The Butch and the Baby Daddy is an animated short, excerpted from the book How to Get a Girl Pregnant. 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.  

Animated Documentary

This project is a collaboration of the director/animator Barb Taylor and writer/director Karleen Pendleton Jiménez. The two artists worked together previously on the award winning short film Tomboy

How to Get a Girl Pregnant is based on the book of the same name by Karleen Pendleton Jiménez, published in 2011 by Tightrope Books. It was a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award and chosen for the 2013 Over The Rainbow List by the American Library Association.

Festivals 2023/24

Reframe, Peterborough
ReelOut Kingston
Fishnets and Film, Emeryville, US
Latino Film Market, New York
Queer East Midlands Film Festival  
Bendigo, Australia     
Newark LGBTQ Film Festival   
6th Annual Cinema Systers Film Festival in Paducah, Kentucky
Latina Independent Film Extravaganza (LIFE)  LA, California 
Festival Mix: Cine y Diversidad Sexual/ Film & Sexual Diversity   Mexico City, Mexico
Reel Out  Charlotte  Annual LGBTQ Shorts Night,   Charlotte North Carolina
DesMoines Latino Festival, Iowa
Seattle Latino Film Festival  
CineFem 11: Con una mirada de mujer, Uruguay
Cinema Diverse: The Palm Springs LGBTQ Film Festival  
San Antonio QFest film festival
The Women’s Film Festival, Philadelphia  
Latin American Toronto Film Festival
Queer Hamilton Film Fest
2023 Reel Q: Pittsburgh LGBTQ+ Film Festival
International Queer Film Festival, Belgrade
Poppy Jasper Festival, California  
Lesflicks LGBTQ History Month Film Festival   UK
Leeds Queer Film Festival, UK
Animaqueer, Brazil

Poppy Jasper International Film Festival, California, US

Background

Support from Ontario Creates and Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto has enabled Coyle Digital to create The Butch and the Baby Daddy. For more on Coyle Digital visit Coyle Digital.