• What makes something “queer cinema”?
• Why queer films are important
• Why Birdcage is a Queer film landmark
• Casting heteros in Queer roles
• Is a movie a good first date?

Go see Peter at Queer Cinema’s home, the Paradise Theater on Bloor St.

@queer.cinema.club

@peterknegt

Music By: Sean Patrick Brennan @ayeayeayemusic

Transcript:

Trans Writer KB Brookins joins us to talk about:

• Their memoir, Pretty
• The importance of finding your people
• Having mentors
• Writing things down when it's hard to say the thing out loud
• Refined rage
• Not excusing behaviours but giving them context
• Trans news that doesn’t suck

Links:

https://bookshop.org/p/books/pretty-a-memoir-kb-brookins/46b2a7822f45f3a6

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DTqNmhvEfdi

https://transnews.substack.com

Music By: Sean Patrick Brennan @ayeayeayemusic

And yes, the lesbians are watching!

Tune in for our takes on:

• The characters, the quiet negotiations
• Why we are NOT here for the critiques
• But are here for straight people celebrating a queer romance
• Why are we all crying in episode 5
• Cottage Cottage and more Cottage
• Is Heated Rivalry the new Pink Shirt Test?

This and a whole lot more on this week's Heated Rivalry Episode! Thank you, Jacob Tierney, Connor Storrie & Hudson Williams!

SEND US YOUR QUESTIONS!

Music By: Sean Patrick Brennan @ayeayeayemusic