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“I am a multimedia chimæra.
I use poetry and prose, music, photography, video, and performance,
to tell stories that meditate on the multiplicities of my Afro-Latinx and Trans experience.
I look to history, personal and collective, to ask questions about power.
I look to the present, here and there, to ask questions about empathy.
I look to the future, ours and theirs, to ask questions about desire.
These alchemical elements come together to form ritually activated altars
in honor of Trans Healing, Black Liberation, and Indegenous Sovereignty.
When the language we were given fails us,
I choose to build a visual poetic realm
purely out of these yearnings, skepticisms, and frustrations.
My path of transformation is one that
returns to ancestral ways of being.
As my guide, muse, and highest self,
I channel Asyra:
the many-faced goddess of light you may only wish to worship.” (from their website)
“Leah Byrd was born and raised in Dayton, Ohio. They grew up spending 13 years in Catholic school in a small Midwestern city leaving very little room for queer spaces within their childhood. Discovering all of the queer content available online was a real game changer on Byrd’s path towards self acceptance. This has driven a strong passion within Leah to create diverse characters within their own media. Leah knows first hand what representation can do to one's mental health and the incredible power that media can have on opening minds.” (from their website)
