FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

"Tranny Fest 2001: Gender Armageddon!' coming to San Francisco the Week of November 13 - 18"

CONTACT:
Festival Directors
Tranny Fest
584 Castro Street, #273
San Francisco, CA 94114
Tel. 415-820-3223
Fax. 415-282-4536
Email. trannyfest@aol.com
http://www.trannyfest.com

WHERE: San Francisco

WHEN: Mid-November 2001

WHAT: In 2001 the Tranny Fest theme will be "Gender Armageddon! -This is the future!" Tranny Fest week celebrates the sweet complexities of the Transgender experience. We will feature a variety of performances, panel discussions, parties and the week will climax in a glamorous explosion we call The Transgender and Transgenre Cinema Film Festival. We will show a "finger-snappin, groin-bumping, tear-jerking, heartwarming, gut-bustin" mix of over 23 experimental, documentary, drama and pornographic films! Sci-fi fans, as well as Trans and their Fans, will have the opportunity to participate in our fabulous Multi-Galaxy Costume Contest emceed by the beautiful Empress Alexis Miranda. Tranny Fest proudly boasts a diverse mixture and array of cultures in all our programming. We have as many genres as we do genders. Guests are encouraged to come to all Tranny Week events dressed in our Science fiction futuristic theme: GENDER ARMAGEDDON - THIS IS THE FUTURE!

Schedule events and locations:

November 13, Tuesday 8-10pm
Good Vibrations Store
1210 Valencia Street
COST: Free

Tranny Fest 2001 Film Festival's Tranny Week kick off event and reception: Panel discussion titled: "SCIENCE FICTION: THE SCIENCE-VS-FICTION of the Transgender Experience - Trans: Law, Health and the future of Media." We'll talk about current legal rights, medical health care and the future, focusing on creating your own SPACE and gender dimensions in the world of media. Reception to follow panel. Panelist include:

SHANNON MINTNER, Senior Staff Attorney at the National Center for Lesbian Rights. Information on Transgender Law and legal issues.
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.
LORI KOHLER, M.S., Medical Director, Gold Team Family Health Center at San Francisco General Hospital.
Other panelists TBA

November 14th, Wednesday 7:30pm
Lexington Club
3464 19th St. bet. Mission and Valencia Street
COST: Free

Schmooze Fest Party with the "highlight focus" on lesbian-identified transwomen. Everyone is welcome! Come join stars, filmmakers and friends. Food & Drinks. 21 and older please. FREE!

The Lexington club is the official "Tranny Fest Watering Hole" for the week of the festival. Please feel free to stop in, relax, and meet up with friends.

More events TBA

Special Note
All events at Tranny Fest are scent-free spaces. Please help others that may be allergic to scents join in the fun by refraining from wearing perfumes and scented deoderants, soaps, detergents, etc. For more information on scent-free products please check our no-scent page. Thank you for your consideration.

FESTIVAL DIRECTORS: Al Austin and Christopher Lee

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