How do you learn to love yourself if you’ve never been taught how?

I’m UrFavorite’Threat, and my documentary series Beautiful Boi is my raw answer to that question. As a disabled, nonbinary artist in my 50s, I turned the camera on myself when I couldn’t find stories like mine—especially as one who could be identified as an older Black person navigating transition. What began as a personal journey uncovered universal truths about identity, survival, and the systems that fail us. The biggest lesson was, that loving someone, teaches us to love ourselves.

Read or Listen to this Minnesota Public Radio story.

I wrote an essay series about the making of Beautiful Boi for MN Artist through the Walker Art Center. These can be found here.

I shared my experience with Voyage Minnesota.

My other films are on my YouTube Channel, UrFavorite’Threat.

I’m building my community on Patreon, UrFavorite’Threat.

Why Support This?

- Impact: Your help funds equipment, venues, and artist fees to bring this to underserved communities in 2026 (thanks to a MN State Arts Board grant).

Other Grants that have supported this project include:

Sundance Institute

The Jerome Foundation

Metro Regional Arts Council

- Legacy: This isn’t just my story—it’s a lifeline for others.

- Transparency: Every dollar has a job (see breakdown below).

Where Funds Go

Equipment & rentals

Editing/sound design

Community screenings

Original music

S’mores’ treats (essential crew morale)

Other Ways to Help

- Join my Patreon (UrFavorite'Threat) for $3+ tiers and exclusive access to zoom meetings, raw footage, polls, etc.

- Share this campaign with your network (#beautifulboidoc).

Meet the Team

Eric Tretbar (additional Cinematographer)

Simon M. Sperl (Music Composer)

Celeste Grant (Executive Producer)

David Finch (Consulting Producer )

S’mores (Chief Executive Cuddle Producer )

No social media—just real art. For more in-depth content and conversation, please consider becoming a Patreon supporter.

Learn more: www.beautifulboi.com

And remember:

Undoubtedly we become what we envision. —Claude M. Bristol

Thank you for your consideration.