wearethe99percent: Because of the effects of the Free Trade Agreement in my country, I had to migrate to the US where I don’t have my family and my brothers have been unemployed for more than 14 months. I am the 99%.
1) seyi is so fresh and great chosen family.
2) support more trans POC art and trans immigrant art!
2.5) complex trans and gender non-conforming identities must be celebrated.
3) i am in this too.
4) if you want a general tour of my home. this short film provides that. LOL.
peace check out this work in progress film:
a group (sankofa, kay, xtian, seyi) of gender non conforming, gender queer and transgender p.o.c got together in April to talk about what it meant to be us in this society and challenging race/class/gender/ sexuality/ gender expression in this white supremacist/ patriarchal/ capitalist society. this is a brief excerpt from the project with a focus on my evolution of spirit transcending gender.
“Against the Grain” follows the story of Oluseyi Toyin Adebanjo, a cultural organizer, artist and graduate student who is undergoing testosterone therapy treatment and working to create an identity that is gender non-conforming.
People who undergo testosterone therapy, (often called “T” for short) have the goal of inducing and maintaining the presence of masculine characteristics. Oluseyi talks candidly about the changes in the body, voice, bone structure, and weight just to name a few. There are a number of ways that “T” can be taken on a short or long term basis depending on what the desired outcome is. Oluseyi , who just passed the six month mark of treatment in April explores the issue of transgender non-conformity, self-love and acceptance through Oluseyi’s personal story and conversations with others. As a person of color, that is same gender loving, and non-conforming Oluseyi talks about the challenges of multiple identities and weaving in and out different spaces. Oluseyi also grapples with the choice of undergoing “T” and the contradictions that go along with that decision. Oluseyi struggles with the decision and whether or not to continue on “T” treatment.enjoy! naijaboi
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August 10th
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CALL for participants
Recipes for the People: Documentary seeking contributors
Summer 2011
(please circulate widely)
Looking for QTPGNCTSPOCs and of mixed ancestry passionate about food and social change! (Transgender, Bisexual, Lesbian, Gay, Queer, Gender Non-Conforming, Two-Spirit, People of Color, Mixed Ancestry) Due to lack of financial and physical access, participants must be located in the NYC area!
From colonizers & grandmothers
To body image & food deserts
Of health & history
For blessings & community
Sharing our tables & stories Recipes for the People
COMING SOON A people of color’s history of food
We’re looking for new contributors to work with Recipes for the People (RFP). If you care about food, how it shifts you, your communities, and this world, consider a contribution. If you grow food, passionately make food, write about food, and if food is intrinsically part of your collective/political/artistic/spiritual practice, part of a liberation process, then we would love to talk with you!
Recipes for the People (RFP) is in the process of working on a documentary that focuses on POC/native/two-spirit/mixed mostly* queer ans trans people, and their relationship to food—- making, growing, eating, culture, action.
we will be shooting end of AUGUST 2011- SEPT 2011. if you or someone you know is interested, please have them email: recipesforthepeople@gmail.com or call: (773) 814-6503 no later than 8/22/2011.
Priority will be for QTGNCTSPOC people who understand the intersections of ability, race, sexuality, size, class, gender, religious/spiritual affiliation, nation of origin, age, citizenship status, and many other identities.
re-blogged for pamilya purposes! heyyyyy above is the 2nd tour. i’m from the 1st tour whatwhatttttt!
Mangos With Chili is a Bay Area based arts organization committed to showcasing high quality work of life saving importance by queer and trans artists of color to audiences in the Bay Area and beyond. Founded in 2006 by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha and Ms Cherry Galette, Mangos with Chili began as an annual touring cabaret of queer and trans people of color performance artists, with the goal of creating a cultural institution that would build the careers and visibility of QTPOC artists.
For over 3 years, Mangos With Chili has performed to sold out houses across North America, wowing audiences in world class theaters, underground performance spaces, bars, and campus halls, with their high intensity, breathtaking performance, politics, and storytelling craft, reflecting the lives and stories of queer and trans people of color, while making art that speaks out in resistance to the daily struggles around silence, isolation, homophobia, and violence that QTPOC face.
mangos.with.chili@gmail.com
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mangos-with-Chili/38350228475?ref=ts
off the chain. you go, naija boi seyi! love as always.
sorry i missed the double & yes, i got your texts.
sick & at home, but soon soon.
pre-t & 1 month on 1
1 month on testosterone & 5 shots later
1 month on testosterone 1/7/11
5th shot on 1/5/11
3 shots at 50mg & 2 shots at 100mg dose
my 1st shot I was on my period very ironic
its was a regular period with cramps and lasted 5 days
5th shot on my period again
it was lighter flow with no cramping
good thang is that I can still tell when my body is ovulating and when my period is coming to prep for it.
Body changes
My face is filling out and getting fuller.
Started seeing my mom more and now my father in my face.
Not sure how it will turn out. Want to remain handsome (I know vein)
neck & hands changing
Clit growth and uncomfortable at times.
Feels sore or over stimulated, different to touch is best way I can describe it
Attitude/ Energy
Thangs have been irritating me more often.
Im not sure if just the testosterone or the fact I started during finals month and during financial challenges in my life. Will see how I am this month.
Feels like its harder to cry
Energy level same
Bathrooms
Feeling uncomfortable in womyn’s locker room. Going into the men room at Fela show was interesting because I didn’t feel as uncomfortable as the past. Need to research gender neutral bathrooms/locker rooms at CUNY. Will need them for the spring season for sure.
Gender Status
When I came to this country I have been sir and he until age 25. 25-33 I have been her and madam. Its interesting how society genders you regardless of how you identify. Only difference as an adult is my energy is lighter and not as heavy, dense as during college. Back then I wasn’t open to emotions and now im present to life.
Overall mind/body/sprit
Im excited and feeling good about my choice to take t & looking the way I want too. Im feeling good & healthy. The herbal teas and tinctures are complimenting my body well & supported me in strengthen my body. Weighting going from weekly shots to bi-weekly shots. Dr. Anita was concerned about the muscle with weekly shots & stated I should not feel the lows, depression or sadness because the dip in t level shouldn’t be that much on a bi-weekly basis. I need to figure that out for self. Believe doctors worried about my muscle getting extra scar tissue.
stay up folks and peace
naija boi seyi
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