Gender Troublemakers (1993)
- Directed by
- Xanthra Phillippa MacKay, Mirha-Soleil Ross
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 26h 57m
- Rating
- 8.3 of 10 from 3 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Two transgender activists interview each other in their home about gender and sexuality. They discuss passing, representation, misogyny, gay men, and attraction, and the film includes scenes of them having sex.
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What happens
Gender Troublemakers is a 1993 Canadian no-budget autodocumentary by transgender activists Mirha-Soleil Ross (under the pseudonym "Jeanne B.") and Xanthra Phillippa MacKay. The film depicts Ross and MacKay, introduced as "two gender queers, gender outlaws, trans-dykes, gender troublemakers who don't look like Tula". They interview each other in their home about their experiences with gender and sexuality, particularly in regard to passing, representation, misogyny, gay men, and attraction. It also features scenes of the couple having sex. The film was shot on 8 mm film and financed with "their last 200 bucks". The film has been described as one of the earliest films about transgender people for other transgender people, being frequently compared to The Crying Game as well as Ross' other works, such as Yapping Out Loud and gendertrash from hell. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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