Laverne Cox, Holly Woodlawn, Hedwig, Kate Bornstein at 'Genderfluid' Performance Festival

Baruch Performing Arts Center presents "Genderfluid," a week-long festival of performance, film, and art by transgender and genderfluid artists, Sept. 9-14.

Featured performers include Emmy-nominated "Orange is the New Black" star Laverne Cox, performance artist and Gender Outlaw author Kate Bornstein, Andy Warhol superstar Holly Woodlawn, stand-up comedian Ian Harvie, and more.

Baruch Performing Arts Center is located at 55 Lexington Avenue (entrance on 25th Street).

Tickets are available at the box office, online at www.baruch.cuny.edu/bpac,
or by phone at 212-352-3101.

The schedule for "Genderfluid" is as follows:

Laverne Cox and M. Lamar

Tuesday, September 9:

Actor and activist Laverne Cox is one of the most well-known transgender women in the country, with a Time Magazine cover, an Emmy nomination, and numerous national television interviews to her credit. She is joined by her twin brother, artist M. Lamar, as they discuss growing up in Alabama, their growing realization of the paths their lives would take, their family, and their careers today. M. Lamar's solo art exhibition Negrogothic is at Participant Sept. 7-October 12; he also played Cox's character pre-transition on "Orange is the New Black." This is the first speaking engagement Cox and Lamar have done
together

Gabrielle LeRoux and Victor Mukasa

Wednesday, September 10:

South African artist Gabrielle LeRoux travels throughout Africa photographing transgender individuals. She will show short films she has created about them, as well as many of her photographs, and is joined by Ugandan gender activist Victor Mukasa to discuss the state of transgender issues in Africa.

Passing Ellenville

Thursday, September 11:

A screening of the short documentary "Passing Ellenville," which looks at the lives of James and Ashlee, two transgender teens living in a small, impoverished town in the Hudson Valley. Followed by a talkback with the filmmaker Gene Fischer.

Busted! The Musical

Thursday, September 11:

Bianca Leigh stars in this funny and moving autobiographical one-woman show about her decision to fund her gender reassignment surgery by working as a dominatrix -- a decision that led her to Riker's Island. Original songs by Jeff Whitty ("Avenue Q"), Taylor Mac, and other theatre notables. Directed by Tim Cusack and presented by Theatre Askew.

Kate Bornstein: On Men, Women, and the Rest of Us

Friday, September 12:

Kate Bornstein is the original gender outlaw, and this is an evening of her favorite autobiographical spoken word pieces-her most personal stories, her favorite comic and dramatic monologues from over a quarter of a century on the stage with this material. With great love
and tenderness, Kate gently guides audiences through a moving, rollicking, and ultimately uplifting journey through sex and gender beyond the binary of men-and-women-only.

"Hedwig and the Angry Inch"

Saturday, September 13:

Hedwig was willing to undergo a sex change to marry the soldier she loves and escape Communist East Germany -- but things didn't quite go as planned. A screening of the rock musical film starring John Cameron Mitchell (the play is currently running on Broadway).

An Evening with Holly Woodlawn

Saturday, September 13:

Film Director Paul Morrissey will introduce Warhol superstar Holly Woodlawn. Holly will be interviewed onstage by Michael Musto about her life and career, and share rare clips from her own collection of her films, TV appearances, and live stage appearances. She'll also perform
a few songs live, including the classic "Walk on the Wild Side" -- which Lou Reed wrote about HER. A rare evening with a legend.

Ian Harvie: Superhero

Saturday, September 13:

You may know Ian Harvie as Margaret Cho's opening act, a cross-country headliner or a groundbreaking trans comedian unafraid to joke about subjects no other comedian has ever touched. Harvie is hilarious, poking fun at topics from top surgery, to his fear of public
restrooms, to his active sex life. Harvie's unique act queers the traditionally macho, sex-obsessed world of stand up in ways you won't believe, proving that laughter cuts across all gender identities and ultimately unites us all. You can see him co-starring on the new TV series "Transparent" on Amazon, out at the end of September.