LOS ANGELES—Photographer Dave Naz has just completed Identity: In & Beyond the Binary, a 63 minute documentary interviewing trans, genderqueer, butch and queer people on their varied experiences with gender identity. It's a project that Naz, a long-time photographer and videographer of transgendered and other non-mainstream sexual individuals, has been working on for several years.
Addressing topics from hormones to employment to growing up, Identity is a series of enlightening and heartfelt interviews.
"When I started photographing the subjects for this series and hearing their stories, I knew I needed a video camera rolling," said Naz about his project. "I got that camera, and the result was an interesting and insightful glimpse into their lives."
Included in the movie are some of the most familiar faces in both the adult and mainstream media, all with their own tales to tell: Buck Angel, Michelle Austin, Birdmountain, Matty Boi, Jonelle Brooks, Eva Cassini, Colten, James Darling, Afro Disiac, Jade Downing, Evie Eliot, Jenny Elizabeth, Michelle Firestone, Foxxy, Jamie French, Khloe Hart, Mia Isabella, Tara Jolie, Tasha Jones, Riley Kilo, Kristel, Jiz Lee, Eva Lin, Kelli Lox, Venus Lux, Mandy Mitchell, Chelsea Poe, Andre Shakti, Shawn, Kendra Sinclair, Stefani Special, Tiffany Starr, Wendy Summers, Tristan Taormino, Courtney Trouble, Wolfe Moon
Identity: In & Beyond the Binary can be found at this link. Naz promises that he will continue to post clips that did not make it into the movie's final cut.
