[ad_1] On the Shelf Candy Darling: Dreamer, Icon, Superstar By Cynthia CarrFSG: 432 pages, $30 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. Warhol superstar Candy Darling is synonymous with doomed glamour — a gorgeous woman playing a dying gorgeous woman. The… Continue reading Inside Candy Darling’s struggle as a trans actress
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‘Mutt’ review: A trans man survives one day in New York City
[ad_1] A movie about an awkward phase that can itself seem trapped in an awkward phase, the indie drama “Mutt” presents a young trans man’s busy, fraught 24 hours in New York as a threshold of understanding between past and future, between the memories that sting and the feelings worth nurturing for happier days. Feña,… Continue reading ‘Mutt’ review: A trans man survives one day in New York City
‘Kokomo City’ review: Compassion for trans sex workers
[ad_1] The stark black-and-white imagery might imply otherwise, but “Kokomo City,” a documentary that profiles four Black transgender sex workers in New York and Atlanta, delivers a constantly surprising, undeniably entertaining portrait that proves anything but monochromatic. At once bracingly candid and buoyantly energetic, the first feature by Grammy-winning trans singer-songwriter D. Smith clearly earns… Continue reading ‘Kokomo City’ review: Compassion for trans sex workers