This bi-week
– Homophobes protest schools!
– Brexit is coming (maybe?)
– Michelle heads over to the BFI LGBT film festival to talk to the directors of Trans Millitary, Call her Ganda and many more!
1. Dr. Rachel McKinnon ’s Twitter!
This lady is a goddam hero. Give her a follow if interested in trans sports issues:
https://twitter.com/rachelvmckinnon
2. Birthday Boy short film Kickstarter!
Give these folks money!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/leolebeau/birthday-boy?ref=project_build#
https://twitter.com/BdayBoyFilm
3. New south London trans sexual health service!
All the details are here:
https://www.kch.nhs.uk/news/public/news/view/28647
4. Help a dude get top surgery!
Jackson is ace. Give him money!
https://www.gofundme.com/6txz5-jackson039s-top-surgery
5. This Podcast is Queer!
New podcast, check it out! https://anchor.fm/this-podcast-is-queer
6. Interviews we couldn’t squeeze in!
Jess Kohl made a lovely movie about an Indian transgender festival. Watch it here:
Interview with Jess here:
Hallfríður Þóra Tryggvadóttir co-directed the wonderful short ‘I’ (which is ungooglable). It was co written by Owl, Metro columnist and My Genderation film maker!
Interview with Halla here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pLXjXwIcPM
Follow the movie here:
https://www.gerviproductions.com/projects/
Follow Owl here:
7. Cathy Brennan (Film critic)
Read all the stuff!
https://www.bfi.org.uk/people/cathy-brennan
https://twitter.com/TownTattle
8. Call her Ganda
Excellent documentary film by PJ Raval (https://twitter.com/pjraval) about the murder of a trans woman of colour.
Follow the movie here:
9. Meredith Talusan
Investigative journalist who worked on Call her Ganda. She is great.
https://www.twitter.com/ 1demerith
https://www.buzzfeed.com/meredithtalusan
https://www.vice.com/en_uk/contributor/meredith-talusan
10. Trans Millitary
Fantastic documentary about trans service members fighting the system, by Fiona Dawson (http://www.fionadawson.com/)
11.Man Made
Documentary about trans body builders! ABS!
Links to Mason (doc subject and our interviewee)
https://www.facebook.com/transathlete/
12. Little Miss Westie
Cute movie about trans kids being trans kids!
13. Kristiene Clarke
Film making legend. Awesome lady. Here is some of her work!
14. Framing Agnes
Experimental documentary about TRANS IN HISTORY! Follow the movie and film makers here:
https://www.chasejoynt.com/framing-agnes
https://twitter.com/ChaseJoynt
15. Anemone
Lovely short!
https://www.foxcubfilms.co.uk/
16. Amrou Al-Kadhi
This non-binary legend does a bit of everything. Check out their podcast NB here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06y51dp/episodes/downloads
Follow all of their high-jinks here: