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- ↑ "'Transformer' Chronicles Power Lifter's Complex Gender Transition". Exclaim! , October 19, 2018.
- ↑ "Austin Film Festival: ‘Chappaquiddick,’ ‘Call Me By Your Name’, ‘Darkest Hour’ Round Out Lineup". Deadline Hollywood , September 26, 2017.
- 1 2 "Transgender Documentary ‘Transformer’ Bought by Gravitas". Variety , July 10, 2018.
- ↑ "Guelph's Michael Del Monte wins big at Hot Docs with Transformer". CBC Kitchener-Waterloo, May 9, 2018.
- ↑ "pINCO Triangle takes three Queer North awards". Sudbury Star , June 20, 2018.
- ↑ "2019 Canadian Screen Award Nominees for Documentary". Point of View , February 7, 2019.
