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.
Shelley Anne Baker revisits Hanna Olson and learns about this year’s Oklahoma HeartlandTG weekend. She also learns that Hanna and the HeartlandTG event are featured in a documentary titled “This is Me”. The doc is narrated by Johhny Depp and will be available soon for viewing online.
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 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.
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.
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 […]
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!
Time for the news about all things trans in film and video. Today we meet a transgender character in a Star Wars series, get info on the so-called documentaries that are actually anti-trans propaganda, and more.
Hollywood calling! It’s all the news from Lala Land in one place! Today we feature Jinkx Monsoon, now appearing in a Prime Video comedy special. Trace Lysette is making waves for her role in Monica. Florida’s first ever transgender homecoming queen is the star of a short documentary film. Learn about eight young trans actresses who are getting critical acclaim. And there’s more!
Trans in Film & Video is all about trans actors appearing in film and TV shows. Today it’s trans male Morgan Davies in Evil Dead Rise, Zoe Terakes in Marvel’s Ironheart, Bilal Baig the creator of Sort Of, Juliana Joel and the backlash that happened when she was cast in Raven’s Home, and Liv Bryant in an episode of ABC’s Will Trent. Ready, lights, camera, action!
Wherever trans people are depicted on screen Angela Gardner finds them and lets you know in Trans in Film & Video. Today she has news of a couple of documentaries, an Amazon series starring Laverne Cox, the Sundance Institute’s list of the nine best films by transgender filmmakers, and more!
TransTainment is here! What’s going on with transgender people in entertainment? The Tennessee anti-drag legislation could affect legit stage shows like Kinky Boots or Some Like It Hot. Country stars gather to give a concert supporting trans people in Tennessee. Drew Barrymore and Dylan Mulvaney exchange tips on how to deal with online haters. An eight-year-old Spanish actress wins an award for playing a trans girl. Panti Bliss is on Ireland’s Dancing With the Stars. And more!
Elliot Page gets a scent ad. Geena Rocero joins the SeeHer advisory board. An award winning transgender novel has been optioned for filming. Can you guess the transgender character who was in the 1979 film Alien? There’s all that and more in this month’s Trans in Film and Video.
What’s TransTainment? Trans people in the entertainment business, transgender themes in film, TV and stage productions. Today we look at a trans DJ who was part of the Grammy Awards. Michaela Jaé Rodriguez becomes a beauty muse. A couple of films, one a documentary on Black sex workers, and the other a short from Norway about a trans woman menaced on a night time bus ride. There’s all that and more in TransTainmnt!
Trans in Film and Video reports on transgender actors and projects with transgender themes, Today we look at Eddie Redmayne’s mea culpa over portraying a trans woman character, Michaela MJ Rodriguez gets her standing ovation, Tommy Dorfman talks about the stress of presenting as male, trans actresses in New Zealand and India are recognized, trans sex workers are the subjects of documentaries, and more! Don’t miss this edition of Trans in Film and Video.
From a transgender voice actress dubbing an anime character into English for the US market, to a short film that uses comedy elements to focus on the trans experience, and a return to the talks shows of the 1950s where the guests being interviewed are actual people from that era, we present Trans in Film and Video.
What are transgender entertainers working on? Films, television shows, plays and more. TransTainment tells you about some of the projects that include transgender entertainers.
From the internet kerfuffle sparked by an Instagram post by Hunter Schafer to a couple of documentaries and a look back at Soldier’s Girl, Trans in Film and Video is on top of all the news about transgender people in film and video.
What are transgender entertainers up to lately? Find out in TransTainment! From a trans woman rapper in Puerto Rico to a Japanese drag queen voicing a popular anime feature, we have the latest trans in entertainment news.
