SPL and TWIST Team Up For “Genderize” Screening/Discussion To Promote Trans Allyship

October 10, 2017• byMichael Strangeways

The Seattle Public Library and TWIST: Seattle Queer Film Festival are teaming up for a film screening and “a facilitated discussion about gender diversity” on Thursday, October 19th at the Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Avenue. The film to be shown is “Genderize”, which won the Audience Award for Best Documentary Short at the this year’s Translations: Seattle Transgender Film Festival.

Note this is a FREE, non-ticketed event. Seating is first come/first served.

More about the film/discussion:

Join The Seattle Public Library for a screening of “Genderize,” followed by a facilitated discussion about gender diversity and how to be a transgender ally, from 5 p.m. to 6:10 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 19 at the Northwest Film Forum, 1515 Twelfth Ave., 206-329-2629.

Library events are free and everyone is welcome. Registration is not required. The film is 13 minutes and not rated.

In the film, director Chase Joynt interviews three young siblings who share their thoughts on gender. Four years later, they exhibit a more developed perspective, exploring privilege, sexism, puberty and parenting.

Following the screening, attendees are invited to join an open discussion facilitated by Aidan Key, director of Gender Diversity and founder of the Gender Odyssey conference. Questions are welcome at this educational evening. Attendees will gain a working vocabulary of current terms, more understanding of gender-nonconforming people, and tools for how to be a transgender ally.

For more information, call the Library at 206-386-4636 or Ask a Librarian.

More info via TWIST:

Are you new to transgender concepts? Join us for a screening of GENDERIZE (Audience Award winner for Best Documentary Short, Translations 2017). Director Chase Joynt interviews three young siblings who share their thoughts on gender. Four years later, they exhibit a more developed perspective, exploring privilege, sexism, puberty, and parenting. Following the screening, join an open discussion facilitated by Aidan Key, director of Gender Diversity and founder of the Gender Odyssey conference. Bring your questions to this educational evening: gain a working vocabulary, more understanding of gender-nonconforming folks, and tools for allyship…then make your way across the hall for TRANS SHORTS!

This program includes a short film:

GENDERIZE Chase Joynt; 2016; Canada; 13 min.

About the Author: Michael Strangeways

As the Editorial Director/Co-Owner, Michael Strangeways writes, edits and does about a million other jobs for Seattle Gay Scene, Puget Sound's most visited LGBTQ news, arts and entertainment website now celebrating its 14th year as a media outlet. A semi-proud Midwesterner by birth, he's lived in Seattle since 2000. He's also a film producer who would like you to check out the Jinkx Monsoon documentary, "Drag Becomes Him" now available on Amazon.com. In his spare time, he gets slightly obsessive about his love for old movies, challenging theater, "otters", vodka, chocolate, "I,Claudius", Lizzie Borden, real books made out of paper, disaster films, show tunes, Weimar era Germany, flea markets, pop surrealistic art, the sex lives of Hollywood actors both living and dead, kitties, chicken fried steak, haute couture and David Bowie. But, not necessarily in that order.