Are Tuxes Trans? Gendered Clothing & Trans Identity in Choir
Trans Tea by Tristan Miedema and Tessa Tura
Episode notes
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The tuxedo: a choral tradition, a symbol of formality, and ā for a lot of trans and nonbinary people ā a complicated relationship. In this episode, Tessa & Tristan dig into gendered clothing in the choral movement: what wearing a tux really means when you're trans, how their own journeys with clothing have shaped who they are on stage, and whether it's time choral tradition caught up.
Featuring Tristan Miedema & Tessa Tura from Iowa's only trans and nonbinary singing ensemble TRANScendent.
Welcome to Trans Tea, a podcast all about queer life in the Midwest ā the community, the trans choral movement, and the queer stories yet to be told. Co-hosted by Tessa Tura (she/her), drag entertainer, queer activist, and one of TRANScendent's founding members & Tristan Miedema (he/they), direcĀ ...Ā