One of the missions of the GIEC's Media and Counter-Media Groups
are to provide a platform (film, television, print and online) that is
owned and operated by Trans, Gender Variant people and allies as an alternative to the present Cis gendered and Cis sexual media that perpetuates negative images, misinformation and stereotypes about us as human beings.
Look for Chrysalis Media's upcoming trans-positive feature film: "Maddie An Cyg"
Women Demanding Change Now : Gay Media Misrespresenting Transsexual Women
Brought to you by: Ashley Love & MAGNET
Date: Thursday, July 15, 2010
Time: 7:00pm - 9:30pm
Location: Plummer Park Community Center- Room # 6, West Hollywood, California
Trans Space in Film and Media:
TransReel
GIDC Collaborative Partner for Film and Media Distribution:
Introducing: KTRNZ!
(In space/resource use partnership with KUCI Radio on the campus of University of California, Irvine)
KTRNZ is a radio platform for Trans muscians
(Hip Hop, Rock, Metal, Folk, Pop, Punk and everything else under the sun...) plus a call in talk show.
Here's a young trans woman, Fox Jazell a great up and coming Hip Hop artist, sure to too set the beat in your heart:
Fox Jazell
Foxxjazell Turning Heads with Mainstream Success
By D. Kevin McNeir
Sr. Correspondent
(Reprinted with permission from GBM News source)
Foxxjazell remembers being a six-year-old child who would lock herself up in her bedroom and pretend to be performing before millions of screaming fans. Today, as an African-American transgender woman, this striking beauty is on the verge of making her childhood dreams come true. But it certainly hasn't been easy for the Birmingham-born entertainer, who refuses to let folks brush her off simply because of her gender.
Indeed, the growing world of hip hop can be a cruel environment for those like Foxxjazell that live an "alternative lifestyle."
"My goal is not to e the best or greatest rapper that the world has ever seen," she said. "I aim to be the voice for my people because our voice is non-existent in the hip hop community."
Foxxjazell is one of only a handful of transgender artists to achieve mainstream success, having performed at the Arena nightclub in Hollywood as well as opening for such stars as CeCe Peniston, Robin S, Point Blank and Rupaul. Her influences, she says, include Madonna, Tupac, TLC, Salt-n-Pepa, Michael Jackson and T.I. She just finished working with Perry Twinz for her "Split Enz" video that is scheduled to appear on MTV Logo soon while the single continues to get great radio play.
"I work hard to excel so I can give visibility for transgender folks like me in the industry," she said. "Sometimes it can be tough because there are those who want to see me as a joke or a gimmick. But I'm neither - I'm a real entertainer."
Foxxjazell left the safe environs of Birmingham at the tender age of 17 and headed off to Hollywood with a one-way ticket. She says that she landed a modicum of success doing print ads and music videos as a background singer/rapper, but was discouraged when those jobs failed to lead to anything substantial.
That's when 14-year-old Maurice Tito Lopez entered the picture - a runaway kid who had similar dreams of making it big. The two teamed up eventually forming a group named One20five - a group of rappers. Even though they disbanded in 2004, Foxxjazell has continued to advance her career, appearing on The Tyra Banks Show to talk about queer hip hop and how she has been affected by the politics of the industry. She also performed in the historic Homorevolution Tour '07 and '08 while headlining The Pretty Thugz Tour.
"I am excited because I am now working on my new album, "Boy, Girl, Whateva" and plan to release it in 2010," she said. "Sometimes I have to ignore people - my own people - because they can be quite hostile. My family has always been wonderful and very accepting, but gaining the acceptance of the larger world - that is a continuing struggle. But I refuse to let anyone turn me around - I am living my life to the fullest."
By D. Kevin McNeir
Sr. Correspondent
(Reprinted with permission from GBM News source)
Foxxjazell remembers being a six-year-old child who would lock herself up in her bedroom and pretend to be performing before millions of screaming fans. Today, as an African-American transgender woman, this striking beauty is on the verge of making her childhood dreams come true. But it certainly hasn't been easy for the Birmingham-born entertainer, who refuses to let folks brush her off simply because of her gender.
Indeed, the growing world of hip hop can be a cruel environment for those like Foxxjazell that live an "alternative lifestyle."
"My goal is not to e the best or greatest rapper that the world has ever seen," she said. "I aim to be the voice for my people because our voice is non-existent in the hip hop community."
Foxxjazell is one of only a handful of transgender artists to achieve mainstream success, having performed at the Arena nightclub in Hollywood as well as opening for such stars as CeCe Peniston, Robin S, Point Blank and Rupaul. Her influences, she says, include Madonna, Tupac, TLC, Salt-n-Pepa, Michael Jackson and T.I. She just finished working with Perry Twinz for her "Split Enz" video that is scheduled to appear on MTV Logo soon while the single continues to get great radio play.
"I work hard to excel so I can give visibility for transgender folks like me in the industry," she said. "Sometimes it can be tough because there are those who want to see me as a joke or a gimmick. But I'm neither - I'm a real entertainer."
Foxxjazell left the safe environs of Birmingham at the tender age of 17 and headed off to Hollywood with a one-way ticket. She says that she landed a modicum of success doing print ads and music videos as a background singer/rapper, but was discouraged when those jobs failed to lead to anything substantial.
That's when 14-year-old Maurice Tito Lopez entered the picture - a runaway kid who had similar dreams of making it big. The two teamed up eventually forming a group named One20five - a group of rappers. Even though they disbanded in 2004, Foxxjazell has continued to advance her career, appearing on The Tyra Banks Show to talk about queer hip hop and how she has been affected by the politics of the industry. She also performed in the historic Homorevolution Tour '07 and '08 while headlining The Pretty Thugz Tour.
"I am excited because I am now working on my new album, "Boy, Girl, Whateva" and plan to release it in 2010," she said. "Sometimes I have to ignore people - my own people - because they can be quite hostile. My family has always been wonderful and very accepting, but gaining the acceptance of the larger world - that is a continuing struggle. But I refuse to let anyone turn me around - I am living my life to the fullest."