Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThe sophomore film from writer/director/producer Trae Briers is a story about how a casual meeting between two very different men turned into a melodrama that not one of them could have predicted. Michael (Austin Miller) is a highly successful corporate lawyer who lives in a luxurious villa on the beach in Malibu with Ashley (Tiffany … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThe story of the journey that transwoman Janae Marie Kroczaleski took to become her true identity is not only wonderfully uplifting but filmmaker Michael Del Monte’s affectionate documentary captures it all perfectly without any hint of sensationalism that usually accompanies stories like Janae’s. It all really starts back in In the summer of 2015 when former US … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesTransit Havana is an intriguing documentary from Dutch filmmaker Daniel Abma that is essentially a commentary on what it is like to be transgender in socialist Cuba especially now that is going through a state of flux since the Regime is lightening up after the US started making friendly overtures at last. Abma chooses … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesIn Transmilitary, first time feature documentary makers Gabe Silverman and Fiona Dawson’s excellent rational approach to the subject of transmen and women serving in US Armed Forces focuses on the one thing that transphobic politicians like to ignore i.e. facts. They started filming Transmilitary back in November 2014 and chose to focus on four … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesLife is about to change big time for Sid (Debargo Sanyal), and not all of it is of his choosing. Recovering from the breakup from a closeted boyfriend (Pierre-Yves Cardinal) Sid has decided it is now time to dress like a woman in public and start taking hormones to finally starting his transitioning. If that isn’t unsettling … Continue reading