Shea Diamon: I am Her
Sateen: Finer things
Teddy Geiger AKA teddy<3
Ah-Mer-Ah-Su: Klonopin
KC Oritz: Shut Up
astralstaralien asked:
any trans girl artist recommendations?
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thegaylists answered:
Ah Mer Ah Su - the stage name of Star Amerasu. Her music style has been described as electropop and poptronic. Her music covers subject matter from failed relationships to drug abuse. She released her first full length album “Star” this year and has definitely earned her pop princess title.
Itsbambii - Youtuber and Hiphop/Rap artist. Her first album “Clean & Clear” was released last year and “My LGBT Story” is a must listen.
Kim Petras - This German pop artist has yet to release an album or EP, but has released 3 amazing singles this year. She says she draws inspiration for her music from early 00s pop and 1980s italo disco. She was covered extensively by the media after transitioning at a young age and has said she wants people to focus on her music, not her.
Quay Dash - This hiphop/rap artist has a whole amazing EP titled “Transphobic.” She’s said “I think talking about transgender issues (in her music) is important, but at the same time i’m here to make my music and do what I have to do. Her music is brazen and unapologetic and we all know lady rappers are the best rappers.
Shea Diamond - Pop/Soul singer who began performing at trans music festivals after her incarceration in a mens correctional facility. She released her first EP “Seen it all” this year, and “I am her” is a lovely and empowering track.
Miss Blanks - Australian hiphop/rap artist who’s spoken out about the sexism and double standards in Australia’s rap scene. In her words Miss Blank is “Unapologetic, fierce, and petty.” Her latest single “Good Good D” was released this year.
Sateen - The band name of Exquisite (a trans lesbian woman) and her wife Queen Sateen. The lesbian queer disco duo first got famous as a “het drag couple” in the New York queer scene. They released their self titled EP just last year.
Peppermint - the stage and drag name of Agnes Moore. She creates dance/electronica/house/and homo hop music. She was the first trans woman to ever be out prior to her appearance on Rupaul’s Drag Race. She’s collaborated on a bunch of new singles this year, and released her debut album last year!
She/Her/Hers - The stage name of folk punk artist Emma Grrrl. She just released her first album “Grrrl Angst” this year! “Gender is boring” is very catchy.
SOPHIE - Scottish Synth/“Hyperkinetic” pop artist and producer. Her debut album “Oil of every pearl’s un-insides” was released this year! She uses the Elektron Mononachine to create sounds similar to latex, bubbles, and plastic in her music.
If every person in the world had one of their best friends look at them that way, and express that much joy in what it meant for her to be referred to as the pronoun she is, there would no longer be an argument [over trans rights]. People would just understand.
“Modern artists like Frank Ocean, RuPaul and Janelle Monáe are breaking down barriers in their own ways, but Black LGBTQ musicians have existed as long as music has existed.” 🎶🌈
“So, I found my power through that pen and paper….
Don’t give up hope. I feel like I’m a perfect example of, just like, I thought I had seen it all. And, you know, I thought for me life was over with…
So, for me, it’s to tell the young people to not give up. Believe. Dream. Never stop dreaming. Never give up.”
Shea Diamond dedicates her new song “Seen It All” to the It Gets Better Project.
Born in Little Rock, Arkansas, Shea Diamond grew up idolizing 1) her mother 2) divas, singing into their mics with their souls on their sleeves.
As a homeless teenager looking for funds to proceed with MTF transition, Shea committed a crime that resulted in her incarceration for ten years. Throughout that time, the emotions, memories, struggle, and power accumulated within her, a large source for the breathtaking music she puts out today. As she says, “I found my power through that pen and paper.”
She remembers what it was like being among people who didn’t understand, she remembers fellow transgender young people running away from home and finding themselves on the streets. Some of them committed suicide, she recalls, and before she first began transitioning she too had the overwhelming feeling of being trapped in an existence she couldn’t live in anymore. Everyone around her was happy, it seemed, yet she couldn’t find that same happiness because she couldn’t be herself.
“I was the best actress in the world,” she says, regarding having to pretend to be the gender she wasn’t. But, through community, she came to understand that she wasn’t alone – that she wasn’t so different after all, and that there are so many people who have the same experience as her.
It is with this knowledge that she found hope. And now she urges all young people: believe, dream, don’t give up hope. After all, she thought she had seen it all, and faced greater obstacles than most which seemed unsurpassable, nevertheless she never gave up. She persisted. She knows it gets better, and she wants you to know too.
Shea’s story of perseverance is one that all LGBTQ young people need to hear. The It Gets Better Project is honored to have a voice like Shea’s to share this message of hope.
Shea is currently writing music with Justin Tranter, who is producing her upcoming album. In the past, Tranter has written songs for Britney Spears, Selena Gomez, Justin Bieber, Halsey, Fifth Harmony, Gwen Stefani, Linkin Park, DNCE, and Fall Out Boy.
When Samantha asked Benjamin Scheuer, a friend and musician, why there are no songs about people named Samantha, it sparked an idea.
Scheuer decided to take matters into his own hands and craft a melody called “I Am Samantha” inspired by his friend and her journey to transition. To create the video, Scheuer engaged trans director T Cooper who brought together a fully trans cast and LGBTQ+ crew for the music video.
Now, for Trans Day Of Visibility, we talked to the people behind the video to hear more about their own stories.
“I want stories about gays in space and trans people solving mysteries, and we also need more books exploring the intersectionality of identities.”
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ICYMI: “I am not male or female. I think I float somewhere in between — somewhat on the spectrum.”
LGBT musicians spreadsheet
a few months ago I decided to collect all of the LGBT musicians i’ve found & that amazing people have recommended to me into one spot that’s easily edited and added on to and i’m finally finished with it!!! you can filter the (currently) 465 musicians by different values such as race, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, nationality, status and music genre to find exactly what you need!.
link to the spreadsheet here
I changed the link so that anyone who has it can comment instead of just viewing!
On June 28, 1969, the Stonewall Uprising began; what has been referred to as the start of the modern LGBTQ rights movement would not have happened were it not for trans women of color, especially Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera. In addition to organizing for and participating in the Stonewall Uprising, Johnson and Rivera established Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (S.T.A.R.) in 1970. Rivera and Johnson became keenly aware of the need to organize and care for homeless transgender street youth after participating in various anti-police-brutality actions coordinated by emerging queer liberation groups. The group established a radical platform with the goal to end prison injustice, homelessness, and to create a transformative community that challenged the opporessions from gender and sexuality binaries.
Throughout October, we’re sharing images that celebrate queer trailblazers and influential events in honor of LGBTQ+ history month. Thanks to our friends at @onearchives for providing these wonderful images! 🏳️🌈
Images: Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera at a protest with Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries, the organization they founded in 1970. Drag Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8. ONE Periodical Collection, ONE Archives at the USC Libraries.
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