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Movie Reviews

Sundance 2025: ‘Rains Over Babel’ Is Queer Cinema That’s Wholesome and Transgressive

This has been a terrible week to be trans in the U.S. and I’m so grateful I could take a break and spend a couple hours in Gala del Sol’s fantastical world.

Drew Burnett Gregory February 1, 2025
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Movie Reviews

Sundance 2025: ‘Come See Me in the Good Light’ Is More Than Andrea Gibson’s Cancer Story — It’s Their Love Story

This film isn’t a straight-forward artist portrait. It’s a portrait of Gibson and their partner, fellow poet Megan Falley, as they navigate Gibson’s incurable cancer diagnosis. It’s a tender look at two queer people in love and a celebration of the desire to live.

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Theater Visual Art

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AF+

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Movie Features

Sundance 2025: New Documentary ‘GEN_’ Normalizes Fertility Care and Trans Healthcare

The best compliment I can give GEN_ is that it’s kind of boring.

Drew Burnett Gregory January 31, 2025 1 Comment
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Movie Reviews

Sundance 2025: ‘Sauna’ Tells a New Trans Story the Same Old Way

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Drew Burnett Gregory January 31, 2025 1 Comment
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First Person Issues

A Queer Coming of Age in Five Makeouts

Partying as a teenager is hard in New York City, where very few people have houses and almost everyone has nosy neighbors.

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Movie Features

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The ‘Trinkets’ and ‘Prime Target’ actor discusses their directorial debut where they play a Muay Thai fighter facing off against their childhood best friend.

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Movie Reviews

Sundance 2025: ‘Where the Wind Comes From’ Gives Us a Queer Girl/Guy Best Friend Platonic Love Story

There’s a propulsive energy to the film that makes it a blast to watch even as the characters face hardships.

Drew Burnett Gregory January 30, 2025
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Politics + Activism

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Stef Rubino January 30, 2025 2 Comments
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Movie Reviews

Sundance 2025: ‘Jimpa’ Should Have Embraced Its Straight Protagonist

If someone watching this film had never met a queer person, they’d assume “dancing in slow motion” was what we were all about.

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Politics + Activism

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Riese January 30, 2025 4 Comments
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First Person Movie Features

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Politics + Activism

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Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

No Filter: A Sunset Food Tour Through San Francisco With Chef Melissa King? Don’t Mind if I Do

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Movie Reviews

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The most important relationship in the film isn’t between Agnes and her abuser but Agnes and her lesbian best friend.

Drew Burnett Gregory January 29, 2025 2 Comments
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Politics + Activism

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Famously dishonorable cretins Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth claim that being trans is incompatible with military principles of possessing an “honorable, truthful and disciplined lifestyle, even in one’s personal life.”

Riese January 28, 2025 2 Comments
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Movie News & Trailers

Well I’m Already Obsessed With ‘The Wedding Banquet’ Thanks to This Teaser

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Gender Politics + Activism

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Like many trans people in recent weeks, I’ve found myself buried in government paperwork and waiting in lines at various agencies.

Motti January 28, 2025 13 Comments
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Pop Culture Fix

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