{"id":1183,"date":"2024-01-22T05:55:36","date_gmt":"2024-01-22T05:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/translash.org\/2024\/01\/22\/seeking-mavis-beacon-a-black-queer-and-trans-film-celebrating-chosen-family\/"},"modified":"2024-10-29T22:57:50","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T22:57:50","slug":"seeking-mavis-beacon-a-black-queer-and-trans-film-celebrating-chosen-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/translash.org\/articles\/seeking-mavis-beacon-a-black-queer-and-trans-film-celebrating-chosen-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Seeking Mavis Beacon: a Black Queer and Trans Film about Healing Tech and Chosen Family"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>At the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/seekingmavisbeacon.com\/\">Seeking Mavis Beacon<\/a><\/em> world premiere at <a href=\"https:\/\/translash.org\/?post_type=resource&#038;p=1156\">Sundance Film Festival<\/a> on January 20, I asked director Jazmin Ren\u00e9e Jones (she\/they) why there was so much beautiful imagery of queer and trans lives in her feature debut about the mysterious Black woman behind the avatar in the iconic 80s typing software <em>Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Is <em>Seeking Mavis Beacon<\/em> part of queer and trans cinema? After thanking me for giving them the opportunity to answer this specific question, this was Jones&#8217; response:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Seeking Mavis Beacon is Queer &amp; Trans Cinema at Sundance Film Festival 2024\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hU-WsCepNsM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-q-a-transcript\">Q&amp;A Transcript<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jazmin Ren\u00e9e Jones<\/strong>: As a Black, queer, non-binary filmmaker, there&#8217;s no question that this is a Black film. It&#8217;s just, it&#8217;s Black cinema. Me being Black, regardless of what the subject of my film is, it&#8217;s a Black film. And I think it&#8217;s really interesting that queer cinema, it&#8217;s a little trickier. And it&#8217;s like, I think this [their film] is queer cinema. Olivia and I are gay as hell, but but it&#8217;s like absent of a love plot. It&#8217;s like we don&#8217;t qualify. And I think queer cinema is also just like, hey we&#8217;re queers, we&#8217;re out here. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Olivia McKayla Ross (associate producer and protagonist): <\/strong>It&#8217;s like we&#8217;re queering cinema [audience laugher]. Like, well, there&#8217;s a divestment I think from like a normative way of understanding the traditional structures that are upholding how what we deem is like a regular way to behave. And we bring as like, investigators, a femme politik to even  encounter people&#8217;s space. And sometimes even overdoing it with like apologizing a lot, knocking on doors in a kind of way where like, it&#8217;s very common with investigative documentaries, you just have someone like waving a camera in your face, and like being very, um, there&#8217;s like a sense of like &#8220;it is my right because I&#8217;m holding a camera&#8221; and there&#8217;s these like dude, dude bro, like true crime. Yeah. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So I think there&#8217;s a way in which, um, like the fact of our queerness embeds in everything that we&#8217;re doing. And also the lessons I think, like, that we learn from queer and trans people of history about representation and how it can be a trap [muffled]. Invisibility the entire, yeah having visibility and having a voice&#8230; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jazmin Ren\u00e9e Jones<\/strong>: Another thing, I think, coming back to your question too, we had a really interesting experience, Olivia and I. We went to film at a certain queer archive and the question came up of like why would we let you film here, your movie isn&#8217;t queer. And then we were like but no, we are, and then they&#8217;re like but your subject isn&#8217;t queer, and we&#8217;re like you got us there, maybe, I don&#8217;t know. I haven&#8217;t talked to her about that yet. So I think in general, I just, I&#8217;m excited for this to be in conversation with other queer films.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Olivia acknowledged that we spent a lot of time <a href=\"https:\/\/www.movieoutline.com\/articles\/the-hero-journey-mythic-structure-of-joseph-campbell-monomyth.html\">studying the hero&#8217;s journey<\/a> and then the heroin&#8217;s journey, which I really love, um, but I also found it to be incredibly clunky in its gendered language, and so, it&#8217;s like I had to like translate like the divine feminine. And like okay that means intuition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And so if anybody here also would like to work on like a gender nonconforming Journey which is basically us figuring out the principles of that without all of this gendered language, I would love that um, so yeah thank you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Guetty Felin (producer): <\/strong>You&#8217;ve done it with Seeking Mavis Beacon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jazmin Ren\u00e9e Jones<\/strong>: Thank you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Family Dynamics In Seeking Mavis Beacon<\/h3>\n\n\n<section class='wp-block-html text-container'> \n<center><blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/C2ansenu6s6\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"><div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/C2ansenu6s6\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; padding:0 0; text-align:center; text-decoration:none; width:100%;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <div style=\" display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\"> <div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div> <div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\"> <div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div> <div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div> <div style=\"display:block; height:50px; margin:0 auto 12px; width:50px;\"><svg width=\"50px\" height=\"50px\" viewBox=\"0 0 60 60\" version=\"1.1\"  xmlns_xlink=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\"><g stroke=\"none\" stroke-width=\"1\" fill=\"none\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\"><g transform=\"translate(-511.000000, -20.000000)\" fill=\"#000000\"><g><path d=\"M556.869,30.41 C554.814,30.41 553.148,32.076 553.148,34.131 C553.148,36.186 554.814,37.852 556.869,37.852 C558.924,37.852 560.59,36.186 560.59,34.131 C560.59,32.076 558.924,30.41 556.869,30.41 M541,60.657 C535.114,60.657 530.342,55.887 530.342,50 C530.342,44.114 535.114,39.342 541,39.342 C546.887,39.342 551.658,44.114 551.658,50 C551.658,55.887 546.887,60.657 541,60.657 M541,33.886 C532.1,33.886 524.886,41.1 524.886,50 C524.886,58.899 532.1,66.113 541,66.113 C549.9,66.113 557.115,58.899 557.115,50 C557.115,41.1 549.9,33.886 541,33.886 M565.378,62.101 C565.244,65.022 564.756,66.606 564.346,67.663 C563.803,69.06 563.154,70.057 562.106,71.106 C561.058,72.155 560.06,72.803 558.662,73.347 C557.607,73.757 556.021,74.244 553.102,74.378 C549.944,74.521 548.997,74.552 541,74.552 C533.003,74.552 532.056,74.521 528.898,74.378 C525.979,74.244 524.393,73.757 523.338,73.347 C521.94,72.803 520.942,72.155 519.894,71.106 C518.846,70.057 518.197,69.06 517.654,67.663 C517.244,66.606 516.755,65.022 516.623,62.101 C516.479,58.943 516.448,57.996 516.448,50 C516.448,42.003 516.479,41.056 516.623,37.899 C516.755,34.978 517.244,33.391 517.654,32.338 C518.197,30.938 518.846,29.942 519.894,28.894 C520.942,27.846 521.94,27.196 523.338,26.654 C524.393,26.244 525.979,25.756 528.898,25.623 C532.057,25.479 533.004,25.448 541,25.448 C548.997,25.448 549.943,25.479 553.102,25.623 C556.021,25.756 557.607,26.244 558.662,26.654 C560.06,27.196 561.058,27.846 562.106,28.894 C563.154,29.942 563.803,30.938 564.346,32.338 C564.756,33.391 565.244,34.978 565.378,37.899 C565.522,41.056 565.552,42.003 565.552,50 C565.552,57.996 565.522,58.943 565.378,62.101 M570.82,37.631 C570.674,34.438 570.167,32.258 569.425,30.349 C568.659,28.377 567.633,26.702 565.965,25.035 C564.297,23.368 562.623,22.342 560.652,21.575 C558.743,20.834 556.562,20.326 553.369,20.18 C550.169,20.033 549.148,20 541,20 C532.853,20 531.831,20.033 528.631,20.18 C525.438,20.326 523.257,20.834 521.349,21.575 C519.376,22.342 517.703,23.368 516.035,25.035 C514.368,26.702 513.342,28.377 512.574,30.349 C511.834,32.258 511.326,34.438 511.181,37.631 C511.035,40.831 511,41.851 511,50 C511,58.147 511.035,59.17 511.181,62.369 C511.326,65.562 511.834,67.743 512.574,69.651 C513.342,71.625 514.368,73.296 516.035,74.965 C517.703,76.634 519.376,77.658 521.349,78.425 C523.257,79.167 525.438,79.673 528.631,79.82 C531.831,79.965 532.853,80.001 541,80.001 C549.148,80.001 550.169,79.965 553.369,79.82 C556.562,79.673 558.743,79.167 560.652,78.425 C562.623,77.658 564.297,76.634 565.965,74.965 C567.633,73.296 568.659,71.625 569.425,69.651 C570.167,67.743 570.674,65.562 570.82,62.369 C570.966,59.17 571,58.147 571,50 C571,41.851 570.966,40.831 570.82,37.631\"><\/path><\/g><\/g><\/g><\/svg><\/div><div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\"> <div style=\" color:#3897f0; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:550; line-height:18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div><\/div><div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div> <div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\"><div> <div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div> <div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div> <div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div><\/div><div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\"> <div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div> <div style=\" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg)\"><\/div><\/div><div style=\"margin-left: auto;\"> <div style=\" width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div> <div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div> <div style=\" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div><\/div><\/div> <div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\"> <div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div> <div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div><\/div><\/a><p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/C2ansenu6s6\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by TransLash Media Inc. (@translashmedia)<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/center>\n <\/section>\n\n\n<p>Call it a &#8220;Sundance moment&#8221;: I serendipitously sat down with several of Jazmin&#8217;s family members at a cafe near the <em>Seeking Mavis Beacon<\/em> premiere on my way to the press line, before having any idea who they were. I had seen an open chair at a table and politely asked if I could use it, and was immediately invited to take a seat with the family. We easily fell into conversation, and upon learning what I was there for, Jazmin&#8217;s mother shared with a big smile that they (Jazmin&#8217;s parents, step-parents, and more) were there for the same film too. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As I looked around the table in awe, I told them what a beautiful gift it was for me to witness such a unified front for Jazmin. Even though I didn&#8217;t know her and hadn&#8217;t seen her film yet, it meant so much to see a fellow queer and non-binary person being supported in big ways by their blood and chosen family on their special day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I didn&#8217;t have to tell them that I and other queer and trans people don&#8217;t always get this support. I could tell they already knew. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My brief time sharing space with Jazmin&#8217;s family was filled with their father and step-father trading anecdotes about her always having a camera in her hand, the warm tones of their voices full of pride and nostalgia. Jazmin&#8217;s mother&#8217;s phone then dinged with a notification, followed by her alerting the table that Jazmin had asked that they meet her at the press tent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since I knew where it was, I offered to guide them there. &#8220;You&#8217;re our angel,&#8221; Jasmin&#8217;s mother said as I led them out the door, and we made our way through the snow to the little white tent where Jazmin was waiting inside.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From a respectful distance, I watched as Jazmin&#8217;s family celebrated her getting her flowers, then joining her for photos on the red carpet. As Jazmin&#8217;s mother walked over to me, I thanked her again for the shared moment and congratulated the family before I stepped away to find the passholder line for the screening so I could get a good seat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Queer Family Legacies<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Once inside the theatre, I was immediately surprised and delighted to see up on the big screen several of those same family members I had sat with in the cafe. Between scenes of their investigative work, Jazmin wove in the ways that her family held space for them and offered advice along her years-long journey to find the elusive woman behind one of her favorite childhood computer games. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jazmin also included scenes of herself with vibrant queer and trans chosen family; her own angels supporting her on her quest for truth and resolution. Queerness and transness is embedded so deeply in the film that it seems impossible that anyone could watch this movie and not call it queer cinema.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Seeking Mavis Beacon<\/em> tenderly holds a story about a Black woman&#8217;s fight for control over her own likeness and right to privacy, while Jazmin and Olivia experiment with subverting technology to find her<strong>\u2014<\/strong>and the truth about themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While I thought I was going to watch a film about the intersection of race, gender, and technology, what I experienced was a fascinating and complex story about the ways we as queer and trans people<strong>\u2014<\/strong>especially Black and brown LGBGTQ+ folks<strong>\u2014<\/strong>find representation in media that wasn&#8217;t necessarily created for us, cultivating family online and offline in traditional and nontraditional ways. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/translash.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/34botywjlSeeking_Mavis_Beacon-Still1_Jazmin_Jones.jpg\" alt=\"Seeking Mavis Beacon is a queer and trans film\" class=\"wp-image-12022\" style=\"width:800px;height:auto\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jazmin Jones appears in Seeking Mavis Beacon, an official selection of the NEXT program at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute. Photo by Yeelen Cohen.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If we choose it, we can use technologies as tools to help us unlock the truth about who we are, while fostering familial connections along our path to self-actualization and healing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Will a future e-girl\/e-person make a film about seeking Jazmin Ren\u00e9e Jones because they saw so much of themselves in <em>Seeking Mavis Beacon<\/em>? I&#8217;m betting on it happening sooner than you think.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing Is Complicated Black Representation In Tech<\/h3>\n\n\n<section class='wp-block-html text-container'> \n<center><blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CEFiHJzJAyR\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"><div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CEFiHJzJAyR\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; padding:0 0; text-align:center; text-decoration:none; width:100%;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <div style=\" display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\"> <div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div> <div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\"> <div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div> <div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div> <div style=\"display:block; height:50px; margin:0 auto 12px; width:50px;\"><svg width=\"50px\" height=\"50px\" viewBox=\"0 0 60 60\" version=\"1.1\"  xmlns_xlink=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\"><g stroke=\"none\" stroke-width=\"1\" fill=\"none\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\"><g transform=\"translate(-511.000000, -20.000000)\" fill=\"#000000\"><g><path d=\"M556.869,30.41 C554.814,30.41 553.148,32.076 553.148,34.131 C553.148,36.186 554.814,37.852 556.869,37.852 C558.924,37.852 560.59,36.186 560.59,34.131 C560.59,32.076 558.924,30.41 556.869,30.41 M541,60.657 C535.114,60.657 530.342,55.887 530.342,50 C530.342,44.114 535.114,39.342 541,39.342 C546.887,39.342 551.658,44.114 551.658,50 C551.658,55.887 546.887,60.657 541,60.657 M541,33.886 C532.1,33.886 524.886,41.1 524.886,50 C524.886,58.899 532.1,66.113 541,66.113 C549.9,66.113 557.115,58.899 557.115,50 C557.115,41.1 549.9,33.886 541,33.886 M565.378,62.101 C565.244,65.022 564.756,66.606 564.346,67.663 C563.803,69.06 563.154,70.057 562.106,71.106 C561.058,72.155 560.06,72.803 558.662,73.347 C557.607,73.757 556.021,74.244 553.102,74.378 C549.944,74.521 548.997,74.552 541,74.552 C533.003,74.552 532.056,74.521 528.898,74.378 C525.979,74.244 524.393,73.757 523.338,73.347 C521.94,72.803 520.942,72.155 519.894,71.106 C518.846,70.057 518.197,69.06 517.654,67.663 C517.244,66.606 516.755,65.022 516.623,62.101 C516.479,58.943 516.448,57.996 516.448,50 C516.448,42.003 516.479,41.056 516.623,37.899 C516.755,34.978 517.244,33.391 517.654,32.338 C518.197,30.938 518.846,29.942 519.894,28.894 C520.942,27.846 521.94,27.196 523.338,26.654 C524.393,26.244 525.979,25.756 528.898,25.623 C532.057,25.479 533.004,25.448 541,25.448 C548.997,25.448 549.943,25.479 553.102,25.623 C556.021,25.756 557.607,26.244 558.662,26.654 C560.06,27.196 561.058,27.846 562.106,28.894 C563.154,29.942 563.803,30.938 564.346,32.338 C564.756,33.391 565.244,34.978 565.378,37.899 C565.522,41.056 565.552,42.003 565.552,50 C565.552,57.996 565.522,58.943 565.378,62.101 M570.82,37.631 C570.674,34.438 570.167,32.258 569.425,30.349 C568.659,28.377 567.633,26.702 565.965,25.035 C564.297,23.368 562.623,22.342 560.652,21.575 C558.743,20.834 556.562,20.326 553.369,20.18 C550.169,20.033 549.148,20 541,20 C532.853,20 531.831,20.033 528.631,20.18 C525.438,20.326 523.257,20.834 521.349,21.575 C519.376,22.342 517.703,23.368 516.035,25.035 C514.368,26.702 513.342,28.377 512.574,30.349 C511.834,32.258 511.326,34.438 511.181,37.631 C511.035,40.831 511,41.851 511,50 C511,58.147 511.035,59.17 511.181,62.369 C511.326,65.562 511.834,67.743 512.574,69.651 C513.342,71.625 514.368,73.296 516.035,74.965 C517.703,76.634 519.376,77.658 521.349,78.425 C523.257,79.167 525.438,79.673 528.631,79.82 C531.831,79.965 532.853,80.001 541,80.001 C549.148,80.001 550.169,79.965 553.369,79.82 C556.562,79.673 558.743,79.167 560.652,78.425 C562.623,77.658 564.297,76.634 565.965,74.965 C567.633,73.296 568.659,71.625 569.425,69.651 C570.167,67.743 570.674,65.562 570.82,62.369 C570.966,59.17 571,58.147 571,50 C571,41.851 570.966,40.831 570.82,37.631\"><\/path><\/g><\/g><\/g><\/svg><\/div><div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\"> <div style=\" color:#3897f0; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:550; line-height:18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div><\/div><div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div> <div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\"><div> <div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div> <div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div> <div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div><\/div><div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\"> <div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div> <div style=\" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg)\"><\/div><\/div><div style=\"margin-left: auto;\"> <div style=\" width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div> <div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div> <div style=\" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div><\/div><\/div> <div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\"> <div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div> <div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div><\/div><\/a><p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CEFiHJzJAyR\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by @seekingmavisbeacon<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/center>\n <\/section>\n\n\n<p>One of the most influential Black women in technology is a figment of our collective imagination. The co-founder of Myspace invented Mavis Beacon to sell the world\u2019s most popular typing software, but the real woman she was modeled after disappeared in 1995.<br><br><em>Seeking Mavis Beacon<\/em>&nbsp;poses critical questions regarding anthropomorphization and the consumption of marginalized bodies in the tech industry, while reimagining the legacy of a missing historical figure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"DOS Game: Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing (1987 Software Toolworks, Inc.)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1x2jdQFGTj4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Launched in the late \u201980s, educational software <em>Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing<\/em> taught millions globally, but the program\u2019s Haitian-born cover model vanished decades ago. In <em>Seeking Mavis Beacon<\/em>, two DIY investigators search for the unsung cultural icon, while questioning notions of digital security, AI, and Black representation in the digital realm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>TransLash\u2019s guide to the 40th annual Sundance Film Festival will be released during this year&#8217;s fest. Subscribe to our newsletter to access our guide: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.translash.org\/connect\">www.translash.org\/connect<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Did you find this resource helpful? Consider supporting TransLash today with <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/translash.org\/donate\/\"><strong><em>a tax-deductible donation<\/em><\/strong><\/a>. <strong><em>Did we miss anything? <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/translash.org\/connect\/\"><strong><em>Let us know<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em> and we\u2019ll update the guide with your suggestion, crediting you as the contributor.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Director Jazmin Jones shares why queer and trans people are in Seeking Mavis Beacon, their doc about the elusive Black woman from the 80s typing program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1184,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"1269,744,6901,660,8116,980","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[45,28,35,37,48],"post-author":[114],"article-type":[3],"project":[],"topic":[92],"class_list":["post-1183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-bipoc","tag-black-trans","tag-family","tag-non-binary","tag-trans-artists","post-author-daniela-dani-capistrano","article-type-blog","topic-trans-rights"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Behind The Film &#039;Seeking Mavis Beacon&#039; | TransLash Article<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Seeking Mavis Beacon explores healing, tech, and chosen family in the Black queer and trans communities through a unique narrative.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/translash.org\/articles\/seeking-mavis-beacon-a-black-queer-and-trans-film-celebrating-chosen-family\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Behind The Film &#039;Seeking Mavis Beacon&#039; | TransLash Article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Seeking Mavis Beacon explores healing, tech, and chosen family in the Black queer and trans communities through a unique narrative.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/translash.org\/articles\/seeking-mavis-beacon-a-black-queer-and-trans-film-celebrating-chosen-family\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TransLash Media\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/translashmedia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-01-22T05:55:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-10-29T22:57:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/translash-ovh.bwstg.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/04\/34botywjlSeeking_Mavis_Beacon-Still1_Jazmin_Jones.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1440\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"briteweb\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@translashmedia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@translashmedia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"briteweb\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"7 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/translash.org\\\/articles\\\/seeking-mavis-beacon-a-black-queer-and-trans-film-celebrating-chosen-family\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/translash.org\\\/articles\\\/seeking-mavis-beacon-a-black-queer-and-trans-film-celebrating-chosen-family\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"briteweb\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/translash-ovh.bwstg.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6ada3200d9a1a24d3b0e41f47df1db7b\"},\"headline\":\"Seeking Mavis Beacon: a Black Queer and Trans Film about Healing Tech and Chosen Family\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-01-22T05:55:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-10-29T22:57:50+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/translash.org\\\/articles\\\/seeking-mavis-beacon-a-black-queer-and-trans-film-celebrating-chosen-family\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1567,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/translash-ovh.bwstg.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/translash.org\\\/articles\\\/seeking-mavis-beacon-a-black-queer-and-trans-film-celebrating-chosen-family\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/translash.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/34botywjlSeeking_Mavis_Beacon-Still1_Jazmin_Jones.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"BIPOC\",\"Black Trans\",\"Family\",\"Non-Binary\",\"Trans Artists\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/translash.org\\\/articles\\\/seeking-mavis-beacon-a-black-queer-and-trans-film-celebrating-chosen-family\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/translash.org\\\/articles\\\/seeking-mavis-beacon-a-black-queer-and-trans-film-celebrating-chosen-family\\\/\",\"name\":\"Behind The Film 'Seeking Mavis Beacon' | TransLash Article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/translash-ovh.bwstg.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/translash.org\\\/articles\\\/seeking-mavis-beacon-a-black-queer-and-trans-film-celebrating-chosen-family\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/translash.org\\\/articles\\\/seeking-mavis-beacon-a-black-queer-and-trans-film-celebrating-chosen-family\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/translash.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/34botywjlSeeking_Mavis_Beacon-Still1_Jazmin_Jones.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-01-22T05:55:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-10-29T22:57:50+00:00\",\"description\":\"Seeking Mavis Beacon explores healing, tech, and chosen family in the Black queer and trans communities through a unique narrative.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/translash.org\\\/articles\\\/seeking-mavis-beacon-a-black-queer-and-trans-film-celebrating-chosen-family\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/translash.org\\\/articles\\\/seeking-mavis-beacon-a-black-queer-and-trans-film-celebrating-chosen-family\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/translash.org\\\/articles\\\/seeking-mavis-beacon-a-black-queer-and-trans-film-celebrating-chosen-family\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/translash.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/34botywjlSeeking_Mavis_Beacon-Still1_Jazmin_Jones.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/translash.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/34botywjlSeeking_Mavis_Beacon-Still1_Jazmin_Jones.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1440,\"caption\":\"Jazmin Jones appears in Seeking Mavis Beacon\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/translash.org\\\/articles\\\/seeking-mavis-beacon-a-black-queer-and-trans-film-celebrating-chosen-family\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/translash.org\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Seeking Mavis Beacon: a Black Queer and Trans Film about Healing Tech and Chosen Family\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/translash-ovh.bwstg.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/translash-ovh.bwstg.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"TransLash Media\",\"description\":\"We tell trans stories to save trans lives.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/translash-ovh.bwstg.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/translash-ovh.bwstg.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/translash-ovh.bwstg.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"TransLash Media\",\"alternateName\":\"TransLash\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/translash-ovh.bwstg.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/translash-ovh.bwstg.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/translash.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/TransLash.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/translash.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/TransLash.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":675,\"caption\":\"TransLash Media\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/translash-ovh.bwstg.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/translashmedia\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/translashmedia\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/translashmedia\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/translashmedia\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/translash-media\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tiktok.com\\\/@translashmedia\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.threads.net\\\/@translashmedia\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/translash-ovh.bwstg.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6ada3200d9a1a24d3b0e41f47df1db7b\",\"name\":\"briteweb\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/cb310871b422cb2da37a1ad9e58c018e29cf8d11d5880793cfe31ddc37883b3a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/cb310871b422cb2da37a1ad9e58c018e29cf8d11d5880793cfe31ddc37883b3a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/cb310871b422cb2da37a1ad9e58c018e29cf8d11d5880793cfe31ddc37883b3a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"briteweb\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/translash.org\\\/wp\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/translash.org\\\/articles\\\/author\\\/briteweb\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Behind The Film 'Seeking Mavis Beacon' | TransLash Article","description":"Seeking Mavis Beacon explores healing, tech, and chosen family in the Black queer and trans communities through a unique narrative.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/translash.org\/articles\/seeking-mavis-beacon-a-black-queer-and-trans-film-celebrating-chosen-family\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Behind The Film 'Seeking Mavis Beacon' | TransLash Article","og_description":"Seeking Mavis Beacon explores healing, tech, and chosen family in the Black queer and trans communities through a unique narrative.","og_url":"https:\/\/translash.org\/articles\/seeking-mavis-beacon-a-black-queer-and-trans-film-celebrating-chosen-family\/","og_site_name":"TransLash Media","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/translashmedia\/","article_published_time":"2024-01-22T05:55:36+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-10-29T22:57:50+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1440,"url":"https:\/\/translash-ovh.bwstg.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/04\/34botywjlSeeking_Mavis_Beacon-Still1_Jazmin_Jones.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"briteweb","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@translashmedia","twitter_site":"@translashmedia","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"briteweb","Est. reading time":"7 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/translash.org\/articles\/seeking-mavis-beacon-a-black-queer-and-trans-film-celebrating-chosen-family\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/translash.org\/articles\/seeking-mavis-beacon-a-black-queer-and-trans-film-celebrating-chosen-family\/"},"author":{"name":"briteweb","@id":"https:\/\/translash-ovh.bwstg.com\/#\/schema\/person\/6ada3200d9a1a24d3b0e41f47df1db7b"},"headline":"Seeking Mavis Beacon: a Black Queer and Trans Film about Healing Tech and Chosen Family","datePublished":"2024-01-22T05:55:36+00:00","dateModified":"2024-10-29T22:57:50+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/translash.org\/articles\/seeking-mavis-beacon-a-black-queer-and-trans-film-celebrating-chosen-family\/"},"wordCount":1567,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/translash-ovh.bwstg.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/translash.org\/articles\/seeking-mavis-beacon-a-black-queer-and-trans-film-celebrating-chosen-family\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/translash.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/34botywjlSeeking_Mavis_Beacon-Still1_Jazmin_Jones.jpg","keywords":["BIPOC","Black Trans","Family","Non-Binary","Trans Artists"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/translash.org\/articles\/seeking-mavis-beacon-a-black-queer-and-trans-film-celebrating-chosen-family\/","url":"https:\/\/translash.org\/articles\/seeking-mavis-beacon-a-black-queer-and-trans-film-celebrating-chosen-family\/","name":"Behind The Film 'Seeking Mavis Beacon' | TransLash Article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/translash-ovh.bwstg.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/translash.org\/articles\/seeking-mavis-beacon-a-black-queer-and-trans-film-celebrating-chosen-family\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/translash.org\/articles\/seeking-mavis-beacon-a-black-queer-and-trans-film-celebrating-chosen-family\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/translash.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/34botywjlSeeking_Mavis_Beacon-Still1_Jazmin_Jones.jpg","datePublished":"2024-01-22T05:55:36+00:00","dateModified":"2024-10-29T22:57:50+00:00","description":"Seeking Mavis Beacon explores healing, tech, and chosen family in the Black queer and trans communities through a unique narrative.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/translash.org\/articles\/seeking-mavis-beacon-a-black-queer-and-trans-film-celebrating-chosen-family\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/translash.org\/articles\/seeking-mavis-beacon-a-black-queer-and-trans-film-celebrating-chosen-family\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/translash.org\/articles\/seeking-mavis-beacon-a-black-queer-and-trans-film-celebrating-chosen-family\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/translash.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/34botywjlSeeking_Mavis_Beacon-Still1_Jazmin_Jones.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/translash.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/34botywjlSeeking_Mavis_Beacon-Still1_Jazmin_Jones.jpg","width":2560,"height":1440,"caption":"Jazmin Jones appears in Seeking Mavis Beacon"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/translash.org\/articles\/seeking-mavis-beacon-a-black-queer-and-trans-film-celebrating-chosen-family\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/translash.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Seeking Mavis Beacon: a Black Queer and Trans Film about Healing Tech and Chosen Family"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/translash-ovh.bwstg.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/translash-ovh.bwstg.com\/","name":"TransLash Media","description":"We tell trans stories to save trans lives.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/translash-ovh.bwstg.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/translash-ovh.bwstg.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/translash-ovh.bwstg.com\/#organization","name":"TransLash Media","alternateName":"TransLash","url":"https:\/\/translash-ovh.bwstg.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/translash-ovh.bwstg.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/translash.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/TransLash.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/translash.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/TransLash.jpg","width":1200,"height":675,"caption":"TransLash Media"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/translash-ovh.bwstg.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/translashmedia\/","https:\/\/x.com\/translashmedia","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/translashmedia\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/translashmedia","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/translash-media\/","https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@translashmedia","https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@translashmedia"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/translash-ovh.bwstg.com\/#\/schema\/person\/6ada3200d9a1a24d3b0e41f47df1db7b","name":"briteweb","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cb310871b422cb2da37a1ad9e58c018e29cf8d11d5880793cfe31ddc37883b3a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cb310871b422cb2da37a1ad9e58c018e29cf8d11d5880793cfe31ddc37883b3a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cb310871b422cb2da37a1ad9e58c018e29cf8d11d5880793cfe31ddc37883b3a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"briteweb"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/translash.org\/wp"],"url":"https:\/\/translash.org\/articles\/author\/briteweb\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/translash.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/translash.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/translash.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/translash.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/translash.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1183"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/translash.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7562,"href":"https:\/\/translash.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1183\/revisions\/7562"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/translash.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/translash.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/translash.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/translash.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1183"},{"taxonomy":"post-author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/translash.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post-author?post=1183"},{"taxonomy":"article-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/translash.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article-type?post=1183"},{"taxonomy":"project","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/translash.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project?post=1183"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/translash.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=1183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}