by Focus Features The story of Texas electrician Ron Woodroof and his battle with the medical establishment and pharmaceutical companies after being diagnosed as HIV-positive in 1986, and his search for alternative treatments that helped established a way in which fellow HIV-positive people could join for access to his supplies. The film is showing in […]
With catchy tunes by Cyndi Lauper and a touching book by Harvey Fierstein the musical Kinky Boots took top honors at the 67th annual Tony Awards and proved the girls that just want to have fun are, in fact, drag queens! It’s no wonder that the musical, based on the true story behind the 2005 […]
By Shelbe Chang Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Art Theater Long Beach, an event for SoCal T-girl Fun Events Group hosted and organized by me, Shelbe Chang. It was St. Patty’s special night at their 1,395th show. The night kicks off with a pre-show gathering at Lola’s Mexican Cuisine in Long Beach. I had […]
by Zachary F. Volkert Watching trans movies today tells us a lot about how far things have come, from the clinical shock pieces like The Christine Jorgensen Story in the 70s up until now when the hilarious all-drag cast of Girls Will Be Girls redefines the rules of what drag can and can’t do on […]
One of the best TV series of 2012, the brilliant crime drama Hit and Miss starring Chloë Sevigny and Jonas Armstrong has been released on Netflix in the US this week. Created by Paul Abbott & written by Sean Conway – the 6-part drama aired on SkyAtlantic this time last year to much critical acclaim. […]
Divine is a study in irony, from the top of her heavenly, teased wig to the bottom of her cha-cha heels. Her very name is associated with the sacred while her persona explored the very depths of depravity, obscenity, and vulgarity. It is this outrageous and humorous contradiction that hurtled an average overweight kid to […]
Welcome to the compelling lives and world of Sally, Chiqui, Giorgio, Jan and Cheska. Born men in the Phillipines, they now live in Tel Aviv as women. This movie gives us a view into the lives and plight of these transsexuals working menial but essential jobs in modern-day Israel. The girls are outsiders who have […]
With an “Almodóvarian” twist and the flamboyance of The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, director Ramón Salazar’s 20 Centimeters tells the story of Marieta (Mónica Cervera) a narcoleptic, transsexual woman who longs to get rid of 8 inches of equipment that separates her from being the glamorous person she dreams to be. When […]
From the makers of “Calendar Girls” comes an uplifting British comedy about two outcast dreamers who finally figure out how to stand up for themselves… in thigh-high leather stilettos. Inspired by a surprising true story, KINKY BOOTS stars Joel Edgerton (“Star Wars: Episode III”) as Charlie Price, the young Englishman who inherits his father’s failing […]
Johnny Depp has had many roles in his acting career, but none so challenging as that of Ed Wood, the transvestite who made the worst movie ever made, PLAN NINE FROM OUTER SPACE, 1959. Ed Wood, the movie, related the filmmaker’s life as director of bad films, a friend to morphine-addicted Bela Lougosi, an ex-soldier […]