[Image: Afrika America, Sapphira Cristál, Nina Jones, and Katherine Goforth. Photo by Pax Ahimsa Gethen, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.]
This week I attended and took photos at the fifth annual Expansive showcase of trans and nonbinary classical artists, hosted in San Francisco by The Transgender District and Opera Parallèle.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/funcrunch/albums/72177720335356665/
All photos licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Please credit me as Pax Ahimsa Gethen if you share any of them, thanks!
[Image: Photo of Tavaria “Varia” Merritt and BTC logo courtesy of Be The Change LGBTQIA Community Inc.]
Today in Assigned Media, I interview Ms. Tavaria “Varia” Merritt, a Black trans woman who founded the Be the Change LGBTQ+ community support group while incarcerated.
https://assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/interview-advocacy-incarceration-varia-merritt
[Image: Brick houses in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh. Public domain photo.]
In today’s story on Medium, I reflect on friendship and loneliness as I contrast my childhood in Pittsburgh with my adult life in San Francisco.
In today’s story on Medium, I share thoughts on fair access to music and other media in the digital era.
https://medium.com/counterarts/you-own-nothing-02249a685bb6?sk=58a8ef7fa42ef40a9e606a108b806856
