Search Results: transgender (1789)

[…] self-discovery while making a documentary on the development and creation of Kevin Smith’s controversial LGBTQ+ film, Chasing Amy. Directed by Sav Rodgers. Produced by GLAAD’s Director of Transgender Representation Alex Schmider, Carrie Radigan, Lela Meadow-Conner, Matthew Mills, Sav Rodgers. Boca Chica, (Dominican Republic) – World Premiere. A lively coming-of-age drama, Boca Chica follows twelve-year-old […]

[…] they navigate the ups and downs of self-discovery. Ali’s Los Angeles Jewish family is filled with secrets, but when their parent, Maura (Daya Curley), transitions to the transgender matriarch she always knew she was, the family is forced to confront their own identities and navigate their relationships with each other. The cast also includes Liz […]

[…] this post on Instagram A post shared by GLAAD (@glaad) When right-wing media branded her as a “Lunatic country music person” for her bold allyship towards the transgender community, she turned that allyship into action, raising more hundreds of thousands of dollars for LGBTQ charities, including GLAAD’s Transgender Representation program. In her GLAAD Excellence […]

[…] A post shared by GLAAD (@glaad)   From America’s Next Top Model to Boys Don’t Cry to Tangerine to Pose to RuPaul’s Drag Race, journalist Tre’vell Anderson unpacks the groundbreaking history of transgender representation in TV and film with their new book “We See Each Other: A Black, Trans Journey Through TV and Film” available now. Described as a “literary reckoning” […]

[…] film immediately received universal praise and went on to win Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards. The film tells the story of Marina Vidal, a transgender woman played by Daniela Vega, who faces profound challenges and discrimination following the sudden death of her older boyfriend, Orlando.“A Fantastic Woman” serves as an important […]

[…] created the space and … have offered that representation and opportunity to even be here right now.” When asked what is fueling the state of hate against transgender youth, with extremist right-wing politicians leading the charge, Page observes “it’s a political tool. It’s to gain votes, it’s to make people upset, and to distract […]

Will Davis is no stranger to making history. Less than 10 years ago, Davis became the first transgender person to lead a major nonprofit institution without a defined LGBTQ mission when he stepped in as artistic director of Chicago’s American Theater Center in 2016. Now he’s the first-ever trans leader of an Off-Broadway theater, […]

[…] before ending up at the gas station where the alleged assailant reportedly made homophobic slurs before stabbing O’Shae. Investigators say it may have been a hate crime. Transgender teenager Jacob Williamson was reported missing from Laurens, SC, on June 30, thought to have gone on a date with a man with whom he had […]