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Venus Boyz
2002, 103 minutes

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Media type
Country of origin

United States of America

Switzerland

Germany

Filming locations

England

Switzerland

United States of America

New York, United States of America

London, England

London, England

Zürich, Switzerland

New York City, New York, United States of America

Production company

Clockwise Productions

ONIX Filmproduction

Teleclub AG

Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)

Technical specs

B/W

Colour

35mm

Languages

English/English

German/Deutsch

Content Warnings
Unreviewed
Description

A film journey through a universe of female masculinity. A legendary Drag King Night in New York is the point of departure for an odyssey to transgendered worlds, where women become men — some for a night, others for their whole lives. What motivates them? What changes take place? What do they dream of? The drag kings of New York meet in clubs and change lustfully into their male alter egos, parodying them and exploring male eroticism and power strategies. In London we see women experiment with hormones to become new men and 'cyborgs'. Masculinity and transformation as performance, subversion or existential necessity.

Frameline. “Venus Boyz.” Accessed August 7, 2025. https://www.frameline.org/films/frameline26/venus-boyz.