The Story of Will and Harper

The Story of Will and Harper

I just watched this documentary on Netflix called Will and Harper about the friendship of Will Farrel and his friend and former writer for Saturday Night Live, the former Andrew Steel, now Harper, who is transitioning to be a female. 

It was an inside, real look into the questions people want to ask about someone who is transitioning. Many times we want to ask but are afraid to. This documentary was about a lifetime friendship that even though it was the same, was now very different.

Will wanted to make this documentary because he knew that Harper always loved to travel the country, he loved going to dive bars, just meeting and interacting with different people. But as a woman, especially a Trans woman, that was now a different world. So the two decided to do a road trip to see how different it would be and document it.

It is funny to see a person who grew up as a man and who didn't think of their safety or how women were treated, now can see how it feels to be a woman and what we go through daily. They now understand our fears and what we have always had to deal with. It also shows, sadly, how horrible people are. How they said and tweeted terrible things about Harper and Will, just because he was friends with her. It showed us how words can hurt and just how cruel people can be to someone different.

This was an honest and enlightening story of what it is like to always feel like you were born into the wrong body, your entire life. To have to live a lie your whole life and then to finally have the courage to come out to who you truly are. Even as scary as it is, even when you know that people want you dead. Even though some people you love will disown you. Even as they call you names and have no compassion for you as a human being. You are still brave enough to stand in your truth. That is courage.

So today my friends, I have to say that it saddens me that people can't live and let live. Sometimes we are afraid of the unknown, and this documentary showed us what it is like to walk in someone else's shoes. It answered questions and allowed us to know someone who is different from us. I don't understand why we can't let people do what they want to do with their lives. It's none of your business, it's not your life. The one amazing lesson that I got from this documentary is that Harper was still Will’s friend. Nothing in their friendship changed except her sexual orientation.

And like one of my favorite influencers, Joey Swoll says all the time, “Mind your business, we need to do better” and we all need a friend like Will who will love us no matter what, and who will continue to be our friend and try to better understand what you may be going through. That my friends are the meaning of true friendships. 

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