Canadian trans filmmaker Chase Joynt can confidently leave this Sundance Film Festival clothing two awards, knowing he has been successful in a rare achievement. His sophomore feature-length documentary Framing Agnes is even better than his remarkable debut No Ordinary Man which he had co-directed with Aisling Chin-Yee. Joynt, whose day job is as Professor … Continue reading
The moment we read the headline read Ginger Spice is to play Pee Wee Herman’s mother in a fishy tale, we were hooked. (Apologies for the pun) The two of them ….. also known as Paul Reubens and Gerri Halliwell are set to join Tatum O’Neal and a host of transgender actors in an … Continue reading
The glamorous icon and trailblazing transgender activist April Ashley has died at age 86. She was a top Vogue model until she was cruelly outed by a British tabloid in 1961, and even though that damaged her modeling career, April still managed to lead the most exciting life packed to the gills. Boy George … Continue reading
Felicity is not happy. She feels much more like a boy than a girl. But what will happen when she tells people she wants to be Fred? Part of the Rainbow Street Series, I Am Fred is a story based on real-life discussions between a mother and her son who, inside, increasingly felt … Continue reading
Little Girl is the touching French documentary portrait of seven-year-old Sasha, who questions her gender, and in doing so, evokes the sometimes disturbing reactions of a society that is still largely invested in a traditional boy-girl way of thinking. Acclaimed documentary maker Sebastian Lifshitz was motivated to create this sympathetic, intimate documentary whilst making … Continue reading