Tag: LGBT

Queering the Classic Music World

Hahn-Bin, the 23-year-old graduate of Julliard and protégé of the eminent violinist Itzhak Perlman, wants to wake up the sleeping world of classical music with his own blend of music, fashion, and stage presence.  He told the New York Times, “I have always been a performance artist who sings through the violin.” His boundary crossing …

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Twin Boys, One Transgender, Become Brother and Sister

As early as age 4, Wyatt Maines asked his mother, “When do I get to be a girl?” And he told his father he hated his penis. Wyatt always liked girl’s clothes and movies, while his twin brother Jonas played with traditional boy toys. Born identical twins, the siblings share the same DNA, but their …

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