Sinopsis

La Perla Victoria: Desde un Corazón Trans, follows the perilous journey of Victoria Castro, who grew up in El Salvador and eventually fled due to transphobic violence as a transgender woman fleeing the violence she faced as a sex worker in El Salvador. Forced to cross multiple borders, she sets out on the dangerous path through Mexico, haunted by the ghosts of her past. Seeking asylum in the United States, she finds herself trapped in the dehumanizing immigration detention system, where trans women are particularly vulnerable to abuse and neglect. Her story portrays the complexities and transformations of being trans; a former sex worker for 18 years; a survivor of domestic violence; the grief and healing with family; the particularly dehumanizing experience as a trans woman in US immigration detention centers; being in a T4T relationship with her husband AJ a trans masc man.; and, overall, resilience and love for herself and all her transness.