FEM (2024)

Created by Maxime Beauchamp, this French-Canadian drama series centers on seventeen-year-old aspiring singer-songwriter Zav (played by Lenni-Kim Lalande, a real-life musican who goes by the stage name Lennikim). Zav dreams of breaking out of his small-town life and making it big in hyperpop, and he ends up getting some help in that regard when he meets Nathalie (Émily Bégin), who just happens to have some experience in the music world. Except when Zav is making music, it tends to bring out his feminine side, to the point where he takes on a whole new trans persona online to share his songs with the world. Femininity is where Zav feels most comfortable, but he is hesitant to explore the nuances of his gender identity at home with his family and out in public for fear that they will not support him. At one point while attempting to hide his true vulnerability and appear more masculine, he overcompensates and comes on a little too strong with his girlfriend (Ellicyane Paradis). We could see ourselves going to the extreme if a barely-dressed Ellicyane was in front of us too!