Anthony Hand
@anthonyhand.bsky.social
Former Midwestern farm boy living in Silicon Valley. UX designer and filmmaker: "Maxxie LaWow: Drag Super-shero"
www.maxxie.com
www.maxxie.com
Visit the Maxxie LaWow shop at Swish Embassy:
www.maxxie.com/merch
www.maxxie.com/merch
November 29, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Visit the Maxxie LaWow shop at Swish Embassy:
www.maxxie.com/merch
www.maxxie.com/merch
Reposted by Anthony Hand
For all those who celebrate, Happy Thanksgiving!
We hope the holiday gives you a chance to rest, recharge & spend meaningful time with people you love. If you’re traveling, may your journey be safe, smooth & drama-free.
Grateful to be part of this vibrant community with all y’all!
#gratitude
We hope the holiday gives you a chance to rest, recharge & spend meaningful time with people you love. If you’re traveling, may your journey be safe, smooth & drama-free.
Grateful to be part of this vibrant community with all y’all!
#gratitude
November 27, 2025 at 7:05 PM
For all those who celebrate, Happy Thanksgiving!
We hope the holiday gives you a chance to rest, recharge & spend meaningful time with people you love. If you’re traveling, may your journey be safe, smooth & drama-free.
Grateful to be part of this vibrant community with all y’all!
#gratitude
We hope the holiday gives you a chance to rest, recharge & spend meaningful time with people you love. If you’re traveling, may your journey be safe, smooth & drama-free.
Grateful to be part of this vibrant community with all y’all!
#gratitude
"Maxxie LaWow: Drag Super-shero" screened Sunday night at the SF Oasis after two amazing performances from drag kings VERA! & Jota Mercury.
Johnny Burgess & Anthony Hand ended with a Q&A.
It felt so right to celebrate this film in a venue filled with queer creative history.
#Oasis #MaxxieLaWow
Johnny Burgess & Anthony Hand ended with a Q&A.
It felt so right to celebrate this film in a venue filled with queer creative history.
#Oasis #MaxxieLaWow
November 25, 2025 at 11:04 PM
On behalf of the entire cast and crew of "Maxxie LaWow/ Drag Super-shero," we are mighty proud to help uplift this first collection, and even prouder of the young LGBTQ+ heroes whose courage and creativity light the way for us all.
👉 Explore the exhibit here:
superheroprojectkids.org/heroeswithin
👉 Explore the exhibit here:
superheroprojectkids.org/heroeswithin
November 15, 2025 at 10:33 PM
On behalf of the entire cast and crew of "Maxxie LaWow/ Drag Super-shero," we are mighty proud to help uplift this first collection, and even prouder of the young LGBTQ+ heroes whose courage and creativity light the way for us all.
👉 Explore the exhibit here:
superheroprojectkids.org/heroeswithin
👉 Explore the exhibit here:
superheroprojectkids.org/heroeswithin
Get your tickets today and join me at the Oasis in two weeks for a fabulous drag show with two of my favorite drag kings anda screening off my award winning animated film, Maxxie LaWow: Drag Super-shero!!
💋🌈💖✨
www.maxxie.com/oasis
💋🌈💖✨
www.maxxie.com/oasis
November 7, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Get your tickets today and join me at the Oasis in two weeks for a fabulous drag show with two of my favorite drag kings anda screening off my award winning animated film, Maxxie LaWow: Drag Super-shero!!
💋🌈💖✨
www.maxxie.com/oasis
💋🌈💖✨
www.maxxie.com/oasis
After the fabulous Halloween party at SF Film in SOMA with my friend Nicole Wednesday night, I popped by the SF Eagle for the last few comedians at the Hysteria queer comedy open mic hosted by Wonder Dave.
A fun night in San Francisco!
#lgbtq #sanfrancisco
A fun night in San Francisco!
#lgbtq #sanfrancisco
October 30, 2025 at 7:06 PM
After the fabulous Halloween party at SF Film in SOMA with my friend Nicole Wednesday night, I popped by the SF Eagle for the last few comedians at the Hysteria queer comedy open mic hosted by Wonder Dave.
A fun night in San Francisco!
#lgbtq #sanfrancisco
A fun night in San Francisco!
#lgbtq #sanfrancisco
Happy Hallow-queen, darlings!
From the cast and crew of "Maxxie LaWow: Drag Super-shero"!
Now streaming everywhere...
From the cast and crew of "Maxxie LaWow: Drag Super-shero"!
Now streaming everywhere...
Double, double, glam and trouble…
Dyna Bolical is brewing up pure villainy this Halloween. 🧪💋
Her pumpkin cauldron is bubbling over. Who’s bold enough to take a sip?
👇 Tap if you’d dare drink the potion…
#MaxxieLaWow #DynaBolical #DragVillain
#SpookyGlam #HalloweenHaunt #AnimatedDrag
#Animation
Dyna Bolical is brewing up pure villainy this Halloween. 🧪💋
Her pumpkin cauldron is bubbling over. Who’s bold enough to take a sip?
👇 Tap if you’d dare drink the potion…
#MaxxieLaWow #DynaBolical #DragVillain
#SpookyGlam #HalloweenHaunt #AnimatedDrag
#Animation
October 27, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Happy Hallow-queen, darlings!
From the cast and crew of "Maxxie LaWow: Drag Super-shero"!
Now streaming everywhere...
From the cast and crew of "Maxxie LaWow: Drag Super-shero"!
Now streaming everywhere...
I’m thrilled to share that "Maxxie LaWow: Drag Super-Shero" will be screening at the legendary Oasis on 11/23. Doors at 6 pm.
Oasis has been such a creative engine for queer joy in SF & so many of the incredible artists who helped bring Maxxie to life came from this community.
Oasis has been such a creative engine for queer joy in SF & so many of the incredible artists who helped bring Maxxie to life came from this community.
"Maxxie LaWow: Drag Super-shero" is at Oasis on Sun, Nov 23 @ 7 pm!
An award-winning animated drag musical created by members of the Oasis creative family, with live performances by VERA! & Jota Mercury before the screening & a Q&A after.
Come celebrate queer joy & one of SF’s most iconic venues.
An award-winning animated drag musical created by members of the Oasis creative family, with live performances by VERA! & Jota Mercury before the screening & a Q&A after.
Come celebrate queer joy & one of SF’s most iconic venues.
October 24, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I’m thrilled to share that "Maxxie LaWow: Drag Super-Shero" will be screening at the legendary Oasis on 11/23. Doors at 6 pm.
Oasis has been such a creative engine for queer joy in SF & so many of the incredible artists who helped bring Maxxie to life came from this community.
Oasis has been such a creative engine for queer joy in SF & so many of the incredible artists who helped bring Maxxie to life came from this community.
I'm excited to be supporting my friend, @savrodgers.bsky.social , who's making this cool queer film with some really impressive backers!
🍿🎬💖✨
🍿🎬💖✨
EXCLUSIVE: Surreal sci-fi comedy short Pancake Skank from Sav Rodgers adds Eve Lindley, Reed Northrup & more to cast - buff.ly/N7ke4yl
October 9, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I'm excited to be supporting my friend, @savrodgers.bsky.social , who's making this cool queer film with some really impressive backers!
🍿🎬💖✨
🍿🎬💖✨
Big love to the animators, musicians, and all the crew, cast & queens who made this intergalactic glitter bomb come to life. 💖
"Maxxie LaWow, Drag Super Shero" is now streaming on Amazon, Apple, Google Play, YouTube Movies, and many other platforms!
"Maxxie LaWow, Drag Super Shero" is now streaming on Amazon, Apple, Google Play, YouTube Movies, and many other platforms!
💋 Oh honey… Cinema Crazed got it!
Cinema Crazed called our animated drag adventure “adorable, giggle inducing, and beautiful to look at… exactly the kind of film we need right now.”
They called out the"stellar performances" of the voiceover cast, the music, and animation ("a treat for the eyes").
Cinema Crazed called our animated drag adventure “adorable, giggle inducing, and beautiful to look at… exactly the kind of film we need right now.”
They called out the"stellar performances" of the voiceover cast, the music, and animation ("a treat for the eyes").
October 9, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Big love to the animators, musicians, and all the crew, cast & queens who made this intergalactic glitter bomb come to life. 💖
"Maxxie LaWow, Drag Super Shero" is now streaming on Amazon, Apple, Google Play, YouTube Movies, and many other platforms!
"Maxxie LaWow, Drag Super Shero" is now streaming on Amazon, Apple, Google Play, YouTube Movies, and many other platforms!
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Time to unleash your inner Shero!
When you love yourself, YOU become a shero. And now you can dance to it!
The “Shero” Remix EP drops TOMORROW, Oct 10, featuring fierce remixes by Dirty Disco, Division 4 & Matt Consola, & Rafael M.
Thanks to Swishcraft Music for keeping the power turned up!
When you love yourself, YOU become a shero. And now you can dance to it!
The “Shero” Remix EP drops TOMORROW, Oct 10, featuring fierce remixes by Dirty Disco, Division 4 & Matt Consola, & Rafael M.
Thanks to Swishcraft Music for keeping the power turned up!
October 9, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Time to unleash your inner Shero!
When you love yourself, YOU become a shero. And now you can dance to it!
The “Shero” Remix EP drops TOMORROW, Oct 10, featuring fierce remixes by Dirty Disco, Division 4 & Matt Consola, & Rafael M.
Thanks to Swishcraft Music for keeping the power turned up!
When you love yourself, YOU become a shero. And now you can dance to it!
The “Shero” Remix EP drops TOMORROW, Oct 10, featuring fierce remixes by Dirty Disco, Division 4 & Matt Consola, & Rafael M.
Thanks to Swishcraft Music for keeping the power turned up!
I'm thrilled that @maxxielawow.bsky.social had been selected for this fabulous queer film festival in Bavaria!!
It's an honor that it will be closing their 14th year too.
Prost!! 🍻✨
It's an honor that it will be closing their 14th year too.
Prost!! 🍻✨
Guten Tag, Regensburg! 🇩🇪✨
"Maxxie LaWow: Drag Super-shero" is strutting her glitter-stilettoed heels for her Deutschland-Premiere at the fabulous QUEER-Streifen Film Festival! 💫
- Wednesday, 22 October 2025, 6 pm
- Kinos im Andreasstadel, Regensburg
Prost to queer stories on the big screen!
"Maxxie LaWow: Drag Super-shero" is strutting her glitter-stilettoed heels for her Deutschland-Premiere at the fabulous QUEER-Streifen Film Festival! 💫
- Wednesday, 22 October 2025, 6 pm
- Kinos im Andreasstadel, Regensburg
Prost to queer stories on the big screen!
October 8, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I'm thrilled that @maxxielawow.bsky.social had been selected for this fabulous queer film festival in Bavaria!!
It's an honor that it will be closing their 14th year too.
Prost!! 🍻✨
It's an honor that it will be closing their 14th year too.
Prost!! 🍻✨
Reposted by Anthony Hand
✨ Today!!
"Maxxie LaWow: Drag Super-shero" is coming to Avenidas in Palo Alto for a special community screening, hosted by their LGBTQ+ group, the Rainbow Collective.
📍 Avenidas, 450 Bryant St, Palo Alto
🕝 2:30 pm social + refreshments
🎬 3:00 pm screening + Q&A
💜 Free! RSVP requested.
"Maxxie LaWow: Drag Super-shero" is coming to Avenidas in Palo Alto for a special community screening, hosted by their LGBTQ+ group, the Rainbow Collective.
📍 Avenidas, 450 Bryant St, Palo Alto
🕝 2:30 pm social + refreshments
🎬 3:00 pm screening + Q&A
💜 Free! RSVP requested.
September 24, 2025 at 4:28 PM
✨ Today!!
"Maxxie LaWow: Drag Super-shero" is coming to Avenidas in Palo Alto for a special community screening, hosted by their LGBTQ+ group, the Rainbow Collective.
📍 Avenidas, 450 Bryant St, Palo Alto
🕝 2:30 pm social + refreshments
🎬 3:00 pm screening + Q&A
💜 Free! RSVP requested.
"Maxxie LaWow: Drag Super-shero" is coming to Avenidas in Palo Alto for a special community screening, hosted by their LGBTQ+ group, the Rainbow Collective.
📍 Avenidas, 450 Bryant St, Palo Alto
🕝 2:30 pm social + refreshments
🎬 3:00 pm screening + Q&A
💜 Free! RSVP requested.
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🌈 TONIGHT at 7 pm! 🎬✨
An unforgettable night of queer cinema:
⭐ Maxxie LaWow: Drag Super-shero: hometown premiere!
⭐ Willa Justice: Drag Queen Private Eye: campy fun short film
⭐ "Behind the Reel: LGBTQ+ Filmmaking in the Bay" panel
📍 Sunday, Sept 21, 7 pm
📍 3Below Theaters, Downtown San Jose
An unforgettable night of queer cinema:
⭐ Maxxie LaWow: Drag Super-shero: hometown premiere!
⭐ Willa Justice: Drag Queen Private Eye: campy fun short film
⭐ "Behind the Reel: LGBTQ+ Filmmaking in the Bay" panel
📍 Sunday, Sept 21, 7 pm
📍 3Below Theaters, Downtown San Jose
September 21, 2025 at 5:37 PM
🌈 TONIGHT at 7 pm! 🎬✨
An unforgettable night of queer cinema:
⭐ Maxxie LaWow: Drag Super-shero: hometown premiere!
⭐ Willa Justice: Drag Queen Private Eye: campy fun short film
⭐ "Behind the Reel: LGBTQ+ Filmmaking in the Bay" panel
📍 Sunday, Sept 21, 7 pm
📍 3Below Theaters, Downtown San Jose
An unforgettable night of queer cinema:
⭐ Maxxie LaWow: Drag Super-shero: hometown premiere!
⭐ Willa Justice: Drag Queen Private Eye: campy fun short film
⭐ "Behind the Reel: LGBTQ+ Filmmaking in the Bay" panel
📍 Sunday, Sept 21, 7 pm
📍 3Below Theaters, Downtown San Jose
I'm excited to be participating in a panel of fabulously creative LGBTQ+ filmmakers based right here in the San Francisco Bay Area this Sunday evening after the "Maxxie LaWow" screening!
Get your tickets today and join us for a fun evening at 3Below in downtown San Jose!
Get your tickets today and join us for a fun evening at 3Below in downtown San Jose!
Queer Cinema in the Bay: New Voices in Indie Film
Join us Sunday at 3Below for a fabulous evening of queer cinema!
After "Maxxie LaWow", stick around for "Behind the Reel: LGBTQ+ Filmmaking in the Bay."
This panel celebrates Bay Area indie filmmakers.
Sun, 9/21 7 pm
3Below Theaters, San Jose
Join us Sunday at 3Below for a fabulous evening of queer cinema!
After "Maxxie LaWow", stick around for "Behind the Reel: LGBTQ+ Filmmaking in the Bay."
This panel celebrates Bay Area indie filmmakers.
Sun, 9/21 7 pm
3Below Theaters, San Jose
September 19, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I'm excited to be participating in a panel of fabulously creative LGBTQ+ filmmakers based right here in the San Francisco Bay Area this Sunday evening after the "Maxxie LaWow" screening!
Get your tickets today and join us for a fun evening at 3Below in downtown San Jose!
Get your tickets today and join us for a fun evening at 3Below in downtown San Jose!
I'm so proud that our indie animated feature film, "Maxxie LaWow: Drag Super-shero" can partner with the Superhero Kids Project to support their new art and storytelling project focused on LGBTQ+ youth: "Heroes Within".
Please help spread the word!
www.superheroprojectkids.org/heroes-within
Please help spread the word!
www.superheroprojectkids.org/heroes-within
September 9, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I'm so proud that our indie animated feature film, "Maxxie LaWow: Drag Super-shero" can partner with the Superhero Kids Project to support their new art and storytelling project focused on LGBTQ+ youth: "Heroes Within".
Please help spread the word!
www.superheroprojectkids.org/heroes-within
Please help spread the word!
www.superheroprojectkids.org/heroes-within
So proud of our little indie animated musical fantasy to be opening the first year of the CinePride Film Festival!!
👉 Get tickets now!
maxxie.com/cinepride
👉 Get tickets now!
maxxie.com/cinepride
September 8, 2025 at 6:14 PM
So proud of our little indie animated musical fantasy to be opening the first year of the CinePride Film Festival!!
👉 Get tickets now!
maxxie.com/cinepride
👉 Get tickets now!
maxxie.com/cinepride
🏆 My “Iconic Queer Films” project won 3rd place in our company’s recent AI Challenge! 🌈✨
It empowers users to apply "iconic queer film" ratings to help others discover incredible films to put on their watchlists. I seeded the app with iconic ratings for nearly 200 films based on my own research.
It empowers users to apply "iconic queer film" ratings to help others discover incredible films to put on their watchlists. I seeded the app with iconic ratings for nearly 200 films based on my own research.
September 5, 2025 at 11:05 PM
🏆 My “Iconic Queer Films” project won 3rd place in our company’s recent AI Challenge! 🌈✨
It empowers users to apply "iconic queer film" ratings to help others discover incredible films to put on their watchlists. I seeded the app with iconic ratings for nearly 200 films based on my own research.
It empowers users to apply "iconic queer film" ratings to help others discover incredible films to put on their watchlists. I seeded the app with iconic ratings for nearly 200 films based on my own research.
Join us for opening night on the Sunset Strip where you can meet me (Anthony Hand, creator/director/producer) plus members of our fabulous cast & crew!
Got your lewk ready? See you there!
#CinePride2025
Got your lewk ready? See you there!
#CinePride2025
🔥 Holy Lacefront! Maxxie is opening CinePride! 🔥
"Maxxie LaWow: Drag Super-Shero" will be the very FIRST film to screen at the very FIRST CinePride Film Festival.
This is the animated, campy, musical drag adventure you never knew you needed.
Sept 11, 3:30 pm
Tickets: Maxxie.com/tix
"Maxxie LaWow: Drag Super-Shero" will be the very FIRST film to screen at the very FIRST CinePride Film Festival.
This is the animated, campy, musical drag adventure you never knew you needed.
Sept 11, 3:30 pm
Tickets: Maxxie.com/tix
August 28, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Join us for opening night on the Sunset Strip where you can meet me (Anthony Hand, creator/director/producer) plus members of our fabulous cast & crew!
Got your lewk ready? See you there!
#CinePride2025
Got your lewk ready? See you there!
#CinePride2025
Will your mom laugh at it? Mine did. Will RuPaul and Michelle Visage? I hope so!
Join me on September 11, 3:30 at CinePride Film Festival!!
And let’s make cinematic history -- with a little more glitter, please!
Join me on September 11, 3:30 at CinePride Film Festival!!
And let’s make cinematic history -- with a little more glitter, please!
🌈✨ Big, sparkly news!
I’m absolutely thrilled to be featured in the LA Blade’s CinePride Spotlight.
I chat about creating Maxxie LaWow: Drag Super-Shero, a campy, heart-forward animated tale of transformation, resilience, & stepping fully into your power.
#CinePride2025 #lablade
#MaxxieLaWow
I’m absolutely thrilled to be featured in the LA Blade’s CinePride Spotlight.
I chat about creating Maxxie LaWow: Drag Super-Shero, a campy, heart-forward animated tale of transformation, resilience, & stepping fully into your power.
#CinePride2025 #lablade
#MaxxieLaWow
August 27, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Will your mom laugh at it? Mine did. Will RuPaul and Michelle Visage? I hope so!
Join me on September 11, 3:30 at CinePride Film Festival!!
And let’s make cinematic history -- with a little more glitter, please!
Join me on September 11, 3:30 at CinePride Film Festival!!
And let’s make cinematic history -- with a little more glitter, please!
Gazettely gave Maxxie LaWow a rating of 8/10!!! So grateful!!
🥂🎉🌈💖✨
🥂🎉🌈💖✨
✨ “A joyous and wonderfully heartfelt indie gem.” – Gazettely (8/10) ✨
A fantastic review from Gazettely! They totally got the humor, the heart & the fun.
💬 “Maxxie LaWow breathes new life into the superhero origin story with camp, wit, and a potent message of self-acceptance.”
#lgbtq #animation
A fantastic review from Gazettely! They totally got the humor, the heart & the fun.
💬 “Maxxie LaWow breathes new life into the superhero origin story with camp, wit, and a potent message of self-acceptance.”
#lgbtq #animation
August 22, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Gazettely gave Maxxie LaWow a rating of 8/10!!! So grateful!!
🥂🎉🌈💖✨
🥂🎉🌈💖✨
August 20, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Feeling so honored and exhilarated to be part of CinePride’s powerful launch into LA’s queer cultural scene.
#CinePride2025
#CinePride2025
Lights, camera – CinePride! 🌈✨
Woke up to the best news: Edge Media Network just spotlighted the inaugural CinePride Film Festival 9/11-14 in Hollywood.
Guess what? Maxxie LaWow: Drag Super-Shero is named among the featured films! 💖
Let's make Maxxie's Hollywood debut a celebration to remember!
Woke up to the best news: Edge Media Network just spotlighted the inaugural CinePride Film Festival 9/11-14 in Hollywood.
Guess what? Maxxie LaWow: Drag Super-Shero is named among the featured films! 💖
Let's make Maxxie's Hollywood debut a celebration to remember!
August 18, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Feeling so honored and exhilarated to be part of CinePride’s powerful launch into LA’s queer cultural scene.
#CinePride2025
#CinePride2025
So… what are you doing tonight? Grab your friends, hit the club, and let Angie’s voice + Maxxie’s beat carry you straight to the dance floor. 🪩✨
🚨💋 Maxxie’s takin’ over the dance floor! 💋🚨
Bye Girl Bye just sashayed her way up to #7 on Music Week’s Commercial Pop Club Chart — and it wouldn’t be possible without Angie Fisher’s powerhouse vocals serving pure goosebumps & the fierce DJs who’ve been spinning those killer remixes week after week.
Bye Girl Bye just sashayed her way up to #7 on Music Week’s Commercial Pop Club Chart — and it wouldn’t be possible without Angie Fisher’s powerhouse vocals serving pure goosebumps & the fierce DJs who’ve been spinning those killer remixes week after week.
August 15, 2025 at 5:29 PM
So… what are you doing tonight? Grab your friends, hit the club, and let Angie’s voice + Maxxie’s beat carry you straight to the dance floor. 🪩✨
Laraine Newman!!! Such a joy to work with and an incredible Ally to the LGBTQ+ community.
"I'm so proud to be a part of this wonderful film. It's not only groundbreaking, it's damn funny. ❤️"
- Laraine Newman, voice of "Claire"
"Maxxie LaWow: Drag Super-shero" is now streaming on Amazon Prime, Apple TV, Google Play, YouTube Movies, and more.
- Laraine Newman, voice of "Claire"
"Maxxie LaWow: Drag Super-shero" is now streaming on Amazon Prime, Apple TV, Google Play, YouTube Movies, and more.
August 14, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Laraine Newman!!! Such a joy to work with and an incredible Ally to the LGBTQ+ community.