Writing and activism Dunham has written for
The New Yorker,
Artforum and
Granta; as well as
Transgender Herstory in 99 Objects: Legends and Mythologies at the
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives,
UNCOUNTED: Call & Response at
Vienna Secession and the
AL-UGH-ORIES monograph
, as part of
Nicole Eisenman's exhibition at the
New Museum. In 2016, Dunham's first collection of poetry and short essays,
The Fool, was published. The publication is a free, online-only web-book published by Curse of Cherifa. Dunham's memoir,
A Year Without a Name, was published in October 2019 by
Little, Brown and Company. The book was met with positive reviews from
The Atlantic,
Kirkus Reviews and
them. A short section of the book was published online in
The New Yorker. Dunham has collaborated frequently with
transgender activist Tourmaline; their work together includes public speaking, writing, and performance. In 2020, Dunham co-founded Deluge Books, a queer literary press, with
Hannah Baer and
Emily Segal.
Film Dunham's first film appearance was in the 2006 short,
Dealing, as June, a 13-year-old art dealer.
Dealing was written and directed by Dunham's older sister. In 2010, Dunham starred in a second film written and directed by his sister, called
Tiny Furniture, in which Dunham's sister and mother played characters that were loosely based on their own family. Dunham stars as Junior in the film
Happy Birthday, Marsha! about the gay activist
Marsha P. Johnson and transgender activist
Sylvia Rivera in the hours before the
Stonewall riots. Dunham also appeared in artist A.K. Burns' multi-channel video installation
A Smeary Spot. ==See also==