Sweet bts photo from our tent shoot for the algo and let you know TWO THINGS. 1. We are indeed going to be building a fort for tomorrow's screening if you're looking for a cozy place to be before or after watching ♥️ and TWO, we will have partners from so many awesome local orgs looking to offer you on the ground resources and conversation. They will continue to be here for you and we also want to make sure those of you attending our virtual screening know about them!!
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@stellasplace.ca for free mental health and peer services for youth
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@lgbtyouthline for someone sweet to talk to whenever you need a listen on your own time and space
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@rainbowrailroad who are doing soo much for LGBT refugees around the world looking for a safe place to land
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@thearquives who do so much for queer memory and archival in Canada
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@the519 a very epic and long running community center nearby TIFF!
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@friendsofruby.ca offering transitional housing and plans for our queer and trans community.
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Thank you all for the work you do, for being there for our audiences, and to @intrepidtrekking for your deep help on making this happen. Link in bio for your tickets ♥️
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#toronto #insideout #mutualaid #t4t
a window into our time with @pov_magazine sharing some behind the scenes and intentions in our work on this film - featuring co-directors Logan Rozos (LR) and Lexie Bean (LB) & shout out to @thedavidsherwin 🌷
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#bts #t4t #transboy #mentalhealthawarenessmonth #documentary
Our interactive board from our world premiere at @berlinale_generation to say thank you to some of our partner organizations around the world who have supported our screenings since. It reads, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BECOME? some answers from our audience members - "a buzzing bee over a honey tree," "happy," "loved," "me," "I am not a burden," "old and wrinkly," "satisfied," "a person with no regrets," "a beacon." 💐 There is a recognition that arriving to these goals is easier and safer to do when support and community is truly there.
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If you saw us in the @britishfilminstitute in UK, you may have met @genderedintelligence - who runs a huge range of t4t youth groups and is a great connector for local care providers
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If you saw us in @jeonju_iff in South Korea, you may have met @ddingdong119 - who gives queer teens a place to rest, play, and find support for independence
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If you saw us in @pinkapplefilmfestival in Switzerland, you may have met @lgbtiq_helpline - who runs a multi-lingual warmline and hotline for local queer and trans people to find support, companionship, and be a little less alone
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For those of you who attended these screenings or live locally, these resources will continue to be there for you. Your question or answers of "what will I become?" does not have to be alone.
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Special thanks @junegormin and @intrepidtrekking and @workingfilms who did so much to bring our impact care and connections to our audiences. And @thedavidsherwin for taking the Berlin photo.
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#lgbtsupport #t4t #switzerland #southkorea #uk
If you haven't seen it yet, really recommending @heightenedscrutiny for its relevance to how the outside world impacts mental health, sense of future, and the brilliance of @chasestrangio 's visibility and leadership as a trans man (even in his quiet at home and vulnerable moments). In the film, you will briefly meet one of our directors, Lexie, at a school board meeting and Mila, the trans girl who becomes the heart of @samfeder_1 's film as she stands up to the school board.
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In the clip above, you will see the whole moment and testimony speaking to the ways in which inclusion in sports supported the mental well-being and survival of a past self. It includes transphobia, shouting, and mentions of abuse and self harm.
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As our film, "What Will I Become?", discusses topics of suicide and speaks directly to the toll trans sports ban had on Blake Brockington in the year before his death, we offer a reminder that we indeed exist in the world. There is a human desire to be a basic thing, like play a game or go somewhere after school; there is a human desire to be listened to. There is an emotional toll of speaking out of self defense - on everyone in this clip, on our film's young protagonists who advocated for animal rights, trans sovereignty, and Black Lives Matter, and even Chase in "Heightened Scrutiny" surrounding his huge court case.
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"Heightened Scrutiny" continues to have a very thoughtful and community-driven roll-out we hope to learn from. You can go to their page to learn more about how to bring it to your school or loving space. Wishing everyone who reads this safety and peace.
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#heightenedscrutiny #transyouth #t4t #bts #suicidepreventionawareness
USA!! (!!!) After taking this baby around the world, we are kicking off Pride Month right in the center of the country with @deadcenterfilm . Which is meaningfully the almost exact mid point between Blake and Kyler's hometowns & a reminder to all that trans people are everywhere. Catch us at @harkinstheatres and @okcmoa 🫀🫀🫀 working through urgent themes of trans community building, new masculinities, and honoring the grief + what we make of it. See you so, so soon, wow. Tickets available later, but link to get festival passes in bio.
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#t4t #queerfilm #oklahomacity #thankyouforbeinghere
Puppy cam alert taken by one of our film participants, Jihade! He wants to let you know he has more spots open for giving Arabic and French lessons at sliding scale 🎈🎈💫💫 You can also tip him directly within the mutual aid section of our website linked in our bio!
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#t4t #puppycam #frenchlessons #arabiclessons
Just would like to know - trans people, what is something you're so glad to do or try with your long, long life? // Sometimes this phrasing feels radical and wish it wasn't so today. // Even if you don't want to answer, it's just a reminder it's okay to imagine a long, long life & here is sand at the edge of whatever city you wish or can let yourself imagine.
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#t4t #translove #thankyouforbeinghere
May is such a hard month for a lot of people who knew Kyler Prescott and was touched by his life. After his death, a family friend named Greg Friedman made this song called "No Matter Why (Kyler's Song)." Here it is for anyone who needs to be seen in their own lonely - whether through grief, transphobia, or depression. Greg also dedicates it to "anyone who has felt rejected, marginalized, and ignored by a world that still chooses to hate rather than love." Its chorus says, "I love you no matter what. I love you no matter when. I love you no matter why." You can find the song on YouTube as well.
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#iloveyou #transyouth #suicideprevention #thankyouforbeinghere
An excerpt from our film's @pinkapplefilmfestival award acceptance speech. It offers a quick story of an audience member saying that after watching our film, she called her trans son to say that she loves him. For those of you who may never see our film, here is a wish that you also make that phone call and let the dear trans people in your life know you love or are thinking of them too. Odds are, you are already holding your phone when you see this post 🩷
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#t4t #transboy #thankyouforbeinghere
One of our first festival competitions since sweet times at @berlinale_generation 🩷 Thankful to share we won the Audience Award for Best Documentary 🩷🩷 at @pinkapplefilmfestival - the largest LGBT fest in Switzerland.
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It means the world to offer a message that stories of grief, mental health, and new masculinities aren't just about our communities, but actively wanted and held by our communities.
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The fest will be screening us and the other winners again later this year. Keep a lookout! In the meantime, thank you so much to @lgbtiq_helpline who partnered with us for our screening and for providing resources to attendees (and anyone reading this who resonates)! If you're someone who wants to partner for a screening, workshop, whatever, please reach out!! The dream is for this to be an accessible thing & moments like this go a long way💐
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#queerfilm #zürich #mentalhealth
