Recommendation: Peter Toscano
Connor recommends…
Peterson Toscano
A performance based on transgendered or differently gendered characters in the Bible. (yes! they exist!)
A performance based on transgendered or differently gendered characters in the Bible. (yes! they exist!)
I met Peterson in 2008 in Portland, OR when they did a show at the local queer youth center. I was blown away after what I saw in “Transfigurations,” a one “man” show about trans/differently gendered folks in the Bible. My first reaction was to question his sources (in a curious way)since these stories challenged so much of what I grew up being taught; but what I found that not only is Peterson highly educated in these topics, they allow us to understand and see these stories in an entirely different light.
Posted by Zory on December 31st, 2009 at 08:00 am
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December 31st, 2009 at 8:11 am |
I saw this performed in at the Gender Odyssey conference in Seattle this year and OMG IT WAS WONDERFUL.
Keep an eye out for it coming anywhere near you!!!
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December 31st, 2009 at 8:40 am |
I saw this too, and It was absolutely amazing. If you can see it you should!
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December 31st, 2009 at 12:06 pm |
Saw him there too – he was absolutely brilliant.
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January 3rd, 2010 at 3:18 pm |
Yes yes yes! Gender variance and nonconformity is ALL over the Bible and many many religious traditions. Example / fun fact: Baptism taken apart and looked at piece by piece can be seen as a sex-change ritual.
Anyone who wants to geek out on sex, queers, gender, and religion should track me down and we chat.
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