My Shadow is Pink | Animated Short Film by Scott Stuart

One of the most important details is that even while the father is wearing the tutu his shadow is still blue. Masculinity and femininity isn’t effected by such meaningless things. His dad will be a man no matter what because that’s who he is. Love this short so much.

I absolutely LOVED when the dad walked in like "yeah, this is happening" and his shadow is like "And we look fabulous"

Can we all agree that dad was absolutely slaying in that tutu

I love how in this animation, the parental figure isn't unaccepting, he's just confused on what to do in this situation, and in the end decided to help his kid.

I'm a girl. I identify myself as a girl. I was born as a girl. In my 18 years of living I was always poked for doing "boyish" things: wearing suits, playing video-games, not using, refusing to wear pink make-up etc. It was hurtful as a child, expecially from my family. Why can't just everyone mind their own business?

This is nice, there’s nothing wrong with a male liking “girl” items and a female liking “boy” items. Honestly I think society is putting to much representation in so many things. “Oh this toy is a boy toy.” or “this toy is a girl toy.” Uh no it’s just a toy, same with clothing. You like what you like and there’s nothing wrong with that!

I'm a male. Always have been. I don't think I've ever had interest in feminine things. I've always liked the overly macho stuff and stereotypical boy things. However this is beautiful. Be who you want to be as long as you aren't hurting others. I think its okay to have an opinion on the subject but really were all the same. Hell, I've cross dressed. As a joke, but still. Being confident in your gender isn't being overly sensitive, its pushing the limits. The dad is a great example. I relate more to the father of course.

I love the fact that the dad’s shadow is literally just dancing and in the background while the dad has the tutu on

I am a cisgender male that loves women's clothing. I still struggle with the confidence of showing the world who I really am. God watching this movie made me so happy and emotional.

i love how the boy and dad still like "girl" things without being trans. i know a lot of times when someone wears clothes of the oposite gender, they can be missgendered as transgender.

As a trans masculine person, I feel this kind of thing in my bones. I don’t conform to all of the gender role assumptions, but that doesn’t change who I am. People are complex and messy. It’s part of what makes humanity amazing. The fear of someone who’s different holds us back—the correct answer is to treat them with love and respect. Thank you for creating stories like this—we need them desperately.

off topic but the way the dad barged into the room with a tutu on is HILARIOUS.

As a nonbinary individual who was assigned male at birth, and who grew up playing with dolls and wore pink A LOT and loved Barbies I can say with upmost certainty my shadow is pink too 🥺 and this gives me great hope for the future boys who have pink shadows and even girls who may have blue ones 🥺

my friend once told me that: “Clothes don’t define your gender, they further validate it” be whoever you want to be, wear whatever you wish, this is your life, make the most of it.

Yeah, I had a huge identity crisis while accepting my feminine side. There was even a time when it was easier for me to communicate on the Internet, pretending to be a girl so as not to raise questions. it was such strange thoughts, like "if I'm cisgender, why then do I want to act ... like this?". it's good that now I'm older and tired enough of these thoughts to give up on them and live the way I want

Maybe it wouldn't have taken me 30 years to figure out I am a (trans) woman if this existed in my youth. I grew up hiding my feelings and dreams as something both impossible and unwanted. Society told me I was a boy, so I had to be one and no amount of dreaming to be a girl could have changed that... so I thought... It makes me feel a lot better knowing that less and less people have to struggle over decades due to lack of information. I thank you with all my heart to help make this world a better place for individuals like myself! <3

As a trans man who still likes to present themself as feminine, I just felt like this really spoke out to me. Absolutely love this!

I’m absolutely bawling over this. As the mother of a little boy who was shamed by extended family for wearing a tutu for his dance concert, this hits home. It was so heartwarming to see this, and my little boy had a huge grin on his face at the end of this. Thank you so much for making this.

40 years old and comfortable in my male body, but man do I fucking love cute ponies. I snuggle/talk to all my ponies and brush their manes and tails regularly.

While this story may not be about trans people, it is about gender and identity versus conformity, and that’s enough for parallels to be drawn if you ask me. I love this, and hope it inspires others to be more accepting, more loving, and more empathetic