Andrea James

Calpernia Addams

Interview: Calpernia Addams and Andrea James

Interview: Calpernia Addams and Andrea James

by Ross von Metzke December 30, 2005 The ladies who prepped Felicity Huffman for talk about her transformation Calpernia Addams (left) and Andrea James may not have Hollywood marquee clout, but when Felicity Huffman stands to accept the numerous awards…

My Tranny Valentine

My Tranny Valentine

Actress Felicity Huffman of ‘Desperate Housewives’ opens up about playing a woman in the middle of a gender reassignment in the new road flick ‘Transamerica.’ By Logan Hill / Nerve.com December 16, 2005   How’d you decide what to read?…

Variety AwardsWatch: Felicity Huffman in Transamerica

Variety AwardsWatch: Felicity Huffman in Transamerica

Jill Feiwell DECEMBER 11, 2005 To prep for the role, Huffman read the script with one question in mind — what was Bree’s internal journey? “She wants to become who she really is,” says Huffman. “Then I thought, ‘How do…

Actress excels in gender-bending performance

Actress excels in gender-bending performance

by Peter D. Kramer December 7, 2005 To make her performance as authentic as possible, Huffman went to transgender conventions and read biographies of transgendered women. And Calpernia Addams and Andrea James, two transgendered women, were on the set with…

Interview with Transamerica Director Duncan Tucker

Interview with Transamerica Director Duncan Tucker

by Gregg Shapiro, December 1, 2005 AE: Right, because it is very much transitional; these women are on a journey, in transition. DT: And Felicity in that scene at the party in Dallas with the other trans women, she was…

Our favorite housewife

Our favorite housewife

REBECCA TRAISTER APR 23, 2005 What kind of research did you do? Well, the first thing I did when I talked to Duncan was I told him how excited I was and then proceeded to [try to] talk him out…

Vagina Warriors

Vagina Warriors

by Eve Ensler Photography by Joyce Tenneson VAGINA WARRIORS is a unique collaboration between playwright/activist/V-Day founder Eve Ensler, creator of the international hit The Vagina Monologues, and world-renowned photographer Joyce Tenneson, whose Wise Women changed the way people look at women…

Campaign 2004: Now What?

Campaign 2004: Now What?

Calpernia Addams & Andrea James December 7, 2004 We can change hearts and minds through the media In our work to improve roles available to transgender actors in Hollywood, we’ve learned not to take occasional rejection personally. Overcoming occasional rejection…

GenderTalk #448, February 16, 2004

GenderTalk #448, February 16, 2004

hosted by  Nancy Nangeroni & Gordene O. MacKenzie Eve Ensler’s play “The Vagina Monologues” will soon be performed worldwide to benefit the international anti-violence movement, and for the Los Angeles performance, she’s she’s adding something a little different to her…

Advocate Op-Ed: Transformations

Advocate Op-Ed: Transformations

by Calpernia Addams and Andrea James July 22, 2003 We two have come together to create change from very different backgrounds. Many people became aware of Calpernia’s story when her boyfriend, Barry Winchell, was murdered by fellow soldiers in Kentucky…