Ten years from now, if one were to look back on the mid-to-late 2010s and try to pinpoint the era’s most important social issues, transgender politics would immediately jump to the top of the list. Recent years have seen radical changes in the way many people conceptualize gender presentation and identity, and transgender rights activists have fiercely fought for better access to specialized medical care, legal recognition of gender identity, and anti-discrimination policies. It’s a fraught issue, to say the least – as the lines between gender presentation and transgender identity blur, some gender nonconforming people feel they’ve been left in the lurch.

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It’s only April, and yet 2018 is turning out to be a landmark year for LGBTQ characters on the big screen. Earlier this year, “Love, Simon” broke ground by becoming the first major studio film to focus on a gay teenage romance. Now, “A Kid Like Jake” will introduce audiences to a story centered on a child’s exploration of their gender. What’s equally as exciting about this film?

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The Sundance Institute announced the initial slate for the 2018 Sundance Film Festival today and it was chock full of familiar faces to Park City (Kristen Stewart, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Nick Offerman, Tessa Tompson, Jason Mitchell) and some highly acclaimed filmmakers (Debra Granik, Gus Van Sant, Joshua Marston). The festival announced a majority of its world premieres, but we’ve heard there will be a second round of premieres coming in December, but for now the U.S.

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