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Gendertroublemakers (1993) (20:00) (Vancouver)
In Distribution
by Jeanne B. and Xanthra Phillipa
Synopsis:
A short film about two trans people fed up with the representation of trans sexualities by non-trans people. In this film the artists discuss their relationships with gay men and their attraction to other trans women.
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VIVO is located in the homelands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples in a warehouse space at 2625 Kaslo Street south of East Broadway at the end of E 10th. Transit line 9 stops at Kaslo Street on Broadway. From the bus stop, the path is paved, curbless, and on a slight decline. The closest skytrain station is Renfrew Station, which is three blocks south-east of VIVO and has an elevator. From there, the path is paved, curbless, and on a slight incline. There is parking available at VIVO, including wheelchair access parking. There is a bike rack at the entrance. The front entrance leads indoors to a set of 7 stairs to the lobby.
A wheelchair ramp is located at the west side of the main entrance. The ramp has two runs: the first run is 20 feet long, and the second run is 26 feet. The ramp is 60 inches wide. The slope is 1:12. The ramp itself is concrete and has handrails on both sides. There is an outward swinging door (34 inch width) at the top of the ramp leading to a vestibule. A second outward swinging door (33 inch width) opens into the exhibition space. Buzzers and intercoms are located at both doors to notify staff during regular office hours or events to unlock the doors. Once unlocked, visitors can use automatic operators to open the doors.
There are two all-gender washrooms. One has a stall and is not wheelchair accessible. The other is a single room with a urinal and is wheelchair accessible: the door is 33 inches wide and inward swinging, without automation. The toilet has 11 inch clearance on the left side and a handrail.
To reach the bathrooms from the studio, exit through the double doors and proceed straight through the lobby and down the hall . Turn left, and the two bathrooms will be on your right side. The closest one has a stall and is not wheelchair accessible. The far bathroom is accessible.
Mirha-Soleil Ross (aka Jeanne B.) is a trans videomaker, performer, sex worker and animal rights activist born and raised in a poor francophone neighbourhood on the south shore of Montréal, Québec. Since moving to Toronto in 1992, she has produced over a dozen videos which have been screened at festivals internationally. As an activist, Mirha-Soleil worked from 1997-1999 with the staff at the 519 Community Centre to develop Meal-Trans, Toronto’s first publicly funded, multi-services program for low income and street active transsexual and transgendered people.
Xanthra Phillipa Mackay is a trans cultural producer, videomaker, writer, zine editor/publisher and radio host since 1992. She (along with Mirha-Soleil Ross) produced gendertrash in the early 1990s. She has been involved with Counting Past 2 since its inception in 1997. Her writing has appeared in the aforementioned gendertrash and Willyboy. She once hosted the radio show, Psychopathia Transsexualis: transsexual news, information and culture, on alternate Mondays from 11 – 12 noon on CIUT 89.5FM. She volunteers at the Meal-Trans program, a meal drop in for low income, street active and marginalized transsexual and transgendered people at the 519 Church Street Community Centre in Toronto.