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Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Here’s the flyer for an upcoming event I’m hosting: a screening of one of my favorite trans-themed films of all time! We’ll also be showing a quick clip of Queens at Heart, one of Outfest’s film restoration projects this year.
Please share this flyer with anyone who might be interested!
Wednesday, November 19 6:30pm Absolut pre-reception 7:30pm screening
MA VIE EN ROSE
Dir. Alain Berliner, 1997, France/Belgium/UK, 88 min.
Ludo, a sensitive child assigned as a boy at birth, does not identify as a boy and hopes for a miraculous transformation into a girl. Ludo’s family soon realizes this isn’t a role-playing fantasy. Conflicts with teachers, neighbors, friends, and each other culminate in a moving, hopeful ending.
We’ll be having a cocktail reception before the film, so come a little early, enjoy some delicious Absolut drinks (or water for you teetotalers), and enjoy a really lovely film that’s even better on the big screen! Two important films in our community’s history, and a party! What’s not to love?
American Cinematheque at The Egyptian Theatre
6712 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood, CA 90028
$7 Outfest members
$10 non-members
Tickets available at the door or via http://www.fandango.com
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Monday, October 20, 2008
Come down to Arena tonight for the Miss Bienestar 2008 pageant! I will be there rockin’ my new Dolce & Gabbana glasses sent by my supercool fan Tracey! I’ll post some pics tomorrow.
On October 20, the Arena Club in Hollywood will welcome the most beautiful and talented transgender women in the Los Angeles area. Like years before, the beauty pageant will culminate with the crowning of a new leader within the transgender Latina community.
http://www.bienestar.org/Calendar/Details.asp?eventID=91
MISS BIENESTAR 2008
Mon, October 20
8 PM - 11:59 PM
at Arena Night Club
6655 Santa Monica Blvd.
Hollywood, CA 90038
Price/Precio $10 Reg/$50 VIP/$175 Mesa VIP
Age/Edad 18+
Contact/Contacto
BIENESTAR Hollywood 323-660-9680
agoncalvez@bienestar.org /
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Sunday, October 19, 2008
Loyal reader Michael sent me some nice gifts, including these cool buttons!
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Posted by Andrea James on 10/19 at 04:27 PM
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Saturday, October 18, 2008
More photos soon, but we had a great ‘Remember Me In Red’ fundraising event last night at a beautiful home in the Hollywood hills. They could still use your help, though, so if you want to support a great film about and starring Latina trans women, check out their site and donate:
http://www.remembermeinred.com/donate.html
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Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Hundreds of trans people donating thousands of dollars! This feels like another huge year of momentum for our community!
The Transgender Community and Allies Support Obama:
http://www.actblue.com/page/trans
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Posted by Andrea James on 10/15 at 11:17 PM
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Monday, October 13, 2008
I’ll be hosting a special screening of Ma Vie En Rose on November 19, and we’ll also be showing a quick clip of Queens at Heart, one of Outfest’s film restoration projects this year!
If you haven’t seen this, it’s my favorite film about gender-variant children, funny and sad and delightful and fabulous all in one!
Wednesday, November 19 6:30pm Absolut pre-reception 7:30pm screening
MA VIE EN ROSE
Dir. Alain Berliner, 1997, France/Belgium/UK, 88 min.
Ludo, a sensitive child assigned as a boy at birth, does not identify as a boy and hopes for a miraculous transformation into a girl. Ludo’s family soon realizes this isn’t a role-playing fantasy. Conflicts with teachers, neighbors, friends, and each other culminate in a moving, hopeful ending.
We’ll be having a cocktail reception before the film, so come a little early, enjoy some delicious Absolut drinks (or water for you teetotalers), and enjoy a really lovely film that’s even better on the big screen! Two important films in our community’s history, and a party! What’s not to love?
American Cinematheque at The Egyptian Theatre
6712 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood, CA 90028
$7 Outfest members
$10 non-members
Tickets available at the door or via http://www.fandango.com
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Saturday, October 11, 2008
Filmmaker Hector Ceballos is working on a new film and is looking for people who can support the project. It’s called Remember Me in Red. He writes:
I am fundraising for my thesis project which is about a transgender woman named Alma Flora who dies and the conflict that occurs before her burial. Her best friend Fidelia arranges a tribute to her friend’s life as a woman, but when the family arrives unexpectedly from Mexico they make the choice to bury Alma Flora as a man. My lead is Mariana Marroquin. Maria Roman of Trantasia fame is playing Alma Flora.
If you’d like to support the project, there’s a fundraiser on the 18th. Email Hector for details
http://www.remembermeinred.com/
Hector Ceballos
Director
323-547-4167
hectorace@gmail.com
Hope to see you there, and if you can’t make it, I hope you’ll join me in supporting this film!
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Friday, October 10, 2008
The GLAAD blog has a great writeup of the transgender community’s contributions to the Obama campaign, by Mik Kinkead, GLAAD’s Transgender Advocacy Fellow.
Thanks to Helen Boyd and Caprice Bellefleur for all the work they did on this, as well as our allies at Stonewall Democrats and Obama Pride! From the Obama Pride website:
Obama Pride is honored by the enthusiastic support of so many in the transgender community and we congratulate all the participants…for their huge success!
Let’s keep the momentum going! As Hellen Boyd said, let’s make the trans community go “from being politically invisible to politically viable.”
Full article:
Transgender Voters Gain Visibility in Politics
The Transgender Community and Allies Support Obama:
http://www.actblue.com/page/trans
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Posted by Andrea James on 10/10 at 11:22 AM
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Thursday, October 09, 2008
Trans for Obama Month is chugging along! We passed 300 donors this week and are closing in on $14,000 raised! Amazing!
Let’s keep it going! Please consider making your voice heard!
http://www.actblue.com/page/trans
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Posted by Andrea James on 10/09 at 11:32 AM
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Saturday, October 04, 2008
If you live in LA and would like some additional fabulosity in your life, Outfest is offering a great chance to update your look!
Randolph Duke Fashion Consultation in Your Own Home
As many of you know, Randolph Duke is one of the most influential and iconic names in American fashion. Thought of by many as “Red Carpet Royalty,” Duke has created unforgettable moments for his beloved muses and A-list stars including Angelina Jolie, Hilary Swank, and Barbara Streisand.
Proceeds benefit Outfest. Check it out today!
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Thursday, October 02, 2008
Since Trans for Obama blog day on Monday, the transgender community has made ourselves heard!
First we doubled the total donors. Then we cracked 200. Then we shattered the goal I set of 250. Now we are closing in on 300 donors and are the 7th largest group they are tracking!
http://www.actblue.com/entity/fundraisers/16332
It’s not too late to show your support for change, and as we all know, change is very important in our community! 
A few more folks who have mentioned this great initiative:
- Carol Ann
- Jamie Citron
- Sara
- Jude
- Véronique
- Monica Roberts
- Angie
- ellejohara
- Shel
- Eden Lane
Thanks to Caprice and Helen Boyd, who have been mentioning this everywhere and generating all this interest!
I officially proclaim October Trans for Obama month! Let’s keep the momentum right up to our historic election day!
Click now to support Obama!
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Posted by Andrea James on 10/02 at 12:08 PM
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Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Last night was a great fundraiser for the trans youth program at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (details below). You can see my full set of shots here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andreajames/sets/72157607614042781/
More info on Angels of Change:
http://sites.google.com/site/angelsofchange/press-release
This event organized by the Huckleberry Fund benefits Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Transgender Harm Reduction Program. The Huckleberry Fund is part of the Division of Adolescent Medicine.
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles is a 501(c)3 organization with Tax ID 95-1690977.
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Posted by Andrea James on 09/30 at 12:34 PM
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http://www.actblue.com/page/trans
Click now to support Obama!
Thanks to all who spread the word about Monday’s Trans for Obama Day! Over 100 new donations came in yesterday, nearly doubling the total (WOW!), but it’s not too late to add your voice. Today is the last day of the quarter, so you can really maximize the influence of your donation by doing so today. Let’s keep the momentum going!
Below is some additional coverage since my last post:
- Autumn Sandeen
- riftgirl
- Annie Rushden
- Laura Calvo
- Joann Prinzivalli
It even got picked up in the LGBT blogosphere:
- Justout blog coverage
Thanks to all who have participated so far, and please consider helping out today!
Click now to support Obama!
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Posted by Andrea James on 09/30 at 07:46 AM
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Monday, September 29, 2008
Wow, so far so good! As Trans for Obama blog day gets underway we already have some great entries:
- Caprice Bellefleur
- Kate Bornstein
- Helen Boyd
- Lena Dahlstrom
- Annie Rushden
- Dr. Jillian T. Weiss
Be sure to read Kate’s post for an interesting take on our political status 20 years ago. It’s easy to forget that when I was born, trans people were rounded up, arrested, and beaten by police on a regular basis, as a matter of procedure.It’s still happening today. But we began fighting back, at the Compton’s Cafeteria in San Francisco and the Stonewall Inn in New York. We would not be where we are today if the most marginalized segment of the LGBT community had not stood up and said “We aren’t going to take this any more!” The Stonewall Democrats are named in honor of that defining moment in our history, that tipping point. Our community has always been an important part of the LGBT rights movement, and today is another chance to show that. If you haven’t yet, I urge you to contribute, spread the word, tell your friends, post it on your website or MySpace of Facebook, make a difference today. We will continue to make ourselves heard until we all have the right to express ourselves and our gender freely and without fear!
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Sunday, September 28, 2008
Click now to support Obama!
The transgender community has a voice and has political influence, so today is Trans for Obama blog day!
This is a great chance for Obama supporters in our community to help in a way that will get noticed. Obama needs as much money and as many donors as possible to beat McCain. If you saw McCain’s views on LGBT marriage on Ellen Degeneres or have heard some of the unbelievable opinions held by Sarah Palin, it’s clear who will do more to support the rights of trans people.
Tuesday is the end of the quarter and everyone will be watching. These numbers are really important. I believe it’s entirely possible for our community to get 250 total donors today, and I urge you to stand up and be counted with me. If you can give a substantial amount, great, but your $5 donation is just as important. I know that’s a lot for some of us. Many of us face the tremendous costs of transition out of pocket, combined with difficulties finding and keeping good jobs due to anti-trans discrimination, but the tide is changing. We have just won a major legal victory in the employment case brought against the Library of Congress. We need to keep that momentum going, and one important way to do that is to usher in a new era of more progressive leaders.
We have already shattered our second goal, and I believe we can completely surpass the goal of 200 total donors and get to 250 donors today (just 150 more to go). This is a great chance to make a difference, even if it’s $5. Join me in showing your support now. Just click on the link below, and let me know by email or via comment here how you decided to help!
http://www.actblue.com/page/trans
I’ll be posting updates throughout the day, including links to other trans bloggers and our allies. Thanks in advance for supporting this important initiative!
http://www.actblue.com/page/trans
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