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workshops
Image: A color image of a smiling non-binary Black person, with a close cropped fade haircut, wearing a tank top and unzipped hoodie, is looking directly into the camera. They are quoted to the right. Black Trans Stories Matter - Because storytelling is social justice, is printed beneath the portrait.
Photo 📷 Molly Gazay
“It is humbling to have the opportunity to engage with brave participants, helping them express their true stories, which capture the Black Trans narrative in all its raw authenticity and wisdom.”
Kiebpoli Calnek -Black Trans Stories Matter, TMI Workshop Leader
queer & trans love stories
Two non-binary, trans-masculine people are sitting nude in a lush outdoor space, looking off to the side. Flowers cover the white-bodied persons chest, while the brown skinned person’s chest is covered by the position of the person in front of them.
Q T L S
(“cuties” — The L is silent)
QTLS are gender expansive content with diverse characters navigating the world through ever relatable love story narratives. [personal project]
essay
Divine Vertical Liberation
Commission: DIVINE VERTICAL LIBERATION - Black Bodies and the Healing Power of Aerial Rope Dance, published under Eva Yaa Asantewaa’s editorial guidance for IMAGINING: A Gibney Journal, issue 3.
Take a moment to read or listen.
Performance
#BlackLivesMatter
Aerial rope performance by Black*Acrobat.
Matthew Hussey gives me (very gendered) dating advice on The Harry Talk Show.
THE WEAVER
Short film by Melinda James, directed by India Sky Davis; Paradise: Topsy Turvy Queer Circus
BODYWARP: Doublecloth
Collaboration with Indira Allegra
Weaving as performance art using historical and emotional tension as material.
Podcast / Audiobook Narrator / Voice
HOW TO GET OVER THE END OF THE WORLD
by Hal Schrieve
Read by Scott Turner Schofield, JJ Hawkins and Kiebpoli Calnek
- Boldly weird, cool, and confident, this YA novel of LGBTQ+ teen artists, activists, and telepathic visionaries offers hope against climate and community destruction.
How To Get Over The End Of The World
by Hal Schrieve
A Bird in the Air Means We Can Still Breathe
By Mahogany L. Browne
“A gorgeous tender testament to the generation of young people who shouldered the pandemic”
A Bird in the Air Means We Can Still Breathe
By Mahogany L. Browne
Breathe: Journeys to Healthy Binding
by Maia Kobabe & Sarah Peitzmeier PhD
“BREATHE is both a practical resource for trans and nonbinary folks and an engaging and perspective-broadening listen for anyone interested in what it means to be on a journey of expressing one’s gender in ways that are joyful, healthy, and affirming.”
Breathe: Journeys to Healthy Binding
by Maia Kobabe & Sarah Peitzmeier PhD
On The Flip Slide - BrickaBrack Ensemble
Celebrating The Complete Works of Pat Parker
Documentary
EMBODIMENT (2018) Short Documentary by Maria Giulia Mancuso Prizzitano and Edwige Pezzulli
New York on the Clock: Kiebpoli Calnek - Aerialist (2010) PBS
BOY I AM (2006) Documentary by Sam Feder and Julie Hollar