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==Release== Domestically, the film was [[Limited theatrical release|limited in release]], having been pre-sold to some theaters (under alternative titles such as ''I Led Two Lives'', ''He or She?'' and ''I Changed My Sex''). Internationally, the film was also limited, and in [[France]] and [[Belgium]], the title was translated as ''Louis ou Louise'' and in [[Argentina]] as ''Yo Cambié Mi Sexo'' (I changed my sex); the film had a brief <!-- A few minutes? A few days? --> screening in the [[Republic of China]].<ref name="rhodes"/> It was re-released to theaters in 1981 by Paramount.<ref name="Weldon, Michael 1983"/> According to Tim Dirks, the film was one of a wave of "cheap teen movies" released for the [[Drive-in theater|drive-in market]]. They consisted of "exploitative, cheap fare created especially for them [teens] in a newly-established teen/drive-in genre."<ref>Dirks,Tim. "Citing Website" The History of Film - The 1950s: The Cold War and Post-Classical Era, The Era of Epic Films, and the Threat of Television, Part 1. Accessed March 16, 2015,http://www.filmsite.org/50sintro.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507085623/http://www.filmsite.org/50sintro.html |date=2016-05-07 }}</ref> It was [[List of films banned in the United Kingdom|denied classification]] by the [[British Board of Film Classification]] upon submission on February 26, 1958.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/glen-or-glenda-1970-0 | title=''Glen or Glenda'' | work=[[British Board of Film Classification]] | date=February 26, 1958 | access-date=February 17, 2017 | archive-date=March 17, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160317022954/http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/glen-or-glenda-1970-0 | url-status=dead }}</ref> The Image DVD release from 2000 was mastered from a censored print and is missing several salacious bits.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0045826/alternateversions/|title= Glen or Glenda (1953) - Alternate versions - IMDb|website= [[IMDb]]}}</ref> In 2009, ''Glen or Glenda'' became the final film to be restored and [[Film colorization|colorized]] by [[Legend Films]], who subsequently released it on DVD.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://legendfilms.com/retailProductPage.php?item_num=LF00440|title=Glen or Glenda (1953)|website=Legend Films}}</ref>
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