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Showing videos filed under: jules rosskam
The Politics of Being Transgender
January 12, 2010The "T" at the end of LGBT often seems like an afterthought, with transgender rights being excluded even when LGBT rights are approved. Today on GRITtv we talk to Julia Serano, author of Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity, Naomi Clark of the Sylvia Rivera Law Project, and filmmaker Jules Rosskam about being transgender in the U.S. and how far we still have to go.Transgender Equality, El Salvador, and Gaza
January 11, 2010Barack Obama made the first transgender political appointments that we know of recently--Amanda Simpson, appointed last week as senior technical adviser in the Bureau of Industry and Security in the Commerce Department, and Dylan Orr, special assistant to Assistant Secretary of Labor Kathleen Martinez in the Office of Disability Employment Policy at the Department of Labor--but even David Letterman couldn't resist making a crack at Simpson's expense.Got Docs? Against A Trans Narrative
July 10, 2009Jules Rosskam's "Against A Trans Narrative," looks at Trans Identity through the lens of personal experience. The film combines dramatic reenactment, spoken word, theater-styled performances, as well as commentary by the film's own participants to address issues such as clashing views on feminism and sexism. The Feminist Review has called the film, "...arguably the best movie about gender I’ve ever viewed." Take a look.Media Roundtable, Bernie Sanders on Healthcare & Got Docs: Against A Trans Narrative
July 9, 2009In the headlines this week: Michael Jackson is remembered, Sarah Palin resigns as Governor and Matt Taibbi exposes our government's corrupt ties with Goldman Sachs. To discuss all this and more, we are joined on our media panel by Elinor Tatum, Joe Conason and Eric Bates. Then, Sen. Bernie Sanders on Franken's win and healthcare reform. And this week in Got Docs: Against a Trans Narrative.
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