Ten years after the “Transgender Tipping Point,” it’s clear that the only thing that has “tipped” forward is the proliferation of laws and discourses which aim to limit trans life-building. Predominant conservative arguments from writers published in mainstream outlets who identify as “gender critical” (neé “TERF”) abound, “transvestigations” of celebrities and athletes multiply online, and more and more legislation targeting trans people seems to be introduced each day. In the mainstream imagination, trans adults are groomers, pedophiles, and deviants who should be limited in how and when they take up public space; and trans youth are confused, damaged, and should be restricted from making decisions about how to be and build a new world.
Within this trans-antagonistic atmosphere, this program asks: how do gender-expansive people shape the spaces they occupy, even as they are restricted within them?
Here is the recorded panel discussion:
Panelists
Kaiya Gordon (moderator)
Trans Studies Doctoral Student, Department of Feminist Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz
Jill Hill
Writer/Editor/Director/Producer, Kill Your Landlord
Lalu Ozban
Producer, The Neighbour
Wriply Bennet
Transgender, Gender Variant, and Intersex Justice Project Visual Communications Specialist
Kazani Finao
Founder of – Shine Wit Purpose & Student at CCSF major in Critical Pacific Islands & Oceania Studies
Films
The Neighbour
Directed by Cedoy
The everlasting housing problems of trans communities in Istanbul.
KILL YOUR LANDLORD
Directed by Jill Hill
In the city of Scam Francisco, three roommates find a hidden kitchen behind one of the walls of their one room apartment.
A Bird Called Memory
Directed by Leonardo Martinelli
A trans woman, tries to find Memory in the streets, but the city can be a hostile place.
Passing: Profiling the Lives of Young Transmen of Color
Directed by J. Mitchel Reed, Lucah Rosenberg-Lee
Profiling the lives of three young transmen of color.
Partners
