Transgender Twins
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Transgender Twins is a Brazilian reality television series with six episodes, which premiered on June 1, 2023, on Max and Discovery+. Directed by Rico Perez, the series follows the daily lives and conflicts of Sofia Albuckerq and Mayla Phoebe.
In 2021, they became the first pair of twins in the world to undergo gender confirmation surgery together, and also the youngest Brazilians to have the procedure.
Format
Transgender Twins exposes the main characters’ experiences with trauma and sexual abuse through personal testimonies. The show's dynamic resembles other well-known reality shows like The Kardashians, featuring humor and conflicts between the sisters.
Plot
The reality series follows their reunion during vacation and explores Mayla's move abroad — leaving their hometown of Tapira, a small city in the countryside of Minas Gerais with about 4,000 inhabitants, to study Medicine in Buenos Aires, Argentina, while her sister Sofia studies Engineering at a private college in the city of Franca, São Paulo, Brazil.
The series captures their reunion and, in the first episode, their preparations to participate in a beauty pageant held in their hometown, which stirs tension among the local residents.
Trans Twins also features episodes filmed in Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil and guest appearances by other trans women, friends of the protagonists — including author Sophia Mendonça and fashion designer Michelly X.
Cast
- Mayla Phoebe
- Sofia Albuckerq
- Sophia Mendonça
- Michelly X
References
- ↑ ""They Thought Sofia Was Copying Me" — The World's First Trans Twins Share Their Story". Worldcrunch. 2023-06-27. Retrieved 2025-04-16.
- ↑ "Gêmeas trans, da HBO Max, expõem traumas e abuso sexual | Metrópoles". www.metropoles.com (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2023-06-26. Retrieved 2025-04-16.
- ↑ "História de gêmeas trans do interior de Minas ganha série na HBO Max e discovery+". Exame (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-04-16.
- ↑ Piva, Gabriela. "Gêmeas trans brasileiras estrelam série da HBO e Discovery+ sobre redesignação sexual". CNN Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-04-16.
- ↑ Jr, Francisco Paiva (2023-06-10). "Sophia Mendonça participa de série documental na HBO e Discovery". Canal Autismo. Retrieved 2025-04-16.
- ↑ Piva, Gabriela. "Gêmeas trans brasileiras estrelam série da HBO e Discovery+ sobre redesignação sexual". CNN Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-04-16.