#LGBTQ: Kelly Osbourne & Zackary Drucker Team Up For TransNation Film Fest

Kelly Osbourne is lending her voice along with award-winning transgender artist and activist Zackary Drucker to the TransNation Festival. The event’s proceeds will benefit L.A.-based organizations that provide services to transgender people, including the festival’s creator, St. John’s Well Child and Family Center, who have one of the largest transgender health programs in the country. Osbourne said in a video announcement for the festival,

“The transgender movement is making headlines and in the past couple of years, we have seen an increasing number of trans people be the center of pop culture. But despite the surge in attention around the trans community, we’re still not addressing social barriers such as the lack of access to healthcare and employment, discrimination and the growing number of trans-related hate crimes.”

The three-day event, beginning October 20 will not only uplift trans people, but will educate and galvanize the general public to support this under-served segment of the population.

Drucker, an Emmy-nominated producer for the docu-series This Is Me, producer of Amazon’s award-winning Transparent & I Am Cait cast member, is serving as guest curator of the invite-only film portion, which will take place at West Hollywood’s Cinefamily Cinematheque.

Besides the film festival it will include benefit art exhibition and a beauty pageant. The 15th annual Queen USA national transgender beauty pageant, produced by pioneering trans activist Karina Samala, will feature contestants from across the country and Native American nations in competition for cash prizes. Jim Mangia, St. John’s CEO said,

“We are excited about the announcement of TransNation — a festival created by our transgender staff — to celebrate transgender culture and shed light on the barriers this community faces with the hope that stakeholders will begin to better understand this community and make changes to empower them to thrive.”

Proceeds from TransNation will also benefit the Imperial Court of Los Angeles and Hollywood’s Nicole Murray Ramirez Scholarship Fund. To find out more info and for tickets, go here.