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A found text musical project based on Das 3. Geschlecht.
Music and Adaptation by @adamjrineer
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Come to the punk cabaret, old chum. 🤘🏳️‍⚧️🎸

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Join us for our Salon and Gathering for Trans Day of Remembrance. 5 pm, Open Jar Studios. Donations are Suggested.

Your Host and Ours… Temidayo Amay

Hear material from Doll Girl, about Greer Lankton (1958-1996), an artist and trans woman, whose memory lives on in the work of Lisa Stephen Friday and Joseph W. Ritsch.

Lou Sullivan (1951-1991), a pioneer for trans men, honored in the work of Melliot, the writing team.

The Perceived by Blanca Del Loco is loosely inspired by Kindred by Octavia Butler. She is honoring the memory and legacy of Black trans people throughout history.

Adam J. Rineer’s THIRD SEX: 1930s transvestite lieder, a found text punk cabaret based on Das 3. Geschlecht. (Berlin, 1930-1932)

Our Curator and Organizer is Sandy Sahar Gooen, who founded TEMPO.

Trans Day of Remembrance began to honor the memory of Rita Hester, a Black Trans Woman killed in Massachusetts in 1998, and has continued to honor the memories of trans people who came before us, and those whom we have lost to violence and systemic failures. We say her name alongside those who we are honoring with music, those whose names will be read this year, those known to us and not.

This event is not just for trans people or musicians, it is for those who wish to support and work with us. We will hold space to memorialize, followed by time to connect and build work for a better future.

Speaking of support!

In order to keep programming going, we welcome donations of any type or size. @theetempo on Venmo or inquire about other ways to support us!

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UNTITLED Musical Project is now The Dive.

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Posting this song from @thirdsex1930 from our show on Tuesday, despite my little flubs, because I think it’s so relevant right now. The fact that the original text that @adamjrineer adapted was from 1930 is both a reminder that trans people have always existed — we are not a TikTok trend, and that we are in another cycle of fighting this same fight.

I’ve sang this song “The Desperate Struggle” a bunch of times, but embodying this story of a trans man struggling with his government identification almost 100 years ago, when we’re still here dealing with it in 2026 was a little surreal (and a little challenging, if I’m being totally honest.

The lyric “It’s so easy to kill a person from the desk of bureaucracy” has really been sticking out to me, especially since the original author points out that he was TRYING to just be a regular member of society. We are human, we are your neighbors, your friends, your peers, your lovers. And while it’s a challenging time, this evening reminded me that what we have now that we didn’t always have access to in the past is community. So while I feel afraid for the future, I feel grateful for all the wonderful people in my life who I know will have each other’s backs.

#trans #newmusicals #nycmusicians

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THIRD SEX: Ein Trans*Songzyklus vom Off-Broadway im Juni erstmals auf Deutsch in Wien

Mit großem Stolz dürfen wir am Wiener CSD-Weekend 13. und 14.Juni nicht nur eine deutschsprachige, sondern auch eine europäische Erstaufführung in der Freien Bühne Wien, dem neuen Theater von Gernot Kranner, präsentieren: „ThirdSex – 1930er Trans*Lieder“ ist die deutschsprachige Erstaufführung eines Songzyklus vom Off-Broadway in New York. Der junge amerikanische Komponist Adam J. Rineer hat dazu Texte aus dem deutschen Magazin „Das 3.Geschlecht“ aus den frühen 1930er Jahren, in dem es vorrangig um Trans*Personen ging, übersetzen lassen und vertont. Bei uns kommt dieses musikalische Gesamtwerk, ein Punk-Musical-Songzyklus, erstmals mit den deutschen (Original-)Texten zur Aufführung.

Spielzeiten: 13.+14.06.2026, jeweils 19.30 Uhr,

Freie Bühne Wien, Wiedner Hauptstraße 60b, 1040 Wien

Tickets in Kürze über oeticket.com

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✨ @thirdsex1930 house show
✨ WP gala
✨ travels & random sites
✨ playing friends’ shows and seeing friends’ shows

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Thank you everyone who came to our Trans Day of Visibility Event #tdov #keeptheetempo.

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the whiplash from academic to rock n roller is hard in this one
I just think that reading 90-year-old trans magazines is so punk rock
anyway @thirdsex1930 and the people who support and believe in it continue to give me life
📸: @abigail_grubb
Immense thanks to @mtfmusicals for making this happen and to @arsnovanyc for allowing us to play
@jasona57 @not_dragging @willshish @storycm.music @p_tooey @sushmasahahaha @temidayoma @lisastephenfriday @caden_cristiano

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In reverse order, some 2025 business I’m grateful for…

1) Directed and choreographed a THIRD SEX workshop produced by @mtfmusicals at Ars Nova 📸: @abigail_grubb

2) Directed @theannakjacobs concert at 54 Below

3) Directed a reading of the new musical América Tropical featuring some incredible latiné artists

4) Finished directing and producing the four part @atriptothemoonmusical concert

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post-workshop, more soon
📸: @sushmasahahaha

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In what has become a bit of a tradition, I present to you: my favorites of 2024! 💕

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judy july how could you

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THIRD SEX: 1930s transvestite lieder
@ Ars Nova’s ANT Fest 2024

Music & Adaptation by @adamjrineer

Translations by Erica Kastner & Thomas Gurinskas

Developed with and Directed by @jasona57

Featuring: @lisastephenfriday @temidayoma @simon.gomez.villegas @p_tooey @njjisrelentless @msmurphysmith @willshish @not_dragging

Projection Design by @zacklobel

Props Supervision by @rachelgrafevans

Assistant Director @edixon731

Photos by @dannybristollphoto

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