LGBTQIA+ Pride Day: 5 trans male artists you need to know [LISTA]

Celebrated every 28th of July, the LGBTQIA+ Pride Day emerged in an act of resistance to police repression in 1969, which took place in New York, in the Greenwich Village neighborhood. On that day, the bar stonewall innwith public LGBTQIA+was subject to a police inspection on behalf of customers: 13 people, employees and customers, were detained.

One of the most interesting factors in LGBTQIA+ Pride Day is the recognition of all people who identify themselves in any acronym of the community, from the “L” to “

Rhys Ernst

Rhys Ernst became known for his artistic collaboration with the Zackary Drucker. Both transgender artists documented their former romantic relationship through a series of photographs entitled relationshipdisplayed in Whitney Biennial.

In solo work, Ernst mainly makes films and videos about transgender identity. For him, today’s society is in transition, in the process of moving from an institutionalized patriarchy to a refuge of gender equality, which should be encouraged.

Skylar Kergil

Skylar Kergil is an American activist, singer and songwriter whose work has a folksy sound that usually has a complex message. “Strangers look and want to be the first to / Ask for my life in a word / But it’s not that simple,” sings the artist in “Tell Me A Story.”

Laith Ashley

After Laith Ashley making headlines as one of the first transgender male models to appear in a national campaign in the United States, he began an interesting career in music. His first single, “Can’t Wait,” has a catchy pop tune: “Come on girl / Baby let me love you.”

Ryan Cassata

Ryan Cassata has a strong presence in music, and released “We’re the Cool Kids” to be an escape when everything in life seems hopeless. According to the artist, the song is about coming together and fighting ignorance. In the song, he sings: “We’re turning things around and leading this movement / Let’s prove it / That we’re the cool kids.”

Lucas Silveira from The Cliks

Name of the band’s lead singer Fresno, Lucas Silveira is a Portuguese-Canadian singer responsible for being one of the first trans men to sign a contract with a major label. frontman of The Cliksthe group launched snakehouse with the seal Warner Music Canada in 2007.