by Mitch Kellaway November 5, 2014 Letters for My Sisters: Transitional Wisdom in Retrospect ($16, Transgress Press) “If you could write just one letter to someone who is beginning their gender transition or to your younger, pre-transition self, what would you…
by Mitch Kellaway JULY 16 2014 “If you could write just one letter to someone who is beginning their gender transition or to your younger, pre-transition self, what would you say?” A new anthology, Letters for My Sisters: Transitional Wisdom…
BY DANIEL REYNOLDS JULY 09 2014 The Advocate asked the filmmakers at Outfest who their fantasy LGBT film subject might be — as well as who they would cast as the lead. Alec Mapa, played by Honey Boo Boo “I’d…
BY DANIEL REYNOLDS AND JASE PEEPLES JULY 07 2014 8:00 AM ET As “America’s Gaysian Sweetheart,” comic performer Alec Mapa has forged a funny and fruitful career on shows like Ugly Betty and the Logo stand-up comedy series Wisecrack, in which…
BY ADVOCATE.COM EDITORS JUNE 23 2014 37. Transamerica (2005): This award-winning film, starring Felicity Huffman in an Oscar-nominated performance as transgender woman Bree, admittedly doesn’t get everything right when it comes to portraying a fully developed trans character on the…
BY FRANK LOWE MARCH 04 2014 I recently had a candid talk with the hilarious Alec Mapa, the gay star of stage and screen, about his forthcoming comedy special Baby Daddy. In it, he discusses everything from gay sex to…
BY LUCAS GRINDLEY MAY 23 2013 Comedian Alec Mapa and his filmmaker husband, Jamie Hebert, expected to keep traveling even after starting a family. Among the pages and pages of questions during the screening process for foster parenting, they indicated…
BY SUNNIVIE BRYDUM APRIL 23 2013 In researching the role, Del Castillo sought training from actress Calpernia Addams and her business partner, filmmaker Andrea James, two trans women who advise Hollywood on transgender portrayals through their production company, Deep Stealth.…
BY SUNNIVIE BRYDUM MARCH 19 2013 Did you do any research on transgender identities before you started filming? Yes, I did. I did as much as I could, on the Internet, and now you can do so much. And I…
BY ADVOCATE.COM EDITORS DECEMBER 14 2012 2:30 p.m., Los Angeles: Producing partners Jamison Hebert and Andrea James in the Eagle Rock neighborhood mailing out DVDs of their children’s film,Family Restaurant. “We made the film because there are very few shows…
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