Transgender Awareness
5 of the Best Songs In 2021 By Transgender and Queer Artists
One positive element that the pandemic has provided the music industry has been the emergence and support of queer and transgender artists. The industry has predominantly been operated by men and there has been a serious inequality in pay, but now we’re seeing more LGBTQIA+ people and women being promoted and making executive decisions at major music companies. Among the artists that turned the industry on its head and skyrocketed their careers this year are Kim Petras, Shawnee Kish, and Quinn Christopherson. As we close out 2021, these artists and songs continue to shape-shift music and lead us into the next era of sound. Kim Petras – “Coconuts” Like a number of trends and songs in 2021, Kim Petras’ “Coconuts” took off on TikTok after sh...
Celebrate LGBT History Month With This Playlist Featuring Transgender Dance Music Artists
As LGBT History Month wraps up, a San Francisco area radio show has curated a playlist of songs by transgender artists who are continuing to shift the sound and change the music industry one release at a time. Titled “TRANS*CENDENTAL: TRANS*EXCELLENCE,” ADP.FM’s playlist is comprehensive and consists of music by Honey Dijon, Big Freedia, Pabllo Vittar, and many more. It also features two tracks by the late SOPHIE, a renowned electronic music producer who died following an accidental fall in January 2021. Check out the full “TRANS*CENDENTAL: TRANS*EXCELLENCE” playlist below. Recommended Articles The LGBTQ+ community continues to fight what seems to be a never-ending battle. Their voices are slowly bei...
“I Was Living Under a Veil My Entire Life”: How Worthy’s Coming Out Reawakened Her Passion for Music
Amidst the dozens of glimmering discoballs that hovered above the dancefloor, a radiant energy pierced through what was already a jovial crowd. Her exuberance soaring with each thump of a kickdrum, she elevated the spirits of those in attendance. It’s a passion that she, herself, recently reconnected with. The adoration for her craft was losing steam, a train to nowhere slowly stalling in its tracks. However, as she came to terms with her own identity, she inadvertently reignited her love for the art of DJing. In December of 2020, as the world coped with the ramifications of the pandemic, Worthy was dealing with major repercussions of her own after announcing that she is transgender. Worthy performing at Dirtybird CampInn in May 2021. Dirtybird Worthy, who cofounded the famed d...
Friends of the Late SOPHIE Launch Art Auction for Transgender Rights
In the wake of the tragic death of trailblazing electronic music producer SOPHIE in January 2021, the late artist’s friends and collaborators have launched a fundraising effort for Transgender rights. The campaign—an art auction called God Is Trans—will raise money for the Trans Justice Funding Project, a community-led fundraising initiative aimed at justice and equality for Trans people around the globe. Among the items up for bidding: an Eckhaus Latta white silk dress, photos by Renata Raksha and Zoe Chait, and a number of original art works including a print by SOPHIE’s ‘It’s OK To Cry’ music video director Nick Harwood. “As friends and collaborators of Sophie’s in the US, we have organized this online auction and ...
DJ and Author of Transgender Inclusion Policies Kicked Out of Melbourne Nightclub Bathroom
This week at the Melbourne venue Yah Yah’s, Simona Castricum, a renowned DJ and transgender woman, was booted from the club’s restroom after being accosted by security. “A male security guard stood in the doorway of the women’s bathroom and pointed at me and yelled at me quite aggressively ‘out of the bathroom,’” she recounted in a statement to The Age. “I said, ‘I’m a woman, I’m a trans woman.'” Despite Castricum’s response, the security guard continued to yell until another woman came to the musician’s aid. The club has a gender-neutral restroom policy on Thursday nights, the evening of the incident. Castricum is credited for having written the city’s guidelines for inclusion of transgender and gender-diverse individuals at l...
