The True Story of Ansa Kansas! Half Man! Half Woman!! Sexploitation director Barry Mahon tackles the controversial subject of transgender identity and surgery! Since childhood in Finland, Ansa wanted to dress like a girl. As an adult in New York, Ansa leads a double life. He works as a cook on a freighter trying to be one of the guys, but wears make-up and women's clothing at home. Ansa finally goes to a doctor and tells him he’s a woman trapped in a man’s body.