Matt Nadel

Since 1982, police have weaponized Louisiana’s Crime Against Nature by Solicitation (CANS) law to terrorize queer/trans Louisianians. CANS Can’t Stand follows a group of Black trans women in New Orleans who are fighting to repeal that law—and advance trans liberation statewide.

When Miles enters Camille's art studio, he is drawn in by her creative productivity, the languid sensuality of her long days, and the coherence of the worlds in her paintings. As the summer unfolds, an intense intimacy builds in studio 210.