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# Assigned Female at Birth: new web-series addresses grief, identity, and oppression
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/assigned-female-at-birth-new-web-series-addresses-grief-identity-and-oppression/
- Published: 2020-12-11T09:45:06.000Z
- Updated: 2020-12-11T09:31:13.000Z
- Description: Assigned Female at Birth (AFAB) is the new web-series on YouTube which “weaves the stories, based on 31 interviews with POC, LGBTQ people, trans and non-binary people, people living with disabilities, seniors, cis gendered mothers and daughters”
- Author: Queer Jam
- Tags: Arts, News, LGBTQ, Non-binary, POC, Trans

**Assigned Female at Birth** (AFAB) is the new web-series on YouTube which *“weaves the stories, based on 31 interviews with POC, LGBTQ people, trans and non-binary people, people living with disabilities, seniors, cis gendered mothers and daughters”*. Created by **Lyralen Kaye** and filmed in the homes of cast and crew, AFAB is a compelling fictional tale told through documentary style monologues, that address themes of grief, identity, and oppression.

The series features **Jen Lanier** as Makayla (Washington), **Jamie Black** as Carl (Chicago), **MJ Bird** as Zander (Pottstown), **Tina D’Elia** as Sofia (San Francisco), **Clare Solly** as Melanie (Astoria, NY), **Alex Alexander** as Bailey (Salem, MA), **Carrie Gibson** as Phyllis (Los Angeles) and **Lyralen Kaye** as Daire (Salem, MA).

Using Zoom, cast mates’ smartphones, and other clever production tricks, they’ve been able to create a series in lockdown which follows three couples and their immediate family; an a-gender trans man who wants to get married in a dress but their mixed raced lover isn’t on board, a black lesbian who doesn’t like her trans husband’s new penis, and a non binary therapist who’s working to commit to their recovering addict partner.

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/screenshot-2020-12-08-at-17-21-29.png)

When approaching the concept of a series about body image, Kaye, as a non binary, gender fluid, pansexual, said *“Body is race, gender, identity, age, ability and size…You can’t write about body image in today’s world and not enter the complications of intersectionality.”* From there, Kaye began reaching out to queer and PoC individuals to interview, and AFAB began to form a life of its own.

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/screen-shot-2020-05-09-at-8-35-29-am.png)

Episode one opens with a line from all cast members stating *“What I really want you to know is that when it comes to gender… I don’t play.”* **Another Country Productions** is releasing the first season of six episodes of *Assigned Female at Birth* on YouTube every two to three weeks.

They are also fundraising to be able to finish those episodes and start on Season 2: Episodes 7-12\. You can support them by [CLICKING HERE](https://igg.me/at/afabmatching/?ref=scenemag.co.uk) or [HERE](http://www.anothercountryproductions.com/?ref=scenemag.co.uk)