activist – Holden Madagame

Some Thoughts on Visibility

Posted on April 1, 2019April 1, 2019 by Holden Madagame

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 […]

Has your sexuality changed since taking testosterone?

Posted on February 28, 2019June 9, 2020 by Holden Madagame

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 […]