Transgender Twins

Transgender Twins is a Brazilian reality television series with six episodes, which premiered on June 1, 2023, on Max and Discovery+. Directed by Rico Perez, the series follows the daily lives and conflicts of Sofia Albuckerq and Mayla Phoebe.

In 2021, they became the first pair of twins in the world to undergo gender confirmation surgery together, and also the youngest Brazilians to have the procedure.

Format

Transgender Twins exposes the mai characters’ experiences with trauma and sexual abuse through personal testimonies. The show's dynamic resembles other well-known reality shows like The Kardashians, featuring humor and conflicts between the sisters.

Plot

The reality series follows their reunion during vacation and explores Mayla's move abroad — leaving their hometown of Tapira, a small city in the countryside of Minas Gerais with about 4,000 inhabitants, to study Medicine in Buenos Aires, Argentina, while her sister Sofia studies Engineering at a private college in the city of Franca, São Paulo, Brazil.

The series captures their reunion and, in the first episode, their preparations to participate in a beauty pageant held in their hometown, which stirs tension among the local residents.

Trans Twins also features episodes filmed in Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil and guest appearances by other trans women, friends of the protagonists — including author Sophia Mendonça and fashion designer Michelly X.

Cast

• Mayla Phoebe
• Sofia Albuckerq
• Sophia Mendonça
• Michelly X