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Dug up this photo of Topher while writing about the open call for Original Plumbing magazine’s 18th issue – Beyond Bathrooms. Read on and maybe you’d like to submit!
DEADLINE: July 10, 2016.
OPEN CALL FOR OP 18!
“Transgender Law Center applauds Governor Cuomo for taking this action to ensure transgender New Yorkers can live safely and freely as their authentic selves,” said Kris Hayashi, Executive Director of Transgender Law Center. “As we’ve painfully witnessed again and again this year, transgender people face epidemic rates of violence, harassment, and discrimination in this country. Explicit protections based on gender identity and expression, like those New York is adopting and which 19 other states have in place, are a critical part of creating a society where all people can survive and thrive.”
Original Plumbing is presenting two screenings of Trans Shorts as part of New Fest, New York's LGBT Film Festival on October 22nd and 26th.
Films include: First Night Out, dir. Will Mayo – A Place in the Middle, dir. Dean Hamer – The Friend From Tel Aviv, dir. Federica Gianni – Float, dir. Sam Berliner – Brockington, dir. Sergio Ingato, Maggie Sloane – Black Is Blue, dir. Cheryl Dunye – Oya: Something Happened on the Way to West Africa.
Read about the line-up here!
Use discount code OPNEWFEST to get $12 tickets to either screening.
I truly love this campaign. Spotted near my home on Fulton Street in Brooklyn, NY.
& Other Stories is taking the love affair between fashion and transgender culture a step further.
Not only did the H&M Group-owned label cast rising transgender models like Hari Nef and Valentijn De Hingh to star in its latest ad campaign, but the creative team behind the shoot was also made up entirely of trans people, including stylist Love Bailey, makeup artist Nina Poon, and photographer Amos Mac.
(via vogue)
I’m Trans. Check out more awesome BuzzFeedYellow videos! http://bit.ly/YTbuzzfeedyellow MUSIC Angels Wings Little Sneak Licensed via Warner Chappell Producti...
Check out this new BuzzFeed video produced by OP’s Rocco!
Because news cameras are apparently only there if looting and protests are mentioned, here are some shots from the march for peace in Charleston yesterday. In case you missed it, thousands marched to Ravenel Bridge, holding hands in prayer and unity. Yet this doesn’t make news, but an interview with the killer’s friend does. all photos from Twitter
Venus Xtravaganza on society’s extreme reactions to trans women: transphobia vs fetishization. [Paris Is Burning, 1990]
Transgender Surgeons in the U.S.
We’re working on a user-friendly map for finding transgender surgeons in the US. Please email us ([email protected]) with any additions and edits you might have.
http://bit.ly/186QEIg
Met up with trans guy filmmaker / actor JAKE GRAF!
He’ll be in an upcoming issue of originalplumbing. After our initial shoot Jake was nice enough to model the new summer STEALTH tank for me. (via originalplumbing.bigcartel.com)
NEW SHIRTS ARE IN! Get 20% off when you enter “SUMMER20″ at checkout.
NEW HAPPY TRANS CASTLE STICKER
Original Plumbing # 16: The Lit Issue.
Focusing on the written word and featuring some favorites in the current trans literary movement, we highlight the work and careers of trans writers with articles, interviews and excerpts. Including a poetry chapter, publishing tips, how Leslie Feinberg inspired trans writers and much more.
(Cover of Thomas Page McBee photographed by Amos Mac)
Featuring:
Kit Yan T Cooper Eliiott DeLine Christian Lovehall Cooper Lee Bombardier Thomas Page McBee TC Tolbert Eli Clare Samuel Ace Ching-In Chen Henry Giardina Emerson Whitney Mitch Kellaway H. Melt Lynne Breedlove Jody Rose Helfand
Now available!
Congratulations to our cover guy thomaspagemcbee for winning a Lambda Lit Award for his book, Man Alive! Super proud.
Join Original Plumbing for the annual Philly dance party after the Philadelphia Trans-Health conference. Everyone is invited! Celebrate togetherness and fun after the final day of the conference. Come and hang out, dance, sweat and make some memories. Let's have a night to remember! Until next year...
DJ BATTYJACK (NYC) DJ AVERAGE JO (NYC) 21+ 10pm-2am
This quote by Leslie Feinberg is featured on the the back cover of OP #16: The Lit Issue.
The 11 quotes you have to read from Caitlyn Jenner’s Vanity Fair interview
On May 29, 2014, the issue of timemagazine magazine which proclaimed the “Transgender Tipping Point” was revealed with me on the cover. June 1, 2015 a year and 3 days later, Caitlyn Jenner’s vanityfair cover was revealed proclaiming #CallMeCaitlyn I am so moved by all the love and support Caitlyn is receiving. It feels like a new day, indeed, when a trans person can present her authentic self to the world for the first time and be celebrated for it so universally. Many have commented on how gorgeous Caitlyn looks in her photos, how she is “slaying for the Gods.” I must echo these comments in the vernacular, “Yasss Gawd! Werk Caitlyn! Get it!” But this has made me reflect critically on my own desires to ‘work a photo shoot’, to serve up various forms of glamour, power, sexiness, body affirming, racially empowering images of the various sides of my black, trans womanhood. I love working a photo shoot and creating inspiring images for my fans, for the world and above all for myself. But I also hope that it is my talent, my intelligence, my heart and spirit that most captivate, inspire, move and encourage folks to think more critically about the world around them. Yes, Caitlyn looks amazing and is beautiful but what I think is most beautiful about her is her heart and soul, the ways she has allowed the world into her vulnerabilities. The love and devotion she has for her family and that they have for her. Her courage to move past denial into her truth so publicly. These things are beyond beautiful to me. A year ago when my Time magazine cover came out I saw posts from many trans folks saying that I am “drop dead gorgeous” and that that doesn’t represent most trans people. (It was news to be that I am drop dead gorgeous but I’ll certainly take it). But what I think they meant is that in certain lighting, at certain angles I am able to embody certain cisnormative beauty standards. Now, there are many trans folks because of genetics and/or lack of material access who will never be able to embody these standards. More importantly many trans folks don’t want to embody them and we shouldn’t have to to be seen as ourselves and respected as ourselves . It is important to note that these standards are also infomed by race, class and ability among other intersections. I have always been aware that I can never represent all trans people. No one or two or three trans people can. This is why we need diverse media representstions of trans folks to multiply trans narratives in the media and depict our beautiful diversities. I started #TransIsBeautiful as a way to celebrate all those things that make trans folks uniquely trans, those things that don’t necessarily align with cisnormative beauty standards. For me it is necessary everyday to celebrate every aspect of myself especially those things about myself that don’t align with other people’s ideas about what is beautiful. #TransIsBeautiful is about, whether you’re trans or not, celebrating all those things that make us uniquely ourselves. Most trans folks don’t have the privileges Caitlyn and I have now have. It is those trans folks we must continue to lift up, get them access to healthcare, jobs, housing, safe streets, safe schools and homes for our young people. We must lift up the stories of those most at risk, statistically trans people of color who are poor and working class. I have hoped over the past few years that the incredible love I have received from the public can translate to the lives of all trans folks. Trans folks of all races, gender expressions, ability, sexual orientations, classes, immigration status, employment status, transition status, genital status etc.. I hope, as I know Caitlyn does, that the love she is receiving can translate into changing hearts and minds about who all trans people are as well as shifting public policies to fully support the lives and well being of all of us. The struggle continues…
CASTING CALL: Looking for Trans Actors in their mid 20s
If you’re an actor (or have an interest in acting), are a black transman, and in your mid 20s I have a role for you!
I am casting the lead for my upcoming film TRANSCEND, shooting early August in Los Angeles.
Project Description: When Julian gets word his father is terminally ill on Thanksgiving, he returns home after not seeing his family for two years. Now he finally gets the chance to fight for his seat at the table, unapologetically, as the man be truly is.
If you’re interested hit my ask or email [email protected]
In an effort to maintain the authenticity, I am looking for someone who identifies and lives as a transman. It would be a disservice to cast a cisgendered male in the part. So please *signal boost* this y'all.