A demonstration against the Tribeca Film Festival's choice to feature the movie "Ticked Off Trannies With Knives" will take place in NYC tonight. The movie promotes transphobia and makes light of the rape and violence all too often directed at transwomen. In addition to the offensive title of the movie, the film portrays transwomen as being performers.
Below is a trailer for the movie (Warning - Highly offensive and violent material).
Protest:
Media Advocates Giving National Equality to Trans People (MAGNET)
Tuesday April 6th, from 6:30-8pm
Tribeca Cinemas- 54 Varick St, NYC, NY.
For more info email: magnet_right_now@yahoo.com
Be sure to also contact the Tribeca Film Festival and demand the films removal and voice your disapproval.
Tammie Rosen
Vice-President of Communications - Tribeca Film Festival
trosen@tribecaenterprises.com
(212) 941-2003
David Kwok
Director of Programming – Tribeca Film Festival
dkwok@tribecafilmfestival.org
(212) 941-2420
Kimberly Kress
Senior VP, Rubenstein Communications
(212) 843-9394
kkress@rubenstein.com
Film & Programming
(212) 941-2305
To send an email with suggested text to the Tribeca Film Festival contacts above, go to http://www.glaad.org/2010/calltoaction/tribeca.
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Monday, April 5, 2010
Join the Tribeca Protest Over "Ticked Off Trannies" Film
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Web Spotlight: Kashish - Mumbai Queer Film Festival
The Kashish - Mumbai Queer Film Festival is the first ever film festival in the region for Indian and Desi queer films that celebrate sexual diversity. The four day festival is scheduled to be held April 22-25th 2010.
Monday, September 22, 2008
Steven Spielberg Donates 100K to Fight Marriage Ban
Icon film maker Steven Spielberg and his wife Kate Capshaw have donated $100,000 to the campaign to defeat a proposed constitutional ban on same-sex marriage in California.
"Spielberg and Capshaw said in a statement, "By writing discrimination into our state constitution, Proposition 8 seeks to eliminate the right of each and every citizen in our state to marry regardless of sexual orientation. Such discrimination has NO place in California's constitution, or any other." (Wilshire & Washington)Below is the address if you wish to thank him for his contribution to the No on Prop 8 movement.
Steven Spielberg
DreamWorks SKG 100 Universal Plaza,
#601 Universal City,
CA 91608 telephone:
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