The Butch and the Baby Daddy

Alex has wanted to have a baby almost as long as she can remember. But how is a trans/butch lesbian supposed to get sperm? When she considers asking Mateo, a close gay friend of hers, Alex is forced to investigate what she really values.

  • Karleen Pendleton Jiménez
    Director
    Butch Coyolxauhqui, Tomboy
  • Barb Taylor
    Director
    Bobbi and Sheelagh, Tomboy, Peaceosaurus
  • Karleen Pendleton Jiménez
    Writer
    Tomboy
  • Madi Piller
    Producer
  • Alexandra Castillo
    Key Cast
    "Alex"
    Rookie Blue
  • Jose Arias
    Key Cast
    "Mateo"
    ‘Odd Squad’ (PBS/TVO), ’Conviction’ (ABC), ‘Alphas’ (Syfy) & ‘Amazon’ (Alliance Atlantis), Rookie Blue’ (ABC/Global)
  • Lido Pimienta
    Musician
    Polaris Prize 2016
  • Kate Reid
    Musician
  • Carla Murray
    Sound design
    Lost
  • Alejandra Nunez
    Composer
  • Project Type:
    Animation
  • Runtime:
    6 minutes 11 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    May 7, 2022
  • Production Budget:
    35,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Canada
  • Country of Filming:
    Canada
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Animation
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Reframe Film Festival
    Peterborough
    Canada
    January 26, 2023
    North American
  • Reelout Queer Film Festival
    Kingston
    Canada
    February 4, 2023
Distribution Information
  • CFMDC
    Distributor
    Country: Canada
Director Biography - Karleen Pendleton Jiménez, Barb Taylor

Karleen is the author of the memoir How to Get a Girl Pregnant, the original content on which this short is based. Her short film Butch Coyolxauhqui looking at queer body image, fatphobia, and reclamation was created in 2016. She is the screenwriter for the award-winning animation short Tomboy. Recently she was Script Editor for Barb Taylor’s films Bobbi and Sheelagh and Queen Maeve. She has written four books: Are You a Boy or a Girl? (2000), How to Get a Girl Pregnant (2011). Tomboys and Other Gender Heroes: Confessions from the Classroom (2016) and the recent young adult The Street Belongs to Us. The first two were finalists for the Lambda Literary Award. Her short stories and personal essays have been published in numerous anthologies and magazines, including “Downtown” in Queers Were Here: Heroes and Icons of Queer Canada (2016).

Barb Taylor creates animated films and digital stories. Barb is currently working on her first animated feature, Queen Maeve. based on a legendary queer Irish leader. She’s just wrapped an animated short, created in collaboration with author Karleen Pendleton Jiménez, The Butch and the Baby Daddy about a trans butch lesbian seeking to have a baby. Previous to that she created a hand painted animated short Bobbi and Sheelagh about a lesbian who meets a mythological creature. This film screened at Tricky Women Animation in Vienna and Fairytales in Calgary among others. Barb’s film Tomboy exploring gender expression was the recipient of the CBC Canadian Reflection Award and Inside Out Up and Coming Artist Award among others. A digital storyteller, she received the Corus Innovation Award for a tween online radio station and is a Webby Honoree for the CBC Massey Lectures’ website Blood the Stuff of Life.

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