Filmed over lead actor Mel Glickman’s real-life first year taking Testosterone, T is a fictionalized, never-before-seen journey of transmasculine discovery, authentically portraying
the moving struggles and joys encountered in friendships, family, and romantic relationships. After being out as non-binary for four years, Em decides to take charge of their body and life and begin Testosterone therapy. Their fiancé Spencer reacts badly – though he is bisexual, he can’t imagine coming out to his family and publicly dating someone who isn’t a woman. Em leaves him, gets their prescription, and does their
first Testosterone shot with their friend Rose, a trans woman navigating how to get back onstage after quitting music when she transitioned. Em starts dating Ana, a non-binary performance artist who shows Em how to let loose – and inspires a sexual awakening in Em. But when Ana stops taking her bipolar
medication, she starts acting erratically – and Em falls back into the comfort of their relationship with Spencer. Throughout the film, Em grows into themself, all while balancing their romantic relationships, friendships, and how to tell their loving but conflicted mother who they truly are. Director Lane Michael Stanley joins us for a conversation on how the story of Em came to about, working with Mel Glickman, and bringing in a solid supporting cast to bring this story to life.
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2025 DWF: LA Screening Details
June 19-29, 2025 TCL Chinese 6 Theatres
Friday, June 20, 7:15pm, TCL Chinese 6 Theatres (World Premiere)
About the filmmaker – Writer / Director (he/they) Lane Michael Stanley (he/they) is a transgender writer and director making community-embedded work around queerness, healing, grief, recovery, restorative justice, and housing insecurity. Lane’s award-winning short and feature films have played festivals including Austin, Outfest, Sidewalk, and American Dance Festival. Lane’s plays have been presented at 20 theaters including The Barter Theatre, Island City Stage, and Kitchen Dog Theatre. Lane’s writing has appeared/is forthcoming in Electric Literature, The Rumpus, Foglifter, Brevity, The Ana, #EnbyLife, and HowlRound; they are an alum of the Tin House, Kenyon, PEN America, and Lambda Literary writing workshops. Lane has shared his community-embedded work in soup kitchens, shelters, addiction treatment centers, meditation gardens, and San Quentin State Prison. He was the NEA-funded 2023-2024 Resident Artist with Mission First Housing Group and coLAB Arts, and is the 2024-2025 Artist-in-Residence with Pathway Home of Los Angeles County. Lane has won awards from the Film Fund, Baltimore City Paper, and Creative Baltimore Fund; received film grants from Art with Impact, Queen Anne’s County Cultural Arts Division, Maryland State Arts Council, and Austin Cultural Arts Division; been commissioned by Dance Camera West and Ground Floor Theatre; and holds an MFA in Directing from the University of Texas at Austin. For more go to: lanemichaelstanley.com
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