What is Trans Joy?
A celebration. The moments (small, large, quiet, loud) that make a trans life worth living. First haircuts, mirror smiles, kitchens full of friends.
Watch the filmThree short documentary films: shot, produced, organised and edited by trans people at every step. A first season looking at trans life, from the inside out.
"So much of trans stories are misrepresented and told for us, by people not part of our community. We wanted to take back the narrative, and let trans people tell their own stories."
Over the past year we worked with the team at Trans Matters Worldwide to create a series of short documentaries about trans life in the UK.
Every step (shooting, producing, organising, editing) was led by trans people. Not as subjects of a film, but as its authors. We hope this is the first season of many.
A celebration. The moments (small, large, quiet, loud) that make a trans life worth living. First haircuts, mirror smiles, kitchens full of friends.
Watch the filmOn the road to London Trans Pride: what it means to take up space publicly, and to be seen on your own terms.
Watch the filmAn honest, careful conversation about the feeling itself: how it shows up, how people describe it, and what made it lift.
Watch the filmA creative studio building media by, for and about trans communities. TMW led production, direction and edit across all three films.
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