Pop Culture Collaborative, the philanthropic fund working to transform the narratives harming Black and Indigenous people, people of color, immigrants and refugees, Muslims, and religiously diverse people in America, announcef its 2024-2025 Becoming America Network grantees.
Through this grant program, 45 entertainment projects using storytelling to drive narrative change will receive funding totaling over $4 million. Each network member receives a grant ranging from $25,000 to $75,000, access to a range of in-person and virtual network gatherings, and the opportunity to apply for rapid response funding.
In 2020, the Pop Culture Collaborative launched Becoming America, a multimillion-dollar fund supporting artists, producers, movement organizations, and cultural organizers to ignite public yearning for a just and pluralist nation where everyone belongs. To date, more than 120 grantees across the U.S. have engaged over 100 million people with their funded projects.
“At the Pop Culture Collaborative, we’re firm believers that achieving a just and pluralist society in the U.
Through this grant program, 45 entertainment projects using storytelling to drive narrative change will receive funding totaling over $4 million. Each network member receives a grant ranging from $25,000 to $75,000, access to a range of in-person and virtual network gatherings, and the opportunity to apply for rapid response funding.
In 2020, the Pop Culture Collaborative launched Becoming America, a multimillion-dollar fund supporting artists, producers, movement organizations, and cultural organizers to ignite public yearning for a just and pluralist nation where everyone belongs. To date, more than 120 grantees across the U.S. have engaged over 100 million people with their funded projects.
“At the Pop Culture Collaborative, we’re firm believers that achieving a just and pluralist society in the U.
- 5/14/2024
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
The contestants of RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 15 are confronting anti-drag hate in the show’s latest episode. On Friday, the queens performed in a Wigloose Rusical, a reimagined version of Footloose where a local teacher is attempting to ban drag, as the queens opened up about their fears of new laws.
“With everything presently going on in the world, it feels like we’re taking a giant step back,” Anetra said.
As the queens prepared their makeup for the Wigloose Rusical, they discussed their fears about doing drag given...
“With everything presently going on in the world, it feels like we’re taking a giant step back,” Anetra said.
As the queens prepared their makeup for the Wigloose Rusical, they discussed their fears about doing drag given...
- 3/18/2023
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
Here’s a look at this week’s biggest premieres, parties and openings in Los Angeles and New York, including red carpets for Black Adam, Halloween Ends, The Watcher and the New York Film Festival.
New York Film Festival
The annual film fest continued its second week at Lincoln Center with screenings for Women Talking, Armageddon Time, She Said and The Inspection.
Claire Foy, Judith Ivey, Michelle McLeod, Sheila McCarthy, Sarah Polley, Rooney Mara, Kate Hallett and Liv McNeil attend the red carpet event for ‘Women Talking’ on Oct. 10 in New York City. Producer Marc Butan, Focus Features vice chairman Jason Cassidy, Jeremy Strong, Anne Hathaway, director James Gray, Banks Repeta, Jaylin Webb, Focus Features president of production and acquisitions Kiska Higgs, Focus Features chairman Peter Kujawski and producer Rodrigo Teixeira at the ‘Armageddon Time’ screening on Oct. 12. Jodi Kantor, Zoe Kazan, Megan Twohey and Carey Mulligan attend the red...
New York Film Festival
The annual film fest continued its second week at Lincoln Center with screenings for Women Talking, Armageddon Time, She Said and The Inspection.
Claire Foy, Judith Ivey, Michelle McLeod, Sheila McCarthy, Sarah Polley, Rooney Mara, Kate Hallett and Liv McNeil attend the red carpet event for ‘Women Talking’ on Oct. 10 in New York City. Producer Marc Butan, Focus Features vice chairman Jason Cassidy, Jeremy Strong, Anne Hathaway, director James Gray, Banks Repeta, Jaylin Webb, Focus Features president of production and acquisitions Kiska Higgs, Focus Features chairman Peter Kujawski and producer Rodrigo Teixeira at the ‘Armageddon Time’ screening on Oct. 12. Jodi Kantor, Zoe Kazan, Megan Twohey and Carey Mulligan attend the red...
- 10/14/2022
- by Kirsten Chuba
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
For trans children, finding a community of peers is challenging. That’s why Maya, whose name has been changed to protect her family, was thrilled this past spring when she and her nine-year-old son were able to join a carefully vetted children’s group through the Gender Development Program at Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago. “It gives my son the opportunity to interact with kids who are going through similar things,” she says. It’s essentially a play group, she says, where children in the same age group do...
- 9/30/2022
- by Andrea Marks
- Rollingstone.com
Happy Pride Month! From concert stages and parades to film screenings and premieres, queer celebrations are here, there and everywhere.
June 1, Wednesday
Gottmik x Violet Chachki perform at the premiere of the docuseries “The Book of Queer.” Heart WeHo, West Hollywood
June 2, Thursday
Beverly Hills Pride Night is hosted by Tolliver and Kcrw’s Novena Carmel.
Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Beverly Hills
June 3, Friday
Devin Way, Fin Argus, Jesse James Keitel, CG, Johnny Sibilly and Ryan O’Connell attend the premiere of the reimagined “Queer as Folk” with creatives Stephen Dunn and Jaclyn Moore. The evening kicks off the four-day Outfronts.
The Theatre at Ace Hotel, Los Angeles
As part of the SaMo Pride celebration, the Made with Pride Marketplace pop-up opens. LGBTQ-owned businesses and a rainbow light installation are featured. Every Friday-Sunday in June.
Santa Monica Place, Santa Monica
WeHo Pride Weekend kicks off with the Dyke March,...
June 1, Wednesday
Gottmik x Violet Chachki perform at the premiere of the docuseries “The Book of Queer.” Heart WeHo, West Hollywood
June 2, Thursday
Beverly Hills Pride Night is hosted by Tolliver and Kcrw’s Novena Carmel.
Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Beverly Hills
June 3, Friday
Devin Way, Fin Argus, Jesse James Keitel, CG, Johnny Sibilly and Ryan O’Connell attend the premiere of the reimagined “Queer as Folk” with creatives Stephen Dunn and Jaclyn Moore. The evening kicks off the four-day Outfronts.
The Theatre at Ace Hotel, Los Angeles
As part of the SaMo Pride celebration, the Made with Pride Marketplace pop-up opens. LGBTQ-owned businesses and a rainbow light installation are featured. Every Friday-Sunday in June.
Santa Monica Place, Santa Monica
WeHo Pride Weekend kicks off with the Dyke March,...
- 6/1/2022
- by Marc Malkin
- Variety Film + TV
“We can’t comprehend legal movements for justice without understanding Pauli’s role in them,” Chase Strangio, an ACLU attorney, declares partway through “My Name Is Pauli Murray.” This idea reverberates throughout the stirring documentary, which takes a much-needed deep dive into the life and work of Pauli Murray, a highly influential attorney and activist. Using a combination of archival footage, Murray’s own autobiographical words, and interviews with contemporary thinkers, the documentary begins with Murray’s early life and then continues on to chronicle their brilliant legal contributions and trailblazing activism.
In addition to their career as a lawyer, Murray was a gender rights advocate, a poet, the first Black non-male person to be ordained an Episcopal priest, and even a one-time Mademoiselle magazine “Woman of the Year.” Many of Murray’s beliefs and ideals were considered radical at the time, but they blazed on, and in doing so...
In addition to their career as a lawyer, Murray was a gender rights advocate, a poet, the first Black non-male person to be ordained an Episcopal priest, and even a one-time Mademoiselle magazine “Woman of the Year.” Many of Murray’s beliefs and ideals were considered radical at the time, but they blazed on, and in doing so...
- 10/8/2021
- by IndieWire Staff
- Indiewire
The United States is restoring a policy that grants transgender individuals protection from discrimination in the health care system, the Biden administration announced Monday.
This move will reverse a Trump-era policy that stated “sex” refers to a person’s gender assigned at birth, an attempt to allow discrimination in health care based on gender identity, although Trump’s policy never took effect because it was blocked by the courts before it went into effect.
Biden’s shift in policy will essentially restore Obama-era protections for gay and transgender people in the health care system.
This move will reverse a Trump-era policy that stated “sex” refers to a person’s gender assigned at birth, an attempt to allow discrimination in health care based on gender identity, although Trump’s policy never took effect because it was blocked by the courts before it went into effect.
Biden’s shift in policy will essentially restore Obama-era protections for gay and transgender people in the health care system.
- 5/10/2021
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Everyone should know who Pauli Murray is, and it’s baffling that more of us don’t. That’s the most effective aspect of the biographical documentary My Name is Pauli Murray: it does its best to leave audiences with the burning desire not only to know Murray’s history as a Black trans pioneer and incomparable mind, but to share Murray’s legacy with others. Directors Julie Cohen and Betsy West (the team behind Rbg) pull from a physical archive of Murray’s extensively self-documented life to tell the nearly unbelievable story of an insatiable law student turned civil rights activist turned professor turned priest (and canonized Episcopalian saint!) whose accomplishments still feel markedly ahead of their time.
Born in 1910 in Baltimore, Maryland and raised by their maternal grandparents, and a favorite aunt who encouraged their learning and preference for pants over skirts, Murray would make quick work of...
Born in 1910 in Baltimore, Maryland and raised by their maternal grandparents, and a favorite aunt who encouraged their learning and preference for pants over skirts, Murray would make quick work of...
- 2/10/2021
- by Shayna Warner
- The Film Stage
The greatest revelation in “My Name Is Pauli Murray,” a new documentary about the poet, writer, activist, labor organizer, legal theorist, and Episcopal priest whose ideas shaped legal arguments for both race and gender equality, is that what made Murray so keenly attuned to the burdens of inequality — being Black, queer, and assigned female at birth — are the very things that robbed Murray of the recognition they so deserve. That is, until now.
Recent years have seen Murray sainted by the Episcopal Church, a Yale residential college established in their name, and the publication of two biographies: “The Firebrand and the First Lady” (2016), about Murray’s decades-long friendship with Eleanor Roosevelt, and “Jane Crow: The Life of Pauli Murray” (2017). “My Name Is Pauli Murray” draws on this research — as well as a crucial re-contextualizing from transgender community leaders — to deliver an accessible and proper tribute to Murray’s astounding life and work.
Recent years have seen Murray sainted by the Episcopal Church, a Yale residential college established in their name, and the publication of two biographies: “The Firebrand and the First Lady” (2016), about Murray’s decades-long friendship with Eleanor Roosevelt, and “Jane Crow: The Life of Pauli Murray” (2017). “My Name Is Pauli Murray” draws on this research — as well as a crucial re-contextualizing from transgender community leaders — to deliver an accessible and proper tribute to Murray’s astounding life and work.
- 2/2/2021
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Image Source: Getty / Rodin Eckenroth
Indya Moore is spreading some much-needed cheer this holiday season. On Tuesday, the Pose star announced a new campaign called TranSanta, which aims to provide a "safe and convenient way to give and receive, for trans and intersex youth led by trans and intersex people."
"This year has been so stressful and especially for trans folks," Indya captioned an Instagram video about the campaign. "Trans issues [don't] receive much visibility or attention unfortunately, but this year has been the most violent and deadly for my community. It has been very upsetting." In an effort to raise more awareness and give hope to the trans community, Indya decided to team up with friends Chase Strangio, Kyle Lasky, and Pidgeon to create the campaign.
"For the holidays, we want to show trans young people that they are loved, supported and have a family around the country and world...
Indya Moore is spreading some much-needed cheer this holiday season. On Tuesday, the Pose star announced a new campaign called TranSanta, which aims to provide a "safe and convenient way to give and receive, for trans and intersex youth led by trans and intersex people."
"This year has been so stressful and especially for trans folks," Indya captioned an Instagram video about the campaign. "Trans issues [don't] receive much visibility or attention unfortunately, but this year has been the most violent and deadly for my community. It has been very upsetting." In an effort to raise more awareness and give hope to the trans community, Indya decided to team up with friends Chase Strangio, Kyle Lasky, and Pidgeon to create the campaign.
"For the holidays, we want to show trans young people that they are loved, supported and have a family around the country and world...
- 12/9/2020
- by Kelsie Gibson
- Popsugar.com
After premiering at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, “The Fight,” is now looking to battle its way into the Oscar race for Best Documentary Feature. At Sundance, this Magnolia Pictures + Topic Studios release premiered to stellar reviews and took home the honor for U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Social Impact Filmmaking. The film, from Eli B. Despres, Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg, is currently available to stream on Hulu.
“The Fight” follows several lawyers who work for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) who are each working on a specific case that challenges the policies of Donald Trump’s administration. Lee Gelernt is arguing cases for migrant parents who have been separated from their children and are desperate to have their family reunited. Joshua Block and Chase Strangio are representing a transgender man that’s currently enlisted in the military and challenging Trump’s ban on trans service members.
“The Fight” follows several lawyers who work for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) who are each working on a specific case that challenges the policies of Donald Trump’s administration. Lee Gelernt is arguing cases for migrant parents who have been separated from their children and are desperate to have their family reunited. Joshua Block and Chase Strangio are representing a transgender man that’s currently enlisted in the military and challenging Trump’s ban on trans service members.
- 10/14/2020
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
Exclusive: Filmmaker Sam Feder has signed with Gersh and Luber Roklin Entertainment for representation in all areas. Feder is known for his recent groundbreaking Netflix documentary Disclosure. With his new reps, Feder will build upon his documentary work and expand into narrative film and television.
Disclosure garnered critical acclaim when it debuted at Sundance earlier this year and reached a wide audience when it debuted on Netflix on June 19. The documentary has become required viewing when it comes to the authentic representation of the transgender community in film and TV. Chronicling an eye-opening look at trans depictions in Hollywood, the docu reveals how the film and TV industry simultaneously reflects and manufactures our deepest anxieties about gender.
The docu was executive produced by Laverne Cox, who is also featured in the film. Disclosure also features prominent members of the trans community including Jen Richards, Marquise Vilson, Tre’vell Anderson, Angelica Ross,...
Disclosure garnered critical acclaim when it debuted at Sundance earlier this year and reached a wide audience when it debuted on Netflix on June 19. The documentary has become required viewing when it comes to the authentic representation of the transgender community in film and TV. Chronicling an eye-opening look at trans depictions in Hollywood, the docu reveals how the film and TV industry simultaneously reflects and manufactures our deepest anxieties about gender.
The docu was executive produced by Laverne Cox, who is also featured in the film. Disclosure also features prominent members of the trans community including Jen Richards, Marquise Vilson, Tre’vell Anderson, Angelica Ross,...
- 8/24/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Formed in 1920, the American Civil Liberties Union, a.k.a. the ACLU, had been defending the rights of the tired, the poor, the huddled masses yearning to breathe free for nearly a century when Donald Trump was sworn in to the presidency in January of 2017. The organization knew they would have their hands full when the former Reality TV star/failed real-estate mogul was granted the keys to the kingdom — and even they probably couldn’t have predicted just how many wars on numerous civil-liberty fronts they’d be combating.
- 7/31/2020
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
You could argue that the documentary “The Fight” takes on too much, because it juggles four different court cases on four different, vitally important subjects, jumping back and forth between the quartet of cases and trying to give them all their proper due in its hour-and-a-half running time.
Or you could argue that “The Fight” takes on too little, because those four cases are supposed to give us a sense of all of the work that the near 300 lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union do. That’s an impossible task, since the ACLU has already filed close to 150 lawsuits against the Donald Trump administration alone.
Or you could decide, as I did, that “The Fight,” like a cinematic version of “Goldilocks and the Three Bears,” does it just right: It picks four cases that give a good overview of the ACLU’s work and all carry huge stakes; it...
Or you could argue that “The Fight” takes on too little, because those four cases are supposed to give us a sense of all of the work that the near 300 lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union do. That’s an impossible task, since the ACLU has already filed close to 150 lawsuits against the Donald Trump administration alone.
Or you could decide, as I did, that “The Fight,” like a cinematic version of “Goldilocks and the Three Bears,” does it just right: It picks four cases that give a good overview of the ACLU’s work and all carry huge stakes; it...
- 7/31/2020
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
It’s a volatile time in our country. We are divided and there’s an extreme sense of civic unrest. As hopeless as many of us feel, there are heroes on the front lines who are protecting our constitutional freedoms when it comes to abortion rights, immigration rights, LGBTQ rights and voting rights — and those heroes are chronicled in the documentary The Fight which debuts today in select theaters and on demand.
Directed by Elyse Steinberg, Josh Kriegman and Eli Despres, who produce alongside Kerry Washington, The Fight debuted at Sundance earlier this year. Who would have known that this documentary would be so poignant during this pivotal moment in history when Black lives are being killed, trans women of color are being murdered, the well-being of immigrants is at risk and the Trump’s administration is doing everything they can to put civil liberties of marginalized communities in danger.
Directed by Elyse Steinberg, Josh Kriegman and Eli Despres, who produce alongside Kerry Washington, The Fight debuted at Sundance earlier this year. Who would have known that this documentary would be so poignant during this pivotal moment in history when Black lives are being killed, trans women of color are being murdered, the well-being of immigrants is at risk and the Trump’s administration is doing everything they can to put civil liberties of marginalized communities in danger.
- 7/31/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Thanks to the pandemic, 2020 is a summer without a superhero movie. But a new documentary about the American Civil Liberties Union, The Fight, which Magnolia and Topic Studios are releasing in theaters and on demand July 31, offers up a kind of alternative, a real-life Avengers starring a group of lovably nerdy civil rights attorneys. Directed by Elyse Steinberg, Josh Kriegman and Eli Despres, who made the 2016 political documentary Weiner, and produced by Kerry Washington, The Fight follows ACLU attorneys Brigitte Amiri, Joshua Block, Lee Gelernt, Dale Ho and Chase Strangio as they pursue high-stakes cases on reproductive, LGBT, immigrant and ...
- 7/31/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Thanks to the pandemic, 2020 is a summer without a superhero movie. But a new documentary about the American Civil Liberties Union, The Fight, which Magnolia and Topic Studios are releasing in theaters and on demand July 31, offers up a kind of alternative, a real-life Avengers starring a group of lovably nerdy civil rights attorneys. Directed by Elyse Steinberg, Josh Kriegman and Eli Despres, who made the 2016 political documentary Weiner, and produced by Kerry Washington, The Fight follows ACLU attorneys Brigitte Amiri, Joshua Block, Lee Gelernt, Dale Ho and Chase Strangio as they pursue high-stakes cases on reproductive, LGBT, immigrant and ...
- 7/31/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Kerry Washington will be joined by attorneys from the American Civil Liberties Union for a virtual discussion following the release of “The Fight,” a timely documentary focusing on ACLU lawyers as they battle for abortion, immigrant, LGBTQ and voting rights.
“The Fight,” produced by Washington, is being released through virtual cinemas and in select movie theaters on Friday, and the discussion will play exclusively after these engagements. In the discussion, which was filmed last week, Washington converses with Brigitte Amiri, Lee Gelernt, Dale Ho, Joshua Block and Chase Strangio — five attorneys featured in the doc — in a wide-ranging conversation about themes that emerge in “The Fight.”
In a clip from the Q&a, provided exclusively to Variety, ACLU attorney Dale Ho discusses filing a federal lawsuit on behalf of immigrants’ rights associations to challenge President Donald Trump’s attempts to block undocumented citizens from being counted in the census. In the constitution,...
“The Fight,” produced by Washington, is being released through virtual cinemas and in select movie theaters on Friday, and the discussion will play exclusively after these engagements. In the discussion, which was filmed last week, Washington converses with Brigitte Amiri, Lee Gelernt, Dale Ho, Joshua Block and Chase Strangio — five attorneys featured in the doc — in a wide-ranging conversation about themes that emerge in “The Fight.”
In a clip from the Q&a, provided exclusively to Variety, ACLU attorney Dale Ho discusses filing a federal lawsuit on behalf of immigrants’ rights associations to challenge President Donald Trump’s attempts to block undocumented citizens from being counted in the census. In the constitution,...
- 7/30/2020
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
Anyone who cares about injustices committed by the Trump administration towards immigrants, women, the LGBTQ community, and other at-risk groups guaranteed civil liberties under the Constitution already knows about the court battles waged during the course of Eli B. Despres, Josh Kriegman, and Elyse Steinberg’s documentary The Fight. Anyone who doesn’t believe injustices have been committed—or worse, believe the White House’s actions were a response to injustices committed upon “true white Americans”—isn’t going to spend their money watching how those cases shook out beyond the scope of their privilege. So it was crucial that the filmmakers find a way into this important topic that allowed them to deliver something beyond headline sentiments. Rather than focus solely on the “fight” itself, they pivoted to highlight the “fighters.”
So while this film is about four cases seeking injunctions to block Donald Trump’s objectively hostile executive...
So while this film is about four cases seeking injunctions to block Donald Trump’s objectively hostile executive...
- 7/28/2020
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
The Fight Magnolia Pictures Reviewed for Shockya.com & BigAppleReviews.net linked from Rotten Tomatoes by: Harvey Karten Director: Elyse Steinberg Josh Kriegman, Eli Despres Cast: Brigitte Amiri, Joshua Block, Lee Gelernt, Dale Ho, Chase Strangio Screened at: Critics’ link, NYC, 7/17/20 Opens: July 31, 2020 The first thing that conservatives might say about the American Civil […]
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- 7/26/2020
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
Discovering Sy Rogers was a big deal for me. As a gay kid in Pensacola, Fl, I learned early on that my “same-sex attraction”––as it’s often called in conservative Christian churches––was not acceptable in my community. Rogers previously identified as trans and led international ministries based on the idea that if God can change Rogers from being transgender, he can also change one’s homosexuality. This assumes it’s wrong to be gay and that being transgender is even worse. But I didn’t want to be gay, so I walked in Rogers’ footsteps. For the first half of the 2010s, I believed ex-gay theology and it took the second half of the decade in therapy to unravel it. Telling my story is not easy, but the truth is more powerful than pretending my past never happened.
While watching Sam Feder’s new documentary Disclosure: Trans Lives on Screen,...
While watching Sam Feder’s new documentary Disclosure: Trans Lives on Screen,...
- 6/29/2020
- by Joshua Encinias
- The Film Stage
Exclusive: Netflix has acquired the worldwide rights to the Sam Feder-directed documentary Disclosure. The feature-length docu is set to debut on the streaming platform on June 19 — a perfect release date considering June is Pride Month.
Disclosure made its premiere at Sundance earlier this year and puts a spotlight on transgender representation in TV and film while showing how it has impacted how Americans feel about members of the trans community and how it has taught trans people to feel about themselves.
Feder not only puts members of the trans community front and center but he also made sure that they were represented behind the camera as well. This way, it was a film about trans people made by trans people, marking a genuine effort of authenticity.
“Disclosure came to life so beautifully because trans people were at the center of production — over 150 trans people were involved, from early research through distribution,...
Disclosure made its premiere at Sundance earlier this year and puts a spotlight on transgender representation in TV and film while showing how it has impacted how Americans feel about members of the trans community and how it has taught trans people to feel about themselves.
Feder not only puts members of the trans community front and center but he also made sure that they were represented behind the camera as well. This way, it was a film about trans people made by trans people, marking a genuine effort of authenticity.
“Disclosure came to life so beautifully because trans people were at the center of production — over 150 trans people were involved, from early research through distribution,...
- 5/29/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Near the end of Elyse Steinberg, Josh Kriegman, and Eli Despres’ “The Fight,” one of the documentary’s central subjects, Aclu deputy director Lee Gelernt, is preparing for a quick hit on NBC News. The lawyer, best known for his work for immigrants’ rights, is minutes away from a live appearance discussing the state of the Aclu’s lawsuit against the government for its family separation policies. As the clock ticks down, a breaking news alert diverts everyone’s attention elsewhere: to the latest ruling in another Aclu-involved case, this one involving President Trump’s transgender military ban. Gelernt is forced to pivot, preparing talking points and official reactions before he’s thrust onto live television to sound off on yet another one of the over 100 lawsuits the American Civil Liberties Union has filed since Trump took office. It’s perhaps the most illustrative moment in the latest film from the trio behind “Weiner,...
- 1/24/2020
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Laverne Cox used her platform on the Emmys red carpet to inform viewers about an upcoming Supreme Court case that could potentially affect the entire Lgbtq+ community. The Orange Is the New Black star brought Aclu lawyer Chase Strangio as her date, and together the two shed light on the importance of Oct. 8, which is when the Scotus will hear whether Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 applies to cases of Lgbtq+ discrimination. In layman's terms, the case could make it legal to fire someone from their job simply for identifying as Lgbtq+.
Wearing a gorgeous purple and black Monsoori gown and carrying a rainbow clutch with a reference to Oct. 8 boldly printed on it, Laverne explained how she saw her nomination as an opportunity to stand up for Lgbtq+ rights. "When I got my Emmy nomination this year, my third one . . . I thought there has to be...
Wearing a gorgeous purple and black Monsoori gown and carrying a rainbow clutch with a reference to Oct. 8 boldly printed on it, Laverne explained how she saw her nomination as an opportunity to stand up for Lgbtq+ rights. "When I got my Emmy nomination this year, my third one . . . I thought there has to be...
- 9/24/2019
- by Victoria Messina
- Popsugar.com
As the country inches closer to the 2020 election, Emmy winners on Sunday night used their time in the spotlight to advocate for political causes. Celebrities such as Patricia Arquette, Michelle Williams, and RuPaul Charles all urged activism from viewers while accepting their awards.
While accepting her Emmy for her supporting role in Hulu’s “The Act,” Arquette gave a passionate plea for transgender rights, turning to her late sister Alexis Arquette, a transgender actress who died in 2016 at age 47. ““Trans people are still being persecuted,” she said. “I’m in mourning every day of my life, Alexis, and I will be for the rest of my life for you, until we change the world so trans people are not persecuted — and give them jobs. They’re human beings, let’s get rid of this bias we have everywhere.”
Emmy winners Alex Borstein and Williams also used their time on stage...
While accepting her Emmy for her supporting role in Hulu’s “The Act,” Arquette gave a passionate plea for transgender rights, turning to her late sister Alexis Arquette, a transgender actress who died in 2016 at age 47. ““Trans people are still being persecuted,” she said. “I’m in mourning every day of my life, Alexis, and I will be for the rest of my life for you, until we change the world so trans people are not persecuted — and give them jobs. They’re human beings, let’s get rid of this bias we have everywhere.”
Emmy winners Alex Borstein and Williams also used their time on stage...
- 9/23/2019
- by Anna Tingley
- Variety Film + TV
Orange Is the New Black may be over, but on Sunday, the beloved cast had a glamorous reunion at the Emmy Awards in La. Laverne Cox, Dascha Polanco, and Natasha Lyonne (who was accompanied by boyfriend Fred Armisen) swapped their orange Litchfield jumpsuits for some beautiful ensembles, and honestly, we almost forgot what they looked like out of costume.
Laverne, who was joined by Aclu lawyer Chase Strangio, stands to make history tonight as the first-ever transgender actress to win an Emmy. The 35-year-old actress is nominated for outstanding guest actress in a drama series for her role as Sophia Burset in Oitnb. While on the red carpet, Laverne told E! News that she hopes to raise awareness on the upcoming Us Supreme Court case that will decide "whether Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 applies to cases of anti-lgbt discrimination." "A lot of people aren't talking about...
Laverne, who was joined by Aclu lawyer Chase Strangio, stands to make history tonight as the first-ever transgender actress to win an Emmy. The 35-year-old actress is nominated for outstanding guest actress in a drama series for her role as Sophia Burset in Oitnb. While on the red carpet, Laverne told E! News that she hopes to raise awareness on the upcoming Us Supreme Court case that will decide "whether Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 applies to cases of anti-lgbt discrimination." "A lot of people aren't talking about...
- 9/23/2019
- by Monica Sisavat
- Popsugar.com
Laverne Cox used her time on the 2019 Emmys red carpet Sunday to inform viewers about an upcoming Supreme Court case that could make it legal to fire someone from their job for being Lgbtq.
The “Orange Is the New Black” alum brought Aclu staff attorney Chase Strangio as her guest to TV’s biggest night, and the two told Giuliana Rancic, who was hosting E!’s preshow coverage, about the Scotus case, which is being heard Oct. 8. Strangio wore a tuxedo, but in place of a bowtie was a badge that said “Trans.”
“Everyone should be aware that the administration is asking the Supreme Court to make it legal to fire workers just because they’re Lgbtq,” Strangio said. “And this is actually going to transform the lives of Lgbtq people, and people who are not Lgbtq. Anyone who departs from sex stereotypes, like all the fabulous people here, for example.
The “Orange Is the New Black” alum brought Aclu staff attorney Chase Strangio as her guest to TV’s biggest night, and the two told Giuliana Rancic, who was hosting E!’s preshow coverage, about the Scotus case, which is being heard Oct. 8. Strangio wore a tuxedo, but in place of a bowtie was a badge that said “Trans.”
“Everyone should be aware that the administration is asking the Supreme Court to make it legal to fire workers just because they’re Lgbtq,” Strangio said. “And this is actually going to transform the lives of Lgbtq people, and people who are not Lgbtq. Anyone who departs from sex stereotypes, like all the fabulous people here, for example.
- 9/22/2019
- by Jennifer Maas and Phil Owen
- The Wrap
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Manny’s, a popular restaurant and community space in San Francisco’s Mission District, is packed on Pride Weekend, just two days after the first Democratic debates. A perspiring crowd pours out of the doors and bay windows, buzzing about the homecoming of a Bay Area daughter who triumphed on the debate stage and is suddenly the talk of the political world. But the guest of honor is making them wait. She’s huddled with the owner of the place, Manny Yekutiel,...
Manny’s, a popular restaurant and community space in San Francisco’s Mission District, is packed on Pride Weekend, just two days after the first Democratic debates. A perspiring crowd pours out of the doors and bay windows, buzzing about the homecoming of a Bay Area daughter who triumphed on the debate stage and is suddenly the talk of the political world. But the guest of honor is making them wait. She’s huddled with the owner of the place, Manny Yekutiel,...
- 7/23/2019
- by Jamil Smith
- Rollingstone.com
Kai and her mother Kimberly Shappley recently moved to outside Austin, Texas, because of the discrimination Kai faced in another Texas town. Kai is like any other girl at her school except that she had to move to a different district so that she could use the girls bathroom because she is transgender. Kai is the subject of a short verité documentary that offers an intimate view into how she and her mother are fighting for her right to be who she is.
The other films in this series feature Eisha Love from Chicago and Jennifer Chavez in rural Georgia. Both women have faced discrimination — Love in the criminal justice system and Chavez in employment — because they are transgender.
The three films are produced by the American Civil Liberties Union and Little by Little Films, and released in partnership with Condé Nast’s them. Each film is directed by an Lgbtq+ filmmaker,...
The other films in this series feature Eisha Love from Chicago and Jennifer Chavez in rural Georgia. Both women have faced discrimination — Love in the criminal justice system and Chavez in employment — because they are transgender.
The three films are produced by the American Civil Liberties Union and Little by Little Films, and released in partnership with Condé Nast’s them. Each film is directed by an Lgbtq+ filmmaker,...
- 3/21/2019
- by Indiewire Staff
- Indiewire
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