“One More Light” Concert Honors Transgender Day of Remembrance With Two Events

November 12, 2023• byMichael Strangeways

In honor of Transgender Day of Remembrance which occurs Monday, November 20th, the Seattle Trans and Nonbinary Choral Ensemble will stage two community concerts featuring music and poetry to honor and remember lost transgender lives. The first event will happen on Saturday, November 18th at 3pm at Rainier Beach Presbyterian Church, 9656 Waters Ave South and the second will be Monday, November 20 at 7:30 pm at Seattle University’s Pigott Auditorium, 1002 E Marion Street.

Sliding scale tickets at www.STANCEseattle.org.

Masks are required for audience members and the Monday event will be livestreamed at www.youtube.com/@STANCEchoir

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Seattle’s only choir by and for transgender and nonbinary singers is excited to announce our second season’s Trans Day of Remembrance concert: One More Light. This afternoon of music and poetry is dedicated to our fallen siblings and will balance our feelings of loss with our hope for a better future.

Doors open at 2:30. Performances begin at 3 pm at Rainier Beach on Saturday.

Doors open at 7:00. Performances begin at 7:30 pm for the Seattle University performance on Monday.

Thank you to our partners at Traction, Queer Power Alliance, and 4Culture for making this event possible.

Featuring the poetry of Subhaga Crystal Bacon.

Accessibility: Masks are required of all audience members to protect the safety of our immunocompromised and disabled community members. Thank you for your understanding. Our venue is wheelchair accessible and will be ASL interpreted. If you cannot attend in person, the event will be recorded and posted the following week.

Your support of our event will allow us to continue building community for the Seattle area gender diverse community.

About the Author: Michael Strangeways

As the Editorial Director/Co-Owner, Michael Strangeways writes, edits and does about a million other jobs for Seattle Gay Scene, Puget Sound's most visited LGBTQ news, arts and entertainment website now celebrating its 14th year as a media outlet. A semi-proud Midwesterner by birth, he's lived in Seattle since 2000. He's also a film producer who would like you to check out the Jinkx Monsoon documentary, "Drag Becomes Him" now available on Amazon.com. In his spare time, he gets slightly obsessive about his love for old movies, challenging theater, "otters", vodka, chocolate, "I,Claudius", Lizzie Borden, real books made out of paper, disaster films, show tunes, Weimar era Germany, flea markets, pop surrealistic art, the sex lives of Hollywood actors both living and dead, kitties, chicken fried steak, haute couture and David Bowie. But, not necessarily in that order.