BlackTransMagick to perform at 2017 Midwest BLGTA College Conference
From a press release
2016-12-26


#BlackTransMagick


Chicago, IL — Dec. 16, 2016 — The MBLGTACC 2017 Planning Committee is thrilled to announce that #BlackTransMagick—the music and poetry duo composed of artist-activists J Mase III and Vita E.—will provide entertainment the night of Feb. 17 at MBLGTACC 2017. The 2017 Midwest Bisexual, Lesbian, Gay, Transgender & Ally College Conference ( MBLGTACC ) will welcome an expected 2.500 attendees from across the Midwest and around the country Feb. 17-19 for a weekend of workshops, activities, and community-building at Chicago's Navy Pier.

As solo artists and as #BlackTransMagick, both J Mase III and Vita E. have toured the United States and the world and have been featured in publications such as BuzzFeed, the Root, and the New York Times. In their own words, "We are a multi-gendered piece of Black Trans, multi-faith, neurodivergent, clay seeking to make a world for ourselves and those like us to rebuild in. For the masses we exist as poets and beats, but to those who we call family, call artists, call Black & Brown trans creators, call queer artists of color, call wisdom seekers, we are part of the very real revolution centering Black trans people."

MBLGTACC is an annual three-day conference hosted by Midwestern colleges and universities in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. For the past quarter-century, the Conference has served to provide a safe space for LGBTQ+ people, as well as their allies, to gather as a social and academic community and to celebrate diversity across all intersections of queer identity. In anticipation of February's conference, MBLGTACC organizers have created the Twitter hashtag #25QueerYears to tie together social media posts relevant to attendees. For more information about MBLGTACC, or to register for the conference, please visit Website Link Here .


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