transgender
April Ashley : Vogue Model, restaurateur, style icon and trail-blazing transgender activist dies aged 86
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…
I Am Fred : The Girl Who Wanted To Be A Boy
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…
Little Girl : a 7 year old trans girl living her truth : reviewed by Queerguru’s Ris Fatah
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…
PTown’s Fantasia Fair : The Original Transgender Week
To those in the LGBTQ+ community who think the ‘T’ part is a relatively new dialogue will probably be shocked to know that this week sees Ptown’s Annual Fantasia Fair that has been in existence for 46 years now. Back in 1975 the Fair was conceived by Ariadne Kane and others in Boston’s Cherrystones support…
