This week's roundup includes a library standing up for their young LGBTQ patrons, trans masc films, and something for Trans History Month.
Books
Missouri Library Defiantly Holds LGBTQ Story Hour Despite Funding and Legal State Threats : Libraries stand their ground. I have a lot of respect for this library and its staff. This is the type of thing library directors and others get fired over. (from Erin In The Morning)
The Queer Poetics in Writing About Past and Present Brazilian Politics : Lara Norgaard on Translating nonbinary author Cris Judar’s They Marched Under the Sun. (from Literary Hub)
On Poetry, Passing, and Trans Politics : Jenny Boylan interviews poet J Brooke. (the Rumpus)
Film
11 Transmasc Docs, Dramas, and Comedies You Shouldn’t Overlook : "From heavy-hitting documentaries, experimental cinema, dramas, and fluffier feel-good films and all of them are valuable watches for those of us looking to find resonance within the transmasculine film canon." (from them.us)
30 years later, Director Kim Longinotto Looks Back on the Making of Shinjuku Boys : "Shinjuku Boys is an award-winning documentary about the lives of transmasculine and gender-nonconforming individuals working as hosts in Japan. Thirty years later, as the world sees a dramatic uptick in anti-LGBTQIA+ legislation and sentiment, co-director Kim Longinotto looks back on her behind-the-scenes joy shooting the film." (from QUEERAF)
Sundance Names Six Fellows for 2026 Trans Possibilities Intensive : "Six artists of color will participate in an online program this week to hone their voices and build connections that could lead to future projects." (from IndieWire)
A Little History (for Trans History Month)
A secret trans support group met above a brothel in 1890s Manhattan. It may have changed the world : "The Cercle Hermaphroditos is the earliest known trans advocacy group in the nation and marked a big shift in how trans people saw themselves." (from LGBTQnation)
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