transgender
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Gossamer Folds : the tale of an unlikely friendship
Queer filmmaker Lisa Donato who is known for her short films got her first feature film directing job from actress Yeardley Smith. Smith who was both producing and starring in Gossamer Fold, has a reputation as a good ally of the LGBTQ community. She chose well as Donato’s debut turned to be one of…
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“Even Solomon” a transgender drama from BBC TV in 1979
The British Broadcasting Company (BBC) were always regarded as the bastion of British Broadcasting and part of the country’s Establishment. Even today they are still one of the world’s most trusted news service. There was however another side to them when in their earlier days they also produced some ground-breaking programming in their Play…
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FIRST DAY for a transgender girl at High School @ HULU
Full credit to the Australian TV Channel ABC ME for both their insight and judgement for producing this excellent children’s TV mini series FIRST DAY about a transgender girl’s first year of high school. Originally an award winning short film, it stars transgender actor Evie Macdonald as Hannah, who must face the challenges that…
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The Sound of Identity : how Lucia Lucas made Don Giovanni soar
There will come a time in our (distant?) future when filmmaker James Kicklighter can make a documentary like this when the sole focus is on the extraordinary voice of opera singer Lucia Lucas with barely a mention of the fact she is transgender. However right now we still need films like this which add…
