Lui L’Abbate (all pronouns) is a trans and non-binary multi-artist and designer from Brazil. Born and raised in Brasilia and Belo Horizonte, Lui works mainly with technical lighting and lighting design, but also acts, performs, researches, writes and draws. They studied theatre at Brasilia University, did their Master in Theatre with specialization in lighting design […]
The Backstagers is a graphic novel series like no other. It is a deeply caring series about a group of boys in a private high school who work backstage in theatre. And, especially for all of us who actually do work backstage, this imaginative story is a real treat.
A Trans March on Broadway will happen on September 6 after Cameron Mackintosh’s recent comments calling transgender actors playing cisgender roles “a gimmick.”
Liam Klenk was born in Central Europe and has since lived on four continents. He has always been engaged in creative pursuits. Ranging from photography and graphic design, to writing short stories, books, and articles, to working as a show diver, performer trainer, and stage manager for large scale aquatic shows and stunt shows. In 2016, Liam published his first book and memoir, Paralian – Not Just Transgender, where he gives us an authentic view into his incredibly turbulent life journey, which so far has presented him with an abundance of challenges and adversity. This also included aligning his soul with his body when he understood that he was transgender.
Msoke and I met many years ago when he was still known as Namusoke and had just begun making a name for himself as a musician in Switzerland. Never giving up on his dreams, Msoke evolved ever more over the years, as a man, a person, and as the great musician he is today.
Storytelling can change lives. Twenty-seven years ago, I walked into Sec52, a small bookstore in Zurich. I was bored during my summer job and needed some reading material to keep my mind occupied. So, I bought a book which ended up changing my life forever. A book which opened a door and sped up a process which might otherwise have taken a good ten years longer.
Adrian Angelico is one of few trans male opera singers in the world. Now an incredibly successful mezzo-soprano, the gender fluidity within opera has assisted Adrian to live authentically as himself, yet highlighted complexities around his vocal identity and brought awareness to the topic in general. We take a look at Adrian’s career and story, celebrating Pride Month and the LGBT+ community working across the Arts and Entertainment.
Dear readers, the meat of this story is in the title. As I sit here writing this article I am only eight days away from leaving the United Kingdom and beginning a new chapter of my life in the United States. You may be aware by now that I will shortly be giving my all on stage at the Hollywood Fringe Theatre Festival in a stage play which I wrote with my American colleague, the highly talented Byron Tidwell.
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