How to Resist/How to Support

If you haven’t been paying attention to the news (no judgement, I really get it), maybe you haven’t heard, but Trump’s Administration has been thinking of changing the legal definition of sex under Title IX — the federal civil rights law that bans discrimination in education on the basis of gender — that would render […]

Why is it rude to ask a trans* person what their birth name was?

If you are a cisgender person, it’s almost certainly crossed your mind: what was their name before? If you don’t know better, you’ve asked, and probably gotten a response ranging from uncomfortable to outright offended. This might have made you confused and probably also upset. You were just asking a question, how were you supposed […]

Learn, Converse, Contribute: Spreading Activism with Patreon

The past year has been a whirlwind; following my summer experiences as a member of the Glyndebourne Academy, I moved to a small German town where I’ve been doing more and more singing. When I came out as trans* and started testosterone I let go of my expectations of being a regularly working singer, but […]