Lucy, Uncensored

A road trip through gender identity, self-expression, and the thorny process of figuring out where you fit after high school as an out-and-proud transgender teen.

Lucy imagines college as more than a chance to party with other drama nerds and be roommates with her best friend Callie. College will be her fresh start. For the first time, shell be able to introduce herself as Lucy to people she hasnt gone to school with since kindergarten. Plus, she happens to live an hour away from one of the most prestigious theater programs in the country. Shes always dreamed of going to Central, but when she finally has a chance to visit, its not what she imagined.

While Lucy and Callie are on their campus tour, two kids from their high school make the typical transphobic comments Lucys gotten used to in her small town. She starts to worry that her dream school might end up being High School 2.0. What if she belongs somewhere else? Somewhere that she can truly have a fresh start?

When Lucy finds a beautiful school with a great theater program on a list of the most LGBTQ+ friendly colleges, it seems like fate—except that the school is hundreds of miles away. And theres something unexpected about it: its a womens college. As far as she can tell, theyve never admitted a trans woman. Will they let Lucy in? There’s only one way to find out: road trip!