This is my love letter to all the queer musicians out there, making art and kicking ass. If there's an artist you think I should know about, please let me know, I love new music! (I also reblog/post on general queer and trans stuff, as well as some more personal things, hope that's all right).
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
Tom Gabel comes out as transgender
I am in absolute awe.
I’m not even going into detail, because I can’t, but I have to say that no news story has ever meant more to me than this one. This kind of bravery—and honesty—is so unheard of, and I am so full of so many different positive emotions that I can’t even put them into words.
Laura Jane Grace, you are the most phenomenal person I have ever encountered. THANK YOU for paving this path for so many others like you. Congratulations, and good luck. Your fans adore YOU.
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/tom-gabel-of-against-me-comes-out-as-transgender-20120508
I would like to echo fullcollapse’s statement (nice username, btw!). It takes a tremendous amount of bravery to come out, but even more when you’re in the public eye and subject to a thousand times more scrutiny than the average person. That kind of bravery and honesty is beautiful and inspiring, like fullcollapse said. I’ve always been amazed by the passion, intensity, directness, and conviction in her songwriting. I’m glad that she is in a place where she feels she can be open and vocal about this.
I’m a fan of Against Me!’s music and of her wife Heather’s artwork, have been for years. All my love and support goes out to them and their friends & family.
Thank you. <3
Fantastic!
While I don’t listen to Against Me!, this is great c:
My first thought when I saw this was “Holy shit, this is huge.” As the article explains, this is pretty much the first time a major rock artist has come out as transgender, and her willingness to be so open about it is truly incredible. I have never been a great fan of Against Me, but I have always had respect for them. And I still do, perhaps even more so now. I’m excited to see where their music goes from here, and I wish Laura the absolute best of luck. As we all know, it can be incredibly difficult to be a public figure and be out as anything, but especially as trans. I really hope that the awesome, progressive community that tends to be fans of AM! continues to support her and the band.
New track from MEN featured on Homoground #54: http://homoground.com/e54
Powerful documentary - Transgender women speak out about their experience with the Prison Industrial Complex.
GLTR PNCH (Glitter Punch): Brooklyn transxcore
A woman, a transgendered man, and their cat travel towards a mysterious roadside attraction known as “The Thing”. Directed by Rhys Ernst, “The Thing” has its international premiere at Sundance 2012.
Hey everyone! My friend Rhys got his reworked MFA film into Sundance, and I’m helping him spread the word. You may remember the casting call last year which made the rounds on Tumblr and was featured on the Original Plumbing blog when the film’s tentative title was “Tristan and Zooey.”
Check out the current “The Thing” Kickstarter fundraiser to help him finish the film up and travel to Sundance. He needs less than $1,000 by Thursday, so help him and his team out by contributing if you can, reblogging, and spreading the word other ways!
For more info visit thethingfilm.blogspot.com and follow on Twitter @thethingfilm
I’m so glad this finally got made. Help out if you can, or just spread the word!
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Gay Beast “Smithereens” To Smithereens 2011 Skin Graft Records
From their bands’ website;
“Gay Beast formed mid-2005 during a fit of anxiety towards Midwestern passive aggression and as an attempt to make music that was queer in composition and aesthetic. Wielding a battery of drums, scraped and hammered guitars, chanted vocals, retro-future synths, saxophone, and other electronics, the trio (Angela Gerend, Daniel Luedtke, Isaac Rotto) build songs on grounds that adjoin complexity and catchiness, a space where both abrasion and tunefulness inhabit.
With releases on DNT, Gilgongo, and Skin Graft, Gay Beast have garnered a reputation for uniqueness on the rock fringe, their sound being both too weird for the stereotype of a “gay band” and “too gay” for the noise-rock set. Upon examination of the influence blender, one finds remnants of Devo, Captain Beefheart, equatorial pop-rock from the 60s and 70s, no wave, and feminist theory. This concoction, delivered via Gay Beast’s unique political approach to composition, is explored heavily on their third album “To Smithereens”, appearing Winter 2010 on Skin Graft Records.”
Queerphonic Mixtape Featuring Peaches
we give you some of the better, odds and classic songs featuring the beloved and out right amazing artist known as Peaches.
