![]() Throughout their performance, they incorporated tones, whispers and phrases to repeat on a looping device. Vaid-Menon followed Wade’s performance, opening with a moment of silence. She was accompanied by music and two dancers and performed a piece in which she responded to the audience call “Yes Mother” with their own poetry: “I am mother/I am she who reigns/I am she/I am mother/I am star/I am what came from Earth.” Artwork by Caroline Liu at AMFM Gallery/Photo: Danielle LevskyĪctivist, organizer and director of the Brave Space Alliance LaSaia Wade opened the event with a story of how she became involved in activism. In addition, many of the proceeds collected from the event went to the Brave Space Alliance, the first Black-led, trans-led LGBTQ Center located on the South Side. The evening set out to examine the politics, facets, pains, triumphs and ancestral roots of femininity. Colorful illustrations and powerful words surrounded each audience member as the space packed to capacity at 8 PM. The gallery’s walls are covered with art created by emerging and established artists around the Chicago area. On June 19 at AMFM Gallery on the South Side, gender non-conforming writer, educator and performance artist Alok Vaid-Menon and activist, organizer and director of the Brave Space Alliance LaSaia Wade hosted Femme in Public, an evening of comedy, poetry and performance. ![]() Pictured above: Alok Vaid-Menon performing at Femme in Public /Photo: Danielle Levsky ![]()
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