Un approfondimento sulla rappresentazione di Hollywood delle persone transgender e all'impatto di quelle storie sulle vite transgender e sulla cultura americana.
After skipping town a decade ago, transgender activist Caz Davis returns to the remote, politically divided dairy community of Rurangi, hoping to reconnect with his estranged father, who hasn't heard from him since before Caz transitioned.
Describing herself as a 'street queen,' Johnson was a legendary fixture in New York City’s gay ghetto and a tireless voice for LGBT pride since the days of Stonewall, who along with fellow trans icon Sylvia Rivera, founded Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (S.T.A.R.), a trans activist group based in the heart of NYC’s Greenwich Village. Her death in 1992 was declared a suicide by the NYPD, but friends never accepted that version of events. Structured as a whodunit, with activist Victoria Cruz cast as detective and audience surrogate, The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson celebrates the lasting political legacy of Johnson, while seeking to finally solve the mystery of her unexplained death.
After being kidnapped by a predatory old vampire, Kurt becomes part of a gang of rebellious vampires who feed on bigots and abusers. As a vampire he finally knows empowerment and belonging, but his maker is still out there and until Kurt faces the monster, he will never truly be free. But this time he won’t face it alone.
Filmed over five years in Kansas City, this documentary follows four transgender kids – beginning at ages 4, 7, 12, and 15 – as they redefine “coming of age.” These kids and their families show us the intimate realities of how gender is re-shaping the family next door in a unique and unprecedented chronicle of growing up transgender in the heartland.
At a time when the far right is ascending to power around the world, the 2020 Brazilian municipal elections saw a surprising and unprecedented record of LGBT candidates. This film follows four young queer politicians during their electoral campaigns and reveals their struggle to affirm their rights to exist and be heard.
Sharing her journey from child to teen activist, Georgie Stone looks back at her life and historic fight for transgender rights in this documentary.
Lies can kill. Transgender Nuclear Suicide Sojourner is an exploration of propaganda, lies, and the overwhelming urge to end it all.
Il disconoscimento della propria identità resta per molte trans una seconda morte, quella della loro memoria. Le famiglie si vergognano e così funerale, cerimonia e tumulazione avvengono in gran segreto tra pochi intimi, frettolosamente manomesse nell’estetica. Sulle lapidi viene stampato il loro nome da uomo, in un’identità che mai più sarà quella da loro scelta durante la loro la vita terrena. È quello che accade ad Antonia, sepolta con il suo nome di battesimo, Giampaolo, nell’indifferenza dei più. Vent’anni dopo, il ritrovamento di una lettera spinge le sue migliori amiche, Porpora e Nicole, a organizzare un ritrovo della Memorabile Famiglia Reale, il gruppo di elette nella sconfinata costellazione trans, per rivivere un’intera giornata tutte assieme nell’appartamento storico, come facevano nei favolosi weekend di molti anni prima.
Indianara definisce se stessa una puttana parlamentare, atea, anarchica e vegana. Nata come Sergio Siqueira, decide molto presto di diventare donna e inventa il suo nome in omaggio alle origini indigene di sua madre e a Nara, un’amica transgender che la sostiene. Rivoluzionaria inclassificabile, fondatrice di Casa em, un centro di accoglienza per transgender a Rio de Janeiro, consigliera comunale insieme Marielle Franco, Indianara continua la sua lotta contro pregiudizi e machismo.
Ash Nielsen is a teenager who is struggling to come to terms with being nonbinary, as well as having to navigate bullying at school.
In the spotlight of global media coverage, the first transgender woman ever to perform as Don Giovanni in a professional opera, makes her historic debut in one of the reddest states in the U.S.
The first major uprising against police brutality, harassment, and societal oppression was not at Stonewall in 1969, but at Compton's Cafeteria in San Francisco three years earlier. Those who stood up were trans women and gay men. Now, nearly 40 years on, Susan Stryker and Victor Silverman tell the story of this oft-overlooked event in the history of American civil rights.
Viji, Dora and Shanthi are transgenders, and Viji and Dora live together. When Viji’s best friend Shanthi is murdered, she decides to take revenge. At the same time, Dora falls in love with Aasari’s son. Now, Viji has feels the responsibility to protect Dora from Aasari.
Teenage Lindsey McCabe loses her opportunity for a college scholarship to a transgender athlete. In her father Steve's fight for fairness, he learns that even finding an attorney to take his case is a challenge and getting case to trial is an even bigger obstacle. But it takes a faith-based twist when his attorney gets the judge to accept God and the Bible into evidence.
At a time when transgender people are banned from serving in the U.S. military, four of the thousands of transgender troops risking discharge fight to attain the freedom they so fiercely protect.
In 2016, transgender teen Gavin Grimm sued his local school board after its members refused to let him use the bathroom of his choice. He was ready to take his case all the way to the Supreme Court—and then the election happened.
After years away from home, Duna returns to his home village to get reunited with his ill father. Upon arrival, she will feel rejection and misunderstanding about her trans-sexuality. Will she reconcile with her past and father?
A short documentary about being trans in Ireland.
Tina Crimson's "Scissor Bay" gets visualised through a series of nightmarish, chaotic and eerie shots that represent transgender oppression and endurance.