The lead characters ends up in a hospital after feeling some discomfort in her rear. It is later revealed that this is a result of her previous sexual encounter. We do not see the bruise itself.
The lead character's father is not accepting of her sexuality/being a transgender woman and is violent towards her.
A scene wherein the lead character plans to have birds come out of her cape during a pageant. When she does this, however, the birds have already suffocated underneath her costume. This sequence plays comically, however.