trans baby talk | Liz & Ruby Mascarenhas

“This body was build by me. I made it myself. In a way, I became pregnant with myself, I gave birth to myself…” - Renata Carvalho

This is a conversation circling questions and confusions that come up for us as trans femmes who have just recently given birth to ourselves. Especially the question of (not necessarily older) elder references and transcestrality is the focus of this show. We´re asking more questions than we offer answers tbh. Who or what is a reference or a transcester or a traviarca? Are there role models? How do we deal with contradictions in their life line? This discussion reflects on a German and Brazilian context through our personal perspectives with the limitations that brings. ancester

Since everyone should listen to more trans artist and we don´t want to talk your ears off we intermission the show with music by Trans and Travesti artists from Brasil and Germany.