I have the worst taste in men 😔 new video essay out now www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eabe...
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And with that, I'm gonna step back from putting my thoughts into videos and songs for a while so I can focus on my German-language comedy (more info on that unexpected pivot in this video). I'll be back when I have something else to say 💗
"Becoming Un-American" - My new video essay is out now!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXTU...
I totally see that, usually the worst part is the wait time for me and maddening phone menus to get to a real person. When I moved to Germany I was so shocked that talking to a real person just means going to my local Finanzamt and waiting for 5 minutes, not waiting for hours on the phone
the truth is that moving to berlin and transitioning are two of the most important decisions i've made in my life and i can only recommend them!!
Being closeted is scary but also sometimes funny because at the height of my denial of being trans I angrily had the thought "moving to Berlin to just be a transsexual is so unoriginal, get new material" lol
🥹Thank you for the kindness!
Just got back from an experimental theater piece exploring trans identity at the English Theater Berlin starring @avelosongs.bsky.social and featuring an appearance by @susanstryker.bsky.social, because this is fucking Berlin and we don't give in to prejudice and fearmongering here. #operalabberlin
Two more performances to go, tonight and tomorrow, 20:00 at the English Theatre Berlin in Kreuzberg
The most rewarding part of this project has been working with Susan Stryker - last May I was citing her work in my video essay about trans voices and now we’ve collaborated on a piece!
And for those who can’t make it, it’ll make an appearance in my next video essay
Just before last night’s premiere of “A Gude to Self-Synthesis,” a music theater piece I co-wrote with Evan Gardner and Opera Lab Berlin! Marius Legowski just gave a very kind review on FluxFM - we have two more shows to go, tonight and tomorrow at English Theatre Berlin 💗🏳️⚧️
It’s been 3 years since I realized that there was a difference between loving bears and wanting to be one myself 🐻💗🏳️⚧️
I also released a new EP today alongside my new video essay - "how i'm learning to let go" is available wherever you stream your music!
Here's a new video essay about the past 4 months and being on German reality TV while my mental health fell apart - "Why I Left (And Where I Went)" youtu.be/aKB6C0QaLEI
Finished recording “the pink opaque,” the ending song of my upcoming video essay
When I started transitioning, I didn't know who I was, just that I wasn't the gay-bear-in-training I previously thought. This is about that weird process of expressing my authentic self before I knew who that even was, all through an unhealthy obsession with voice: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aDG...