NR | 1h 30min | Documentary, Medical, Health | 21 June 2023 (canceled) (USA)

Following in the wake of “2000 Mules,” “My Son Hunter,” and “Died Suddenly,” “No Way Back: the Reality of Gender-Affirming Care” (“No Way”) is an independently produced, low-budget movie, which those in positions of power (and by extension their minions) do not want you or anyone else to see.

What differentiates “No Way” (original title: “Affirmation Generation”) from those other titles is that it was scheduled for wide theatrical release on June 21 yet, on that same day, it was canceled by its sole exhibitor, AMC Theaters. Succumbing to pressure from special-interest fringe groups, particularly the “QT (queer/trans) Project,” AMC pulled the plug on “No Way” without so much as an announcement or advance notice to the producing studio, Deplorable Films.

For now, you can’t view “No Way,” but will be able to in relatively short order; more on that in a bit.

A documentary devoid of politics or bias of any sort, “No Way” is steeped in facts backed up by the testimonies of six “detransitioning” young adults, the opinions of a dozen medical, psychological, and social behavioral experts, and pesky little bothersome things like basic science and biology.

Directed, photographed, and edited by L.E. Dawes (a pseudonym for Laura VanZee Taylor), “No Way” is divided into three parts: “Dysphoria,” “The Only Path,” and “Detransition.” Each chapter is chock full of charts, graphs, and other bits of powerful minutia that follows textbook cinematic storytelling technique. Dawes is careful not to overwhelm or bog down the viewer with hyper-stylized information overload while striking a perfect balance between the data and human interest elements. The film is flawlessly executed.

Needless to say, the majority of what Dawes presents is revelatory and ear-pinning (which is probably why the “QT” group and others fear it) and there’s far too much of it to lay out here, but there are some tidbits worth knowing going in.

According to the film, in 2011, less than 0.3 percent of American teens identified as transsexual. In 2021, that number skyrocketed to 9 percent, a nearly 2,700 percent increase. The film also states that the current suicide rate among transsexual individuals is 19 percent higher than non-trans people.

Of late, many members of the former “LGB” community, whose mantra was “born this way,” have begun distancing themselves from the “T” faction, which essentially hijacked the movement and replaced the original mantra with the polar opposite “born in the wrong body.”

Although not expressly stated, the film makes the connection between the multitude of COVID-19 “vaccines” and the litany of drugs involved in the transitioning process, and the common bond is the participation and seemingly endless profits enjoyed by Big Pharma.

Perhaps the most distressing part of the movie in general, and the relentless pushing of the Trans lifestyle in particular, is what is known as “Informed Consent,” something practiced by several “healthcare professionals” and Planned Parenthood.

Boiled down, this abhorrent policy allows minors to begin the transitioning process not only without parental consent, but without any kind of physical examination or psychological testing. In the majority of U.S. states right now, minors,  those who cannot legally drink, drive, join the armed forces, or even get a tattoo, can attempt to start what will eventually become a losing battle with their own DNA.

To clarify, although “No Way” was produced by a company named “Deplorable,” don’t think for a second that the movie is the work of far-right neo-cons—far from it. During the closing credit sequence, the names of Dawes and producers Vera Linder, Joey Brite, and Stephanie Winn, and these words appear on the page describing them: “All life-long, West Coast, liberal democrats.”

This is no longer (if it ever was to begin with) a Left versus Right or anti-lifestyle choice issue; it is, pure and simple, a child protection and anti-grooming issue. Many on the far left (including singer Elton John) have feigned outrage over laws recently passed in states including Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Texas, North Dakota, and South Dakota that prohibit toddler children (third grade and below) from being exposed to sexually oriented material. None of these laws prohibit consenting adults from doing whatever they please with their own bodies, provided it does not involve minors.

The sudden withdrawal on the part of AMC did succeed in stopping people from viewing “No Way” in theaters; however, Deplorable is now in the process of preparing the movie for release on DVD and on-demand which should be sometime within the next 30 days.

If you wish to be notified when the movie can be viewed, register at NoWayBackFilm.com

‘No Way Back: the Reality of Gender-Affirming Care’
Documentary
Director: L.E. Dawes
Running Time: 1 hour, 30 minutes
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Release Date: June 21, 2023 (canceled)
Rating: 5 out of 5