created Trans Talk at C.A.M.P., Creating a More Positive Rehoboth. Currently serving on the Sussex Pride Board of Director’s where she is co-chair of the Health Committee and the first transgender person to serve on a committee in Delaware’s K-12 sports governing body, the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association. Kathy is president of Brown’s Real Estate Services Inc., where she remains today. Kathy currently resides in Lewes, Delaware with her corgi, Prince Harry of Rehoboth.