99% Woman (2000)

Overview

In October 1998, forty-five year old Benjy Nelson – former high school athlete and United States Air Force airman – had a sex-change operation. During his Air Force career, he began to dress as a woman – first at home, and then in public. For five years before his operation, Benjy dressed as a woman full-time. Debbie, his/her wife of seventeen years, fully supported his decision to cross-dress and then to have a sex-change operation. But, for their three teenage sons, their father’s choice has caused confusion and anger. This one-hour documentary shows the effects of that decision on the whole family, and leaves the viewer to decide…