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Laura Horak
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Film Studies prof curious about all things cinematic, trans, queer, feminist. Director of @transmediaportl.bsky.social. Author: Girls Will Be Boys (2016). she/her (white cis queer)
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Lookee here! My book has a cover!

Coming from @ucpress.bsky.social in April 2026. Many thanks to Tourmaline for allowing us to use her photograph "Summer Azure"!
A brown-skinned trans woman in an astronaut's helmet and white tunic floats in front of a blue sky with fluffy white clouds. Text: "Trans Cinema" Making Communities, Identities, and Worlds. Laura Horak"
July 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Chicagoans! Come to my queer and trans silent film series every Wednesday night in June! This Weds I'll be there in person introducing a program of shorts like you've never seen before!!! @facetschicago.bsky.social
Projecting Homosexuality: Queer and Trans Visions from Cinema’s First Decades June 4, 11, 18, & 25, 2025 Buckle up for a wild ride through the forgotten corners of early cinema! “Projecting Homosexuality” is a groundbreaking film series that will blow your mind with rarely seen gems from the dawn of moviemaking. Imagine stumbling into a secret world where gender-bending performers, radical social uprisings, and forbidden desires dance across the silver screen. From a beefcake muscleman posing in the world’s earliest films to lesbian love stories that challenged every social norm, these movies aren’t just history – they’re a time machine to a more subversive, surprising past that feels irresistibly modern. This isn’t your grandparents’ dusty film archive – this is a revolution captured on celluloid. Spanning from the United States to Sweden, France, Germany, and Japan, these films will make you laugh, gasp, and see early 20th-century culture in a radically new light. Whether you’re a film buff, a queer history enthusiast, or just someone who loves discovering incredible stories that have been hidden for a century, this series promises an unforgettable journey. Get ready to peek through the keyhole of cinema’s most daring and delicious secrets. Through the Keyhole: Shorts Program Reception 7:30 pm | About the films | June 4, 2025, 8:00 pm- Buy Tickets |119 minutes + intermission Learn about the films here. FEATURED SPEAKER: Laura Horak – Curator of The First Homosexuals Film Series. Laura Horak is Professor of Film Studies at Carleton University and director of the Transgender Media Lab and Transgender Media Portal.
June 2, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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Ottawans - spread the word! Have a fun day at the movies and help support our students! 🍿📽️ @carletonfass.bsky.social @carleton.ca @mayfairtheatre.bsky.social
A young Matthew Broderick smiles at the camera. FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF SUNDAY AT THE MAYFAIR. 13 April 3:30PM. Free admission thanks to Carleton's School for Studies in Art and Culture, but donations are gratefully accepted! ($15 suggested but any amount welcome) HELP SUPPORT THE FILM STUDIES TIFF 2025 TRIP! 1074 Bank St, Ottawa, ON K1S 2W3
April 7, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Chase Joynt's new doc is all too relevant these days! If you're in the US you can watch it online at the Sundance website until Feb 2!
Film poster with upside down Lincoln Memorial approached by a small human figure, all in black and white. Film title: HEIGHTENED SCRUTINY
January 31, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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Ottawans, come to this amazing event!
FILM SCREENING- SINGING BACK Tan photo of silhouettes of buffalo with the text: SINGING BACK THE BUFFALO Featuring Filmmaker Tasha Hubbard with Elder Barbara Dumont Hill, Moderator Duncan McCue, FEBRUARY 24TH MACKENZIE HALL 3380 5:30-8:30 PM
January 31, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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If you're in Ottawa, you'll want to come to this! Organized by @jennifervevans.bsky.social and compatriots!
Poster with black and white image of a shirtless skinny white person with a beard, moustache and balck cap sitting on the lap of a tattooed, shirtless skinny white person with short dark hair who is sitting in an advanced wheelchair. Behind them are photos on a white wall. The text reads: DISBAILITY JUSTICE AND QUEER CRIP ART CURATION With Author and Curator Kenny Fries. 23.01.2025. Begins at 4PM | Dunton Tower 2017, Carleton University. In partnership with the Department of History, Cultural Mediations, and the School for Studies in Art and Culture, join Kenny Fries for an evening discussing the intersections between queer and disability histories. We will explore depictions of "the perfect body" in queer communities, and how individuals who identify as both queer and disabled have been integrating these histories through art. MORE INFORMATION: FIONNUALABRAUN@CMAIL.CARLETON.CA
December 5, 2024 at 10:55 PM
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Chicago here we come! (April 3-6) @scmstudies.bsky.social @caelkeegan.bsky.social
An image of text that says 'Dear Laura Horak, On behalf of the 2025 Conference Program Committee for the Society for Cinema & Media Studies, l am pleased to inform you that your proposal was accepted. Congratulations! Title: Trans, Nonbinary, Racialized, and Mad Cinema/tic Configurations Chair/Co-Chairs: Laura Horak Respondent (if applicable): Panelists: Cael Keegan, eryka hollis o'neil, Slava Greenberg, Laura Horak'
November 25, 2024 at 8:50 PM
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I’m in Puebla for Festival Internacional de Cine Silente México and it is a delight!

Excited to introduce Texas Guinan’s The Night Rider tonight, accompanied by Lorena Ruiz and Marifer Solar!
November 9, 2023 at 7:00 PM
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Queering Memory: An Evening of Film, Craft, and Conversation. August 24, 2023. 5pm-8pm. Carleton Dominion Chambers Center (355 Cooper St, Ottawa). ASL and closed captions. Screening of the documentary UNARCHIVED (2022). Free craft stations. Fireside chat with Tara Sypniewski and Laura Horak, PhD.
Queering Memory: An Evening of Film, Craft, and Conversation. August 24, 2023. 5pm-8pm EST. Carleton Dominion Chambers Center (355 Cooper St). Register now to attend. Masks are Required for this event. Free Masks Will be Available. Screening of the documentary Unarchived (2022). ASL and closed captions available. Free craft stations available all evening. Fireside chat with Tara Sypniewski and Laura Horak, Phd. This poster promotes a documentary screening on queer archives and an art night. The background is light green with a dried flower and typewriter text on an aged paper. On top of this background are different collage elements of circles, tapes and papers. At the bottom of the posts are the logos of the three organizations co-organizing this event: the Ottawa Trans Library, the CCGSD and the Transgender Media Portal as well as the logo of one of the sponsors for the event (the Carleton Film Studies department).
August 17, 2023 at 7:35 PM