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Bender Defenders

Country: United Kingdom, Language: English, 24 mins

  • Director: Ira Putilova
  • Producer: Milo Beyts, Angela Clarke, Berwyn Rowlands

CGiii Comment

Masculinity is a social construct...so says a [medically constructed] transman. Other arguments presented are just as ludicrous.

A TQ-only space...well, thank you for turning your back on the LGBs - those who fought to where we are now. A clear case of discrimination with the LGBTQ imagined community.


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The(ir) Blurb...

Four members of a queer martial art club Bender Defenders in East London celebrate their existence through conversations about the beauty of anger, the importance of trans people in sports and joy as the main tool of resistance.