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Family Restaurant, Film Celebrating Kids With LGBT Parents, Debuts Trailer!

Family Restaurant, Film Celebrating Kids With LGBT Parents, Debuts Trailer!

10/31/2012   Short version: Family Restaurant is a media project for young children whose parents are lesbian or gay. It features cute puppets and real children of gay or lesbian parents. My producing partner Jamie is a gay dad, and…

LA Transgender Film Festival Luminary Award

LA Transgender Film Festival Luminary Award

Calpernia and I are honored to be accepting the Luminary Award at the Los Angeles Transgender Film Festival. The award recognizes our work in trans-based media. Sunday, November 6, 7:30 pm 1525 S. Robertson Blvd. Los Angeles CA 90035 The…

150 Reasons to Have Pride in 2010

150 Reasons to Have Pride in 2010

BY ADVOCATE CONTRIBUTORS MAY 10 2010 BECAUSE TRANS ACTRESSES ARE WORKING IN HOLLYWOOD Meanwhile, Calpernia Addams, of Transamerican Love Story fame, has the indie film A Womanā€™s Picture due out this year and is producing music videos and other projects…

Adweek: Facebook Begins Testing Advanced Crowd-Sourced Content Moderation

Adweek: Facebook Begins Testing Advanced Crowd-Sourced Content Moderation

By Eric EldonĀ on Jan. 4, 2010   In an effort to better remove inappropriate content, Facebook is testing out what it callsĀ Facebook Community Council, according to new Council member and Boing Boing guest poster Andrea James.Ā Like the name suggests, this…

Outfest Kicks Off at Orpheum

Outfest Kicks Off at Orpheum

BY ADVOCATE.COM EDITORS JULY 10 2009 Chaz Bono, Benjamin Bratt, Lisa Kudrow, Diane Lane, and others help Outfest kick off its 27th festival in Los Angeles. Read the rest http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/film/2009/07/10/outfest-kicks-orpheum

Outfest 2009 has many trangender-themed offerings

Outfest 2009 kicks off tomorrow! If you’re in Los Angeles, I urge you to come see the latest in LGBT film, including a number of excellent trans-themed projects. against a trans narrative Trans filmmaker Jules Rosskam examines how we reconcile…

"Transgender Stories" at Logo

Check out ā€œTransgender Stories,ā€ a new Logo web destination. Real stories about real transpeople – their lives, relationships, struggles and triumphs in this collection of films, documentaries, and series. Already included are: Music Artists – Katastrophe – The Cliks –…

Shout-out in TransNation

Shout-out in TransNation

Jacob Anderson-Minshall gives a nice shout-out to TLS in his 2008 Trans Year in Review: LOGOā€™s reality dating show TransAmerican Love Story, in which a bevy of bachelors competed for the attention of openly trans actress Calpernia Addams, was actually…

“Transproofed” is wrapped

Calpernia snapped this after we finished secondary filming on our new short “Transproofed” yesterday. Now that it’s all in the can, we are going to lock picture and start on finalizing effects and color correction. “Transproofed” will premiere in 2009.…

“Casting Pearls” tonight 10/22 @ Reel Affirmations fest in Washington, D.C.

Reminder: ”Casting Pearls” plays tonight in Washington D.C. at the Reel Affirmations festival! Date: Wednesday, 10/22/2008 Time: 7:00 pm Venue: 6th & I Synagogue Tickets: $10 There’s a nice write-up by Randy Shulman of Metro Weekly The gem of this…