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Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Español
Description
Apasionado, crudo y veraz documental en el que seis transexuales relatan en primera persona cómo son sus vidas en la España de los ochenta. Son seis personajes reales: Lorenzo, René, José Antonio, Paco, Juan y José, y de cómo y por qué se convirtieron en Lorena, Renée, Nacha, Eva Tamara y Jossete, respectivamente. Loren, la mayor, estuvo encerrada en Carabanchel. Cuenta lo mal que lo pasó durante el servicio militar a través de...
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
The pseudonymous Agnes was a pioneering transgender woman who participated in an infamous gender health study conducted at UCLA in the 1960s. Her clever use of the study to gain access to gender-affirming healthcare led to her status as a fascinating and celebrated figure in trans history. In this innovative cinematic exercise that blends fiction and nonfiction, director Chase Joynt uses Agnes's story, along with others unearthed in long-shelved case...
3) Born to be
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Follows the work of Dr. Jess Ting at the groundbreaking Mount Sinai Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery in New York City, where all transgender and gender nonconforming people have access to quality transition-related health and surgical care. This feature-length documentary takes an intimate look at how one doctor's work impacts the lives of his patients as well as how his journey from renowned plastic surgeon to pioneering gender-affirming...
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Russian
Description
This searing investigative work shadows a group of activists risking unimaginable peril to confront ongoing anti-LGBTQ pogrom raging in the repressive and closed Russian republic. Unfettered access and a remarkable approach to protecting anonymity exposes this under-reported atrocity, and an extraordinary group of people confronting evil.
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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Description
"Where does voguing come from, and what, exactly, is throwing shade? This landmark documentary provides a vibrant snapshot of the 1980s through the eyes of New York City's African American and Latinx Harlem drag-ball scene. Made over seven years, it offers an intimate portrait of rival fashion 'houses,' from fierce contests for trophies to house mothers offering sustenance in a world rampant with homophobia, transphobia, racism, AIDS, and poverty....
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