I'm trans and everything that they're doing against trans people right now is just completely horrific and makes no sense. I'm here by myself. I'm from Staten Island, so it's a very conservative part of New York, and I couldn't get anybody to come with me. I'm here fighting for everybody, and I can't even get one person in my family to fight for me. I appreciate you reaching out to me.
Honestly, it feels so great to be here - because when I'm back in Staten Island, it just feels like no one knows what's happening. I try to get them to understand, and then I'm the bad guy. I don't even try to come off as aggressive. I'm just like, why? I am trying to get them to explain their own thought process, and they can't even answer me. It's sad because I lost my whole family to brainwashing, basically. I'm not by myself here. We have solidarity. First protest going good.
– Frankie from Staten Island, New York
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Editor’s Note: March 31 is International Trans Visibility Day (TDOV). Observed each year since 2009, the day serves to increase visibility, foster allyship, and fight for full equality while celebrating transgender people, their contributions, and resilience. It is a time for advocacy against rising anti-trans discrimination and legislation.
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Signs of the Time is an all-volunteer collective that cares deeply about this fraught moment in time. We celebrate the creative ways people are demonstrating at rallies around the country by taking photos of protest signs and sharing the personal stories behind them. To submit your own sign and story, go to Signs-of-the-Time.com. Photos of signs and interview comments have been used with permission of the sign creators and volunteer photographers/journalists.
I am grateful for this very kind and fun Broad Street Review interview by An Nichols about my acting career. 🙏Thanks to the PR team at Fox Entertainment for approving this interview. #BestMedicineFoxTV. All the praise I give to the Best Medicine cast and crew is accurately reflected in this article. I could praise them even more 😊 My part in the movie Saturday Night (2024), directed by the brilliant and sweet Jason Reitman, was small and became even smaller after editing. However, filming the scene was technically challenging and time-consuming because it took place on a busy street. So, I had hours to improvise off-camera, in character, with Nicholas Braun, and it was exhilarating. Looking back on that night, I still swoon LOL. Ethel & Ernie is a sitcom pilot created by Julia Wakenheim with humor and subject matter close to my heart, with a wonderful cast and crew.
Article at link below:
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Honored to receive the @hidfilmfest best acting award for my work on Ethel & Ernie. It’s a joy to act alongside my exceptional co-star @nikkitabanana17 in a TV pilot I truly believe in, with a talented cast and crew led by an incredible team of women. Congrats to the brilliant director, writer, and actor @juliavillew for winning the best writing award! Julia created a sitcom that is not only hilarious but also humanizes women who are often undervalued. 🙏
@ryanlanae@jenniesherer@mingo_mingere@trayswats
Ethel & Ernie
Written & Directed by Julia Wackenheim
Cast: Ellen Boscov, Nikki McKenzie, Julia Wackenheim, Jaime Moyer, Aldo Uribe, Rachael Drummond
A heartwarming comedy about the unlikely friendship between Ethel Lennon, a 73-year old who has lost her driver’s license & freedom after multiple car accidents, and Ernestine “Ernie” Brown, a 30s PilipinX in-home caregiver, who loves her job but is lonely and misses her family in the Philippines.
Screening in Block E on 3/8 as part of the Hollywood International Diversity Film Festival.
Tickets on sale now at diversityfilm.org/tickets.php
@juliavillew
#filmfestival #filmmakersofinstagram #sitcom #supportindiefilm #whattodoinlosangeles
Best Medicine fan art created by the talented Mark Biggam — the image shows my character, Coffee Karla, from Best Medicine. Thank you, Mark. I love it!
I am honored to act in my favorite show on TV alongside a brilliant cast and crew and thrilled that #BestMedicineFoxTV has been renewed for Season 2.
Best Medicine Tuesday on Fox or the next day on Hulu. Starring Josh Charles, Abigail Spencer, Annie Potts, Josh Segarra, and Cree.
My character, Coffee Karla, is back tonight in beautiful Port Wenn with her wonderful #BestMedicineFoxTV family.
Best Medicine Tuesday on Fox, or the next day on Hulu. Starring Josh Charles, Abigail Spencer, Annie Potts, Josh Segarra, and Cree
I’m honored to have a recurring co-star role on Best Medicine, a TV series I truly love. It’s set in a town where community is family. It’s warm, whimsical, hysterical, and feels like medicine for these times. The cast and crew are not only exceptional in their fields but also genuine and caring. Thanks so much to #BestMedicineFoxTV family for this wonderful experience. My character, Coffee Karla, is back this week!
Tune in to watch Best Medicine Tuesdays on Fox, the next day on Hulu.
Starring Josh Charles, Abigail Spencer, Annie Potts, Josh Segarra, and Cree
I’ll be attending one of the nationwide peaceful No Kings protests this Saturday Oct 18th, tomorrow. 🇺🇸 If you can (physically and mentally), I hope you’ll also attend. I have found it beautiful, moving and exhilarating to be at protests because there is so much positive energy. People are protesting out of love for what our county should be - to protect everyone’s rights which are now being denied or threatened. Power belongs to the people - No Kings!
Attending protests with my daughter @ameliaxanthe and with friends including @peterhedges7@celianyc has made them more meaningful and more fun. If you can, bring friends and family with you.
A Signs of the Time conversation with Peter from Brooklyn, NY
Today's sign/story is a cross-post from the Substack account of Signs of the Time founding member Peter Hedges. Find Peter's "47 Ways Forward – Strategies for Navigating the Next Four Years" on Substack.
On Saturday, October 18, 2025, there will be mass protests all across America. Find a protest nearest you at .
It's time for all of us who are willing and able to raise our voices and take to the streets. Make signs, make noise, and peacefully make the 'good trouble' the late Congressman John Lewis implored us all to make.
If you would like to be a Signs of the Time contributor, please write to us at [email protected]. Signs of the Time is an all-volunteer collective that cares deeply about this fraught moment in time. We celebrate the creative ways people are demonstrating at rallies around the country by taking photos of protest signs and sharing the personal stories behind them. To submit your own sign and story, go to Signs-of-the-Time.com. Photos of signs and interview comments have been used with permission of the sign creators and volunteer photographers/journalists.
Special thanks to Signs of the Time co-founder Ellen Boscov for the interview.
An extra-special shout-out to Ellen's daughter, Amelia Boscov, for taking all the photographs posted here.
