My body has been fighting HIV for 17 years. I am in awe of it for its ability to fight. Sometimes I find that living becomes synonymous with fighting, which is when I remind myself to return to love. I celebrate the history of my body in its scars, vulnerability, age, and expanding sexuality. I celebrate every cell in my body, because it is precious, delicate, profound, and it is MINE. ✨✨✨✨✨✨ (and yes, it’s also laundry day)
A friend just sent me this selfie I took in 1996 and… holy shit. When I look at it, I see someone who is scared and confused, but also someone who is optimistic and energized about the future. Thank Goddess I had music to look forward to. My physical transition was such an affirming and positive influence on my life, but it also thickened my skin in ways that don’t line up with who I really am. In an effort to reclaim that optimism and creative energy, I dove into creating a new catalogue of deeply personal and intimate music which I will be debuting at my Lincoln Center show on February 15. It’s been such an invigorating and cathartic experience, and I’m beyond excited to share it with you. I hope you will come!! Please see the link in my bio for more information. 🖤 #bewhoyouwanttobe #transisbeautiful #selfmade #strongwomen
Thinking about ageism, transphobia, fatphobia, HIV stigma, and all the other shit I have vowed to protect my precious body from. #backstage #transisbeautiful #loveyourself #mybodymychoice Lincoln Center
For those asking about my new tattoos… here is a closer look. This one is Tchaikovsky’s first piano concerto, on me forever because music is life! Come hear me perform FEBRUARY 15 at Lincoln Center in NYC! I’ll be singing new songs I’ve been writing, along with some legit classical playing. Link in bio 🎶 🎼 🎵 🎹 The Appel Room
For those asking about my new tattoos… here is a closer look. This one is Tchaikovsky’s first piano concerto, on me forever because music is life! Come hear me perform FEBRUARY 15 at Lincoln Center in NYC! I’ll be singing new songs I’ve been writing, along with some legit classical playing. Link in bio 🎶 🎼 🎵 🎹 The Appel Room
Good Morning America followed me backstage at Lincoln Center, preparing for my concert last weekend. We chatted about what it means to have a voice, to use that voice, and to never apologize for that voice. Give it a watch! 🥰
Every writer dreams of working with an actor as brilliant as this woman. Thank you for bringing my words to life @mjrodriguez7. I love youuu ♥️♥️♥️ #posefx #transisbeautiful #disney #fx #holidayparty
@curtisleejamie is just so fabulous and inspiring. Had to post. #jamieleecurtis #afiawards #knivesout #posefx Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills
How much do I love thee, @theebillyporter? ♥️♥️♥️♥️ Thank you @americanfilminstitute for honoring @poseonfx! #posefx #afiawards #transisbeautiful Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills
@fxnetworks & @truecolorsunited have joined forces this month in support of National Runaway Prevention Month, a campaign designed to raise awareness around the LGBTQ youth homelessness crisis. Proceeds from the sale of this custom @poseonfx tee will go towards TCU’s efforts to implement solutions! Go to: www.apistores.com/tcustore/
#transisbeautiful #posefx Fox Studios
@fxnetworks & @truecolorsunited have joined forces this month in support of National Runaway Prevention Month, a campaign designed to raise awareness around the LGBTQ youth homelessness crisis. Proceeds from the sale of this custom @poseonfx tee will go towards TCU’s efforts to implement solutions! Go to: www.apistores.com/tcustore/
#transisbeautiful #posefx Fox Studios
To experience change the way I’ve experienced it with my trans sisters over the past decade has been one of the greatest gifts of my life. It has opened my heart to greater potential, reminded me to stay curious and to never be set in my ways. I honestly never thought we’d come this far, and I’m eager to see how much further we’ll progress over the next decade. Thank you Danna, Candis, and Laverne for this one last kiki of the 2010’s. My NYC sisters soaking up the LA sunshine! I love you ♥️♥️♥️ Soho House West Hollywood
Happy International Women’s Day. I never take my womanhood for granted, having spent most of my life fighting to be respected and seen as a woman. But truth be told, it’s not that simple for me. I am and always have been non-binary, although identifying with this term still feels foreign, given the newness of the language in comparison to the antiquity of my spirit. However, “woman” is still a protective and necessary sheath I feel I must wear for my safety in a society that feels anything other than man or woman is a danger, therefore a target of violence. This fight, I believe, is one of the many shared experiences that binds me to the female tribe. I will continue to align with the word “woman,” until the day comes when splintering away from it no longer leaves me feeling prey to the verbal and physical violence I’ve experienced while inhabiting my space within the sacred femme. #happyinternationalwomensday #internationalwomensday #transisbeautiful
One more party hopping photo, because… 🍑🍑🍑 Golden Globes 2020 Live from the Red Carpet
I hope everyone’s having a bootyful holiday season. 🎄☃️❄️🎅🏽🍥 Hollywood Hills
Good morning 2020 #writer #producer #posefx #afiawards #transisbeautiful Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills
Feeling like a Christmas snack 🍭🍪🎄 The Wiltern
Yes, I wanna build a snowman!! ⛄️ The opening night of @frozenbroadway was magical. Go see it. Congrats to @steoremus for slaying the music and to the entire cast and crew of this new national tour! Hollywood Pantages Theatre
Today I celebrate 9 years of continuous sobriety. Thank you to my sober family for selflessly showing me this new way of living. A life beyond my wildest dreams, indeed.
Thank you @ejaf for all the work you do to support HIV prevention, education, and care. We raised over $6 million dollars at last night’s Oscars celebration!! And congrats @eltonjohn on your much deserved Oscar ♥️♥️♥️ Elton John Oscar’s Party
I’m an addict in recovery. Without my sobriety, I’m sure I would be dead. But my first escape wasn’t alcohol or drugs… it was MUSIC. Playing the piano and singing saved me from myself. It dulled the pain of not feeling understood. It made me feel INSIDE life, when so often I felt I was on the outside.
I’ve worked hard to heal this need to escape. I’m now living on the INSIDE of life, not on the outside, and in this recovered life, music has taken on a new meaning. The exploration of sound is no longer an opiate, it is a means of deepening my existence in this world.
My dear sis @tranterjustin and I have collaborated on writing songs that explore the love, pain, struggle, social change, and high-pitched fever of these times. If you are in New York, please come hear their debut at @lincolncenter on February 15th. Details via the link in my bio 🎶 🎼 🎵 🎹 ❤️
Hand me my leather. #criticschoiceawards #transisbeautiful #tattoo #snatched Santa Monica, California
One month from today, I’ll be returning to my first love — MUSIC. During the past 6 years of making television, I’ve continued to compose, play the piano, and sing, but only in private. On February 15, I’ll be performing these songs and compositions for the first time at Lincoln Center in NYC. Please come!! Tickets are now on sale (see link in bio). I hope to see you there ♥️ 🎶 🎼 🎵 🎹
Snatched for the holidays! Brought to you by my trainer, my doctor, my accountant, and the anxiety stemming from my pervasive distrust of humanity. L.A. LIVE
