I've noticed I lack a little courage when it comes to one aspect of my music in particular. I'm happy (these days, finally) to write music that pertains directly to me. While that is great, what annoys me is that I still struggle to describe my music honestly when I ask for reposts.
I always say something vague like, "I really want this music to get out to folks who would appreciate it" or something like that. Like, you know, I'm happy to put my innermost thoughts and intentions into a song but stating them plainly, in public, is still a struggle.
Perhaps part of me worries there are roving bands of TERFS just looking to jump any trans woman who claims to be a lesbian in public? Or maybe I'm just more generally afraid of what the normies might think? I dunno...
I'm a trans woman, I consider myself am a lesbian as well and I'm gray ace (which I like to shorten to grace because it's fun to say). All of my music deals with one of these topics and has characters who are one or more (if not all) of these things. Hell, the entire origin story of "Lorelei and the Ghost" is a trans allegory1.
At this point in life I honestly can't imagine writing about anything else.
So if you know any lesbians, trans folks, gray ace folks (or more broadly, the LGBTQIA+ community or our allies) who might like my music, please share it! One of the major motivations for me writing this stuff (outside of just personal expression) is simply that I've gained so much comfort and confidence through the queer music and fiction I've taken in over the last two years. I just want to be part of that same movement! Tis why I'm here 🥰.
Now, if you aren't into the music, that's totally fine, I would never ask for a share from someone who isn't feeling it, I'm not like that. But if you are enjoying it, please share this with the queers in your life, I hope it can help a little. If it's anything like my personal experience with queer art, I think it can.
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For real, go listen to "Lorelei's Song", tis right there. Some day I really should do a write up of the deeper meaning in that song... Most of my songs I'm happy to leave open to interpretation, but that one very particularly deals with how music (Lorelei, both the metaphor and the project itself) saved me, again, in a literal and metaphorical way... Maybe in the future. I hesitate because I don't want to take away anyone else's personal interpretation of the song :D