Outfest Ua Kev Zoo Siab 40 Xyoo Ntawm Queer Empowerment Nrog Billy Porter's Directorial Debut

“Nws tsis yog hais txog kev lom zem. Nws yog hais txog kev txhawb zog. " Qhov ntawd yog lub motto ntawm Outfest, Los Angeles-based storytelling Success uas yog ua kev zoo siab rau nws 4oth xyoo ntawm showcasing queer media pib lub lim tiam no, nrog ib tug yeeb yam premiere uas ua pov thawj dab tsi yog ua tau.

Txhua yam ua tau kuj yog lub npe ntawm cov directorial debut ntawm Billy Porter, Grammy-, Emmy- thiab Tony Award-winning actor, ua yeeb yam thiab activist, uas tau coj ib qho screenplay los ntawm ib tug poj niam transgender tawm thiab ua rau nws ua yeeb yam.

Yog tias saib cov yeeb yaj kiab tsis ua rau zaj yeeb yaj kiab no meej txaus, ntawm no yog li cas Amazon Studios suav nrog:

"Txhua yam ua tau yog ib qho kev txhawb siab thiab zoo siab niaj hnub Gen Z zaj dab neeg txog hnub nyoog uas ua raws li Kelsa, tus ntxhais kawm theem siab uas muaj kev ntseeg siab uas yog trans, thaum nws taug kev nws xyoo laus. Thaum nws tus phooj ywg hauv chav kawm-nerdy-tab sis-ntxim hlub Khal-tau ntsib nws, nws yuav tsum ua siab loj thov nws tawm, txawm tias ua yeeb yam nws paub tias nws tuaj yeem ua rau. Dab tsi tshwm sim yog kev sib hlub hauv tsev kawm theem siab uas qhia txog kev xyiv fab, kev sib nyiam, thiab kev mob ntawm kev hlub hluas. "

Porter zaj duab xis qhib rau hnub Thursday hmo ntuj ntawm Orpheum Theatre hauv plawv nroog LA Ob leeg nws thiab tus kws sau ntawv Ximena Garcia Lecuona tau tso cai rau kuv xam phaj ua ntej qhib hmo.

Kaj ntug Ennis: Koj xav li cas txog kev nthuav tawm koj cov yeeb yaj kiab ntawm Outfest thiab qhov ntawd txhais li cas rau LGBTQIA cov zej zog thiab kev sawv cev thiab kev pom tag nrho?

Billy Porter: Nws zoo li los tsev. Ib qho ntawm thawj cov yeeb yaj kiab uas kuv tau ua yeeb yam yog Greg Berlanti The Broken Hearts Club tag nrho txoj kev rov qab rau xyoo 2000. Tsis tau rov qab txij li thaum. Kuv zoo siab heev. Kev sawv cev tseem ceeb, thiab kuv zoo siab heev uas tau ua neej nyob ntev txaus kom pom hnub uas kuv, ib tug txiv neej dub queer, tau mus ua neej nyob rau qhov tseeb ntawm kuv qhov tseeb thiab vam meej.

Ennis: Lub hom phiaj zoo li Outfest pab txhawb koj lub zeem muag li cas?

Tus neeg nqa khoom: Outfest yeej ib txwm ua lub neej rau cov ntawm peb queer pej xeem uas tsis muaj chaw mus. Kom muaj queer zaj yeeb yaj kiab uas muaj hnub nyoog 40 xyoo yog qhov ua pov thawj rau kev ua phem ntawm peb cov zej zog. Tsim nws-thiab lawv yuav tuaj.

Ennis: Nws txhais li cas rau koj kom hwm thiab lees paub los ntawm Outfest?

Tus neeg nqa khoom: Kuv tsis tau muaj peev xwm zom tau qhov loj ntawm lub sijhawm no. Kuv tabtom ua haujlwm ntawm qhov ntawd. Tab sis kuv yuav hais qhov no—nws tau dhau 20 xyoo dhau los thaum kuv txiav txim siab xaiv kuv tus kheej thiab cia siab tias yuav hloov txoj hauv kev ntawm kuv lub neej. Kuv ua li ntawd. Thiab kuv txo hwj chim thiab geeked uas Outfest pom kuv.

Tsis tsuas yog Outfest pom Porter, lawv tab tom them se rau nws: Cov koom haum yuav nthuav qhia nws nrog xyoo no Outfest Achievement Award. Xyoo tas los tus tau txais yog actor Elliot Page.

"Nws tsis yog hais txog 'kev ua koob tsheej' thaum peb hwm lwm tus neeg zoo li no. Lawv yeej yuav tsum tau txhawb nqa rov qab, txawm tias nws yog tus tsim tawm, tus tsim ua yeeb yaj kiab lawv tus kheej, tus thawj coj, "hais tias Outfest tus thawj coj Damien S. Navarro hauv kev xam phaj Zoom. "Nws yog lub thawv tseem ceeb heev uas peb txheeb xyuas, yog li nws tsis yog - thiab tsis txhob muab ntxoov ntxoo rau lwm lub koom haum - nws tsis yog tsuas yog tau txais kev saib xyuas rau kev tso qee tus neeg uas peb paub nyiam. Lawv yeej yuav tsum tau ua haujlwm. Thiab yog li ntawd yog qhov zoo siab heev uas Billy thiab peb tuaj ua ke ua kev zoo siab rau qhov tseem ceeb heev. "

Tus neeg nqa khoom yuav raug qhuas rau hnub Thursday nyob rau hmo qhib ntawm 11-hnub kev ua koob tsheej, uas yuav nthuav tawm 200 zaj duab xis ntawm cov chaw ncig LA Lub koob tsheej yuav kaw rau Lub Xya Hli 24 ntawm Lub Tsev Ua Yeeb Yam ntawm Ace Hotel Downtown nrog lub ntiaj teb premiere ntawm zaj duab xis los ntawm lwm tus. Thawj thawj zaug, Oscar-nominated screenwriter John Logan: Lawv/LawvNws lub npe, kuv hais, yog hais tias 'Lawv-slash-Lawv."

Lwm cov npe loj uas tau teem sijhawm los tshwm sim hauv cov xwm txheej muaj xws li Lawv/Lawv hnub qub Kevin Bacon thiab Theo Germaine thiab Anything's Possible's Lub hnub qub tawg, Eva Reign. Rosie O'Donnell yuav ntsuas Q&A tom qab kev tshuaj ntsuam thawj ob ntu ntawm qhov tshiab, kev hloov kho TV rau Ib Pab Koomtes ntawm Lawv Tus Kheej, uas lub sij hawm no nyob ib ncig ntawm delves rau queer kev sib raug zoo thiab kev ntxub ntxaug. Journalist thiab activist Raquel Willis yuav muab lub ntsiab lus tseem ceeb. Oscar tus yeej Julianne Moore, uas tau ua yeeb yam hauv xyoo 2002's Far Los Ntawm Saum Ntuj Ceeb Tsheej, yuav tshwm sim nrog nws tus thawj coj todd hais thiab tus tsim khoom Christine Vachon, raws li Outfest them se rau lawv cov yeeb yaj kiab 20th hnub tseem ceeb.

Cov xwm txheej tshwj xeeb ntawm lub xyoo Outfest suav nrog 6th Ib Xyoo Trans, Nonbinary & Intersex Summit, ib yam dab tsi Navarro tau hais tias yuav loj dua xyoo no dua li yav dhau los, los ntawm qhov tsim nyog, muab qhov cuam tshuam tam sim no cov neeg hloov pauv hauv zej zog tau ntsib hauv Asmeskas thiab thoob ntiaj teb.

"Peb tab tom nthuav tawm qhov pib ua qhov sib tham me me rau peb lub zej zog trans rau xyoo dhau los, kom tam sim no nyob streaming nws, ntxiv cov ntsiab lus tseem ceeb, ua ke cov neeg ua yeeb yaj kiab uas tau pab daws lawv cov teeb meem loj tshaj plaws. Thaum kawg ntawm hnub, peb yuav tsum tau nrawm, "nws hais. "Qhov ntawd yog qhov tseem ceeb tshaj plaws rau kuv kom muaj nuj nqis hauv kuv lub neej, nyob rau xyoo tom ntej. Lub hunch yog tias Outfest tuaj yeem ua kom nrawm rau hom dab neeg uas peb tab tom nthuav tawm, nqa Trans Nonbinary Intersex Summit rau lub ntiaj teb, muaj nws tshaj tawm txhua xyoo, tsim qhov chaw rau cov neeg ua yeeb yaj kiab, tshwj xeeb tshaj tawm cov nyiaj pab kawm ntawv thiab cov ntawv sau tshuaj ntsuam xyuas. , kom paub tseeb tias peb tab tom txhawb cov dab neeg tshwj xeeb uas peb tsis pom muaj kev cuam tshuam, tso nyiaj rau cov kev siv zog ntawd. Nov yog txhua txoj hauv kev uas kuv vam tias peb tab tom nthuav tawm rau lub zej zog ntawd. "

Navarro nug nws tus kheej, rhetorically, yog tias cov kev siv zog no, hauv nws cov lus, "me ntsis lig?"

"Yog lawm, kuv xav tias zoo li muaj ntau lub koom haum queer uas tam sim no paub txog, tsis xav rov qab ntau qhov chaw ntawm peb lub zej zog tau cuam tshuam rau cov cai no uas tshwj xeeb yog tsom rau lawv. Thiab qhov ntawd yog qhov tsis txaus ntseeg tiag tiag, tab sis qhov ntawd kuj yog qee yam uas peb yuav tsum muaj kev lav phib xaub rau, tsis yog qhov uas peb tuaj yeem ua tau, tab sis cia peb hloov nws mus ntxiv. "

Tseem yuav muaj comedy los ntawm queer comic Margaret Cho, ua yeeb yam los ntawm Alaska Thunderfuck thiab kev ua yeeb yam nyob ntawm dab tsi American Idol Tus tsim Simon Fuller hu "thawj pab pawg puas tau yug los ntawm TikTok:" Yav Tom Ntej X, peb tus neeg hu nkauj thiab plaub tus neeg seev cev, txhua tus tau pom nyob rau hauv social media platform.

English playwright thiab director Clive barker yuav tau txais Platinum Maverick Award thaum bounce artist thiab filmmaker Loj Freedia yuav raug nthuav tawm nrog Platinum Alchemy Maverick Award, txhua tus lees paub lawv cov kev ua tiav hauv kev kos duab nrog rau lawv cov kev ncaj ncees hauv zej zog los ntawm kev ua yeeb yaj kiab.

Saib rau kuv qhov kev xam phaj nrog tus kws sau ntawv Ximena Garcia Lecuona hnub Thursday!

Tshawb kom paub ntxiv txog Outfest thiab nws ntau yam xwm txheej los ntawm txhaj ntawm no.