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Nia King's trying to figure out if her dream of making a living as an art activist is beyond reach. In this podcast, she seeks advice from other political queer artists, trans artists, and artists of color who seem to have figured out how to make art and make rent without compromising their values. (Photo of Nia interviewing Gabby Rivera by Tecpatl DeSequoia.)
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Mixed-race filmmaker Andre Perez discusses growing up queer and trans in the South, being raised by a white mom (in mostly Black environments), and moving to Chicago to have Puerto Rican community. Sponsored by the Bay Area Artists Report.
Read the transcript here. Listen to the interview here or in iTunes. Support the podcast here.
Read the transcript here. Listen to the interview here or in iTunes. Support the podcast here.
PAST Episodes
Here are the guests who have been featured on the podcast thus far. Links go to their website. To access their episodes, click here.
Virgie Tovar - Mexican/Iranian writer and fat activist-scholar
Nia King - queer Black/white podcaster and cartoonist
Kim Tillman - Black queer pop musician
Micia Mosely - Black lesbian stand-up comic
Magnoliah Black - fat Black queer burlesque performer
Julia Serano, Part 1 - (white) writer and trans activist/scholar
Ryka Aoki - Japanese-American transgender writer
Julio Salgado - undocumented queer Mexican-American illustrator
Love Corazón - Mexican/Alaskan Native trans woman of color writer
Yosimar Reyes - undocumented queer Mexican-American poet
Julia Serano, Part 2 - (white) writer and trans activist-scholar
Fabian Romero - Indigenous Chicano queer trans poet
Day Al-Mohamed - Bisexual Arab-American writer and senior advisor the US Dept. of Labor
Miss Persia and Daddie$ Plastik, Part 1 - Drag queen and musicians/performance artists
Miss Persia and Daddie$ Plastik, Part 2 - Drag queen and musicians/performance artists
Sapna Kumar - Indian-American lesbian comedian
Nick Mwaluko - Tanzanian-American transgender playwright and journalist
Safe - (straight) Black/white musician SAFE and I debate the word "mulatto"
Van Binfa - Chilean-American transgender cartoonist
Dr. Kortney Ryan Ziegler - Black transgender documentarian and social entrepreneur
Kiam Marcelo Junio - queer Filipino-American visual and performance artist
J Mase III - Black trans queer poet
Toasted Marshmallows - mixed-race documentarians (Black/white and Sri Lankan/white)
Karinda Dobbins - Black lesbian stand-up comic (audio is not super great)
Juba Kalamka - Black bisexual hip-hop artist (transcript only)
Best of 2013 - excerpt episode
Cherry Galette - queer Chicana/Moroccan dancer and burlesque performer
Lexi Adsit - trans Latina student organizer
Totally Radical Muslims - South Asian zine editors
Manish - queer South Asian artistic director of Peacock Rebellion
Mimi Thi Nguyen - queer Vietnamese-American zinester and academic
Miyuki Baker - queer Japanese-white zinester and global traveler
Mattie Brice - queer Black/white game designer and critic
Amir Rabiyah - Arab/Native queer transgender poet
Book Launch Party!
Mia Mingus - queer Korean-American writer and disability activist
Nina Malaya - Filipina/white trans woman of color editor at Biyuti Publishing
Hari Kondabolu - (straight) South Asian stand-up comic
Kiley May - Native trans woman filmmaker and journalist
Safe, pt 2 - (straight) mulatto musician
Tina Takemoto - queer Japanese-American performance and video artist
Queer Rebels - Celeste Chan and Kali Boyce
Indira Allegra - queer Black/Native writer, video artist and weaver
Texta Queen - genderqueer Indian-Australian illustrator
Ajuan Mance - Black trans queer visual artist
Vivek Shraya - genderqueer Indian-Canadian bisexual musician, author and filmmaker
Elena Rose - Filipina/white trans woman performance poet and minister
Aamer Rahman - (straight) Bangladeshi-Australian stand-up comic
Monica Trinidad - Mexican-American queer painter and prison abolitionist
micha cárdenas - Columbian-American trans woman scholar and performance artist
Grace Rosario Perkins - queer Native painter and multimedia artist
Lynn Cyrin, pt 1 - Black trans woman tech activist
Lynn Cyrin, pt 2 - Black trans woman tech activist
W. Kamau Bell - (straight) Black political comedian
Achy Obejas - Cuban-American lesbian writer
Rob Fatal - queer Chicano/Native filmmaker
Osa Atoe - queer Black zinester and punk musician
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarsinha - queer disabled femme mixed Sri Lankan writer/curator
Lyric Seal - multiracial multigender writer and performer
Sam Levin - queer Chinese/white Jewish reporter
Trish Salah - trans Arab/white poet and academic
Hani and Uzma - co-hosts of The Bollywood Project
Star Amerasu - queer Black trans woman artist and musician
Queer & Trans Artists of Color, Volume 2 Launch Party!
Kamal Al-Solaylee - gay Yemeni-Canadian journalist and author
Hasan Namir - gay Iraqi-Canadian novelist
Qwo-Li Driskill - Two-Spirit Cherokee poet and scholar
Kai Cheng Thom - Chinese-Canadian trans author and poet
Farzana Doctor - queer Indian-Canadian novelist
jia qing wilson-yang - queer trans mixed race Chinese-Canadian novelist and musician
Anthony J. Williams - queer Black non-binary male writer and organizer
Sarah Burke - queer mixed Filipina journalist and former managing editor of the East Bay Express
Paradise Khanmalek - queer Iranian-American visual artist and poet
Gabby Rivera - queer Puerto Rican novelist and comic writer
Samar Habib - Palestinian scholar and author
DJ YNG GMA - biracial genderqueer DJ
Virgie Tovar - Mexican/Iranian writer and fat activist-scholar
Nia King - queer Black/white podcaster and cartoonist
Kim Tillman - Black queer pop musician
Micia Mosely - Black lesbian stand-up comic
Magnoliah Black - fat Black queer burlesque performer
Julia Serano, Part 1 - (white) writer and trans activist/scholar
Ryka Aoki - Japanese-American transgender writer
Julio Salgado - undocumented queer Mexican-American illustrator
Love Corazón - Mexican/Alaskan Native trans woman of color writer
Yosimar Reyes - undocumented queer Mexican-American poet
Julia Serano, Part 2 - (white) writer and trans activist-scholar
Fabian Romero - Indigenous Chicano queer trans poet
Day Al-Mohamed - Bisexual Arab-American writer and senior advisor the US Dept. of Labor
Miss Persia and Daddie$ Plastik, Part 1 - Drag queen and musicians/performance artists
Miss Persia and Daddie$ Plastik, Part 2 - Drag queen and musicians/performance artists
Sapna Kumar - Indian-American lesbian comedian
Nick Mwaluko - Tanzanian-American transgender playwright and journalist
Safe - (straight) Black/white musician SAFE and I debate the word "mulatto"
Van Binfa - Chilean-American transgender cartoonist
Dr. Kortney Ryan Ziegler - Black transgender documentarian and social entrepreneur
Kiam Marcelo Junio - queer Filipino-American visual and performance artist
J Mase III - Black trans queer poet
Toasted Marshmallows - mixed-race documentarians (Black/white and Sri Lankan/white)
Karinda Dobbins - Black lesbian stand-up comic (audio is not super great)
Juba Kalamka - Black bisexual hip-hop artist (transcript only)
Best of 2013 - excerpt episode
Cherry Galette - queer Chicana/Moroccan dancer and burlesque performer
Lexi Adsit - trans Latina student organizer
Totally Radical Muslims - South Asian zine editors
Manish - queer South Asian artistic director of Peacock Rebellion
Mimi Thi Nguyen - queer Vietnamese-American zinester and academic
Miyuki Baker - queer Japanese-white zinester and global traveler
Mattie Brice - queer Black/white game designer and critic
Amir Rabiyah - Arab/Native queer transgender poet
Book Launch Party!
Mia Mingus - queer Korean-American writer and disability activist
Nina Malaya - Filipina/white trans woman of color editor at Biyuti Publishing
Hari Kondabolu - (straight) South Asian stand-up comic
Kiley May - Native trans woman filmmaker and journalist
Safe, pt 2 - (straight) mulatto musician
Tina Takemoto - queer Japanese-American performance and video artist
Queer Rebels - Celeste Chan and Kali Boyce
Indira Allegra - queer Black/Native writer, video artist and weaver
Texta Queen - genderqueer Indian-Australian illustrator
Ajuan Mance - Black trans queer visual artist
Vivek Shraya - genderqueer Indian-Canadian bisexual musician, author and filmmaker
Elena Rose - Filipina/white trans woman performance poet and minister
Aamer Rahman - (straight) Bangladeshi-Australian stand-up comic
Monica Trinidad - Mexican-American queer painter and prison abolitionist
micha cárdenas - Columbian-American trans woman scholar and performance artist
Grace Rosario Perkins - queer Native painter and multimedia artist
Lynn Cyrin, pt 1 - Black trans woman tech activist
Lynn Cyrin, pt 2 - Black trans woman tech activist
W. Kamau Bell - (straight) Black political comedian
Achy Obejas - Cuban-American lesbian writer
Rob Fatal - queer Chicano/Native filmmaker
Osa Atoe - queer Black zinester and punk musician
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarsinha - queer disabled femme mixed Sri Lankan writer/curator
Lyric Seal - multiracial multigender writer and performer
Sam Levin - queer Chinese/white Jewish reporter
Trish Salah - trans Arab/white poet and academic
Hani and Uzma - co-hosts of The Bollywood Project
Star Amerasu - queer Black trans woman artist and musician
Queer & Trans Artists of Color, Volume 2 Launch Party!
Kamal Al-Solaylee - gay Yemeni-Canadian journalist and author
Hasan Namir - gay Iraqi-Canadian novelist
Qwo-Li Driskill - Two-Spirit Cherokee poet and scholar
Kai Cheng Thom - Chinese-Canadian trans author and poet
Farzana Doctor - queer Indian-Canadian novelist
jia qing wilson-yang - queer trans mixed race Chinese-Canadian novelist and musician
Anthony J. Williams - queer Black non-binary male writer and organizer
Sarah Burke - queer mixed Filipina journalist and former managing editor of the East Bay Express
Paradise Khanmalek - queer Iranian-American visual artist and poet
Gabby Rivera - queer Puerto Rican novelist and comic writer
Samar Habib - Palestinian scholar and author
DJ YNG GMA - biracial genderqueer DJ
