Understanding Myself as an Amphibian (2026)

In this visually striking queer ecology documentary, filmmaker May Matchim weaves together the hidden sexual diversity of the natural world with her personal path toward embracing her trans identity. The film’s title nods to the green frog, a remarkable amphibian that can shift its sex as it grows older. Viewers meet extraordinary life forms like devoted same-sex bird couples raising their young, and an all-female salamander population. Beyond the wild stories, the documentary unpacks how exclusionary biases in biology and conservation have long distorted our understanding of animal behavior—and what that means for how we see nature and ourselves.