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.
anohni is another very talented trans musician! she’s the second openly trans person to be nominated for an academy award!
Jair Bolsonaro, a fascist, pro military dictatorship, racist, misogynist, and homophobe, has been elected Brazilian president. My heart goes out to all Brazilians who are in danger and living in fear right now because of him and his horrid followers.
this post is so fucked up because whenever it comes up on my dash i will without fail spend at least 30 seconds dragging a sponge around my screen like an idiot. no matter how many times i see this post it still gets me and now im about to do it again for good measure
In light of the news about the latest horrific white supremacist shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue, as well as the multiple antisemitic acts of violence that have escalated the past couple years, it’s important for those of us who are Christian, or raised Christian, to be in solidarity with Jews.
In that vein I would like to remind my fellow Christians to be mindful of how we talk about and portray Judaism and Jewish people, both in everyday life and when discussing theology. A lot of Christians, when trying to defend Jews, do it by talking about how “Jesus (or Peter, or Paul, or any other Gospel/Epistle Martyr) was Jewish,” and while yes its bad to erase the Jewishness of said figures, it’s an argument that falsely equates the specific nature of historical and modern antisemitic violence with 1st century Christian martyrs.
This is oversimplified at best and dangerously hurtful at worst, considering that much of the centuries of antisemitic violence and ideas that persist today weaponized by bigots of various backgrounds (see blood libel and the weaponized use of the Passion Play and claiming that “the Jews killed Jesus”) has origins directly from the Church, and Christian bigoted fears. Even progressive Christians can end up perpetuating harmful ideas about Judaism (see the “Cruel Old Testament God overcome by Loving Jesus” idea ) Our defense of Jewish people should not be a because of the misleading and patronizing idea that Judaism is an “incomplete” version of Christianity, but because it is a distinct religion, culture, and ethnicity that is very much alive despite the worst people’s efforts to the contrary. We have to confront and resist antisemitism in both its overt and subtle forms within ourselves and our churches.
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