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image+nation culture queer / not-for-profit // mandate : to encourage and nurture LGBTQ+ culture and storytelling. Through evolving projects, image+nation culture queer explores the diversity of LGBTQ+ life and living through Queer Storytelling. Help us continue supporting and championing these stories. We can create a future for LGBTQ+ creators and audiences by making LGBTQ+ stories and storytelling accessible and shareable for all.

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A QUESTION OF GENDER

Fresh, bold non-binary and trans identities thriving in their truths; challenging gender norms along the way.

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All Boys Do[A Question of Gender]14 minutes

A trans drag queen crosses paths with an old flame on the streets of Los Angeles. Over the course of a weekend, the pair act on their unexplored desire for each other.

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Dreams of Sunlight Through Trees[MADE AU CANADA]16 minutes

A middle aged trans man transitions at 44 and observes his changes over a year and nine months, with a looming ongoing news cycle of anti-trans legislation.

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Gigi[A Question of Gender]14 minutes

From the tormented little mermaid to the fulfilled woman she is today, Gigi tells us about her gender transition with humor and sensitivity.

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Hello Stranger [MADE AU CANADA]16 minutes

Between loads of laundry at the corner laundromat, Cooper shares the tumultuous story of her gender reassignment journey.

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L'esquisse (The Sketch)[A Question of Gender]8 minutes

I learn to speak French and in this way to draw my surroundings. In Paris in an artist's studio, I meet Linda Demorrir, a living model. Like me, she is transgender and an immigrant. When she speaks, moves, sees the world, I am caught up. By doing her sketch, it's me too that I learn to draw in this new country.

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Pace[A Question of Gender]15 minutes

While struggling with dysphoria, a trans boxer, Remy, wrestles with the decision to transition at the potential cost of their marriage. When another trans boxer, Joey, enters the gym, the two find solace in training together while navigating their own challenging journeys.

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Panic Attack[A Question of Gender]14 minutes

Alex is in the throes of his transition when his best friend abandons a joint venture to assert their burgeoning identities he’s forced to confront his anxieties before entering the unknown alone.

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Skin[A Question of Gender]7 minutes

Skin is a poetic exploration of identity and self-discovery, using visual symbolism to depict a woman's transformation into a man. With the help of her inner manifestation, the iceman, she sheds her old skin and embraces her true identity.

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TTT[MADE AU CANADA]4 minutes

After the 100th 'The Thursday Testo,' (TTT), the tri-languistical references such as the Roman and Korean (Hangeul) alphabets and the Japanese syllabic (Katana) alphabet of the word TRANS on a comedy sketch by Kě.