I’ve been a performance artist most of my life; from playing the villain in school plays as a child, to cosplaying various characters in my burlesque routines for Drrrty Queer. In the midst of all that, I’ve always been passionate about advocacy, and expressing a message through my art. Growing up in Compton, I grew…
Tybalt Lovelace
I’m Tybalt (Babylon on stage) and I am a queer, non-binary transmasc performance artist in my late 20’s with a love of drag and burlesque. I moved to the Bay Area nearly 4 years ago, starting out femme presenting and hustling at the strip clubs on Broadway. But I saw a problem. We were in…
Koras De Silva
I am a Two Spirit non-binary visual and erotic artist. Born in the deep south while raised in the Bay Area from early childhood, I was brought up within diverse cultural communities that shaped my identity and craft as a creator, storyteller, performer and exhibitionist. My practice unpacks a various assortment of mediums that explore…
Miss Ian
She helps run a needle exchange in the Tenderloin called San Francisco Drug Users’ Union. Outside of work she mostly just waits for Billi Moon to develop a clothing line so she can accessorize better for her other full-time job, her King Janesta’s arm candy at social events. When she first to landed in the…
Janesta
I consider myself an Alien. The gender binary never quite made sense to me to be honest. The idea of gender purely being expressed as male or female were two boxes that felt too small and too constricting for me to exist in, thus I took that box, smashed it into a million pieces, took…
Irene
I’ve moved around a bit. Colorado Springs was a shock and so was San Jose. I found myself invisible in a way that reeked of avoidance and inconvenience. Moving to Oakland was like rubbing lotion on ashy elbows. I didn’t even realize I was holding my breath so hard, how tense my entire body. Quickly…