by Hansen Bursic | Oct 11, 2021 | Writing
The act of “coming out” as a member of the LGBTQ community is often the defining moment of films about queer and trans people. Yet many of these films still struggle to capture the nuances of this experience. Audiences can look no further than to documentaries for a...
by Hansen Bursic | Sep 27, 2021 | Writing
From L to R: Jake Stein, one editor on ‘Conversations With Gay Elders,’ subject Daniel Maloney of ‘Conversations With Gay Elders’ and filmmaker David Weissman. Courtesy of David Weissman. This conversation is part of “Voice Over,” a conversation series...
by Hansen Bursic | Sep 9, 2021 | Writing
Each year, the Outfest Los Angeles LGBTQ film festival hosts some of the best queer and transgender cinema in the world. It’s a chance to catch films that were misunderstood by straight programmers or rejected by festivals because they were “niche.” But more than any...
by Hansen Bursic | Aug 25, 2021 | Writing
Youth movements have changed the world and revolutionized the way we organize against systems of oppression. From Freedom Summer to the March For Our Lives, young people have been at the forefront of some of the most radical and important activism of nearly every...
by Hansen Bursic | Aug 10, 2021 | Writing
My first Pride was a protest led by Black trans women and non-binary people. It was stopped by police with rubber bullet guns at the ready. This was my experience as a queer young person coming of age in Pittsburgh. It connects me to the LGBTQ people who came before...
by Hansen Bursic | Jun 24, 2021 | Writing
CinéSPEAK: We are deep into Pride Month, and in Philly we have so much to celebrate. Philadelphia has a thriving and diverse LGBTQ community, and the city is a hotbed of queer and trans filmmaking. This list celebrates five incredible LGBTQ filmmakers who call our...
by Hansen Bursic | May 20, 2021 | Writing
QBurgh: High rates of LGBTQ sexual assault, no centralized resources, and the only R1 University without a dedicated space for LGBTQ students; these are some of the many troubling conditions at the University of Pittsburgh detailed in a first-of-its-kind report by the...
by Hansen Bursic | May 16, 2021 | Writing
QBurgh: A historic election is brewing in one of Philadelphia’s most iconic, and queer, districts. Deja Lynn Alvarez, an activist and Co-Founder of Home For Hope, launched her campaign earlier this month and announced her run for State Representative for the 182nd...
by Hansen Bursic | Apr 29, 2021 | Press
METRO WEEKLY: In the campaign video, created by award-winning queer filmmaker Hansen Bursic, Titus talks about attempting suicide twice before the age of 16, and how they eventually overcame various hardships and odds to create a better life for themself, and —...
by Hansen Bursic | Mar 15, 2021 | Writing
QBurgh: Erie, Pennsylvania might not be the first place that comes to mind when you think of groundbreaking political change, but Dr. Tyler Titus would be quick to challenge that perception. In 2017, Titus sent shockwaves through Pennsylvania when they became the...
