TRANSDANGEROUS CABARET - A Proud Voices Event

Beyond the boundaries and defying expectation there is... The Transdangerous Cabaret. This is an official Proud Voices, World Pride event. NO COVER! S. Bear Bergman (Toronto) Tom Cho (Melbourne) Scott Turner Schofield (Atlanta) JJ Marie Gufreda (Indianapolis) Mr. Business Casualty (Montreal) Dot Dot Dot (Montreal) Angel leCoq (Montreal) Chase Ross (Montreal) S. BEAR BERGMAN S. Bear Bergman is an author, storyteller, and educator working to create positive, celebratory representations of trans lives. Recent or current projects include two fabulous children’s storybooks featuring trans-identified kid characters, a performance about loving and living in a queer/ed Jewish family titled Gathering Light, teaching pleasure-positive trans/genderqueer sex ed, and his sixth book Blood, Marriage, Wine & Glitter (Arsenal Pulp, 2013). www.sbearbergman.com TOM CHO Tom Cho's collection of fictions, Look Who's Morphing, was published to acclaim in Australia and has recently been released for North America and Europe by Arsenal Pulp Press. Look Who's Morphing was shortlisted for various literary awards, including the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book, and it has been studied in Australia, Canada, USA, Switzerland, UK and Japan. Tom has 70 publications of fiction pieces in literary journals and anthologies, including The Best Australian Stories series, The New Quarterly and Asia Literary Review. http://tomcho.com SCOTT TURNER SCHOFIELD http://www.scott-t-schofield.com/ JJ MARIE GUFREDA JJ Marie Gufreda is the author of Left-Hander in London: A Field Guide to Transgenders, Lesbians, Gays and Bisexuals - In the Family, On the Job and In the Pew and is a playwright and performer. Her new production is titled, Left-Hander in London – The Earthquake. JJ is the President of the Indy Rainbow Chamber of Commerce and is a frequent speaker on Diversity, Religion and Political issues. JJ is married and has three children and three grandchildren. http://www.lefthanderinlondon.com MR. BUSINESS CASUALTY Mr. Business Casualty takes his inspiration from queer icons and musical masters Freddy Mercury and David Bowie to create a modern love affair between activism and performance art. He dreams of a softer world, of sequins and gay orgies, where global debt is paid off by America’s military budget and life is a cabaret. He has been overjoyed spending 2013/2014 in Montreal, taking in the sights, tasting the food and tickling the posteriors of the populace. https://www.facebook.com/MrBusinessCasualty DOT DOT DOT Dot Dot Dot is the drag queen persona of trans man Ander Gates, and founding member of the Slippery Slope Cabaret. Drawing from dance, clown and burlesque, Dot amuses and arouses audiences! Dot is your baby cousin, your hot crush, and your strange uncle wrapped into a superficially attractive package. https://www.facebook.com/polkadotgriffith ANGEL LECOQ Angel LeCoq is a drag artist based in Montreal, Quebec. She has taken her loud-mouthed politics onto the stages of Montreal's queerest and finest stages including Royal Pheonix, Cafe L'Artère, and Café Cléopatre. Playing with spoken word, food, dance, beauty, and anger, Angel seeks to challenge the world around her. Look out world - Angel is pissed! CHASE ROSS http://chaseross.tumblr.com/