Hatred Will Never Silence Our Art - Trans/Giving Trans/Giving May 29, 6:30 PM -10:00 PM 1200 N. Vista St. Fiesta Hall, Plummer Park West Hollywood, CA (parking is available at 7377 Santa Monica Blvd. near Santa Monica and Martel) West Hollywood, CA-Trans/Giving, LA's award-winning quarterly showcase and display of art, music, performance, and literature.

Our summer show's lineup of artists and performers include:
Steph Pennington,
Marcus Rene Van,
J. Ely Shipley,
Krista Benson,
Cinnastasia,
Daunn Turner,
Sage Chung,
Matt Nishii,
Talia Bettcher,
Shirley Bushnell,
Stephanie Hsieh,
Rachel Dunn,
Tristan Edgarian, and
Egypt Urnash.

Trans/Giving is the only event of its kind in Southern California,and one of the few events in the country where trans/genderqueer/intersexed artists can perform, network, and create opportunities to develop. What makes Trans/Giving different is its focus on trans/genderqueer/intersexed people not as activists-but as artists. With all of our struggling, with all of our protests and tears, it is even more important that art and artists in our community be heard. When we show our poetry, our wit, our music, our images...we become luminous... and maybe people will think twice before wanting to stamp us out.

This event is all ages, alcohol and drug free, but pizza, soda, and cookies inclusive. Suggested donation $5-$20 sliding scale, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds.

"Beyond labels, beyond definitions, human, trans, genderqueer, intersexed, gender-variant, photographers, artists, poets, musicians, sculptors, writers, sharing, giving, Trans/Giving, showcase, delighting, perceiving, shifting, enlightening, not one voice, but an entire chorus, not one star, but an entire sky."

For more information, please email ryka aoki de la cruz at rykaryka@yahoo.com