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What Makes the Perfect Gender Surgeon? A Freak

I keep thinking about The Assignment, a bizarre and barely remembered action movie from 2016.

Woodlief McCabe

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Sigourney Weaver in The Assignment

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What Makes the Perfect Gender Surgeon? A Freak

I keep thinking about The Assignment, a bizarre and barely remembered action movie from 2016.

Woodlief McCabe —

Jul 17, 2025

muppets

A gay history of the Muppets Pepe the Prawn, Kermit the Frog, and Gonzo smile at the camera

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A Queer History of the Muppets

From Kermit’s drag persona Kermeena to nonbinary icon Gonzo, The Muppets have always been queer on-screen and among their fans.

Emma Cieslik —

Jul 7, 2025

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Every Al Pacino Movie Is Gay

The queerness of Pacino’s filmography is a reminder. While the media and your worst uncle claim the newness of queer and trans people, the truth is we have always been…

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Jul 3, 2025

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An alligator in water filled with bright green runoff in River of Grass

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Saving the Everglades Is a Queer Issue

Queer Floridian Juan Barquin talks to fellow queer Floridian Sasha Wortzel about her new documentary River of Grass and the beauty of the Everglades.

Juan Barquin —

Jul 2, 2025

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Eva Victor poses at a Sorry, Baby screening dressed in a white turtleneck and white suit jacket.

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Eva Victor Didn’t Tell a Woman’s Story

“I understand why people like to speak about Agnes and Lydie’s friendship as female friendship but I think it is more complicated than that and the film is more trans…

Rendy Jones —

Jun 26, 2025

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Director Zackary Drucker speaks to Amanda Lear in her documentary Enigma

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Zackary Drucker Is a Complicated Woman

“I think people often have a paternalistic protection of trans women that’s actually infantilizing.”

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Jun 24, 2025

Dykes Discuss

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Dykes Discuss Celine Song’s ‘Materialists’

Two dykes break down the baffling heterosexuality (and plot choices) in Celine Song’s second film, Materialists.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Jun 21, 2025

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Fawzia Mirza interview: a close up of Fawzia in a tan sweater with a gold chain and thick black glasses

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Fawzia Mirza Is Undeniable

“There’s no way anyone would’ve made this movie in the U.S. They didn’t want to. And now when those same people see it they’re like oh you did it!”

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Jun 20, 2025

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An Oral History of ‘Adam’ (2019), the Most Controversial Trans Movie of All Time

Five years after its release, the cast and crew behind 'Adam' (2019) look back on the film, the controversy, and the culture that shaped both.

Drew Burnett Gregory

Nicholas Alexander and Bobbi Salvör Menuez stand side by side in the woods in Adam (2019)

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Horror Is So Gay

Want To See a Movie Where Buffalo Bill and Norman Bates Are in a T4T Situationship? Well, Do We Have Some News for You!

Drew Burnett Gregory writes, directs, and stars in a new horror short, and it’s available for you to stream!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Oct 24, 2024

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Horror Is So Gay

Transplants, Transition, and David Cronenberg’s Body Horrors

How many organs do I have to replace before I can be classified as “biologically female”?

Emily-Alice Wolf —

Oct 22, 2024

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Horror Is So Gay

Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Suspiria’ Is the Perfect Horror Remake

It’s great to have two versions of Suspiria that offer exceptionally tasty and unique cinematic delights.

Lisa Laman —

Oct 15, 2024

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interview

Lilly Wachowski Has Her Combat Boots On

“When you make the amount of money we made for Warner Bros. via the franchise it obfuscates most transphobia.”

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Oct 11, 2024

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