Angela Gardner is a founding member of The Renaissance Transgender Assoc., Inc., former editor of its newsletter and magazine, Transgender Community News. She was the Diva of Dish for TGF in the late 1990s and Editor of LadyLike magazine until its untimely demise. She has appeared in film and television shows portraying TG characters, as well as representing Renaissance on numerous talk shows.
It’s Showbiz time! Stage, screen, YouTube or TikTok- It’s transgender people in the entertainment world. Today we look at Mexican actress Victoria Bazúa starring in Apple TV+’s Land of Women. Blair St. Clair starring onstage in Everyone’s Talking About Jamie. Latrice Royale has good advice for members of the drag and trans communities. Plus Yasmin Finney in a spiderweb sparkly dress and a musical about castrati. That’s Showbiz for today!
Welcome to Drag – Trans – Non-Binary in Showbiz! We’ve merged the Trans in Film and Video with the TransTainment column in order to bring you transgender news from the world of entertainment faster.
Angela Gardner takes the Gold Seal NAKED Crop Top breastplate for a ride. She found that the very affordable breastplate was a lot of fun. With it she can explore low cut fashions she was not well enough endowed for. And when we say it’s affordable, we mean it.
Time for TransTainment! News about transgender people in the arts and entertainment. Candis Cayne has a gardening show on Hulu’s Advocate Channel. There’s a documentary about the mystery of Venus Etravaganza’s.death. Nicole Maines signs with a new manager. And more!
TransTainment! Transgender people and projects featuring trans artists, actors, musicians, and entertainers. Today Kim Petras signs on for a MAC new product launch. “Oh, Mary!” wins an award, the first out trans woman in Star Wars will appear in an upcoming episode of Star Wars, The Acolyte. Click to get more TransTainment news.
What are transgender actors up to in film and video? The breakout hit at Cannes 2024 is a Mexican film about a mobster who wants to disappear and become a woman. It’s a musical. It’s a drag but a fighting drag queen game shuts down. Trans characters on TV went from 32 characters last year down this year to 24. I Saw the TV Glow is scaring people and resonating with trans viewers. Don’t miss any of Transgender Film & Video!
Welcome to the column that tracks all the transgender people in entertainment, TransTainment! Today news about a new award for trans and nonbinary opera singers. The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert 2 is in pre-production. A transgender actress is the first trans woman to land a leading role in a Bollywood movie. A video interview with David de Alba, and more!
Angela Gardner covers the entertainment scene to let you know what transgender actors, actresses and others are up to in film and video. Today it’s Baby Reindeer’s trans girlfriend, Dev Patel’s hijras in Monkey Man, Jinkx Monsoon in Little House of Horrors, and more!
Angela Gardner reports on the transgender entertainment scene in TransTainment. Today The Kinsey Sicks celebrate a significant anniversary. Cassandra James is back on General Hospital. Dev Patel’s new film features hijra women his character teams up with. Disney’s Renegade Nell features the first nonbinary character to appear in a Disney live-action series. Get alll that and more in this edition of TransTainment.
The San Francisco Transgender Film Festival seeks submissions for the 2024 festival. A trans man athlete turned actor is fundraising so he can shoot his film. Candy Darling is the subject of a new book titled Candy Darling: Dreamer, Icon, Superstar. Hari Nef will play her in a new biopic, and Elliott Page is back with a new movie titled Close To You.
TransTainment! It covers transgender people in the arts and entertainment biz. Today there’s news of Dylan Mulvaney, Jinkx Monsoon in Little Shop of Horrors, Charles Busch’s new play, Alexandra Billings in Queen Tut, and more.
A protest against an anti-trans speaker at U of Iowa results in the arrest of seven transgender protestors. NXXT Golf bans trans women. French President Emmanuel Macron denied transphobic rumors that his wife is transgender. India Willoughby calls the cops when J.K. Rowling posts a “hate crime” on X. A GOP state senator joins Democrats to vote against a bill that would ban trans girls form joining girls’ sports teams. A Texas chemistry teacher crossdresses in the school. The APA adopts a landmark policy affirming the benefit of gender-affirming care for kids. A drag queen publishes a book on math. There’s all that and a bit more in Trans News Now!
While assembling the stories for the news Cecilia Barzyk comes across silly fools who don’t understand transgender issues and just don’t care to. They bash us and introduce legislation against us. We call these people twits and in this post Cecilia tells you who they are and what they’ve said and done that makes them a twit.
It’s Trans in Film and Video! Will Ferrell goes on a road trip with his friend who just came out as transgender. An Australian trans teen director has a new horror film getting ready to premier. Another trans director also has a horror movie set to launch. And, we remember some of the older films that may have inspired us to be who we are.
Time to catch up on trans people in entertainment! It’s TransTainment! Today’s showbiz news features Hunter Schafter, Jinkx Monsoon, Laverne Cox, Bianca Del Rio, Shakina, and more@
Time for Trans in Film & Video! Today Caitlyn Jenner can’t hold on to her trans friends because of her views on trans women in sports. Fifteen anime shows that feature gender diverse characters. And more!
RuPaul wins another Emmy! Doctor Who features more transgender characters and actors. They’re making a movie out of Shucked. Priscilla the Party! tells the story a unique way. Trace Lysette takes a behind the scenes role in a documentary series about 4 people fighting for trans rights and equality during the Trump presidency. Don’t miss the trans entertainment news!
Trans in film and video highlights transgender actors, characters and plots. Today we have news about an Australian trans man actor who wins the GQ Actor of the Year Award. We learn about a Spanish language film starring Selena Gomez that has a trans plot element. The Buccaneers, starring Josie Totah has been picked up for a second season by Apple TV+. Alex Newell is in an animated film with a transgender child, and more.
Happy holidays! This is TransTainment! Transgender people and stories in showbiz. Today Suzi Eddie izzard takes on all the roles in Hamlet. Alex Newell is named 2023 Breakthrough of the Year by TIME magazine. Charles Busch will star as Ibsen’s wife in a new play written by him titled Ibsen’s Ghost. Farrah Moan, a competitor on RuPaul’s Drag Race in season nine and in RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars season four, has come out to the world as transgender.
With the actors strike and the writers strike concluded you might think that trans actors and actresses would be busy acting. Some of them might be but many are going to auditions, or doing the audition from home using a ring light and their iPhone. In the meantime just a few trans roles in film and TV are available to write about. Post production no doubt. Today’s post concentrates on the few films and TV shows that are available for viewing.
Welcome to TransTainment! When we learn about transgender people in the arts and entertainment world we let you know what’s going on. Suzi Eddie Izzard plays Dr. Jekyll in a new film that sets the old story in modern times, and the good, or not so good, doctor is trans. There’s also news on Dylan Mulvaney, and a stage production about a forgotten trans woman. The first new Doctor Who features trans actress Yasmin Finney. And, there’s more trans entertainment news as well.
Great news! The actors strike is over! That means soon this column will be full of news about the latest roles in film and TV being filled with talented transgender actors. But, until those actors get cast we’ll make do with the following report. Alexandra Billings is an actress, producer, author, playwright and one of […]
Trans man Miles McKenna stars in Goosebumps. Kevin Sorbo wants boys to be boys and girls to be girls. Venus DeMars talks about her gender journey. Film festivals screen some films with trans characters. Weho city hall hosts The Trans Diaries 2023. Living for the Dead is a LGBTQ ghost hunt. Billy Porter drops a new album, Black Mona Lisa. Don’t miss the showbiz buzz! Check out TransTainment!
This past week Fantasia Fair was back on Cape Cod for its 40th year. Part of the events that take place in Provincetown during the Fair include a show put on by the attendees who are musically inclined, speechs, and awards presentations to people who have worked tirelessly for trans rights. For its 50th year Fantasia Fair will be know as TransWeek. Here are some photos from this year, including photos and video of our editor Angela Gardner receiving the TransWeek Pioneer Award. Visit transweek.org for more information on other award recipients
Taika Waititi has a new film titled Next Goal Wins. It tells the story of the American Samoa soccer team that just can’t win with a comedic stance. A team member is a trans woman. Streaming video has gone OTT, Over the Top, in India and one show that opened things up for trans actors was Sacred Games. The British series Sex Education adds a transgender character. Frankie Grande plays Frank-N-Furter. Check out the showbiz transgender news!
Transgender people in arts and entertainment — TransTainment! Today a transgender woman cheerleader in the NFL. The House of Avalon gets its own television show and promotes it by recreating a Spice Girls movie. Morgan McMichaels answers blowhard politicians with a parody song. Trace Lysette wins the Outfest Trailblazer Award. A trans man poet and playwright wins an award. The Wizard of Oz hits the stage in England with a trans woman filling The Wicked Witch’s shoes. Also on stage in England–To Wong Foo. Don’t miss the entertainment news in TransTainment!
