Please join us for a much, much needed night of laughter, community, and resistance while we fundraise for Black trans liberation! There will be light refreshments, raffle prizes, opportunities to interact with performers (bring yall’s tips!), and so much more! Come ready to donate as you learn about LRP’s work to protect Black trans life in Washington State and beyond! Get your tickets now to start off your Pride season the right way—with us—at Lavender Rights Project’s Black Trans Comedy Showcase 2023! It’s going to be a Ki!
This year, the iconic star herself, TS Madison, is hosting our night of laughter with Mx. Dahlia Belle, KJ Whitehead, and a performance by the local queen herself, Beyonce Black St. James!
Lavender Rights Project presents
The Black Trans Comedy Showcase
7pm at The SIFF Egyptian Cinema in Seattle, Washington!
Tickets: $50 /// Raffle tickets: $20 (purchased at event)
Our Spectacular Raffle Prizes
• 2 sets of Alaska Airlines Vouchers (to wherever Alaska flies!)
• Tickets to see Jinkx Monsoon at the Paramount on August 12, 2023
• Tickets to a Seahawks Game Day in the 2023-2024 Season
• Marconi's Chiropractic & Wellness New Patient Certificate in Tacoma, WA
Accessibility Information for Our Event
• ADA Wheelchair Seating Available Upon Request
• Masks required unless you are eating or drinking
• ASL Interpretation
The Performers
T.S. Madison • host • she/her
TS Madison is arguably one of the biggest names on social media and as an influencer! The icon TS Madison also adds reality star to her credit with The Ts Madison Experience airing on WE tv. She can be seen hosting her own show on Fox Soul TV entitled, “Turnt Out with TS Madison.” The new hit show discusses pop culture news, the black church, transgender equality, plus-size women fashion tips, her risqué dms and cinema’s hottest releases.
TS Madison, the music artist superstar, continues to make history. She is featured on Beyoncé’s “Renaissance” track titled “COZY.” Madison and Honey Dijon (a producer on “Cozy,” the song Madison’s audio appears on) are the first Black trans women to land a top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100.
Coined as “The Electric TS Madison,” by popular talk show host, Tamron Hall, as a social influencer rock star, to date, TS Madison has netted millions of followers and increasing daily on Instagram, Twitter, YouTube and other multiple media platforms.
A native of Miami, Florida, Madison’s story of growing up trans and sharing about her life on social media platforms has reshaped the way that the public conceptualizes transgender and gender-nonconforming identities and experiences. Tune in to all things TS Madison @therealtsmadison.
Mx Dahlia Belle • she/her
Hilarious, ignant, and the best sort of mess, Portland-based comedian, writer, and accidental activist MX. DAHLIA BELLE shares insight like a Swiss Army knife - different tools to extract sharpness, softness, vulnerability, hope, and wicked wit. Her work has been published in Cosmopolitan Magazine, The Guardian, The Stranger, and Portland Mercury. She has been a repeat guest on NPR, CBC, XRAY FM, and Portland Radio Project (PRP). Live performances have included Mutiny Radio Comedy Festival, NW Black Comedy Festival, All Jane Comedy Festival, and Portland Queer Comedy Festival!
KJ Whitehead • she/her
Or just KJ, is Chicago's Queen of Radical Comedy. Unapologetically Black, queer, trans and pissed off! For almost a decade, she's shared her experiences through observation and storytelling, but also blunt and vulnerable honesty about herself and how she sees the world. A graduate from Columbia College Chicago with a BA in Comedy Writing & Performance, Comedy Studies Alumni and someone who can occasionally be found burning the American flag and using the ashes as eye shadow.
Beyonce Black St. James • she/her
I'm a Trans Women from New York City. I currently live in the lilac city of Spokane Washington since 1991. I've been an Entertainer for over 20 years. I am the first Trans Empress 43# of Spokane, elected from the community. I'm also Miss Universe Plus WA 2022-23 & Miss West Cost Gay United States-At-Large 2022-23. I am also the 1st in History La Femme Magnificent Enhance International 2019-22 and Miss Island Goddess 2019-23, along with 20+ other titles. Nationwide, I am your Ambassador for PrEP (Chill PILL) campaign nationwide Billboards Posters and Commercial. I'm proud to be able to use my platform as an entertainer to speak out loud and make a change for our community.
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About Lavender Rights Project
Lavender Rights Project elevates the power, autonomy, and leadership of the Black intersex & gender diverse community through intersectional legal and social services. We utilize the law as an organizing principle to affirm our civil rights and self-determination.
Our organization disrupts oppressive systems that target Black gender diverse and intersex communities of color and lead to disproportionate levels of poverty, housing disparities, and gender-based violence, especially among Black and Indigenous people.
OUR VISION
Lavender Rights Project is creating a world in which the Black and Indigenous gender diverse communities are at the forefront of liberation and recognized for our power to build. Representation matters and we are an organization led by Black trans women and femmes. By following their wisdom and nuanced understanding of community needs, we will build decolonized systems of care and support for our people.
OUR LEADERSHIP
Our staff leadership council, formerly known in the community as the WA State Black Trans Task Force, is an intersectional, multi-generational project of community building, research, and political action addressing the crisis of violence against Black trans women and femmes.
Since 2019, they have been providing financial, emotional, and strategic resources for Black trans women and femmes in order to broaden safety nets & increase avenues for justice. Made up of Black trans and non-binary staff members in the Puget Sound, our leadership council guides both the vision and the day-to-day operations of the organization as a whole. Their work is integrated into every key element of LRP.