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transparent was given a full-page pre-review in the June 2004 Velvet Park by renowned queer sex columnist Tristan Taormino

"One of the most fascinating elements of the documentary is how truly diverse their experiences and opinions are on each of these different topics. Some have very clear and distinct definitions of mother (female, nurturing caretaker) and father (male, breadwinner), while others consider the roles to be much more fluid."
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Velvet Park, June 2004
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MamSir Director Jules Rosskam was featured in the November 2003 issue of Curve magazine as an emerging fimmakers to watch out for - he represented the trans cincema movement.

"[Rosskam] is taking on fascinating territory in Transparent - a doc about how someone reconciles his feelings of maleness with being a biological mother."

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Curve,
Nov. 2003
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Jules Rosskam's "transparent" was featured in the September 2006 issue of Curve magazine as one of ten Must-See Gender Documentaries

Transamerica got filmgoers talking about the New Trans Cinema of recent years. But beyond must-see features (Boys Don't Cry, Soldier's Girl) are some trans docs that are worthy of note.

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Curve,
Sept. 2006
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Jules Rosskam was interviewed about his involvement with the non-profit, Dyke TV for TransNation, a new column by Jaboc Anderson-Minshal

Rosskam is saddened by what he calls "this chasm in the dyke/trans community" and he hopes that his work will further a reparative communication between the overlapping communities.

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