http://trans-genre.net/content The Premier Web-Community for Transgender Artists, Musicians, Performers and Singers. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:16:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Performer Johnny Blazes is known throughout Boston's drag and burlesque scenes for hir genre-bending, gender-blending, tongue-in-cheek performances. After training in traditional performance arts, theater, opera and ballet, Johnny started to develop hir own style of performance and art. While attending Oberlin College in Ohio, Johnny continued to expand and assert hir ... http://trans-genre.net/content/johnny-blazes Author Jacob Anderson-Minshall writes the syndicated column, TransNation. He co-hosts the Gender Blender radio show on KBOO radio, co-authors the Blind Eye Mystery series, freelances for Just Out, Bitch magazine & KBOO news and co-hosts the QLiterati! reading series. Gender Blender airs monthly on kboo.fm one Tuesday 6-7 pm PST. QLiterati! is ... http://trans-genre.net/content/jacob-anderson-minshall Writer, Artist, Musician Sam Peterson is a Sam-of-all-trades. He’s tattooed Diamanda Galas, been filmed by the Discovery Channel, interviewed by Randy Barbato, taught feminist porn-writing, escaped from a cult, and played at CBGBs. And that was before he manned-up! Currently he’s making music, painting, and writing. He’s particularly ... http://trans-genre.net/content/sam-peterson Jacob Anderson-Minshall With all the protests this past weekend, one could easily conclude that the ban on same-sex marriages is the single greatest affront to LGBT civil liberties today. And yet, many of us are still being violently attacked and sometimes killed simply for being queer or transgender.  ... http://trans-genre.net/content/transnation-dos Power Pop & Garage Rock.  Multimedia Performance Baltimore, MD Citizen Rahne Alexander is a songwriter & multimedia performing artist from Baltimore. She is the frontwoman for the all-girl garage band, The Degenerettes. Rahne is a core member of Baltimore's long-running queer cabaret, the Charm City Kitty Club, and her ... http://trans-genre.net/content/rahne-alexander Singer, Songwriter, and Guitar playing poet. Joshua Aiden Benscoter is a 29 year old trans man living on nothing but cigarettes, caffeine, and his good ol guitar. A St Louis metro area resident, Josh has been playing and writing songs for 15 years. As a new member to the Transgender community, Josh ... http://trans-genre.net/content/joshua-aiden-benscoter Jacob Anderson-Minshall “I have the word ‘Paradox’ tattooed onto my chest,” reveals author, artist, performer, and activist Sassafras Lowrey, who uses the gender-neutral pronouns ze and hir.  The tattoo hints at Lowrey’s complicated gender identity.  “I came out as trans when I was 18 and lived as an FTM—including several years of ... http://trans-genre.net/content/transnation-sassafras-lowrey Spoken Word Kit is a transgender boi, who has been slamming since he was 18 and has won numerous slams and toured all over the country. Kit has featured with nationally recognized poets like Jason Carney, Iyeoka Okoawo, Reggie Gibson and Michael Brown. Before the age of 21, he landed a spot ... http://trans-genre.net/content/kit-yan pop/r&b/dance no single paragraph on a profile could begin to describe the bio of the cute little white guy who has now become his own one man boy band. [hidepost]the story begins in a memphis, tennessee, hospital, where i was born on an elevator going up. after many years lingering in the ... http://trans-genre.net/content/joshua-klipp Writing / Poetry, Photography Pat Paul Jammernegg was born in Salzburg, Austria in 1979. Paul used to live in both Asheville, NC and Salzburg, currently he is planning on relocating and touring (new live readings in 2009). Reader's Round Table Prize by the House of Literature in Salzburg, 2000. Published in the ... http://trans-genre.net/content/pat-paul-jammernegg Musician: Indie Folk, Roots, Americana Joe Stevens is a singer/songwriter based on the west coast, and a modern day troubadour. Joe and his partner Ingrid Elizabeth travel the country as the group Coyote Grace with their debut studio album “Boxes and Bags.” “The Harvey Tour,” a live album from their year ... http://trans-genre.net/content/joe-stevens-coyote-joe Writer, Musician, Performer, Activist Jamez Terry (alias Vermicious Knid) is a zine-writing, fiddle-playing, tomato- loving, radical tranny boy. In 2004, he co-founded the Tranny Roadshow and has since brought fantastic trans performance art all around North America. Jamez' performances blend storytelling, humor, poetry, music, and sometimes circus costumes, ... http://trans-genre.net/content/jamez-terry-alias-vermicious-knid Location: Pacific Northeast US (see tour schedule below) Dates: June 22 - July 3 How long can you hold your breath under water?!? Adelaide Windsome, artist, activist and puppeteer from Boston, will be touring across the Northeast Us with her ukelele, and Nell, the handsome cabin boy, to bring you a puppelele show ... http://trans-genre.net/content/the-handsome-cabin-boy-touring-puppelele-show-northeast-us Musician, Country Dancer Linda Bedore was born on December 4th, 1930, and named after her grandfather, ... http://trans-genre.net/content/linda-bedore June 7, 2008 - Trans as Fuck: Exhibitionism at its finest! @ the SF National Queer Arts Festival Location: SomArts San Francisco, CA 9:30pm Tickets: $8-$15 Sliding Scale Buy Tickets: here This is an 18 and older event. Trans as Fuck was founded in 2004 by Bay Area artists/activists, ... http://trans-genre.net/content/trans-as-fck-exhibitionism-at-its-finest