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Photo of two brown, queer boys on a stage performing in front of a dark black background. One is wearing earrings, a blue overcoat, and a wite jumpsuit which has big baby pink and baby blue-colours flowers. Another is wearing bright blue lipstick, orange tee, and blue kneww-length shorts. They have their mouths wide open as if singing something.

Video Page: DarkMatter’s Poetry and Trans Politics

DarkMatter is a trans South Asian performance duo from New York. Watch them perform their spoken word poetry and chat about their trans politics, traversing issues of gender, race, desire, migration and more that connects to it.

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September 1, 2016

Video Page: DarkMatter’s Poetry and Trans Politics

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