Transgender Artists Help Make Transformative Art

huffingtonpost.com – George Heymont – San Francisco-based arts critic

Although the arts would seem to be the place most likely to accept transgender artists and transgender subject matter, other than screenings at film festivals the path to distribution can be a rocky one. Associated Press reports that the National Film Board of Thailand recently banned Insects in the Back Yard, a film about a transgender father raising two children, because the film contained a scene in which two men have sex (which made it seem immoral and pornographic to members of the film board).