It took a very long time for me to understand my own gender; is so often just tossed at us from childhood and we are expected to go with it. Growing up in the Bay Area in the 2000s, I surprisingly never heard about being trans. In fact, until close to college, my only experience…
Jane Marie
I’m an animist and a down-to-earth mystic. I see the world as both beautiful and alive and full of suffering. I think suffering gives grace meaning and I revere it; this makes me an outlier as far as this culture goes. James Baldwin was talking about being an artist and an outsider when he said…
Mojo
I’m a dancer. I’m an artist…but more importantly I’m a plant. I’m constantly growing, shapeshifting, blossoming, turning with the wind, and reaching for the sun. The ways I look and feel one season may differ from the next…and this is life, and it’s beautiful. Gender Identification/pronoun:They/Them Age : 31 Location : Oakland
Aerin Riegelsberger
My trans identity continues to be an evolution. A current goal of mine is to practice self care and acceptance at every step possible. Making myself visible is part of that radical self acceptance. Right now I’m really focusing on asserting and voicing myself, prioritizing my health and safety, doing work that other folk’s don’t…
Joseph Liatela
I am a multi disciplinary artist newly based out of Los Angeles, California working in performance, print making, and video. My work explores the way we perceive gender, intimacy, memory, trans/queer intergenerational connection, and the self. Using movement, hormones, ritual, and medical technology to create a dissenting body, I draw from my experience in trans,…