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frames + re-frames | filmmaker | educator | @heylassandra |🏳️‍🌈

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Final photo drop from a fabulous fortnight. Dyke March, the wedding - I mean, film party - @kellyfilmmaker and I put together, our Roxie screening, the Sisters resplendent on stage, and Frameline50 in all its (substantive) glory. 🩷 by @cassandra.herrman

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💜 What a weekend. 💜
Following our @framelinefest premiere at the historic @roxie_theater, we packed @haightstreetart for a second screening of @herequeerontv and a dance party.
Thank you to everyone who joined us to share memories and memorabilia, dance, and celebrate queer history and community. Just like Lavender Lounge, the energy in the room was electric.⚡️🪩
Special thanks to Haight Street Art Center for hosting and partnering with us, to @newwavetothegrave (DJ C’est Jílle) for the music and visuals, and to @camins2dreams, @voonwines, and Chiotras Grocery @karetoff for generously donating wine for the celebration. To @talslott and @_btsueta_ for filming all the joy. Huge thanks as well to @athleteherinner, @flop415 and @lars_s_althoff for craft services, set decorating and that stunning disco ball! #queerdanceparty #frameline50
#pride2026 by @cassandra.herrman

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THIS SATURDAY! HSAC is thrilled to be hosting a screening of Here, Queer, and On TV + a dance party with DJ C’est Jille (@newwavetothegrave).

Meet Lavender Lounge’s creator Mark Kliem (@markkliem), directors Cassandra Herrman (@cassandra.herrman) and Kelly Whalen (@kellyfilmaker), along with crew members, dancers, artists, and community members who helped bring the groundbreaking weekly public access television show to life between 1991 and 1995.

Come celebrate queer media history and community with us. Link in bio for tickets!

#lgbtqhistory #queerdanceparty #pridemonth by @cassandra.herrman

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🎥 Trailer Drop 🪩

Before YouTube, there was Lavender Lounge, San Francisco’s queer public access TV show. A 90s dance party. Rare archival footage not seen in 30 years.

Watch the trailer for Here, Queer, and On TV, a documentary short premiering at San Francisco’s #frameline50 (tickets at rush) 6/19 12:30pm at The Roxie Theater.

Screening + dance party Saturday 6/20 7-10pm at the Haight Street Art Center.
#lgbtqhistory #queerdanceparty #pridemonth by @cassandra.herrman

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As filmmakers who have spent decades working in public media, we wanted to tell a story that celebrates community-powered media making.

After discovering a footnote about a 1990s queer public access TV show in San Francisco called Lavender Lounge, we took a deep dive into the archives at the treasured @glbt_history and found a VHS tape of compiled moments from the show. We were immediately hooked by the colorful dance party footage and DIY spirit of a show that chronicled a transformative moment in San Francisco’s LGBTQ+ history.

We tracked down creator @markkliem who had kept all of the original taped episodes, teamed up with @bavcmedia to begin digitizing the tapes, and started making our movie.

We’re honored to be part of bringing Lavender Lounge back to life.

Come see us at @framelinefest or to our screening and dance party at @haightstreetart! Links in bio.

#HereQueerAndOnTV #Frameline50 #LavenderLounge #QueerHistory #LGBTQHistory by @cassandra.herrman

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We’re thrilled to announce another San Francisco screening of Here, Queer, and On TV + dance party at the Haight Street Art Center, with DJ C’est Jillie. 🪩🏳️‍🌈 June 20, 7pm -10pm 📍215 Haight St., SF
Meet Lavender Lounge’s creator @markkliem Mark Kliem, along with crew members, dancers, artists, and community members who helped bring the groundbreaking weekly public access television show to life between 1991 and 1995.

Come celebrate queer media history and community with us.

Tickets in bio. Shout out to @jamesmichaelcallahan0419 for sharing his fly moves in this clip. #queerdanceparty #lgbtqhistory #frameline50 taken in Haight Street Art Center by @cassandra.herrman

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Lavender Lounge creator @markkliem assembled a volunteer crew of friends and artists to create the groundbreaking ‘90s queer and trans public access TV show, at a time when LGBTQ+ people were largely excluded from mainstream media.

Built through word of mouth, classified ads, and flyers, the weekly show became a space for visibility, resistance, connection—and JOY.

We’re thrilled that some of the folks pictured here will be joining us at our @framelinefest premiere screening of Here, Queer, and On TV, at the Roxie Theater in San Francisco, June 19th, 12:30 - 2:30pm.

Tickets available at rush.

If you miss us at the Roxie, we have an exciting update coming on another local screening! 🌈💜📺

#HereQueerAndOnTV #LavenderLounge #Frameline50 #QueerHistory #LGBTQHistory by @cassandra.herrman

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We’re so excited to premiere our documentary short Here, Queer, and On TV at Frameline50! @framelinefest 🏳️‍🌈🎥

Before YouTube, Lavender Lounge lit up public access TV with a groundbreaking queer and trans dance party show in the ’90s. Thirty years later, creator Mark Kliem brings rare footage back to light, reconnecting the original crew with younger generations at a moment when queer history is once again under attack.

Directed by @cassandra.herrman and @kellyfilmmaker, from a forthcoming documentary feature. 
Catch us in the Doc Shorts lineup at the @roxie_theater on 6/19 at 12:30pm. Tickets at the link in bio or here: https://www.frameline.org/films/frameline50/doc-shorts

Stay tuned for more SF events!

Follow us! @herequeerontv
More about Lavender Lounge and creator @markkliem at the link in bio.

Big thanks to @bavcmedia for partnering with us on the beautiful archival restoration. by @cassandra.herrman

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Magic at The Greek Theatre last night with the fire combo of @indigogirlsmusic and @melissa_etheridge. Lesbian-Palooza. Singing. Collective joy. ❤️ by @cassandra.herrman

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Dyke March SF ❤️💪🏍️ going to try & channel this energy for the rest of the year.
thanks for the 📸 @_susansullivan_ taken in Mission Dolores Park by @cassandra.herrman

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7,400 miles. 24 states. Countless rivers. So grateful for this time that felt outside of time—for seeing friends in Cleveland, New York, Connecticut, Austin, and Phoenix, and for the memorable solo adventures in between.

Key takeaways: The Human League’s “Don’t You Want Me” wins for most-played song, no matter what state you’re in. If I had to suddenly move and find work, being a personal injury lawyer would be the best bet. Austin is killing it in the joy dept with its Sunday public dancing. Asheville is coming back strong. Virginia is incredibly beautiful. Arkansas was a lovely surprise. Home feels like home.

Books/Audiobooks/Podcast reccs:
Dream Count - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Exhibit - R.O. Kwon
Bitch - Lucy Cooke
In The Dark New Yorker podcast Season 3 - Haditha
What Now? podcast with Trevor Noah - Meet Esther Perel, One of My Favorite People
The Ezra Klein Show - Ehud Olmert on Israel’s Catastrophic War in Gaza & Our Lives Are an Endless Series of ‘And’ with Kathryn Schulz
The Telepathy Tapes taken in USA by @cassandra.herrman

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No Kings, Phoenix AZ. 9am, 96 degrees — so many people out with signs and fighting spirit. These three 💛 taken in Arizona State Capitol by @cassandra.herrman

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