trans
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Jake Graf : The Man Of The Moment
2015 turned out to be quite a year in the spotlight for the transgender community and one of its brightest stars and advocates was trans filmmaker, actor and activist Jake Graf. Fresh from performing in the award winning “The Danish Girl”, Jake now seems to be everywhere: posing on magazine front covers and writing inside them…
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The Danish Girl
This may be a thoroughly British take on this very real groundbreaking story, but immediately from the first frame the screen is awash with these muted languid tones of Copenhagen in the first half of the last century, that there is no doubt of where this is all taking place. Einar and Gerda Wegener are…
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I Am The Queen
In the heart of Chicago ‘s Humboldt Park, a predominantly Puerto Rican community there is an air of excitement at the small Vida/SIDA Office. They have just announced plans for the 3rd Annual Paseo Boricua Beauty Pageant which had been established initially as the Center Director considered the local transgender community as the most marginalized section…
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Dylan: a positive trans experience
It really is quite refreshing and still somewhat surprising that so many positive images revolving around the trans community that are just surfacing now have in fact been works in progress for some years. One perfect example of this is a new short movie from writer/director Elizabeth Rohrbaugh that is based on a theater piece…
