{{short description|American filmmaker and performer}} {{Infobox person | name = Morty Diamond | education = San Francisco State University | occupation = Filmmaker (Writer, Producer, Director), Artist, Performer }}
'''Morty Diamond''' is a filmmaker, artist, performer, and writer from the United States who has worked alongside the LGBT community for over 14 years.<ref>Joseph, Jennifer. "Girls Will Be... Boys? "From the Inside Out" Explores Radical Gender T." PRWeb. 2005. Accessed October 5, 2016. [https://web.archive.org/web/20161116164219/http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/01/prweb200412.htm].</ref><ref>Erickson-Schroth, Laura. Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource for the Transgender Community. Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press, 2014. p 598.</ref> Diamond has written and edited three books, which all focus on transgender topics, and has also made two films which explore LGBT subjects.<ref>Erickson-Schroth, Laura. Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource for the Transgender Community. Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press, 2014. p 562.</ref>
Diamond was awarded the 2012-2013 Social Science Fellowship at the University of California, Berkeley as an opportunity to study the effects of San Francisco's changing public health care system on transgender groups and individuals.<ref>"Morty Diamond: Social Science Fellowship 2012–2013 | Haas Scholars - UC Berkeley. Accessed October 18, 2016. http://hsp.berkeley.edu/haas-fellows/detail/2857 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161111060926/http://hsp.berkeley.edu/haas-fellows/detail/2857 |date=2016-11-11 }}.</ref> He received his masters of social work from San Francisco State University.<ref>Erickson-Schroth, Laura. Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource for the Transgender Community. Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press, 2014. p 562.</ref>
==Career==
=== Works === Diamond is the author and/or editor of three books: ''From the Inside Out: Radical Gender Transformation, FTM and Beyond'' (2004), ''Trans/Love: Radical Sex, Love & Relationships Beyond the Gender Binary'' (2011), and ''Gendered Hearts: Transgendered, Transsexual, and Gender Variant Writers on Sex, Love, and Relationships'' (2010).<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1N5lAAAAMAAJ&q=%22morty+diamond%22|title=From the Inside Out:Radical Gender Transformation, FTM and Beyond|publisher=Manic D Press|isbn=9780916397968|access-date=November 3, 2016|last1=Diamond|first1=Morty|year=2004}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/transloveradical00diam|title=Trans/Love: Radical Sex, Love & Relationships Beyond the Gender Binary|last=|first=|date=|website=archive.org|publisher=|access-date=November 3, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bookdepository.com/Gendered-Hearts/9781593501617|title=Gendered Hearts: Transgendered, Transsexual, and Gender Variant Writers on Sex, Love, and Relationships|last=|first=|date=|website=bookdepository.com|publisher=|access-date=November 3, 2016}}</ref> Diamond has directed two LGBT films, ''TrannyFags'' (2003) and ''Trans Entities: The Nasty Love of Papí and Wil'' (2007), and starred as "Syd" in the film ''Open'' (2010) directed by Jake Yuzna.<ref>"Morty Diamond." IMDb. Accessed October 18, 2016. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2063660/?ref_=tt_ov_dr.</ref> He also has a production company, Morty Diamond Productions.<ref>Pfeffer, Carla A. "Making Space for Trans Sexualities." Journal of Homosexuality 61, no. 5 (2014): 597-604. Accessed October 5, 2016. doi:10.1080/00918369.2014.903108. p 597.</ref>
''Trans Entities: The Nasty Love of Papí and Wil'' is a pornographic film which explores the sexual relationship between two trans people, the main characters reflecting this. In their 2014 article "On the Affective Force of "Nasty Love", Eliza Steinbock had written that "It consists of four parts interview-driven discussions on sex and gender expression, and three parts steamy, intimate, creative sex."<ref>Steinbock, Eliza. "On the Affective Force of "Nasty Love"." Journal of Homosexuality 61, no. 5 (2014): 749-65. Accessed October 5, 2016. doi:10.1080/00918369.2014.870446. p 751.</ref> Discussing the filmic work of Diamond, Bobby Noble outlined the reoccurring themes present in his work. "Diamond's work is interesting not only for its depictions of social and sexual bodies, but also for the way those bodies are located in historical geographies that have been naturalized into contemporary social space."<ref>Noble, Bobby. "Trans-Culture in the (White) City. Taking a Pass on a Queer Neighbourhood – Bobby Noble." Nomorepotlucks. Accessed October 18, 2016. http://nomorepotlucks.org/site/trans-culture-in-the-white-city-taking-a-pass-on-a-queer-neighbourhood/.</ref> Laura Horak lists Diamond as an important early trans porn filmmaker, along with artists like Mirha-Soleil Ross, Christopher Lee, Stephanie Anne Lloyd, Buck Angel, and Cary Cronenwett.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Horak |first=Laura |date=2020-05-01 |title=Curating Trans Erotic Imaginaries |url=https://doi.org/10.1215/23289252-8143477 |journal=TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly |volume=7 |issue=2 |pages=274 |doi=10.1215/23289252-8143477 |issn=2328-9252|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
In 2005, Diamond took on the role of artistic director of the MIX-NY Queer Experimental Media Festival.<ref>Barrett, M. "QUEER FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL FORUM, TAKE ONE: Curators Speak Out." GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies 11, no. 4 (2005): 579-603. Accessed October 5, 2016. doi:10.1215/10642684-11-4-579.</ref>
Diamond is also known for his performance art pieces which typically aim to challenge and invoke thought about the preconceived notions about gender identity, the binary gender system, and transgender individuals. In the 2014 anthology book ''Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource for the Transgender Community'' Laura Erickson-Schroth makes a specific example from the work ''Ask A Tranny'' "In the piece Ask a Tranny, Diamond sets up a small table or booth in which the general public is invited to ask him anything. His goal in this piece is to draw attention to the scrutiny trans people face."<ref>Erickson-Schroth, Laura. Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource for the Transgender Community. Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press, 2014. p 562.</ref>
=== Community involvement === Aside from his work in the arts, Diamond has been an activist in the LGBT community.<ref>Erickson-Schroth, Laura. Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource for the Transgender Community. Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press, 2014. p 562.</ref>
== Filmography == {| class="wikitable" ! Film<ref>"Morty Diamond." IMDb. Accessed October 18, 2016. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2063660/?ref_=tt_ov_dr.</ref> ! Role ! Year |- |''TrannyFags'' |Producer, director |2003 |- |''Trans Entities: The Nasty Love of Papi and Wil'' |Writer, producer, director |2007 |- |''Open'' |Actor |2010 |}
==Awards and nominations== * Lambda Literary Award Nominee<ref>"Morty Diamond." LibraryThing. Accessed October 18, 2016. http://www.librarything.com/author/diamondmorty.</ref> * Haas Fellow Recipient: Social Science Fellowship 2012-2013<ref>"Morty Diamond: Social Science Fellowship 2012–2013 | Haas Scholars - UC Berkeley. Accessed October 18, 2016. http://hsp.berkeley.edu/haas-fellows/detail/2857 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161111060926/http://hsp.berkeley.edu/haas-fellows/detail/2857 |date=2016-11-11 }}.</ref>
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