New Voices Bay Area Trans, Intersex and Genderqueer Chorus is excited to perform before several movie screenings of Frameline’s 49th Annual San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival. The chorus will bring music in celebration of queer arts and storytelling in the Bay Area and beyond. The group will sing on 2 days of the festival, before films spotlighting current legal and political activism to preserve gender-affirming care for trans youth in the US, as well as films exploring music—as a tool for discovering identity and expression, and the challenges of navigating the art form of traditional opera as a transgender vocalist.
Friday, June 20, 2025
Toni Rembe Theater (415 Geary St.)
Heightened Scrutiny film screening from 7–9pm
Choir performance at 6:45pm
Heightened Scruitiny: A salient document of our current moment, Disclosure director Sam Feder’s Sundance standout acts as the “centerpiece” of Frameline49. The film centers on ACLU attorney Chase Strangio, the first out trans person to argue before the Supreme Court. While Strangio fights a high-stakes legal battle to overturn Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth (United States v. Skrmetti), he and other leading activists, like Laverne Cox and Elliot Page, examine how media bias influences the public’s perception of trans rights.
Tickets for this film participate in the Pay-it-Forward Initiative, so that no trans or nonbinary attendee will pay to see the film and be in community.
Additional Performances: Sunday, June 22 at 1pm before Really Happy Someday and Tessitura (more info here)
Frameline’s mission is to change the world through the power of queer cinema. As a media arts nonprofit, Frameline’s programs connect filmmakers and audiences in the Bay Area and around the world. We work tirelessly year-round to fund, distribute, restore, and amplify queer films.
Founded in 1977, the San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival is the longest-running, largest, and most widely recognized LGBTQ+ film exhibition event in the world. As a community event with an annual attendance of 60,000+, the Festival is the most prominent and well-attended LGBTQ+ arts program in the Bay Area. Frameline also presents year-round exhibitions, like members-only sneak previews and events, as well as special screenings featuring directors, actors, and other queer media icons.