my next short film shows the fallout of a woman accidentally using her trans partner's dead name in bed. i've sent it to tons of contests + friends. you wanna know the most common note i've gotten back from c*s folks?
the script is too hard on the woman
worth noting, every trans person that's read it thinks the trans partner handles the situation like a saint. staying calm despite how much it hurts, being patient and gracious while reaffirming his boundaries and expectations
c*s ppl expect the utmost grace and patience when loved ones transition, like they're doing us a favor by respecting our identities. they don't like seeing something that challenges whether they're truly honoring us rather than only regarding us with pity
if you wanna help me make this film and put more trans stories and perspectives out into the world, pls donate to our Seed&Spark. we have 10 days left in our campaign and every little bit helps
@LilySimpson1312
Film worker w/ Health & Safety experience here. Depends on what the test was for. If it was routine cadence testing that was done, she would've been within compliance. But if she had symptoms and they tested her for that reason? HUGE violation of protocols
@KaskaJessica
i started presenting fem 3 months before HRT, while working on a TV show, had no real girl wardrobe to speak of, only just started learning make-up. to will yourself into being and show her to the world takes more courage and will than these miserable dolls will ever have
to the young & newly hatched trans people: I know it's all scary. I know you're afraid of losing your people. maybe you're waiting or holding off on taking your first steps so you won't
I want you to know you deserve more than just not losing them
@thornhawthorne
tbh I feel the same way wrt getting hired for film jobs. I hustle and work hard and have been told by bosses that i'm an asset and great to work with. even replaced people who were terrible at their jobs and didn't give a fuck. and yet i rarely get called for more work
someone told me it was weird that I would make a film about this. the very thought of a partner deadnaming them was uncomfortable, traumatic. "why is this necessary?"
someone else said trans ppl should be grateful when our cis partners stay with us
I feel one answers the other
if you wanna help me make this film and put more trans stories and perspectives out into the world, pls donate to our Seed&Spark. we have 10 days left in our campaign and every little bit helps
As someone newly exploring my gender identity at 28, it's easy to feel like an impostor most days. Like I'm imagining how I feel, making it all up in my head.
But I don't think that I am. And I need to remind myself of that daily.
@TheQuantaLeaper
@LilySimpson1312
Not what I said. Testing occurs at regular intervals regardless of symptoms present, & those tests are routine, usually don't require quarantine before getting results back if the previous one was negative. But if someone *does* have symptoms, you test and isolate immediately
Do you like trans movies made by trans people? Wanna give some money to me, a trans person, to make a trans movie? Maybe follow and share? You'd be such a good girl if you did
(Seed&Spark below have a lookeeloo)
finally putting accurate representation of trans girls in movies by avoiding tropes of her being a monster, a victim, or a learning opportunity for cis people by having her stay in her apartment the whole time flirting with girls cross country gonna call it "you've got she-mail"
the experiences of trans people whose families "came around" when they saw how happy they were is a balm that never really soothes me since it mostly comes from a secular lens
for this to happen requires that "happiness" is something people value unto itself
one thing I've learned from that thread blowing up today is people are hungry for queer media that actually centers and understands them. that goes for trans ppl especially
Again Again was written/co-directed/produced/stars a trans woman. The music is made by trans artists, many of the props and costumes were designed by trans people. It's in this films DNA.
Whenever I see a "trans movie" made by cis folks, I'm reminded how vital our voices are.
i know earnestness doesn't go far on this app but I want to extend a huge thank you to my followers and others who supported my short film! with the help of many of you, our crowdfunding closed just shy of $15k and got greenlit
BIG updates on my short film. We're 72% funded AND we were granted a week extension for our fundraising!
Just $1.4k to Green Light status now - even a $10 pledge helps us a whole bunch.
AGAIN AGAIN is the story of Agatha, a woman trapped in a time loop for 10 years who breaks out of the loop unexpectedly and now has to face an uncertain future with her best friend and the love of her life, Tessa.
Help us bring this story to life!
with conservatives melting down over being called "weird" I'm haunted by a conversation I had with my mom before I came out
"I don't want them to think you're weird"
"they already think that"
"well I don't want them to think you're even weirder"
"I don't care"
"but I do!"
@vyrthandi
The day my egg cracked was the day I stopped imagining myself femme in only a sexual context with my partner.
Like, picturing me, in a dress, just...being, at home, like "that seems nice"
I was once where you are. I was dating someone I thought was the love of my life. the thought of losing her filled me with terror just as her seeing my eyes light up after doing my makeup upset her. was i fucking it all up?
No, of course I wasn't.
Here are some other actual notes I've gotten back for Slip, my next short film:
- asked to see scenes of the character's top surgery
- used the word "transgenderism" (this was coverage from a paid competition)
- suggested switching characters in one scene to focus on the wife
@transguyenergy
I started transitioning while working on a certain big queer reality show. worked with several much younger PAs who regularly, on instinct + with no hesitation, included me when referring to the "girls" and "ladies" & would correct people who got my pronouns wrong
I say this not so you will expect the world to grant them to you on its own. it's a hard place for many of us.
I say it so you know your worth, recognize when the love you receive doesn't meet your value. you don't have to accept that. you deserve More
BIG updates on my short film. We're 72% funded AND we were granted a week extension for our fundraising!
Just $1.4k to Green Light status now - even a $10 pledge helps us a whole bunch.
If you're a trans, non-binary, and GNC artist, actor, writer, etc. who works with film (or wants to) can you interact with this tweet?
I'm a trans filmmaker looking to build my network of people to collaborate and make queer movies & art with!
through that revelation, those glimpses of who I am meant to be, I deserved to be held. I deserved to be honored and seen and loved as the person I am and was beginning to become
you deserve all of those things too. you deserve gentleness and celebration and warmth given freely
my autism cptsd loop be sorry for something I shouldn't then gets told not to apologize cuz I did nothing wrong but now I have done something wrong by saying sorry so oh god fuck I'm so
Slip takes a situation c*s ppl can relate to - an intimate partner saying the wrong name - and applies it to trans ppl. it centers the trans person's emotional needs, flips notions of what they deserve from their loved ones on its head. I feel that's radical, cool, and necessary
Watched the Girlfriend Reviews stream up to the clip that went viral
Dude called the people criticizing them in chat the "alt-left" & directly compared them to the "alt-right". The allyship of anyone who'd say that shit sincerely is f'kin fragile and ill-informed at best
So it turns out the viral article relating to Girlfriend Reviews (claiming that they broke down in tears due to harassment streaming Terfwarts) was rooted in lies. I'm shocked (/s).
this is exactly why people need to think for themselves and not fall for outrage bait.
i'm a big believer in trans joy. I want to make things that spread and illuminate it. I'm also interested in confronting difficult realities. there's so much about trans lives that the public knows nothing about. challenging c*s attitudes about us, esp "allies", is vital
between these experiences and critics not even mentioning transness when discussing TV Glow i'm beginning to think c*s people just can't be trusted with our art or our stories
perhaps the film is exploring this exact issue? what is excusable and understandable vs what shows deeper issues in the relationship and the way the partners relate to each other? Curious!
why is everyone instantly saying this is a relationship ender with not enough context.
as someone who is trans myself i still slip up from time to time, with people who have recently come out.
i feel like it'd only 100% be a relationship ender if i didn't tell them my deadname—
Journaling about all the little things - the one's that would be easy to dismiss on their own, but add up to something substantial - that point to trans identity is something I've seen recommended to questioning people. So this will be my Twitter thread version of that.
@twinkymusgraves
At Thanksgiving I noticed how trash my mom's hair dryer was, so I bought her a new one for Christmas. As she's unwrapping and realizing what it is, she tells me she bought a new one the day before 🥲
finally doing accurate representation of trans girls in movies by having her always be very eepy but staying up late with her insomniac gf in another time zone gonna call it "sleepless in she-attle"
- used the word "transsexuality" in replacement coverage after I complained about the reader that used "transgenderism"
- asking to explore the wife's sexuality more to relate to her better
@SubstanceIs
@ScaredBisexual
YMS' rubric for good films is so strict and inflexible - he demands perfected craft to a ridiculous degree and becomes unwilling to even engage srsly with the art if it fails his technical expectations even once
It's telling to me that he called Fury Road a "guilty pleasure"