Tag: trans

Exclusive Interview: I’m Your Venus filmmaker Kimberly Reed “Venus Xtravaganza’s biological family & her ballroom family have reconciled in a way that gives me a lot of hope”

Venus Xtravaganza, a rising New York ballroom legend was killed aged 23 in December 1988, but she went on to become a global trans icon with her inedible appearance in Jennie Livingston's groundbreaking 1991 film Paris Is Burning. Director Kimberly Reed’s feature documentary I’m Your Venus, which world premiered at the 2024 Tribeca Festival, picks... Continue Reading →

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TV Review: Fantasmas ★★★★

In the delectably queer (in every sense of the word) new HBO comedy series Fantasmas, creator-writer-director-star Julio Torres (Los Espooskys, Problemista) plays a thirty-something creative named Julio Torres. He lives in a heightened, only-ever-so-slightly surreal version of New York City with his trusty robot assistant Bibo (voiced by Joe Rumrill), an aspiring actor eyeing human... Continue Reading →

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LGBTQ+ highlights at Tribeca Festival 2024

The 23rd annual Tribeca Festival launches on Wednesday, June 5th with the world premiere of Trish Dalton and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy's Diane von Furstenberg: Woman in Charge, exploring the fashion designer's life and cultural impact. Running in venues across New York City until June 16th, the 2024 edition of the festival once again coincides with Pride... Continue Reading →

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Exclusive Interview: drag artist Sasha Velour joins HBO’s We’re Here “this is a healing, positive art form that spreads goodwill everywhere it goes”

With the first four episodes of We’re Here season 4 now steaming on Max, and new episodes debuting Fridays at 9pm ET/PT on HBO, drag artist, activist, writer, and RuPaul's Drag Race season 9 winner Sasha Velour speaks exclusively with The Queer Review's editor James Kleinmann about becoming a host on the Emmy, Peabody, and... Continue Reading →

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Kokomo City, The Stroll, Heartstopper, The Last of Us, Red White & Royal Blue, & Rustin among winners at 35th GLAAD Media Awards in New York – watch our exclusive red carpet interviews

Heartstopper, The Last of Us, Rustin, Red, White, and Royal Blue, and The Jennifer Hudson Show were among winners at last night's 35th GLAAD Media Awards in New York, and there was a joint documentary win for three films that centre Black trans lives: Beyond the Aggressives: 25 Years Later, Kokomo City, and The Stroll.... Continue Reading →

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NewFest Pride summer film series lineup revealed

NewFest, New York’s leading LGBTQ+ film and media organization, has just announced the full lineup for its fourth annual NewFest Pride summer film series running May 30th to June 3rd in-person in New York, with select titles available virtually throughout the United States. A House Is Not A Disco. Courtesy of NewFest. NewFest Pride will... Continue Reading →

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Daniella Carter & Sherry Cola on their support for GLAAD’s “Protect This Kid” campaign

GLAAD—the world’s largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization—has partnered with international advertising, marketing, and PR agency Ogilvy to create the “Protect This Kid" campaign in support of LGBTQ youth. The launch comes as the ACLU is currently tracking 489 anti-LGBTQ bills in the United States, many of which target trans youth, during a highly consequential election... Continue Reading →

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