Well, here we are at another OutFest already! This year, I am a Juror for the US Dramatic Film category! Tonight was the opening night, which meant new dress by Richard Bowman and Xavier Othon, red carpet, pre-party, the opening night film (“Breakfast with Scot”) and then after party.


Andrea has joined the OutFest Board of Directors, so we were both there in official capacities again this year, which is always fun. Of course, whoever printed the badges spelled my name “Capernia Adams”, but it happens, I suppose… ha ha.


Margaret Cho said hello to me personally! She crossed the red carpet just to say hi! OMG!!! I got to meet RuPaul and Marcellas Reynolds (from Big Brother), and I got to see Cathy Debuono, John McLaughlin, Jill Bennet and Thea Gill, from the upcoming “Slate&Kelly” movie in which I’ll play bartender Jodie.

“Breakfast With Scot” was really sweet. I was thrilled to see Megan Follows, who starred in the beloved 1985 “Anne of Green Gables” television series. It’s been 23 years, and she only looks 25 years old. Magic! But Megan plays a supporting role. The film is about two masculine, somewhat selectively closeted gay husbands who end up taking care of their nephew through a convoluted only-in-the-movies set of circumstances for which I was happy to suspend disbelief, because the story was so charming. The twist is that the kid is pretty flamboyantly “gay”‚Äîmeaning effeminate and persnickety‚Äîin a way that might make some straight viewers uncomfortable but which will be immediately recognizable to GLBT folks who knew at early ages that they were “different”. There are humorous hijinks and touching family moments throughout. At the most stripped down core, this is a story we have seen in other “family movies”: the foundling/lost kid/troubled relative/scrappy pet moves in (“It’ll just be for the week!”) and wins everyone’s hearts. But we’ve never seen this traditionally heart warming story told through the lens of the gay experience.

Most kids with gender variant behavior tend to just grow up gay, but a small subset end up realizing that they are trans like I did. So even though this was a very “gay” story, albeit with atypical-for-movies butch gay male leads, I could still relate to the child’s difficulties.