He Fucked the Girl Out of Me

The(ir) Blurb...

Traumatised by her experiences as a trans sex worker – a profession she was forced into to pay for her transition – Ann overcomes her shame by sharing her story.

This provocative and hugely affecting interactive game tells the story of Ann, a trans person from America, who is forced into sex work to pay for the costs of her hormone replacement therapy – with traumatising consequences. With its 8-bit retro style, the interactive gameplay uses arrow keys to navigate the story, challenging the player to reflect on the very notion of personal autonomy and the (illusion of) choice: What would my path have been? How would I have decided? Taylor McCue’s deeply personal and incredibly moving work won the IDFA DocLab Digital Storytelling Award 2022 and is now presented for the first time in the UK.

Ulrich Schrauth