2011

ub2 is a short documentary about the impact of pejorative language on HIV+ gay men. Listings on gay dating sites increasingly specify that the poster is 'clean' or 'disease-free' and requests of his potential matches, 'ub2'. Of course, people are free to specify anything that's important to them, but how does the choice of these words impact the positive men who read them? What image does it give of our community? Do words matter? … More info

Queering sex and resilience, Fat Femmes seduce with their stories.… More info

A smoking talented jazz trumpeter sets it off when she makes a decision that will change her life forever.… More info

The chronicles of a genderqueer Asian seeking employment.… More info

After a job loss, a South-Asian lesbian couple struggles to hold onto their love.… More info

Five queer black women families raising children reveal their joy and challenges.… More info

Looking For Jiro is a queer meditation on the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II.

Jiro worked in the prison mess hall and liked muscular men. How did this dandy gay bachelor survive imprisonment? This queer musical mash-up video features drag king performance, U.S. propaganda footage, muscle building, and homoerotic bread making.… More info

Have You Ever Seen A Transsexual Before? is both a document of a live performance in the alienating “real world” and a fantastical adventure into another world of queer likeness and identification. The first half of the video records a guerilla performance, and through repetition, becomes a declaration and a campaign for Female-To-Male (FTM) transsexual visibility. When the campaign proves futile I enter a magical animated world where I observe and am greeted by colorful and flamboyant wildlife. … More info

"The condo I was raised in, the cats, my mother, and me-- smiling through the gloom of cancer." … More info

I’d like to serenade you with the very heavens that hang above our heads [this] is about the contradictory pain/pleasure of interpersonal relationships. The constant need to connect, to feel, to articulate when you’re breathless. These texts are often lost in translation... in the hot air that evaporates as we speak. I can’t begin to understand, but I want to touch and be touched. Hold on … More info