transgender
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Tennessee passes Law to ban all drag queens : It could be the start of a very slippery slope
Last year Tennessee was debating a bill that failed to include a minimum age limit for marriage. Child brides are evidently fine for the upstanding legislators the self-appointed moral guardians of the state. However, these are the same lawmakers who this week actually passed a bill banning drag shows in public ! This law…
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Queerguru reviews A PLACE OF OUR OWN : the trials & tribulations of an Indian transgender pair seeking accomodation
A Place Of Our Own is a new feature film about the trials and tribulations of a couple of transgender women In Bhopal, India, and is a tragic reminder of how life for them has not progressed at all in society. The film, made by the Ektara Collective, an independent collaborative of filmmakers which…
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Ray Whitehouse talks about A RUN FOR MORE the inspiring story of a transgender woman who wants ‘a seat at the table’
Ray Whitehouse talks to Queerguru about his debut feature film A RUN FOR MORE a compelling documentary about a charismatic Texan transgender woman and her campaign to be elected for the rough District 8 of San Antonio’s City Council in the US’ most transphobic State and in the middle of a very dangerous political…
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Queerguru’s José Mayorga reviews the re-released ‘Dressed in Blue (Vestida de Azul)’ a landmark transgender film from 1983
The opening nighttime scene presents people walking at Jorge Manrique Street in Madrid, and for a moment you may recall Rome and Federico Fellini´s masterpiece Nights of Cabiria, but in a matter of seconds, the women in fur coats scream and run away quickly, the police is coming for them in a raid against…
