Welcome to Trans Heartbeat!

A series from the Trans Liberation NewsSource (TLN), a program of TRACTION.

NEW! Episode 5: Luna Merbruja & StormMiguel Florez

What if you could shape how you’re remembered as an ancestor… while you’re still alive?

In this episode of Trans Heartbeat, we talk with artist-activists StormMiguel Florez and Luna Merbruja, co-creators of SANTES, a visionary project inviting queer trans BIPOC to reclaim their spiritual legacies.

SANTES asks: How do you want to be fed on an altar? What miracles would you offer? Who are you here for, even after you’re gone?

It’s spiritual, playful, radical and full of joy, autonomy, and ancestral power.

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Episode 4: Meet Rio Antone – An award winning artist and educator whose story will inspire you

In our latest episode of Trans HeartBeat, Rio Antone opens up about their journey from arriving in Las Vegas with just $150 to becoming a leader in community spaces like Gender Translations at The LGBTQ Center of Southern Nevada.

They share the lessons of resilience, the beauty of fluid identity and why building political power matters now more than ever.

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Episode 3: Cathy Renna – Celebrating our Trancestors at the National LGBTQ Wall of Honor

We’re honored to sit down with Cathy Renna, Communications Director of the National LGBTQ Task Force, to talk about this year’s powerful Wall of Honor ceremony at the historic Stonewall Inn. For the first time ever, seven trans pioneers and heroes were inducted, right where the movement began. This episode is about legacy, resistance, and celebrating trans brilliance in the face of adversity.

Watch now and learn why honoring our ancestors is an act of defiance.

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Episode 2: Hayden Stern – Trans Trad Music Festival

Michelle Matlock talks with accomplished musician and community builder, Hayden Stern about the Trans Trad Music Festival and the importance of trans and gender nonconforming artists being visibly represented in traditional music spaces. Learn more about Hayden and Trans Trad Festival at https://www.transtradfest.org Hosted by Michelle Matlock, Trans Heartbeat celebrates and affirms trans existence, empowers responses to the rising tide of transphobic rhetoric in our country, and showcases the power of trans artistic expression. Keep listening! Keep creating! Keep shining your light!

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Trans Heartbeat is a project of TRACTION: Trans Community Action Learn more about TRACTION https://tractionpnw.org.

Episode 1: Mya Byrne’s Trans State of the Union

Our first episode of Trans Heartbeat, highlighting fantastic musical artist Mya Byrne and hosted by Michelle Matlock. Subscribe to follow this artist series!

Trans Heartbeat is a project of TRACTION: Trans Community Action Learn more about TRACTION https://tractionpnw.org.