I guess it shouldn’t be surprising that after he went on Oprah to talk about his pregnancy, Thomas Beatie would be in the news until well after he gives birth. He made the NY Times yesterday, and while I commend the giant paper for covering it fairly, it is a little irksome that they always [...]
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Greg from the Ballet told me Rae Spoon’s voice had too many flourishes, and while I agree there is something precious in the way his voice inflects, you can’t knock the charmingly meek country songs on his myspace. Hailing from Calgary in Alberta, Canada, this transman is claiming firm ground in the Canadian roots scene [...]
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We latinos aren’t known for our wide acceptance of the homosexualisms, and unless you are both brown and same sex inclined, I never assume the most open mind. This year, a documentary by Judith McCray explores lives of some G’s, L’s and T’s (no B’s listed in the film description, sorry, wait, there is snibbet [...]
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The Advocate has reported a story of truly ponderous proportions. A trans man and his wife have are having a baby in Oregon, and due to various factors, the husband is carrying the child.
“Our situation sparks legal, political, and social unknowns. We [...]
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Chicago-based film makers Awilda Rodriguez Lora and Kortney Ryan Ziegler are wrapping up their first documentary, still black, a portrait of black transmen and have roughly cut a trailer (see above). From stillblackfilm.org :
still black is a feature-length documentary that explores the lives of six black transgender men living in the United States. Through the [...]
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I’ve been enjoying the poems over at UK based Transpunk, a colorful website dedicated to all things punk and gender queer. Some parts are still under construction, so it looks like the site is pretty new. Get over there and tell site owner “Emmet the Girl” how much you love it. You can even send [...]
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Oh man! Lo-fi indie pop from a sensitive trans-man fronted Pacific Northwest trio?? Can you describe anything more enticing? No. Your Heart Breaks is just that, a sometimes orchestral pop band with an ear for simple break downs and brassy leads. If The Hidden Cameras and the Ballet are just not moving fast enough with [...]
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You already know about Actor Slash Model’s Bi-monthly queer film screening, Threat Level. This Thursday, Simon and Madsen are raising money for their film project with a uber mega super blitz. The Empty Bottle will be inundated with all the queers you can shake a silicon stick at, a slew of queer bands and performers [...]
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ACTOR SLASH MODEL plays at Reggies Music Joint (it’s new and has great food!), 2105 S. State St.
one block east of the Chinatown Red Line stop this Sunday, January 27, 7 pm with Johnny Rumble and The Polymer Twins!
Actors Slash Model was awarded a Fire This Time grant in Dec 2007 to make a [...]
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With Lasers, the debut album by Bonde De Role, was a little more exciting as a concept: a nu-favela party band sponsored by Diplo turned out to be an ADHD trip through an energetic but humorless survey of pop music (their remixes are better by heaps). Call me focused, but if you are going to [...]
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