
Trans Joy is Listening to Your Body
Too often, fat/trans/Black folks are taught to ignore our natural instincts—for food, water, a bathroom break, or a nap—because something else is “more important.”
Too often, fat/trans/Black folks are taught to ignore our natural instincts—for food, water, a bathroom break, or a nap—because something else is “more important.”
Transcript for Episode 54 of the TransLash Podcast with Imara Jones, ‘Angelica Ross on Broadway’.
For the first time ever in my professional life, I felt like I could exhale a breath I hadn’t realized I’d been holding.
“The thing they don’t tell you about setting boundaries is that it’s going to cost you something. You gain a lot, but it doesn’t mean setting a boundary and sticking to it is always going to feel good. I know now that setting those boundaries with my family led me to grief. “
Mine is not the most conventional journey for a musician to have, but I’m glad I took it because I’m more comfortable with not just my voice, but myself.
“Being gender non-conforming allows me to think about the truth behind the homophobia and transphobia passed down to my parents as the residue of a long history of colonization.”
While the misogynistic and sexually charged comments were uncomfortable, there was something oddly thrilling about the transphobic ones…these complete strangers had called my bluff. It felt electric.
I didn’t make this place a trans utopia overnight, but over weeks and months, I have changed the culture.
Cazembe Murphy Jackson and Jack Qu’emi Gutiérrez shared their abortion stories at Outfest 2022.
Zen Pace and Dana Aliya Levinson discuss ‘Fraud’ with Zackary Drucker at Outfest 2022.
Arizona bill, SB1698, would ban "dressing in clothes other than your assigned gender" while "singing, dancing, and monologuing" in public.
15 year ...jail sentences and sex offender registry.
I sing, dance, and monologue to my kid all the time.
This would criminalize me.