Say Shalom to the 'Klezmer-Core Punk Band' Made Up of '100% Transmasculine Jews'
http://www.queerty.com/say-shalom-to-the-klezmer-core-punk-band-made-up-of-100-transmasculine-jews-20111203/They're Jewish, they're trans, and they make music. Allow me to introduce you to Schmekel, a four-member outfit from New York City that writes pro-trans lyrics like these: "Sarcasm's a shield that you must learn to carry / Even if your chest's flat and your chin is hairy / Bigots are stupid but they're also scary / Don't want to turn into an obituary.
They recently got profiled by The New York Times Here are some of my favorite lines from the article:
Their name is a joke about clitorises. "Schmekel means little penis in Yiddish, and is a play on the fact that all four members were born female but now identify on the masculine side of the gender spectrum."
