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fiercynn · 2 months

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queer short film: "the first time"

queer short cuts is a biweekly newsletter where i share queer & trans short film recommendations. i’m featuring some of my favorite films on tumblr because why not

united states | 16 minutes | 2020 | narrative short audio in english; english closed captions and french subtitles available

the first time, written and directed by drew burnett gregory (who you may know from her writing at autostraddle), was made in 2020 during the pandemic with a $20 budget, largely shot on zoom, and its sixteen-minute runtime is largely comprised of two people talking, with little other action. but don’t let that fool you into thinking this isn’t a compelling and engaging film. charlie (played by gregory herself) and alex (kerry warren) connect on tinder during the early part of the pandemic, and decide to meet on a virtual date. their conversation ranges from awkward at the beginning, to cute and flirty as they start to connect more, to emotional and starkly honest as they talk about their journeys with coming out and dating as a trans lesbian and a cis bisexual woman, and right back to flirty again. it all feels natural and meaningful, and grounded in the context of what is happening in the world around them – what has been happening to all of us as covid-19 has killed, disabled, and isolated so many. “i think i’m always, always thinking about other trans people, other queer people, and with that my desire is to just represent our lived experiences with as much nuance as possible. so i have some very broad goals, but i try to not stop there and to go even deeper,” said gregory in an interview with heather hogan at autostraddle. “there simply is not work — at least work i’ve seen — about trans lesbians in their 20s dating and being messy. that alone feels new to me in a way it frankly shouldn’t. but that novelty isn’t a novelty for me — it’s my everyday life. it’s certainly something i’m committed to representing, but to hold my own interest i need another layer and with this film it’s specifically exploring this pattern i’ve experienced where queer people who have never been with women before are drawn to me.” - deepa's full review, including content notes at the end

watch on vimeo, and for more of drew burnett gregory’s film work, check out her channel!

#queer short cuts #queer film #trans film #sapphic film #short film #narrative short film #american queer film #drew burnett gregory #kerry warren #film recommendations #Vimeo #image id in alt text #knowing me knowing queue

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celluloidrainbow · 9 months

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GENDER TROUBLEMAKERS (1993) dir. Mirha-Soleil Ross & Xanthra Mackay What happens when two Transdykes get sick of non-transsexual's uninformed representation of their sexualities and their lives? They grab their 8 millimeter home video camera, their last 200 bucks, and come up with an uncompromising in-your-face flick about their shitty relationships with gay men and their unabashed attraction to other trans women. (link in title)

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disease · 7 months

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“NUDE POSED AS ST. SEBASTIAN” BOB MIZER // DETAIL, circa 1950 [gelatin silver print | 4 × 3 1/4"]

#bob mizer #art detail #queer #film photography #black and white #analog #monochrome #modern art #50s #american #photography #u #EDIT

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lgblackfeet · 8 days

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Throwback to a portrait session during promotion for The Unknown Country. Austin, Texas. 13th March 2022.

#lily gladstone #women in film #lgbtq #native american #photography #beautiful women #portrait #the unknown country #movies #queer #beauty #wlw #big d energy

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klanced · 6 months

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people like to joke that batman is a furry but my hottest batman take is that batman is actually a metaphor for gender expression and drag (he is performing hyper masculinity)

#batman #batfam #dc #yeah i'll tag this post #i took a queer cinema and film class in college and now everything is camp to me #but seriously the 80s and 90s batman films are SO camp and they're so much fun #you can also apply a queer lens to the nolanverse movies in the sense that you can recognize how those movies #are incredibly emblematic of the post 9/11 characterization of superheroes as relating to both american pride and identity #but also the militarization of superheroes and the idealized hyper masculinity of superheroes as well

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phantomladyoverparis · 7 months

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Image in the Snow (1952), dir. Willard Maas

#Image in the Snow #Willard Maas #50s #experimental film #avant garde #short film #queer cinema #american cinema

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radishprincesss · 3 months

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kristen stewart for rolling stone

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timotheescloset · 2 years

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The Living End (1992) dir. Gregg Araki

#the living end #gregg araki #1992 #90S CINEMA #american cinema #film edit #film stills #Russian films #Queer Cinema #lgbt cinema #lgbt edit #lgbt film #cinematography #cinemapix #fyeahmovies

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welcometogodly · 1 year

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#midwest #midwestern gothic #kansas #religious trauma #ex evangelical #film photography #35mm flim #deconstructing christianity #queer artist #queer film #120mm #midwestern emo #american gothic

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fibula-rasa · 1 month

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Salomé (1922)

[letterboxd | imdb]

Director: Charles Bryant & Nazimova

Cinematographer: Charles Van Enger

Performer: Nazimova

Art Director & Costume Designer: Natacha Rambova (inspired by Aubrey Beardsley's Salomé illustrations)

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powerlineprincess · 2 months

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☆B&W 35mm☆at the club☆K.E.A Lux Hill 2023☆

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fiercynn · 1 month

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queer short film: "isabel sandoval's shangri-la"

queer short cuts is a biweekly newsletter where i share queer & trans short film recommendations. i’m featuring some of my favorite films on tumblr because why not

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united states | 11 minutes | 2021 | narrative short audio in english; subtitles available in simplified and traditional chinese, english, french, italian, japanese, korean, and russian

isabel sandoval’s shangri-la, written and directed by isabel sandoval, depicts the love of the unnamed filipina-american protagonist (played by sandoval herself) and her white lover samuel (matthew fifer). set in the united states during the great depression in the 1930s, their relationship is forbidden by laws prohibiting interracial marriages. (the protagonist’s trans identity is only subtly referred to by a scene with dilation that post-operative trans women do, but transness undoubtedly shapes her context as well.) moving from a church confessional booth to an evocative flashback and again to a vision where the protagonist wakes up as a warrior on a battlefield, the entire film is dreamlike and seductive, showing how the protagonist transcends her current context to imagine other lives. - deepa's full review, including content notes at the end

you can find isabel sandoval on twitter and instagram!

#queer short cuts #queer film #trans film #narrative short film #short films #film recommendations #american queer film #isabel sandoval #matthew fifer #q

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celluloidrainbow · 2 years

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SOUTHERN COMFORT (2001) dir. Kate Davis The final year in the life of Robert Eads, a transgender man from the back hills of Georgia. "A hillbilly and proud of it," he cuts a striking figure: sharp-tongued, bearded, tobacco pipe in hand. Though his home is nestled among tranquil hills dotted with hay bales, Robert confronts a world hostile to him. He was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, then turned away by more than two dozen doctors who feared that taking on a trans patient might harm their practice. Beginning in spring, he falls deeply in love with Lola, a trans woman. That summer, his mother and father drive ten hours to visit their "lost daughter," a trip they know may be their last. His final dream is to make it to the Southern Comfort Conference in Atlanta, the nation's preeminent transgender gathering. Beating the odds, he addresses a crowd of 500 and takes Lola to "The prom that never was". (link in title)

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disease · 7 months

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ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE / "JIM" / 1977 [gelatin silver print | 13 7/10 × 13 9/10"]

#robert mapplethorpe #portrait #queer #film photography #analog #monochrome #black and white #sausalito #california #contemporary art #70s #american #photography #u

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lgblackfeet · 5 days

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Lily Gladstone portraits for the SXSW Film Festival, March 2022.

#lily gladstone #women in film #lgbtq #beautiful women #native american #fashion #photography #sxsw film festival #queer

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emma-dennehy-presents · 1 year

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Celebrating Black Queer Icons:

Tourmaline

Tourmaline (formerly known/credited as Reian Gossett)is a trans woman that actively identifies as queer, and is best known for her work in trans activism and economic justice. Tourmaline was born July 20, 1983, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Tourmaline's mother was a feminist and union organizer, her father a self defense instructor and anti-imprisonment advocate. Growing up in this atmosphere allowed Tourmaline to explore her identity and encouraged her to fight in what she believes in. Tourmaline has earned a BA in Comparative Ethnic Studies, from Colombia University. During her time at Colombia U, Tourmaline taught creative writing courses to inmates at Riker's Island Correctional Institute, through a school program known as Island Academy. Tourmaline has worked with many groups and organizations in her pursuit of justice. She served as the Membership Coordinator for Queers For Economic Justice, Director of Membership at the Sylvia Rivera Law Project, and as a Featured Speaker for GLAAD. Tourmaline also works as a historian and archivist for drag queens and trans people associated with the 1969 Stonewall Inn Uprising. She started doing this after noticing how little trans material was being archived, saying that what little did get archived was done so accidentally. In 2010 Tourmaline began her work in film by gathering oral histories from queer New Yorkers for Kagendo Murungi's Taking Freedom Home. In 2016 Tourmaline directed her first film The Personal Things, which featured trans elder Miss Major Griffin-Gracy. For the film Tourmaline was awarded the 2017 Queer Art Prize. Tourmaline served as the Assistant Director to Dee Rees on the Golden Globe nominated historical drama, Mudbound. Tourmaline has co produced two projects with fellow filmmaker and activist Sasha Wortzel. The first was STAR People Are Beautiful, about the work of Sylvia Rivera and Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries. The second was Happy Birthday, Marsha, about Marsha P Johnson. Happy Birthday, Marsha had all trans roles played by trans actors. Tourmaline's work is featured or archived in several major museums and galleries. In 2017 her work was featured in New Museum's exhibit Trigger: Gender as a Tool and a Weapon. In 2020 the Museum of Modern Art acquired Tourmaline's 2019 film Salacia, a project about Mary Jones. In 2021 the Metropolitan Museum of Art acquired two of Tourmaline's works for display in Before Yesterday We Could Fly: An Afrofuturist Period Room. Tourmaline is also the sibling of:

Che Gossett

Che Gossett is a nonbinary, trans femme writer and archivist. Gossett specializes in queer/trans studies, aesthetic theory, abolitionist thought and black study. Gossett received a Doctorate in Women's and Gender Studies, from Rutgers University, in 2021. They have also received a BA in African American Studies from Morehouse college, a MAT in Social Studios from Brown University, and a MA in History from the University of Pennsylvania. Gossett has held a fellowship at Yale, and currently holds fellowships at Harvard, Oxford, and Cambridge. Gossett's writing has been published in a number of anthologies and they have lectured and performed at several museums and galleries of note, including the Museum of Modern Art and A.I.R. Gallery. Gossett is currently working on finishing a political biography of queer Japanese-American AIDS activist Kiyoshi Kuromiya.

I originally intended to do separate profiles for Che Gossett Tourmaline, but could not find sufficient information about Che Gossett, beyond their credentials and current academic activity. That means that this will be the last of these write ups for a bit. I plan on picking it back up in October for the US's LGBT History Month and UK's Black History month. With time to plan ahead and research more I hope to diversify my list geographically and improve formatting. I plan on starting to include cis icons as well, like Rustin Bayard. If you come across this or any other of these posts Ive made this month I would love feedback and suggestions for figures you would like to see covered.

#celebrating black queer icons #black history #black history month #black history is queer history #black history is american history #queer history #tourmaline #che gossett #trans film #trans history #stonewall inn #stonewall uprising #stonewall riots #queer #lgbtq #trans #transgender #nonbinary

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