transgender
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A Fantastic Woman
Sebastián Lelio’s extraordinary wonderful new movie gets to the very core of Chilean society’s inbred homophobia and transphobia that threatens the very existence of Marina (Daniela Vega) the protagonist simply because they resent the very fact that she had been the light of her dead lover’s life. The movie opens with 57-year-old Orlando (Francisco Reyes) getting ready…
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TOP 10 TRANSGENDER FILMS OF 2017
The fact that there were so many films last year with transgender subject matters that we could pick out TOP 10 TRANSGENDER FILMS OF 2017 in itself is quite extraordinary. Each movie made a valuable contribution to the continuing dialogue about the community, and nearly all of them are now available to view on global…
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ELLA MARQUES talks about being A Boy From Venus
Ella Marques is an extraordinary woman who chose to start transitioning when she was 60 years old. She wrote about her journey to finally being true to herself in a refreshingly frank and enthralling memoir I WAS A BOY FROM VENUS. Ella sat down to talk to queerguru on the eve of her Book Signing at Stonewall National…
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Trans girl Zoey dedicates her quinceañera to her trans godmothers.
A quinceañera is a Latin American tradition celebrating a girl’s coming of age on her 15th birthday. Zoey a Mexican/American living in Los Angeles however is a little difference as she is a transgender girl. She is dedicating her quinceañera to her trans godmothers who helped her through her transitioning but who never got…
