Mirha-Soleil Ross
Birth : , Montreal, Quebec, Canada
History
Mirha-Soleil Ross is a transsexual videographer, performance artist, sex worker and activist. Her work since the early 1990s in Montreal and Toronto has focused on transsexual rights, access to resources, advocacy for sex workers and animal rights.
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A documentary based on first-person Toronto performance show (7 monologues) dealing with prostitution and anti-prostitution. A tour de force by Canada’s most famous transsexual sexworker animal-rights activist performance artist, Yapping is hilarious and moving --half autobiographical, half agitprop satire, fully unforgettable.
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A documentary based on first-person Toronto performance show (7 monologues) dealing with prostitution and anti-prostitution. A tour de force by Canada’s most famous transsexual sexworker animal-rights activist performance artist, Yapping is hilarious and moving --half autobiographical, half agitprop satire, fully unforgettable.
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From May 2001 to February 2002, transsexual performance artist Mirha-Soleil Ross appeared pregnant every time she was in public. This video features Mirha-Soleil performing pregnancy by the Golden Gate bridge in San Francisco and an audio recording of her mother speaking about the ups and downs of having a baby. Created as a part of Mirha-Soleil Ross' performance art cycle: The Pregnancy Project. The Pregnancy Project explores some transsexual women's relationship to the personal and institutional aspects of motherhood and hopes to foster community discussion around controversial reproductive technologies.
From May 2001 to February 2002, transsexual performance artist Mirha-Soleil Ross appeared pregnant every time she was in public. This video features Mirha-Soleil performing pregnancy by the Golden Gate bridge in San Francisco and an audio recording of her mother speaking about the ups and downs of having a baby. Created as a part of Mirha-Soleil Ross' performance art cycle: The Pregnancy Project. The Pregnancy Project explores some transsexual women's relationship to the personal and institutional aspects of motherhood and hopes to foster community discussion around controversial reproductive technologies.
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Spend an evening at Madame Lauraine's transsexual whorehouse where you can either eat in or take out!
Spend an evening at Madame Lauraine's transsexual whorehouse where you can either eat in or take out!
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A poetic meditation on the beauty, perils and power of sexuality in a transsexual woman's body.
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A poetic meditation on the beauty, perils and power of sexuality in a transsexual woman's body.
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A video recording of a 1999 performance in which a transsexual prostitute shares work-related anecdotes spiced-up with political comments about her butthole.
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A video recording of a 1999 performance in which a transsexual prostitute shares work-related anecdotes spiced-up with political comments about her butthole.
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A cyberspace encounter turns into a trans/polysexual vegan-docu-porno featuring urban veggie lovers speaking out on dating, intimacy and sex in a meat-centered culture.
A cyberspace encounter turns into a trans/polysexual vegan-docu-porno featuring urban veggie lovers speaking out on dating, intimacy and sex in a meat-centered culture.
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Every year, l'Association des Transsexuels-les du Québec organizes, in collaboration with Café Cléopatre, an evening of transsexual pride. Entitled "Journée Internationale de la Transsexualité," the event is an opportunity for several generations of transsexual women to get together, recognize the involvement of many in their community and pay tribute to individuals who figure importantly in their history.
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An in your face response to society's fascination and repulsion for transsexual genitals, bodies, and sexualities.
An in your face response to society's fascination and repulsion for transsexual genitals, bodies, and sexualities.
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A conversation with Toronto community activist and female-to-male transsexual Peter Dunnigan. He speaks openly about addiction, recovery, sexuality, and life as a gender outcast. More than an educational tool for a general audience, this video is a call for transsexuals, both female-to-males and male-to-females, to unite, heal, and resist.
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A conversation with Toronto community activist and female-to-male transsexual Peter Dunnigan. He speaks openly about addiction, recovery, sexuality, and life as a gender outcast. More than an educational tool for a general audience, this video is a call for transsexuals, both female-to-males and male-to-females, to unite, heal, and resist.
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A candid home video capturing a transgender sex worker in a very sticky situation.
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A candid home video capturing a transgender sex worker in a very sticky situation.
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A short film about two transsexuals who do not fit into mainstream society.
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A short film about two transsexuals who do not fit into mainstream society.
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A short film about two transsexuals who do not fit into mainstream society.
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A short film about two transsexuals who do not fit into mainstream society.
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Three video-diary segments in which a transsexual prostitute recounts different circumstances that lead her to practice unsafe sex with clients.
Self - Jeanne B.
Three video-diary segments in which a transsexual prostitute recounts different circumstances that lead her to practice unsafe sex with clients.
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Canadian documentary that focuses on transsexual sex workers, their sexual health, and their clients.
