Press Release, 10/15/01

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Tranny Fest: Transgender & Transgenre Film Festival
584 Castro Street #273
San Francisco, CA 94114
Contact: Andrea Burnett, Publicist
E: andrea@andreaburnett.com
T: 650.589.1962
www.trannyfest.com

When: November 13-18, 2001
What: Tranny Fest: Transgender and Transgenre Film Festival
Where: San Francisco, California

2001 A GENDER ODYSSEY: Science vs. Fiction

San Francisco's 2001 Tranny Fest Week Celebrates The Sweet Complexities Of The Transgender Experience San Francisco, CA - October 9, 2001 -Tranny Fest, North America's first film festival and cultural week dedicated to generating positive media images of transgendered people, lands in San Francisco again in full force, unleashing over 60 groundbreaking films.

Tranny Fest week will feature a variety of performances, panel discussions, and parties. The week will climax in a glamorous explosion coined "The Transgender and Transgenre Cinema Film Festival". Over the course of the film festival, audiences will be treated to over 60 finger-snappin', groin-bumping, tear-jerking, heartwarming, gut-bustin' mix of experimental, documentary, drama, and pornographic films.

This year's event offers an out-of-this-world, sci-fi vibe and is themed, "2001 A Gender Odyssey: Science vs. Fiction". Sci-fi fans, as well as Trans and their fans, will have the opportunity to partake in a magnificent multi-galaxy costume contest hosted by the stunning Empress Alexis Miranda, of the renowned Imperial Court System of San Francisco. Tranny Fest proudly boasts a diverse blend of cultures in all programming, including as many genres as genders.

SCHEDULED EVENTS

SCIENCE-VS-FICTION OF THE TRANSGENDER VOYAGE

A Panel Discussion
Tuesday, November 13, 8-9PM
Good Vibrations Retail Store
1210 Valencia Street, San Francisco
Admission: Free

This stimulating and thought-provoking panel discussion will shed new light on the breakthroughs in science, the law and the media within the transgender community. Reception to follow directly after panel discussion.

Distinguished Panel Includes:

  • Shannon Minter, Senior Staff Attorney at the National Center for Lesbian Rights
  • Ana Maldonado, Primary Care Clinician at Lyon-Martin Women's Health Services. Serving Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and questioning women in the Bay Area.
  • Machiko Saito, Filmmaker, Producer and Director of the video "Pink Eye" screening at this year's Festival.
  • Dr. Lori Kohler, M.D., Medical Director of the Family Health Center at San Francisco General Hospital .
  • Mirha-Soleil Ross, French-Canadian Filmmaker/Co-director of Madame Lauraine's Transsexual Touch!, G-SprOuT!, and Tremblement de Chair.
  • Moderated by Sel J. Wahng Ph.D. candidate in the dept. of Performance Studies, New York University, and managing editor of GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies.
  • Additional panelists TBA

Schmooze Fest

Wednesday, November 14th, 7:30PM - 9:30PM
Lexington Club 3464 19th St. bet. Mission and Valencia Streets, San Francisco
Admission: Free

Hosted by Andrea Pasillas. A mixer celebrating the "Lesbian and Bi-identified Transwoman" Everyone welcome. Meet the Tranny Fest stars, filmmakers and friends and chat it up at the Lex. Hors d'oeuvres and refreshments provided. 21 and older please

Dude, Where's My Gender? The Trans & Questioning Youth Art Show

Thursday November 15, 5:00PM - 7:00PM, Opening Reception
Red Dora's Bearded Lady Café, 485 14th Street @ Valencia, San Francisco
Admission: FREE

Visual art show by, for and about the experiences of Trans & Questioning Youth. Art will be up for the month of November at The Bearded Lady Café.

Xtreme Tranny Live!

Friday November 16th, 7:30 - 10:30 pm
The Women's Building, 3543 18th St. (between Valencia and Guerrero)
Wheelchair Accessible
Admission: FREE

The boldest, brightest and best of cutting edge Tranny performance including Performers from around the world, live music and slam poetry.

FEATURING:

  • Shawna Virago and The Deadly Nightshade Family Band
  • Ms. TGSF Michelle Garcia and her band of merry musicians
  • The Dragon Ladies - SF's only all girl Asian punk band doing their Drag King Thang!
  • Mirha-Soleil Ross - French Canadian Poet/Activist/Performer
  • Belly Dancing backed by James Green and his FTM drumming circle
  • Marcus Rene Van - World Renowned Slam Poet

TRANNY FEST FILM FESTIVAL

Saturday, November 17 & Sunday, November 18th. Films to be presented all day and night, beginning at 2:00PM. Over 40 films and videos will be featured at the historical Roxie Cinema, 3117 16th St. @ Valencia Street, San Francisco. Saturday night includes the Multi-Galaxy Costume Contest hosted by the Flaming Futuristic Empress Alexis Miranda of the Imperial Court. Costume contest on Saturday at 8:00PM show. Come to the Saturday screening in full, sci-fi regalia and win amazing prizes!

Ticket Information

ALL TRANNY FEST PASSES GO ON SALE OCTOBER 31, 2001.
Full "Tranny Fest Passes" available for $50 and include entry to all films at Saturday and Sunday Film Festival. Passes available at Good Vibrations Stores in San Francisco and Berkeley (cash only please), A Different Light Bookstore in San Francisco (accepts cash, Visa, MasterCard, Discovery Card, and American Express with a $3 service charge), and The Roxie Cinema in San Francisco (cash only).

Individual film and video program show tickets are sold the day of the shows at the Roxie Cinema only. The Roxie Cinema box office is open 30 minutes prior to each program. Tickets prices are as follows:
2:00PM matinees: $6.00
All other shows: $8.00

Tranny Fest Hub

The Lexington Club, 3464 19th Street in San Francisco, is the official "Tranny Fest Watering Hole" for the week of the festival.

Tranny Fest Snack Shack, Trans Youth Art Display and Trans Video Lounge

Meet, Greet and Be Mary! For the entire week of Tranny Fest, the official "Tranny Fest Snack Shack and Trans Video Lounge" will be located the Bearded Lady Café, 485 14th Street @ Valencia, San Francisco. Open M-F 7:00AM - 7:00PM; Weekends 9:00AM - 7:00PM.

For more information, to request a screener tape for Tranny Fest, or to set up an interview with the producers or directors, please contact Andrea Burnett @ 650.589.1962

Special Note From the Producers

All events at Tranny Fest are scent-free spaces. Please help others that maybe allergic to scented products join in the fun by refraining from wearing scented products. For more information on scent free products please check our scent-free information page.

About Tranny Fest:

Established in 1997, Transgender & Transgenre Film Festival in San Francisco is a week-long celebration of the sweet complexities of the Transgender experience. Tranny Fest includes panel discussions, performances and parties, and is dedicated to generating positive media images of transgendered people. Tranny Fest attempts to portray the totality and richness of transgendered lives. Tranny Fest strives to be inclusive of the various racial, ethnic, cultural, gender, gay, lesbian, and bisexual communities, which make up the larger transgendered/queer community. Tranny Fest is based in San Francisco where it produces a biannual film festival and a week of events celebrating Tranny culture and through collaboration with community-based non-profit agencies provides outreach and education to and about the transgender community. Festival Directors: Christopher Lee and Al Austin

 

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