Southern Comfort is a 2001 documentary film about the final year in the life of Robert Eads, a transgender man.
Eads, diagnosed with ovarian cancer, was turned down for treatment by a dozen doctors out of fear that treating such a patient would hurt their reputations.
That summer, his mother and father drive ten hours to visit Robert, who is still their daughter in their eyes.
Later that year, Eads makes his last appearance at the Southern Comfort Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, a prominent[2] transgender gathering.
After Eads' death, his ashes were spread across the family farm around a lone Christmas tree which was to symbolize Robert's many changes and blossomings in life.
They initially sought treatment for Eads but were unable to locate a doctor willing to treat a transgender man.