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The Extraordinary Life of April Ashley
This very affectionate profile on the actress/model April Ashley is long overdue as is evident in how her star quality simply shines through so bright on the screen.. April’s complicated roller-coaster life would have defeated any lesser person but since she somehow survived being born into a poor working-class Catholic family in 1935 in…
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Queerguru’s Janet Prolman reviews MAMA BEARS : journeys of trans kids fighting for acceptance
If you have ever teared up at the PFLAG (Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) contingent at a Pride march, bring out the handkerchiefs for this film. The Mama Bears are moms from a background of fundamentalist, conservative Christianity who face the dilemma of reconciling their profoundly anti-LGBT belief systems and communities with…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews DONNA a heart-warming documentary that follows trans activist, performer, and former Cockette, Donna Personna,
Donna is a heart-warming documentary that follows trans activist, performer, and former Cockette, Donna Personna, as she learns, later in life, to live her most authentic trans life and to reconnect with her family as a woman. “This is who I want to be and who I want to show the world” Donna was…
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FRESH MEAT FESTIVAL of trans and queer performers ….ONLINE
TWO WEEKS of online performances featuring over 40 ARTISTS and offering WORLD PREMIERES have been commissioned for the 21st annual Fresh Meat Productions Festival which was founded on the belief that art is a powerful tool for social justice. Folklórico, hip-hop, modern dance, vogue, contemporary R&B, tap dance, Son Jarocho, comedy, storytelling, disabled dance…
