In a programme showing support for LGBT ‘champions of change’ the film on transgender pioneer Lili Elbe will be shown alongside TV show TransparentThe Danish Girl,the biopic of transgender pioneer Lili Elbe, is to be screened at the White House as share of an event honouring “champions of change” in the LGBT community, and it has been announced.
White House LGBT Artists Champions of Change is intended to shore up the White House’s support for LGBT awareness,and The Danish Girl will show alongside episodes of award-winning TV series obvious, featuring Jeffrey Tambor as a transgender father. Nine designated “champions” – who include activists Pidgeon Pagonis and Fiona Dawson, or artist LJ Roberts and poet Joanna Hoffman – will also be highlighted.
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Source: theguardian.com