About 2 years ago I had never seen Wagner live. The first Wagner ‘show’ I saw was a concert version of ‘Tristan und Isolde’ at the Berliner Philharmonic with a dear friend who bought me a libretto to follow with it. I’d heard bits and pieces of Wagner before on records I used to have […]
As I’m writing this I’m sitting on an airplane headed to Austin, Texas, where I’ll do the workshop premiere of the opera ‘Good Country’. I’ll be performing as a transgender character for the first time, and it’s also the first new work I’ve collaborated with. As yesterday was Transgender Day of Visibility, I wanted to […]
I’ve gotten this question quite a few times. The short answer is yes, it has. The long answer is yes but it’s complicated. As a kid I was raised Catholic and sexuality wasn’t really even a thing, let alone queer sexuality. When I came out as a lesbian in college, I had already had the […]
I’ve compiled a handful of questions that everyone is thinking, or that I’ve been asked. Some of them are appropriate, and some of them aren’t. I’d like to just leave this here so in case you have one of these questions, you’ll never have to ask me about it! I’ll be updating this guide as […]
One of the most common types of questions that people have about my transition is about my vocal transition: how has it changed, what changed, does it feel different, etc. I’ve written a few articles about these changes and will continue to update people on these changes. It’s important to document these things, because trans*singers […]
Dear You, At the expense of seemly naïve or foolish, I needed to let you know, that I think you’re amazing. You’re so beautiful, but you don’t even realize the ways that you’re most beautiful. You go around walking/riding/driving/running/swimming with all of these worries and insecurities about your body or your brains, but weirdly enough, […]
I skipped German class today. I KNOW, I KNOW you don’t have to tell me that’s not what good kids do, but that’s what happened. Instead though, I took a very necessary trip to Ikea for this guy: a cloth drawer. That probably sounds insane, coupled with the fact that I spent 30-minutes looking at […]
My mother is coming in exactly one week. She’s bringing various warm clothes, things I’ve shipped to myself via Amazon, and most importantly, a suitcase full of peanut butter. I know, you’re jealous. I will be drowning in a sea of oily, peanutty goodness, slathering it across everything with as big an implement as I […]
Hey kids. So I wrote a novel during November. I finished with 50,080 words, which means I won! Woo! That said, it was not easy. In fact, I think it was probably one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to discipline myself to do, especially the times when my word count was below what […]
Have you ever heard of NaNoWriMo? It’s a writing marathon where millions of people individually write a minimum 50,000-word novel during only the month of November. I’ve had a few friends who have done it religiously, and one friend in particular who I distinctly remember being probably the only person my high school to have […]