Queer Animation

Inside ‘Elio’s’ “Catastrophic” Path: America Ferrera’s Exit, Director Change and Erasure of Queer Themes Creatives at Pixar who saw the original director's previous cut of 'Elio' tell THR about the movie's challenging production process: "'Elio' just [became] about totally nothing."

www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

CLARIFICATION :

The Trevor Project's hotline will still be live. But basically this means LGBTQ people can no longer be connected to it through the US national 988 suicide prevention hotline.

They will need to be contacted DIRECTLY

So spread this around

They can be texted. They can be called.

With the help of Rachel, Heffer, and Filburt
Rocko searches for the rainbow 🌈
#rockoverse #fakescreenshot

Ok since I’ve essentially revealed it already.

I am working towards creating a short 2D animated short film about a trans knight couple.

Details below ⬇️
#IndieAnimation #LGBTQ #OCsky #2DAnimation

Oh my god.

They removed "transgender" from the page about Trans woman Sylvia Rivera's page at the National Park service.

"Sylvia Rivera began fighting for gay and _____ rights"

WOW.

Apropos of nothing, just thinking about the time I directed a Baymax! episode about periods and we made it gender-inclusive because people do and always have existed outside of the binary or whatever 💅

I was informed that it was very rude to post American Dad designs without posting any Rogers. Fair! I have literally drawn hundreds of Roger designs over the years. It's always a fun part of the job. Here are a few bangers!

Brianne and Leslie are showcasing their Newgrounds "Frontpaged" trophies from 2025 and 2005 on a shelf. The 2005 trophy is a bit old and dusty. Big text reads, "Thanks for the Frontpaged-ing!" A mouse looks on and thinks, "Blam this piece of crap!"

Thank you @newgrounds.com!! 🧡🤍

Putting together a thread of MUTUAL AID resources for anyone affected by the LA fires…drop em in the comments, pinning this post👇👇

MALAN Fire & Wind Storm Resources

An LA organizer I trust shared this General Resource Spreadsheet with me. It includes nonofficial shelters and other resources for people affected by the LA fires.

SoCal friends:

Many animal shelters are overwhelmed from people dropping off beloved pets they can't take with them as they flee. Please consider donating and fostering. Pasadena Humane is one such org. Contact your local animal orgs to see if they need help.

pasadenahumane.org/eaton-canyon...

For SoCal friends,

Here is a list of resources for shelter, animal boarding, free items, and distribution hubs. These places can also use donations (e.g., food, water, masks, and blankets). Please consider donating if you can.

For more info, visit Instagram: mutualaidla

🏳️‍🌈 🚨 Your one-stop shop Starter Pack for national (and international) LGBTQ news. go.bsky.app/3DPuG8Q

"can we make a trans movie"

"we'll see"

*finishes a script and begins auditioning*

"nope don't do it"

5 years later "ok what about a single episode of a series of shorts"

"we'll see"

*completes the storyboard*

"nope don't do it"

it would be better if they just said "no". they want us hoping.

I think I can firmly say that my NDA is up by now but I auditioned for a full-movie version of this story over half a decade ago.

Lemme rephrase that -

Pixar have been trying to get this story out for well over half a decade and Disney have been blocking them. let it sink in

a cartoon character is standing in front of a door looking out . ALT: a cartoon character is standing in front of a door looking out .

On one hand, I don't think Scott Pilgrim Takes Off NEEDED a second season as it was pretty great as a standalone story.

On the other hand, that means no more new Roxy Richter stories and that's a tragedy for every gay.

YouTube video by GJ Pelczar Ballad of Yuka

glad to see more people on here! here's somewhat of an introductory post: I am a stop motion animator (or I like to think myself as) and vfx/general art guy, here is my stopmotion western film from a couple years ago.
#artsky #stopmotion
youtu.be/teZtG37huiw?...

TDOR: In Memoriam | GLAAD We remember the names of the transgender people whose lives have been lost to anti-trangender violence over the years.

For Transgender Day of Remembrance, we'll be sharing tributes to the transgender people we know of whose lives have been taken due to anti-transgender violence. It should be noted that these crimes often are misreported, go underreported, or are not reported at all. #TDOR
glaad.org/tdor-memoriam/

Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance. Each year, the trans community loses too many lives, especially trans women of color, to hate and violence.

More than ever, we must stand by our trans family and support them, hold space for them, and insist the scapegoating and targeting stop.

Now.

This short was wonderful! I shared ANCHORED on my Queer Animation website last year. I plan on adding JAMIE'S POND either this or next year as well

This is only a handful of how many wonderful queer creatives are directing films. Now more than ever, it is important to support queer creatives and share these and the many other wonderful trans works out there!

TAILOR (dir. Tomas Cali, 2017)

THE NAME (dir. Alexander Aguilar, 2023)

JIM’S INTRODUCTION TO GENDER IDENTITY (dir. K. Kypers, 2017)

DRIVE THRU (dir. Jed Bell, 2004)

COMING OUT (dir. Cressa Maeve Áine, 2020) @beeragon.bsky.social

BALLAD OF YUKA (dir. GJ Pelczar, 2021) @gplzr.com

ANCHORED (dir. Reid Sandlund, 2021) @reidspng.bsky.social

For Transgender Awareness Week, here are 7 animated shorts by trans directors you can watch for free on Queer Animation (link in bio) 🧵

Front an back covers of By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga by Erica Friedman. The front shows two girls wearing the oldest Japanese girls schools uniforms, looking longingly at one another as they hold hands, surrounded by lilies, a pattern which burns away to reveal a back cover of two girls with brightly colored hair and uniforms of the future, gleefully clasping one another.

Just a reminder that I wrote a book on the history of the Yuri genre which was then published by the wonderful publisher @journeypress.bsky.social, which you should definitely buy and support us both!

By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga
www.yuricon.com/product/bys/