First Day

This series is absolutely fantastic. It's heartfelt and one of the most thoughtful and honest stories about the experience of growing up trans that I've ever watched.

If this was a better world, I would say that it should be shown in schools as a part of a curriculum on tolerance and acceptance.

If you are trans, or you know someone who is and you'd like some insight on what they may be experiencing, or if you're open-minded enough to want to try to understand something that might not make sense to you, I highly recommend watching this series. It's available to stream on Hulu, and it isn't very long - just 8 episodes, none of which I believe were longer than a half hour, and it's definitely worth your time.

First Day is groundbreaking in that it's a show aimed at a younger audience that has a transgender lead character, played by a transgender actress.

I, as a trans person who came out in secondary school, was able to directly relate to the experiences shown on screen and feel that this show has brilliantly emotional and touching writing and acting. I found myself tearing up because this how affected me on such a personal level, and I can't express enough how important it is to have a show like this.

I especially want to praise the acting, as the child actors, especially the main protagonist, did a brilliant job of successfully and compassionately portraying their characters and the emotions they're feeling.

The show tactfully handles trans issues, and may help to show cisgender individuals a taste of what trans people go through, while presenting a great character-centred story. Although, as a trigger warning for trans viewers, the main protagonist faces transphobic bullying, and is misgendered and deadnamed throughout the show by the bullies and ignorant peers. And even though this treatment is portrayed as wrong and addressed in the show, it may still be triggering for trans people who have faced such treatment in real life.

A lot of the negative reviews and ratings of this show are simply a result of transphobic individuals who have never watched the show and just wish to harm what little good trans representation there is on TV.

This show, in just it's first episode alone, stands it's ground and is a beautiful demonstration of diversity and how to cope and help.

Highly recommend.

To be honest, the show is not perfect due to the low budget, but the plots and actors' performances are all terrific and worth watching. I am not surprised the show has won the 2021 International Emmy Kids Award.

I binged this today on Hulu and thought it was excellent. The story was compelling without being preachy, and the acting was superb. It's sad that at least one other review has attacked it for having an "agenda," when the only agenda is that people deserve to be accepted for whom they are. Being transgender is not a mental illness, no matter what small minded people claim.