BY DANIEL REYNOLDS AUGUST 31 2020 The films of Encore Week include Cicada, Two of Us (Deux), Gossamer Folds, Minyan, Tahara, The Obituary of Tunde Johnson, Keyboard Fantasies: The Beverly Glenn-Copeland Story, The Carnivores, Dry Wind, No Hard Feelings, Shiva Baby, Alice Junior, Cured, Becoming a Man in 127 Easy Steps, Ask Any Buddy, Your Mother’s Comfort, and Lily Tomlin:…
by Daniel Reynolds Many of the year’s best films — LGBTQ or otherwise — gain momentum at the Sundance Film Festival, the annual cinematic gathering in Park City, Utah. This year’s queer offerings are the strongest yet. Below, see the…
Thanks to The Advocate for the mention! The Advocate had featured trans actress Alexandra Billings on our cover nearly a decade earlier, but it wasn’t until 2005 that she became the second out trans woman to play a trans character on television (Romy and…
BY WILLAM BELLI OCTOBER 07 2016 I was infamously able to keep my cool when another drag queen flipped her wig on me duringRuPaul’s Drag Race, and I attribute that to thinking twice and speaking once (and knowing where the…
BY BIONKA JUNE 08 2016 5:17 AM EDT The thought of a national debate about which bathroom I can use never really occurred to me — especially when it runs parallel to presidential debates in an election year. I must…
April 9, 2015 Erin Wilson Andrea James, Kate Bornstein, and Justin Vivian Bond Some trans people, though, embrace the word, even defending RuPaul’s right to use it. “My transgender tent proudly includes crossdressers like Dennis Rodman, or drag queens like…
BY DANIEL REYNOLDS FEBRUARY 25 2015 James, who was also present at the Outfest event, said the issue of casting a trans actor is not so cut and dry as people make it out to be. “There are business realities…
See which films made the cut. BY DANIEL REYNOLDS DECEMBER 24 2014 It has been a stellar year for cinematic storytelling of the LGBT community. This year’s best documentaries feature a variety of fascinating subjects, including Prop. 8 plaintiffs, gay dads,…
by Mitch Kellaway November 5, 2014 Letters for My Sisters: Transitional Wisdom in Retrospect ($16, Transgress Press) “If you could write just one letter to someone who is beginning their gender transition or to your younger, pre-transition self, what would you…
by Mitch Kellaway JULY 16 2014 “If you could write just one letter to someone who is beginning their gender transition or to your younger, pre-transition self, what would you say?” A new anthology, Letters for My Sisters: Transitional Wisdom…
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