Are Tuxes Trans? Gendered Clothing & Trans Identity in Choir

Are Tuxes Trans? Gendered Clothing & Trans Identity in Choir

Episode 2 of Trans Tea is here! 🎉💖 The tuxedo: a choral tradition, a symbol of formality, and — for a lot of trans and nonbinary people — 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 — 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), director of TRANScendent, Iowa's only trans and non-binary singing ensemble. We're here to talk about queer Iowans living out loud and the voices making it happen. So consider this your invitation — sit back and grab a cup, cuz we're spilling, and the trans tea is always hot. 🌈 SHOUTOUTS 🪩 DMGMC.org [https://www.DMGMC.org] for Tickets to The Silver Party! ❤️ Learn more about First Friday Breakfast Club: ffbciowa.org [https://ffbciowa.org/] 🍵 THE REFILL Check out Common Love DSM: @CommonLoveDSM [https://www.instagram.com/commonlovedsm/] WANT TO SUPPORT OUR WORK? ☕ Buy us a tea at buymeacoffee.com/transteapodcast [https://buymeacoffee.com/transteapodcast] 💖 FOLLOW US 💖 ⁠⁠Tea with Tristan [https://tristanmiedema.substack.com/?utm_campaign=profile_chips]⁠⁠ on Substack ⁠@TristanMiedema⁠ [TristanMiedema⁠] on Instagram ⁠@TristanMiedema [https://www.tiktok.com/@tristanmiedema]⁠ on TikTok ⁠@TheTessaTura⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/thetessatura/] on Instagram ⁠@The_Tessa_Tura [https://www.tiktok.com/@the_tessa_tura]⁠ on TikTok 🎧 LISTEN on your favorite platform: tr.ee/transtea-podcast [https://tr.ee/transtea-podcast] SEE ALL OUR LINKS: linktr.ee/tristanmiedema [https://linktr.ee/tristanmiedema] linktr.ee/tessatura [https://linktr.ee/tessatura] #transvoices #transchoralmovement #transchoir #transchorus #queervoices #queermidwest #midwest #iowachoruses #choir #choirhumor #choirrehearsal #transpodcast #lgbtqchoruses #galachoruses #queermusic #queerpodcast #queerpodcasts #transpodcasts #transpodcaster #desmoines #desmoinesia #nonbinary #nonbinarypodcast #nonbinaryvoices #nonbinarymusic #transmusic #transmusicpodcast #transgender #transrights #choirlife #genderedclothing, #queerfashion #tuxedo #choirperformance Mentioned in this episode: 🎶 Celebrate 25 Years of #MusicThatMatters with DMGMC! Join the DMGMC for their 25th Anniversary Celebration — The Silver Party at Sheslow Auditorium Drake University. Friday & Saturday June 26 & 27 @ 7:30 PM. DMGMC Silver Party [https://trans-tea.captivate.fm/dmgmcsilverparty]

There's trans people in Iowa—and they sing!?!?

It's heeerreee!!! Episode 1 of Trans Tea. 💖 Featuring Tristan Miedema & Tessa Tura from Iowa's only trans an nonbinary singing ensemble TRANScendent. Welcome to Trans Tea, a podcast all about queer life in the Midwest — 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), director of TRANScendent, Iowa's only trans and non-binary singing ensemble. We're here to talk about queer Iowans living out loud and the voices making it happen. So consider this your invitation — sit back and grab a cup, cuz we're spilling, and the trans tea is always hot. 💖 FOLLOW US 💖 ⁠Tea with Tristan⁠ [https://tristanmiedema.substack.com/?utm_campaign=profile_chips] on Substack @TristanMiedema [https://www.instagram.com/tristanmiedema] on Instagram @TristanMiedema [https://www.tiktok.com/@tristanmiedema] on TikTok @TheTessaTura [https://www.instagram.com/thetessatura/] on Instagram @The_Tessa_Tura [https://www.tiktok.com/@the_tessa_tura] on TikTok #transvoices #transchoralmovement #transchoir #transchorus #queervoices #queermidwest #midwest #iowachoruses #choir #choirhumor #choirrehearsal #transpodcast #lgbtqchoruses #galachoruses #queermusic #queerpodcast #queerpodcasts #transpodcasts #transpodcaster #desmoines #desmoinesia #nonbinary #nonbinarypodcast #nonbinaryvoices #nonbinarymusic #transmusic #transmusicpodcast #transgender #transrights Mentioned in this episode: 🎶 Celebrate 25 Years of #MusicThatMatters with DMGMC! Join the DMGMC for their 25th Anniversary Celebration — The Silver Party at Sheslow Auditorium Drake University. Friday & Saturday June 26 & 27 @ 7:30 PM. DMGMC Silver Party [https://trans-tea.captivate.fm/dmgmcsilverparty]