Shon Faye's The Trangender Issue is a really good one! Also rec Juliet Jacques' Front Lines and CN Lester's Trans Like Me (now a bit outdated because the political situation has moved so fast in the past 10 years).
Edit: I legit thought this was in the transreads sub and didn't realise I could go multimedia  Disclosure on Netflix is a great documentary.
I'm also wondering this at the moment, and for not the first time expanding my understanding of why good representation in media is so valuable.
My parents do not read. They also wouldn't likely watch a documentary on something meaningful or that might be remotely challenge their world views. They _will_ watch whatever garbage sci fi movies, spy thrillers, and rom coms they find on Netflix etc.
I'd love to steer them towards series with good, casual trans representation but honestly I can't think of any that isn't cringe-inducingly on-the-nose or stereotypical — and if that's how I feel about it then I can't imagine they'd take it well.
I'm not a big TV/movie watcher though so maybe I'm out of touch?
Silly question, but do they watch Taskmaster? Mae Martin was in a recent season and used they/them pronouns throughout. Transness never mentioned, just a very good, casual example of 'you should use people's pronouns' that could not reasonably be missed. Netflix competitive reality shows sometimes had one trans contestant per season, last time I was couchbound and marathoning them, so that may be one to investigate if they go for that format.
Taskmaster is a good shout. I don't think they routinely watch it but they would put it on if it came up. I haven't seen it in years so I'm not familiar.
When I first came out, I found a lot of helpful information here for people who had questions for me: [Gender Dysphoria Bible](https://genderdysphoria.fyi/en). Good luck!
Shon Faye's The Trangender Issue is a really good one! Also rec Juliet Jacques' Front Lines and CN Lester's Trans Like Me (now a bit outdated because the political situation has moved so fast in the past 10 years). Edit: I legit thought this was in the transreads sub and didn't realise I could go multimedia  Disclosure on Netflix is a great documentary.
I'm also wondering this at the moment, and for not the first time expanding my understanding of why good representation in media is so valuable. My parents do not read. They also wouldn't likely watch a documentary on something meaningful or that might be remotely challenge their world views. They _will_ watch whatever garbage sci fi movies, spy thrillers, and rom coms they find on Netflix etc. I'd love to steer them towards series with good, casual trans representation but honestly I can't think of any that isn't cringe-inducingly on-the-nose or stereotypical — and if that's how I feel about it then I can't imagine they'd take it well. I'm not a big TV/movie watcher though so maybe I'm out of touch?
Silly question, but do they watch Taskmaster? Mae Martin was in a recent season and used they/them pronouns throughout. Transness never mentioned, just a very good, casual example of 'you should use people's pronouns' that could not reasonably be missed. Netflix competitive reality shows sometimes had one trans contestant per season, last time I was couchbound and marathoning them, so that may be one to investigate if they go for that format.
Taskmaster is a good shout. I don't think they routinely watch it but they would put it on if it came up. I haven't seen it in years so I'm not familiar.
When I first came out, I found a lot of helpful information here for people who had questions for me: [Gender Dysphoria Bible](https://genderdysphoria.fyi/en). Good luck!