“We transgender are the revolution!” Indianara Siqueira, trans activist and politician, admonishes her political party for ousting her days before the 2018 Brazilian national elections. In the same election cycle extreme-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro is a forerunner for President of the Republic. Indianara is the ‘mother’ at the head of a homeless shelter and community center for trans sex workers called Casa Nem in Rio de Janeiro. Casa Nem is a squat, and facing the threat of eviction, Indianara occupies a colonial palace nearby to bargain with the city to save the house.

Your Mother’s Comfort

Join the sisters of the House of Bushwig as they launch a new drag festival in Bushwick, Brooklyn, joining a long historical tradition of drag arts sub-culture in New York City. Get a glimpse of their joys, their struggles and their culture as we delve into the world of Brooklyn drag in 2013.