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The film is Fassbinder's last word on victimised innocence, a subjective response to the suicide of his lover and a sincere admission that life is messier than his earlier films acknowledged. Prompted by his love for Anton, Erwin goes to Casablanca for a sex change operation and becomes Elvira. On her return Anton has abandoned her and Elvira's life hereafter seems to consist of violent, humiliating relationships with cruel men and ends with her suicide. This is arguably Fassbinder's ugliest and most challenging film to date. On the surface, the film remains infuriatingly evasive: another manifesto generally testifying to the repression of differences, the immense destructive power of feelings, the fundamental deviousness of human nature, and the Fassbinderian conviction that all relationships are grounded in sadomasochistic 'vicious cycles'.

In Chroniques, Mirha-Soleil Ross is well aware that her candid comments are not welcome at your local queer festival.

Gandharva Kumar’s arrival disrupts the festival mood of Durga Puja at Ratanlal Babu’s house. He captivates the grandchildren of Ratanlal Babu, Habul, and Tinni, with his magical tricks. Now Gandharva Kumar reveals a secret wherein he claims to be heir to the family property to Ratanlal Babu.

Pioneering trans writer Max Wolf Valerio talks about his life and experience of transition in this groundbreaking documentary short, one of the very first portraits of a trans man on film, directed and produced by noted filmmaker Monika Treut.

"We are two gender queens, gender outlaws, trans-dykes, gender troublemakers" so begins this intimate portrait of the video makers, two kick-ass radical transgender activists living in Toronto. Jeanne and Xanthra publish Gendertrash, a transgender zine, and give the dish on gay male misogyny and all of its complex articulations in contemporary gay culture.

An urban transsexual finds herself in a sticky situation.

A group of F-to-Ms pose as queer boys and flaunt it in a gay cruise park to explore the pleasures of fag sex.

A television movie based on the life of Marlene Moore, the first woman in Canada to be labelled a dangerous offender.

Hot and tender sex between a man and a pre-op male to female transsexual. Transsexual sexuality with 19th century accordion twist.

Crossing social, economic, political and philosophical lines, everyone is bound together by a common desire to freely explore and express gender identities by transcending gender norms.

A short documentary about transsexual/transgender community activism in Toronto.

Kacem, an ageing fairground operator, his son and a transvestite dancer travel around the countryside of drought-stricken southern Morocco in an old van in this bittersweet homage to the last itinerant fairground showmen (forains) in Morocco. Rabii is a young transvestite dancer hired by Kacem, a long-time fairground entertainer and the owner of a lottery stand on wheels. Their three lives are bound by a common itinerary: that of Rabii with his dreams of a kinder place, that of Kacem who is sick and haunted by a dark past and that or Larbi, Kacem's only son, an ex-boxer, ex-prisoner - a violent mythomaniac who will end up alone. This film is a tribute to the last fairground entertainers, musicians, dancers, storytellers, animal trainers, jugglers, performers and troubadours - to all the popular artists of the streets and public squares.

A cyberspace encounter turns into a trans/polysexual vegan-docu-porno featuring urban veggie lovers speaking out on dating, intimacy and sex in a meat-centered culture.

With its DYI punk aesthetics, the video for Diddle My Skittle is a good representation of Peaches’ early work. In this one, the singer, dressed in pink shinny leggings and a t-shirt, creates a ballsack-like apparatus that she puts in her leggings before heading downtown. As she walks in the crowded streets of the city, the sack eventually breaks but Peaches keeps on dancing, her prosthetic balls falling down her legs. We can also hear Canadian folk-rock singer Feist on this track. She is credited under the pseudonym Bitch Lap Lap.

Portrait of Genetic Girl Paddy's marriages and attractions to TS/TG people.

Trans girl Lilith crashes brother Bernie's hopes for a romantic evening alone with his pop star idol, Blisstina Arfuilera.

A poetic meditation on the beauty, perils and power of sexuality in a transsexual woman's body.

Shy is a transgender man who leaves his small town after the death of his father, and heads to the big city to live a life of crime. Along the way, he encounters Valentine, a quirky adoptee, in search of his birth mother. An immediate kinship is sparked between these men and they become partners in crime.

On Victoria Day as fireworks are going off, someone is on a killing spree. The next morning, three prostitutes are found shot dead. One is a transvestite, one is a transsexual and the third is a woman. The bullets from each killing prove to come from the same gun.

In 2001, transsexual activist, sex worker, and performance artist Mirha-Soleil Ross was elected Grand Marshall for Toronto's annual LGBT Pride Parade. This was done in recognition of her hard work on behalf of the transsexual, transgender, and sex worker communities. Dressed as the Lady of the Beasts, she emerged from the deep urban woods with her pack of coyotes to lead a performance celebrating the actions and victories of the underground Animal Liberation Front and to show support for all the courageous activists who every year risk their freedom to liberate animals from places of abuse and exploitation.

In the universe, on Earth, in Australia, there is a small town. In the small town there are: 9,684 residents, one supermarket, six sets of traffic lights and one shoplifting transperson on an extravagant quest for love.

Filmmaker Kimberly Reed returns home for her high school reunion, ready to reintroduce herself to the small town as a transgender woman and hoping for reconciliation with her long estranged adopted brother Marc.

An animation of an introspective poem. How does one's own perception of self differ from how one is seen by the rest of the world?

In this playful romp, Pablo struggles with having a crush on his roommate.

With haunting suburban visuals backed by the rich sounds of Toronto based-band Ohbijou, Akin engages a relationship between an Orthodox Jewish mother and her transgender son as they navigate silent secrets of a shared past.

Super 8 footage layered with Sharpie marked lines and circles obscuring the image illustrates the story of the filmmaker's experience with temporary episodes of migraine related blindness and her cousin's self induced blindness later in life. Paralleling the experience of Blindness with Mental Illness, Cuthand deftly elucidates that any of us could lose any of our abilities at any time.

Honest reflections beautifully filmed about a tough year when things fell apart, connections were missed, love turned to heartache.

As society moves forward away from viewing gender dysphoria as a mental illness, what happens when legitimate mental illness is intertwined with transexuality? A layered narrative highlights the multiplicity that comes with wearing many masks in order to survive.

Funny and provocative, Boy Meets Girl vividly captures the giddy excitement, sexual heat, and inherent heartache of “non-traditional” love in a small town. Ricky (Michelle Hendley) is a 21-year-old trans girl living in Kentucky. Her only real friend, straight-laced Robby, has been her trusty, totally platonic, confidant for over 15 years. Her day job slinging lattes is merely a stepping-stone toward her goal of being a famous New York designer. She’s confident, cool, and completely ready for something new—and then her world is transformed when an enchanting debutante saunters into her life. Triggering fresh feelings and experiences, this unlikely connection conjures up intense questions about identity while uncovering ghosts from Ricky’s past. Indie-film veteran Eric Schaeffer (My Life’s in Turnaround, If Lucy Fell) builds a compelling, compassionate world that focuses on the emotions and messy challenges of complex people navigating complicated relationships. Schaeffer creates a thoroughly authentic small-town atmosphere, capturing the cozy and claustrophobic ambiance of a place where everyone knows your name—and your sexual partners. Anchored by a stunning performance from newcomer Michelle Hendley, who crafts a raw, nuanced character that is strong and vulnerable at once, Boy Meets Girl is a sweetly profound romantic comedy about people who are misunderstood, searching, and, in the end, just like you and me. — Brendan Peterson

PUBLIC P(ARTS) is an exploration of trans-male being. In the video, a man and his prosthesis have a bath.

Trevor's life has become a void, following the passing of his wife and long term companion, Doris. Days run into weeks, as Trevor slowly finds himself isolated and alone, and unconcernedly slipping towards death. A chance encounter in the park with a mysterious stranger equally troubled by his own dark past jarringly reawakens him, and forces both men to once again start to live.

2 Spirit Dreamcatcher Dot Com queers and indigenizes traditional dating site advertisements. Using a Butch NDN 'lavalife" lady (performed by director Theo Jean Cuthand), 2 Spirit Dreamcatcher Dot Com seduces the viewer into 2 Spirit "snagging and shacking up" with suggestions of nearby pipeline protests to take your date to, and helpful elders who will matchmake you and tell off disrespectful suitors. It's the culturally appropriate website all single 2 Spirit people wish existed. Following up on his video "2 Spirit Introductory Special $19.99" this work examines the forces of capitalism through envisioning a "financially unfeasible" service for a small minority community.

The Entropy of Forgiveness is a collaborative spoken word film which explores the concept of embracing grief and guilt into life and having it hold less heaviness. This piece was originally created for and submitted to the Inspire Mental Wellness design challenge in May 2018. In creating this piece, I worked closely with spoken word artist, Angelica Poversky, to craft a visual aesthetic that would resonate with the powerful message of her words. Through my contributions in visual direction, cinematography and editing I hoped to foster empathy and inspire kindness at moments which need it the most.

"I AM! We Are Here!" multimedia project documenting the vitality and spirit of Queer, Trans* and Gender Non-Conforming People of Color in the Bronx. Vision of I AM! Is a documentation concerning the lives of Queer, Trans* and Gender Non-Conforming People of Color in the Bronx. Document activist, students, educators, mothers, faith based practitioners, and various types of community members who are making a difference in their communities, their and other peoples lives. In response to unprecedented murders of Trans* individuals across the United States and in solidarity with Trans Lives Matter!, "I AM! We Are Here!" invites the viewer to consider an alternative narrative to the multiplicity of Queer, Trans* and Gender Non-Conforming people. The value of documenting these images and stories is to expand the canon of the current narratives of Queer, Trans* and Gender Non-Conforming People of Color lives. "I AM! We Are Here!" supports the bravery of everyday people living their lives and their truths in the midst of political and social conservatism.

A young trans woman is pursued by a potential lover at a party. As she balances concerns about her safety and her desire for intimacy, she must figure out what she wants before she can go for it.

Razor Tongue is a critically acclaimed no-bullshit web series, winning the "Special Recognition Award" at this year's 2021 Glaad Media Awards and earning Rain Valdez her first Emmy Nomination for Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series, making her the 2nd transgender actress to ever be nominated for a Primetime Emmy in an acting category and the FIRST Filipina American transgender actress to be nominated. Also starring Sterling Jones, Carmen Scott, Shaan Dasani and the incomparable Alexandra Grey, Razor Tongue explores the complexities of finding a voice of self-love in a world filled with misogyny and discrimination. Razor Tongue deftly navigates the calling out—and the being called out. Whether sitting through a floundering Tinder date or a terrible job interview Belle calls out micro-aggressions and bad behavior from men whenever she sees it. But when antagonized by Ariel (Grey), who turns the tables on her, she begins to wonder how effective public shaming actually is. There has been ample talk recently about the call-out culture, especially in LGBTQ+ communities, and Razor Tongue — cuts to the heart of the issue.