Ticked Off Trannies With Knives Gets New Trailer

The director of “Ticked-Off Trannies with Knives,” a movie set to screen at the Tribeca Film Festival, has decided to alter the trailer for his film after a flurry of criticism. Israel Luna said in an e-mail message that he was inspired to create the film “in part by the hate crimes against the trans community,” according to The New York Times. Luna made references to Angie Zapata, a transgender woman who was beaten to death in 2008 in Colorado and Jorge Mercado, a gay Puerto Rican teen killed last year. Continue reading...