Results for: representation
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“Beyond the Aggressives” Has Arrived Just On Time For Black Trans Masc Representation
Beyond the Aggressives shows us how far we have come in terms of portraying trans masc people, but we still have such a long way to go.
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Dev Patel’s Blockbuster ‘Monkey Man’ Centers Trans Women in Its Radical Politics
“He needed to be reminded by fellow outsiders of who he was,” Patel told Variety. “And together they waged this war for the good and the just.”
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“Silver Haze” Finds Devastation and Beauty in a New Kind of Lesbian Romance
There are plenty of movies with characters who have scars, but very few that don’t use them for either horror or inspiration.
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Newfest 2021: “Death and Bowling” is a T4T Fantasia On Death and Creation
Kash has created the ideal commentary on trans representation by abandoning that project altogether.
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Sundance 2024: “Ponyboi” Is a Crime Drama with Cowboys, Springsteen, and an Intersex Lead
Reminiscent of the Wachowskis’ Bound, Ponyboi is a queer cinema genre pastiche that understands a movie can be artful, emotional, and incredibly entertaining.
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I Got High and Watched Tello’s Latest Lesbian Christmas Movie, “A Holiday I Do”
Wow Rivkah Reyes really said I will be stealing hearts like the Grinch stole Christmas.
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8 Other Ways Pilot Kayla Watts of Jurassic World: Dominion Could Have Come Out As Bisexual
Jurassic World: Dominion features a bisexual Black character played by DeWanda Wise, but her queerness barely breaks out of subtextual territory.
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Spoiler Alert: Dutch Threesome Film “Happy Ending” Ended Badly
The movie has great queer sex scenes but falls flat in terms of characters.
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Nickelodeon’s “Monster High 2” Celebrates Trans Joy With a Nonbinary Frankenstein’s Monster
These little monsters are breaking generational curses and making their own way in the world.
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Billy Porter’s “Anything’s Possible” Empowers Trans Black Girls to Chase Happiness
I’m looking forward to a media future where trans girls in love aren’t rare. Anything’s Possible isn’t perfect, but it’s a great start.
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Barbie Is Right: Heterosexuality Is Goofy
Straightness in Barbieland is cringe.
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Sundance 2023: “Rye Lane” Is a Flawless Story About a Blossoming Black Love
It’ll make you believe that love can be just a stroll away.
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“Thor: Love and Thunder” Promised Us Gay Valkyrie, So What Happened Here?
After being queer coded for years, everyone expected that Valkyrie would finally have a major gay storyline. And yet! How did Marvel still get it so wrong?
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Aubrey Plaza Makes Me Wanna Break Bottles & Eat Lesbian Pasta in “Spin Me Round”
This is unfortunately not a movie about two babes banging and eating their way through Italy — but there is a dash of sapphic salt between Allison Brie and Aubrey Plaza!
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“Your Place or Mine” Fails To Explicitly Acknowledge Bit Butch Lesbian Character
As much as I’d love for Tig Notaro to be in all romantic comedies, I don’t want “butch best friend” to become the latest watered down LGBT character trope.
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Sundance 2023: “Joyland” and “Slow” Center Their Cis and Allosexual Characters With Surprising Success
Every story can be told, if it’s told right.
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“Ex-mas” Should Be About The Chaotic Lesbian Sister But Instead It’s About Straight People 😔
The new Prime Video / Freevee Christmas movie “Exmas” is a stirring tribute to the power of turtlenecks in Minnesota with a lesbian character who should be the star but unfortunately she isn’t because heterosexuality rules the world.
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TIFF 2023: Trans People Deserve Better Than “Unicorns” and “National Anthem”
We are in an abundant era of trans cinema, but you wouldn’t know it based on the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival.
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Hulu’s “The Drop” Review: Lesbian Destination Wedding Goes Wonderfully Wrong
The movie delightfully mines marital conflicts for humor, but it falters in the writing of its lesbian characters.
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“Mulholland Drive” and the Power That Lurks in the Shadows
David Lynch’s 2001 masterpiece has a thematic core that has been largely ignored.