trans
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Queerguru reviews ‘WHAT WILL I BECOME?’ a compelling doc that highlights the support that trans kids deserve/need
This very compelling documentary from two young filmmakers Lexie Bean and Logan Rozos unwittingly serves as a powerful wake-up call, particularly for gay men (like this writer) who think they are totally in sync with all sectors of the queer community’s lexicon. Before it starts telling the life stories of two young trans men who…
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Mayor Mamdani Signs Executive Order Establishing the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs; Appoints Taylor Brown as Director
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani (THE NY Mayor that we have waited so long for)…signed an executive order establishing the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs and appointed Taylor Brown, currently an Assistant Attorney General in the Civil Rights Bureau of the New York State Attorney General, as its director. With this appointment, Brown becomes the first…
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Queerguru’s David Allen reviews Caroline Litman’s memoir ‘HER NAME IS ALICE’ on how ‘the system failed’ her trans daughter
On the 26th May 2022, Caroline Litman received news that no parent should have to hear, news that would change everything: her youngest daughter had died by suicide. Alice was 20, and by that time had waited almost three years to get an appointment at a gender identity clinic. Caroline channelled her grief and wrote…
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Queerguru’s Jose Mayorgas reviews BRIGITTE’S PLANET B about a pioneering Colombian transgender ecologist
This documentary, written and directed by Santiago Posada, relates to the life and work of trans woman Brigitte Baptiste. A visually stunning film, its introduction featuring jellyfish and mushrooms among other specimens alternates with a conversation that addresses the dual concept of nature: as a natural environment and/or as a genuine attitude. Is simulation natural?…
