Tag: trans
Filmmaker Lily Wachowski Comes Out As Transgender
Lily Wachowski, one half of the celebrated filmmaking duo who made the lesbian classic movie Bound, but are best known for The Matrix movies , came out as transgender yesterday in a very inspirational and eloquent statement to Chicago’s leading LGBT newspaper Windy City Times. After been door-stepped by a reporter from the UK’s notorious tabloid newspaper…
Kiki
To us non-residents of Harlem the fact that 25 years after Jenni Livingston’s seminal documentary Paris Is Burning, ‘voguing’ is very much alive in the dance clubs and community spaces in this corner of New York is quite a shock. In fact it’s been re-shaped and re-invented to bring it more in line with the needs and…
Trans actress Mya Taylor Makes History
Tonight at the Film Independent Spirit Awards Mya Taylor made history as the first trans actress to win a major acting award. When she collected her statute for Best Supporting Female from J.K. Simmons for her outstanding performance in the movie Tangerine she delighted the star studded audience with her funny feisty speech. She related…
Vote For Jake ….. please!
Still looking to do your good deed for the day? Then here’s the perfect one for you. Jake Graf : filmmaker, queer activist , actor (and queerquru’sfriend) is the very first transman ever to be nominated as LGBT Celebrity Rising Star in the British LGBT 2016 Awards. We had the pleasure of interviewing him…
Trans Tales
Since queerguru met and interviewed filmmaker/activist transman Jake Graf earlier this year we have become big fans of all his efforts to de-mystify the trans community to all us cis-folk. He, along with his friends, beautifully articulate their own stories which are imbued with both love and humor, to help us understand and appreciate the…
