Geisha, Thalia and Tommy are three Dominicans who live on the edge of a very constricting male and female binary in the ultra-conservative Dominican Republic. Within the social dynamics, their reality as transgender is often emphasized, which is why, they advocate for social inclusion all Dominican trans* people. An ode to Trans activists in the city of Santo Domingo, and how their lives navigate under their gender identity in a state that does not recognize them.
Geisha, Thalia and Tommy are three Dominicans who live on the edge of a very constricting male and female binary in the ultra-conservative Dominican Republic. Within the social dynamics, their reality as transgender is often emphasized, which is why, they advocate for social inclusion all Dominican trans* people. An ode to Trans activists in the city of Santo Domingo, and how their lives navigate under their gender identity in a state that does not recognize them.
Following the tragic death of her teenage son, Manuela travels from Madrid to Barcelona in an attempt to contact the long-estranged father the boy never knew. She reunites with an old friend, an outspoken transgender sex worker, and befriends a troubled actress and a pregnant, HIV-positive nun.
Harris Glenn Milstead, aka Divine (1945-1988) was the ultimate outsider turned underground hero. Spitting in the face of the status quos of body image, gender identity, sexuality, and preconceived notions of beauty, Divine succeeded in becoming an internationally recognized icon, recording artist, and character actor of stage and screen. Glenn went from the often-mocked, schoolyard fat kid to underdog royalty, standing up for millions of gay men and women, drag queens and punk rockers, and countless other socially ostracized misfits and freaks. With a completely committed in-your-face style, he blurred the line between performer and personality, and revolutionized pop culture.
Marina's life is thrown into turmoil following the death of her partner. Mourning the loss of the man she loved, she finds herself under intense scrutiny from those with no regard for her privacy.
The new guy in a Los Angeles high school, Morgan, does some singing and fights hotshot Nick over disco dancer Frankie.
Alex, an intersexed 15-year-old, is living as a girl, but she and her family begin to wonder whether she's emotionally a boy when another teenager's sexual advances bring the issue to a head. As Alex faces a final decision regarding her gender, she meets both hostility and compassion.
A struggling young dancer joins forces with two breakdancers and together they become a street sensation.
When an old friend brings filmmaker Enrique Goded a semi-autobiographical script chronicling their adolescence, Enrique is forced to relive his youth spent at a Catholic boarding school. Weaving through past and present, the script follows a transvestite performer who reconnects with a grade school sweetheart. Spurred on by this chance encounter, the character reflects on her childhood sexual victimization and the trauma of closeting her sexual orientation.
A perfect typical LA couple find their happily-ever-after life broken when the husband confronts his long-repressed attraction for other men.
16-year old Rhiannon falls in love with a mysterious spirit named “A” that inhabits a different body every day. Feeling an unmatched connection, Rhiannon and “A” work each day to find each other, not knowing what the next day will bring.
A young drug dealer falls in love while facing disruption among the men in his gang, and being offered a career as a Reggaetón singer.