Tag: trans
Jake Graf and The Daily Struggle of Trans People
queerguru is always something in awe of trans activist & filmmaker Jake Graf and his powerful body of work that continues to offer insights into the daily challenges of being trans. He is also someone who are we honored to be able to call our friend. This new short film Headspace that he wrote and…
Miami : Becoming A Man in 127 Easy Steps
Desire Will Set You Free
We’re not sure if young American filmmaker Yony Leyser based in Berlin is aiming to be a modern day Christopher Isherwood with his first feature that sets out to show a slice of the contemporary edgy queer scene in Berlin, but he obviously used the great man of letters as his inspiration. Leyser’s improvised story…
Filmmaker Eric Juhola talks about Growing Up Coy
The Mathis are a remarkable family whose courage and determination rarely faltered when they supported their youngest child Coy who started transitioning from male to female in kindergarten after it was clear that Coy felt he was a girl. Growing Up Coy documents the family’s fight for her right to use the girls’ bathroom in a landmark…
I Am Jazz : a trans teenager’s life
The disarmingly charming Jazz Jennings is an extraordinary young woman. Identified as male at birth but by the time she could first speak she made it known that she considered herself a girl, and at just 4 years old was diagnosed with gender identity disorder. It was however an interview with Barbara Walters for 20/20…
