transgender
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I Am Samantha : a powerful and inspiring tale of transwoman Samantha Williams
Benjamin Scheuer’s debut single “I Am Samantha” was inspired and guided by the story of his friend’s journey to transition as told to him in his favourite coffee shop in the West Village, NYC. The song details a road occasionally bleak but ultimately inspiring, telling the story of a woman born a man, and…
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Jack & Yaya: the story of a remarkable friendship
Jack and Vaya is a very personal story brought to the screen by a small, woman-run production company based in Boston, MA. In fact the city is is where their story starts . Jack lives there now with his cute dog Plinko and it is where he works as a kindergarten teacher. He actually…
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I Was Not Born A Mistake : one women’s journey to finding her true identity
There are no two stories of transitioning that are the same, and Yiscah Smith’s tale about her own particular journey is probably one of the most intriguing we have ever seen. Born in a devout Observant Jewish family in Brooklyn as Yakov Smith and as a boy at school Smith was picked on and bullied…
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Ann Thomas, Founder of TRANSGENDER TALENT & her Persistence of Vision Award
Ann Thomas the Founder and CEO of Transgender Talent who is being presented with PERSISTENCE OF VISION AWARD by Provincetown Film Society & Festival at COMING OUT 2020: A Celebration of Trans Filmmakers at Saint Joseph’s Art Society in San Francisco talked with QUEERGURU about this honor and about her work too.
