Club des Femmes showcases cinema created by women, putting female vision at the centre stage of visual art.
Friction talks to Bird la Bird about Bird Club and how she is subverting feminist performance with working class British language and traditions.
Lisa Gornick UK filmmaker talks to Friction about sexuality, teenage angst, and making people laugh. She has directed 2 feature films - Do I Love You? (GB 2004) and Tick Tock Lullaby (GB 2007)
Friction talks to Del LaGrace Volcano about photographing femmes, drag kings and outsiders. We hear why after more than two decades photographing sexual outlaws he refuses to be co-opted by the mainstream.
Wikipedia has the best starting point to find out about hijras. It gives information about their history and politics. What is also interesting is that hijras can be biomales or biofemales who are transgendered.