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Laverne Cox
Self - Actress
Bianca Leigh
Self - Actress / Writer
Jen Richards
Self - Actress / Writer
Alexandra Billings
Self - Actress / Educator
Susan Stryker
Self - Historian
Yance Ford
Self - Filmmaker
Lilly Wachowski
Self - Filmmaker
Brian Michael Smith
Self - Actor
Tiq Milan
Self - Media Maker / Writer
Nick Adams
Self - GLAAD Director of Trans Media & Representation
Zeke Smith
Self - Writer
Rain Valdez
Self - Actress / Producer
Elliot Fletcher
Self - Actor
Marquise Vilson
Self - Actor
Jazzmun
Self - Actress
Leo Sheng
Self - Actor / Activist
Trace Lysette
Self - Actress / Producer
Alexandra Grey
Self - Actress / Singer
Candis Cayne
Self - Actress
Jamie Clayton
Self - Actress
Michael D. Cohen
Self - Actor / Writer / Acting Coach
Mickey R. Mahoney
Self - Educator / Filmmaker
Ser Anzoategui
Self - Actress
Zackary Drucker
Self - Artist / Producer
Michaela Jaé Rodriguez
Self - Singer / Actress
Sandra Caldwell
Self - Actress / Writer
Chaz Bono
Self - Actor
Tre'vell Anderson
Self - Journalist / Film Critic
Angelica Ross
Self - Actress / Entrepreneur
Chase Strangio
Self - Attorney at ACLU
Jessica Crockett
Self
D'Lo
Self
Ellie Desautels
Self
David E. Harrison
Self
Julie Andrews
Victoria Grant (archive footage)
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
(archive footage)
Milton Berle
Auntie Mildred (archive footage)
Michael Blodgett
Lance Rocke (archive footage)
Carmen Carrera
Self
Lady Chablis
(archive footage)
Ray Charles
Self (archive footage)
Elizabeth Coffey
Transexual (archive footage)
Gary Collins
Self (archive footage)
Dorian Corey
(archive footage)
Caroline Cossey
Self (archive footage)
Katie Couric
Self (archive footage)
Jackie Curtis
(archive footage)
Candy Darling
Candy (archive footage)
Jaye Davidson
Self / Dil (archive footage)
Divine
Edna Turnblad (archive footage)
Phil Donahue
Self (archive footage)
Jack Doroshow
Self / Flawless Sabrina (archive footage)
Georges Du Fresne
Ludovic Fabre (archive footage)
Paris Dupree
Self (archive footage)
Leslie Feinberg
Self (archive footage)
James Garner
King Marchand (archive footage)
John Gavin
Sam Loomis (archive footage)
Eric Gurry
Alfie (archive footage)
Arsenio Hall
Self (archive footage)
Jean Harlow
(archive footage)
Anne Heywood
Roy / Wendy (archive footage)
William Hurt
Luis Molina (archive footage)
Caitlyn Jenner
Self (archive footage)
T.C. Jones
Nurse Betty Ames (archive footage)
Christine Jorgensen
Self (archive footage)
Raúl Juliá
Valentin Arregui (archive footage)
Crystal LaBeija
Self (archive footage)
Junior LaBeija
(archive footage)
Pepper LaBeija
Self (archive footage)
John Lazar
Ronnie (Z-Man) Barzell (archive footage)
John Lithgow
Self (archive footage)
Ethel Lloyd
Jane (the maid) (archive footage)
John Lone
Song Liling (archive footage)
Matthew McConaughey
Ron Woodroof (archive footage)
Janet McTeer
Hubert Page / Self (archive footage)
Tim Moore
Bumpsie (archive footage)
Cathy Moriarty
Montana Moorehead (archive footage)
Mandy Patinkin
Avigdor (archive footage)
Esme Percy
Handel Fane (archive footage)
Robert Preston
Carole 'Toddy' Todd (archive footage)
Stephen Rea
Fergus (archive footage)
Veronica Redd
Eddie Stokes / Edie Stokes (archive footage)
Eddie Redmayne
Lili / Self (archive footage)
Sylvia Rivera
Self (archive footage)
Joan Rivers
Self (archive footage)
Mercedes Ruehl
Self (archive footage)
Hailie Sahar
Self
Chris Sarandon
Leon / Self (archive footage)
Peter Scolari
Henry Desmond / Hildegard Desmond (archive footage)
Daniel Sea
Max Sweeney (archive footage)
Chloë Sevigny
Lana Tisdel (archive footage)
Octavia St. Laurent
Self (archive footage)
Edith Storey
Miss Lillian Travers / Lawrence Talbot (archive footage)
Barbra Streisand
Yentl (archive footage)
Hilary Swank
Brandon Teena / Self (archive footage)
Blanche Sweet
Judith (archive footage)
Jeffrey Tambor
Self (archive footage)
Mya Taylor
Alexandra (archive footage)
Vivian Vance
Ethel Mertz (archive footage)
Daniela Vega
Self / Marina Vidal (archive footage)
Henry B. Walthall
Holofernes (archive footage)
Lesley Ann Warren
Norma Cassady (archive footage)
Wendy Williams
Self (archive footage)
Ajita Wilson
(archive footage)
Flip Wilson
Geraldine (archive footage)
Oprah Winfrey
Self (archive footage)
Holly Woodlawn
Holly Sandiago (archive footage)
Dana Wynter
Stella (archive footage)
Sean Young
Lt. Lois Einhorn (archive footage)

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A review by novemberknot

Written by novemberknot on Sat Oct 31 2020

Encompassing the history as well as the modern actors we know from recent productions, this is a must-watch for anyone interested in the continuing development of storytelling. This isn't for the queers or the critics, it's for anyone who has wondered about who they are seeing on their screen. This documentary goes into why its important for a marginalized character to be played by a marginalized person. It's for people who love shows and movies....