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''. It was released in the United States on February 11, 2006. The documentary is directed by Josh Aronson and Ariel Orr Jordan and features

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During the planning of this performance, Eve Ensler wrote a new monologue using narratives from the transgender cast called ''They Beat the Girl Out of My Boy. . . Or So They Tried.'' It promotes visibility of trans women, regardless of their anatomy. The documentary displays the hardships the all-transgender cast had to endure in order to make the production relevant to their identity. A few women involved in the production used their rendition of ''The Vagina Monologues'' as a platform to "come out," having been closeted as transgender beforehand.

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