AVFF 2020 PANEL: TRANS REPRESENTATION IN THE MEDIA

Join writer/activist Chelsea Rose, Dr. Susan Stryker, Sonoma County activist Cash Martinez, and political strategist Aria Sa’id to discuss media representation of the transgender community. Panelists will reference films DEATH AND LIFE OF MARSHA P. JOHNSON (watch on Netflix) + DISCLOSURE (watch on Netflix) + HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARSHA (watch on Amazon).

The panelists:

Cash Martinez, Panelist (he/him or they/them)Cash Martinez (he/they) is an indige-queer journalist and LGBTQ media activist based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Their areas of interests as a journalist include LGBTQ and BIPOC communities, marginalized youth, and public education. His work has appeared in the Press Democrat, Sonoma Magazine, and the North Bay Bohemian.

Aria Sa’id, Panelist (she/her) – Aria is a transgender advocate and award-winning political strategist based in San Francisco Bay Area. She is a founder and the Executive Director of the Compton’s Transgender Cultural District- the world’s first transgender district, celebrating the resilience, culture, and presence of transgender people in San Francisco’s famed Tenderloin neighborhood. She is the founder of Kween Culture Initiative- a social and cultural empowerment project for Black transgender women. Ms. Sa’id and her efforts have been featured in numerous media platforms including Forbes, CNN, The Daily Mail, OUT Magazine, Marie Claire, The Guardian, Huffington Post, CBS, Vice, and San Francisco Chronicle.

Susan Stryker, Panelist (she/her) – Dr. Stryker is Professor Emerita of Gender and Women’s Studies at the University of Arizona, and currently holds the Barbara Lee Professorship in Women’s Leadershipat Mills College, 2020-2022. Stryker is founding executive editor of TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly, author of Transgender History: The Roots of Today’s Revolution, and co-director of the Emmy-winning documentary film Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton’s Cafeteria.

Chelsea Rose Kurnick, Moderator (she/her) – Chelsea is a queer writer, artist and activist. She serves on the Board of Directors of Positive Images, an LGBTQIA+ Center of Sonoma County, where she also co-facilitates a weekly peer support group. Kurnick received a 2019 Discovered Award for Emerging Writers from Creative Sonoma. Her poetry has been featured at the Museum of Sonoma County. In 2018, she co-organized the Bay Area Arts Fest to Benefit Sex Workers, a three-day film festival in Santa Rosa. She is the creator of Father’s Gay: a queer music festival. chelsearosekurnick.com

Head to our website to purchase tickets to this event. Each ticket comes with access to the panel. DISCLOSURE and THE DEATH AND LIFE OF MARSHA P. JOHNSON are available on Netflix.