GET USED TO IT!

GET USED TO IT!

GET USED TO IT! is a one-person multimedia performance by queer filmmaker and archivist Allegra, weaving four decades of personal footage into a live, first-hand account of LGBTQ+ history—from the AIDS crisis to marriage equality to today’s fight for trans rights.

OPENING NIGHT at AUTOMATA LA

Experience intimate moments as I share clips and stories from my personal archive, bringing history to life in a one-person show.

GET USED TO IT! LIVE

Dive into a curated selection of films I've directed that highlight queer voices and histories, blending personal narrative with archival treasures.

My Journey

For over forty years, I’ve documented the stories and moments that make up queer history—capturing lives, movements, and cultural shifts as they happened, and preserving them through film and ephemera.

Archive Highlights

AIDS Crisis & ACT UP Era (late ’80s–’90s)
On-the-ground footage from protests, direct action, and a community fighting for survival—when documenting was an act of resistance.

Women’s March & Early Reproductive Rights Activism (1989)
Early footage capturing intersectional activism and the presence of queer communities within broader movements.

MTV News Years
Behind-the-scenes and on-camera interviews from a pivotal moment in media, including cultural figures and early queer visibility on television.

Underground Queer Culture & “Girl Happy” (1990s)
A portrait of lesbian and queer life in New York and Venice—before mainstream visibility, when community was built in bars, streets, and chosen family.

Trans Youth Story (1990s)
One of the earliest documented stories of transgender teenagers navigating identity, family, and survival—decades before mainstream awareness.

Ex-Gay / Conversion Therapy Movement
Rare footage from inside the movement, later connected to the public unraveling of Exodus—demonstrating the power of documentation to create change.

Marriage Equality – California (2008)
Footage from the brief window when same-sex marriage was legalized before Proposition 8—capturing couples at the moment history shifted.

Assimilation Era (2010s)
A look at the period when it felt like rights had been won—and what was lost, gained, or misunderstood during that time.

Queer Life Now (2020s–Present)
Ongoing documentation of a new generation—artists, activists, and communities redefining queerness today.