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Title: Minnieapolis- Local music: Hip-hop in trans-lation
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Post by: SandraJane on June 24, 2012, 04:59:08 AM
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Local music: Hip-hop in trans-lation
Minneapolis rapper Heidi Barton Stink hopes one day she won't have to explain ->-bleeped-<-. But for now, she's doing it loudly.
Article by: CHRIS RIEMENSCHNEIDER , Star Tribune | Updated: June 21, 2012 - 9:28 PM
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Heidi Barton Stink will perform at several Pride events, including Queertopia at Intermedia Arts. Photo: R.J. Lawrence
The rock world lit up a couple of months ago when Tom Gabel, frontman of the politico-punk band Against Me!, bravely revealed to Rolling Stone that he has secretly been living a transgender lifestyle and plans to become a woman.
Heidi Barton Stink, for one, seemed blasé about the news.
"It's hard to be transgender, period, but try being a transgender activist and rapper," said the artist legally known as Heidi Foster, who fits all of the aforementioned roles.
Local music: Hip-hop in trans-lation
Minneapolis rapper Heidi Barton Stink hopes one day she won't have to explain ->-bleeped-<-. But for now, she's doing it loudly.
Article by: CHRIS RIEMENSCHNEIDER , Star Tribune | Updated: June 21, 2012 - 9:28 PM
http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/159895535.html (http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/159895535.html)
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Heidi Barton Stink will perform at several Pride events, including Queertopia at Intermedia Arts. Photo: R.J. Lawrence
The rock world lit up a couple of months ago when Tom Gabel, frontman of the politico-punk band Against Me!, bravely revealed to Rolling Stone that he has secretly been living a transgender lifestyle and plans to become a woman.
Heidi Barton Stink, for one, seemed blasé about the news.
"It's hard to be transgender, period, but try being a transgender activist and rapper," said the artist legally known as Heidi Foster, who fits all of the aforementioned roles.