Transgendered woes for Tribeca?

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Transgendered woes for Tribeca?
March 27, 10:36 AM
Dallas Movie Examiner
Miguel Trevino

http://www.examiner.com/x-9176-Dallas-Movie-Examiner~y2010m3d27-Transgendered-woes-for-Tribeca

So a movie described as a "campy homage to exploitation films" makes it to the Tribeca film festival, and the GLAAD (Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defammation) group immediately wants to strike up a conversation with the Tribeca Festival producers.

It can be easily presumed that part of the aggravation may come from the word "trannies" followed by a grotesque "misrepresentation" of the lifestyle that promotes some sort of lust for violence and blood. Still, it's hard to imagine why they're not more upset by the fact that what's potentially a Troma-like film is being presented  at such a renowned film festival - it just doesn't feel like the venue. Then