Gender Reel Festival
A Multi-media Festival dedicated to enhancing visibility of gender non-comforting & transgender people and experiences.
Courtney Trouble Gender Reel’s Founder & Chair, Joe Ippolito, had the pleasure of interviewing one of queer porn’s most notorious diva’s, Courtney Trouble. Courtney, who started creating queer porn in 2002, did so in response to the lack of queer representation in more mainstream porn. At the time, her site IndiePornRevolution.com (then called NoFauxxx), to […]
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Gender Reel, is the fist and only film and performance art festival dedicated to enhancing the visibility of gender non-conforming and transgender people, experiences and images, to take place in four cities across the nation. Gender Reel, was started by a group of Philadelphia based activists in 2010 and has since expanded to […]
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Gender Reel, will feature two of Christopher Lee’s films at the upcoming festival in September. Known for his transgressive filmmaking, Christopher Lee (48) died by suicide on December 22, 2012, after suffering for years with bouts of depression and mental illness. Lee, served in 2002 as the first female-to-male grand marshal in the […]
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On June 14, 2013, Gender Reel, will showcase four amazing films from it’s previous years event at the Philadelphia Trans-Health Conference. PTHC is entering it’s 12th year and is known to be the largest transgender conference in the country, drawing over 2500 people from all parts of the world to the event. According to Gender Reel Founder and Chair, […]
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The 2nd Annual Black Transmen, Inc Transgender Advocacy Conference takes place March 13-17, 2013 in Dallas Texas. This years conference is entitled, “The Power of You,” and is an empowering compilation of education workshops and lively entertainment that will empower attendees to become their own agents of change. The 1st Annual Conference, themed ” Stepping Up and Stepping […]
Continue ReadingThe 2013 Gender Reel festival is expanding. The two-year-old, East Coast based multi-media festival is scheduled to take place in various cities across the United States. The festival originated in Philadelphia, PA in 2011. However, it is now set to take place in Minneapolis, MN and Philadelphia, PA, in Sept 2013, with plans to add Oakland, CA, and Portland, OR, to the list of places where the 2013 […]
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In the film, “Riot Grrrl: The Self-Told Narrative,” Filmmakers, Angie Young, and, Vega Darling, explore the dissemination of the “personal is political.” The film, which is due out later this year, explores the onset of the Riot Grrrl movement, an underground, feminist, punk rockmovement that started in the early to mid-1990s. The film highlights out the movements impact […]
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Piggy backing off the success of last year, Gender Reel, will host another art auction this year. Last year, GR raised close to $200 in proceeds for the festival. The art auction takes place during Gender Reel ‘s Opening Reception on Friday, 9/7/12 at the William Way Community Center from 6-8:30 PM. […]
Continue ReadingGender Reel 2012 Press Release The 2nd Annual Gender Reel Festival is just around the corner! The first of its kind on the east coast, Gender Reel, is the only multi-media festival dedicated to enhancing the visibility of gender non-conforming and transgender artists in film, photography, art and performance. The 2012 […]
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Just a Bit Radical, is a new magazine, focusing on the needs and stories of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Questioning (and allies, too!) youth. Based in Massachusetts, the magazine features stories about prominent entertainers and Q&A’s about popular LGBTQ initiatives. Earlier this month, Gender Reel Chair Joe Ippolito had a chance to talk with […]
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Gender Reel Festival
A Multi-media Festival dedicated to enhancing visibility of gender non-comforting & transgender people and experiences.
