Diamond Wave

NONBINARY RAGE 🔥😡🔥 There’s a LOT to be angry about, and honestly? We don’t need to “calm down” about it. Sometimes the body just needs to fume 😤 In this excerpt from our new video on nonbinary rage, THEFYRIENDs @mammyisdead + @femmasculine talk nonbinary rage in all its forms, centering the question “When do we feel entitled to be stabby and when do have to do emotional labor?” We’ve got our answers, and we want to hear from you too 👂 💥 What causes your nonbinary rage? 💥 How do you express it? Tell us in the comments! For the full version, visit the Library of Nonbinary Belonging on our site or our new Substack ✨ 🔗LINKS 🔗 IN 🔗 BIO 🔗

✨ Thank you, THUSSY fam ✨ Last Thursday we packed @pacificfeltfactory full of folks ready for a conversation we don’t get nearly enough of: nonbinary identity, bodies, and sexuality. And wow… THUSSY showed how needed this space is! 💖 We loved partnering with @lylachealth 💜 centering the work of our four featured artists painter @zonelysse performer @trixielamonte writer @sumikosaulson illustrator @ember_avalos and opening space for all of you to share your creativity and experiences. The creativity, honesty, and care in that room was something special. 💖 Huge love to everyone who made it what it was! Advisors @rainbowchatman @mammyisdead our artists, collaborators, and all of you who came through. You made it magic. 🔮 More soon 👀🎥

THUSSY memes have entered the group chat 😌🐚 If you’ve been curious… this is your sign. If you’ve been meaning to come… this is your sign. If you just sent one of these memes to a friend… DEFINITELY your sign!🪧 Tomorrow night we gather for a conversation that is real, messy, embodied, and very, very ours. Here’s the agenda: 5:30 - 6:30 🥤Chill arrival and mixer time 6:30 - 8 🪩 Program featuring facilitators @rawiyahtariq Umy Basheer of @lylachealth painter @zonelysse performer @trixielamonte writer @sumikosaulson illustrator @ember_avalos and all of you, our beautiful participants! 8 - 8:30 💬 Let’s have a glass of wine and continue the conversation Come laugh, cringe, feel seen, and be in community with other nonbinary folks navigating all the layers of having a THUSSY 🌸 THUSSY: A Community Conversation on Nonbinary Vaginas 📅 Thurs, April 23 • 5:30–8:30pm 📍 Pacific Felt Factory, SF 🎟️ $5-20 tix in bio, NOTAFLOF

We’re so excited to share a sneak peak of some of the creative work for our THUSSY conversation on Thursday ✨🐚✨ We’ll be centering painter @zonelysse performer @trixielamonte writer @sumikosaulson and illustrator @ember_avalos as we dive deep to talk about all the beautiful intersections of our THUSSIES 🌸 Thank you to all the artists that applied, we wish we could pay all of your for your amazing work! We are still holding space for your creativity tho on Thursday so come out and find your nonbinary belonging!

‼️FINAL ARTIST CALL‼️🚨 Join ✨THUSSY✨ with Diamond Wave + Lylac Health on Vagina Appreciation Day for a community convo that centers nonbinary vaginas and celebrates the many, many ways our bodies exist, resist, and shimmer. APPLY for the artist call by TODAY (link in bio @diamondwavearts ) Types of art to submit 💜visual 💜video 💜performance 💜literary Selected Artists will get a $50 honorarium ✨ MUST be able to attend April 23 for showcase. Stop holding your breath - exhale into THUSSY 🌿💛 #thussy #artistcall #💜 #✨

✨ NONBINARY ARTISTS WE WANT YOUR WORK. ✨ THUSSY is highlighting at least 4 nonbinary creators whose work speaks to the lived experiences of TGNCI people with vaginas, and we want you in the mix. We’re seeking visual, video, literary, and performance work that dives into themes like: • gender euphoria + dysphoria • embodiment (clothes, hormones, surgery) • misgendering + reclamation • desire, intimacy, T4T energy • the complexity of nonbinary vaginal sexuality • misogyny + transphobia If your art holds these truths, tensions, joys, aches, or curiosities… submit it! Let us center your creativity. 🌀 $50 honorarium 🌀 Artists must attend the April 23 event 🌀 Submit by April 15 🔗 link in bio Come be part of THUSSY. Your voice belongs here 💛🤍💜🖤

Join us on Friday, April 17, from 5–8 PM for the second iteration of "Artists Live Here: Community Convening", an evening dedicated to collective action and resource sharing at SOMArts 🔗 Tap the link in bio to RSVP! This drop-in event offers opportunities to discuss the state of our local arts ecosystem with community members, colleagues, and fellow creatives; create signs for the Tuesday, April 21 rally at City Hall; participate in a hands-on workshop on how to effectively deliver public comments at upcoming City Hall hearings; and more. ➡️ On Tuesday, April 21st, @artsabetterbayarea is organizing an Arts Advocacy Day rally on the City Hall steps, this is your chance to help plan the collective action and get ready to make your voice heard 📣 ✨What You’ll Leave With✨ - A sign for the Tuesday, April 21 rally - A letter sent to your supervisor - Concrete information about what's happening at City Hall - Key dates for upcoming meetings and actions - Ways to stay involved in the November campaign - Connection to other artists and organizers Whether you’re new to civic engagement or already organizing, we invite you to take part in this convening space to learn, take action, and show up for one another 🫂 RSVP by tapping the link in bio! 🎨Graphic design by Paola de la Calle (@paoladelacalle )

🌸✨ THUSSY IS HERE ✨🌸 Join Diamond Wave + @lylachealth on Vagina Appreciation Day for a community convo that centers nonbinary vaginas and celebrates the many, many ways our bodies exist, resist, and shimmer. On Thursday, April 23, we’re taking over Pacific Felt Factory for an evening of vibes: 💛 Drinks + nibbles 💛 Art by local nonbinary babes 💛 Real talk with vaginal health pros 💛 Community dialogue that’s tender, truthful, and a little cheeky Stop holding your breath - exhale into THUSSY 🌿💛 📅 Thurs, April 23 • 5:30–8:30pm 📍 Pacific Felt Factory, SF 🎟️ Register at the 🔗 link in bio But wait, there’s more! We want to feature YOUR work (visual, video, literary, or performance) and yes, we will pay you $50 (small but real! 💛). We’re highlighting at least four artists, and all mediums are welcome. Got something about gender euphoria, dysphoria, embodiment, desire, reclamation, or the complexities of being a TGNCI person with a vagina? We want it. Submit it. Share it. Center it. ✨ Artist form due April 15 🔗 Link in bio

🏳️‍⚧️ Nonbinary Voices for Trans Day of Visibility 🏳️‍⚧️ If the first video was the amuse-bouche, consider this the full meal ✨🍽️✨ On this Trans Day of Visibility, we uplift, center, and celebrate the voices of the nonbinary, the genderqueer, the gender non-conforming, the genderfluid, the gender expansive, the genderf*ck. 💛🤍💜🖤 No nonbinary experience is exactly alike, so we asked our community three deceptively simple questions: 💛 When/how did you know? 🤍 What does nonbinary mean to you? 💜 What “flavor” of nonbinary are you? The responses are as varied, vibrant, grounded, and brilliant as the people themselves; from spiritual revelations to quiet recognitions, from lifelong knowing to the relief of finally having language that fits. This video is a love letter to our many ways of being. A reminder that we are expansive, nuanced, joyful, tender, loud, proud, and beautifully not-the-same. Featuring voices from our nonbinary community: 💛 @dawnphenomenom 💜 @edgarfabianfrias 💙 @poproxthehuman 💚 @quinn.r.keck 🧡 @rawiyah_tariq 💖 @artdancemagick 💛 @sumikosaulson 💜 @tobymacnutt 💙 @femmasculine ✨ Watch the full experience + get both versions via the 🔗 link in bio 🔗 Source imagery by @quinn.r.keck Music: “Goodbye System” by @gay.cay “Screen Saver,” “Quirky Dog,” and “Smooth Lovin’” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0

🏳️‍⚧️ Happy Trans Day of Visibility! 🏳️‍⚧️ We refuse to be quiet 💥 We are loud, we are proud, and we are nonbinary! 💛🤍💜🖤 Especially in these times, we’re celebrating all the brilliance, creativity, and joy of gender-expansive people ✨ Featuring the voices of: 💛 @dawnphenomenom 💜 @edgarfabianfrias 💙 @poproxthehuman 💚 @quinn.r.keck 🧡 @mammyisdead 💖 @artdancemagick 💛 @sumikosaulson 💜 @tobymacnutt 💙 @femmasculine After you’re done with this short video, click the 🔗link in bio 🔗 for the full experience with short + long versions. Source imagery by @quinn.r.keck Music “Goodbye System” by @gay.Cay “Screen Saver,” “Quirky Dog” and “Smooth Lovin’” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 /licenses/by/4.0/

it’s that time! March 19, we’re happy to invite @diamondwavearts to the nosh box for queer soup night! Since 2020, Diamond Wave has grown into a cultural home for nonbinary artists, producing the world’s first and only recurring nonbinary performance festival. THEYFRIEND has welcomed nearly 4,000 attendees and hosted close to 90 workshops and events that center nonbinary creativity, connection, and cultural visibility. Across all of Diamond Wave’s programs, we’ve paid over 200 artists more than a quarter million dollars. come thru as we support their efforts and have a grand old time!

Want to join our non binary voices for T.D.O.V. video? 💛🤍💜🖤🥰 Here’s what to do: 1. Record yourself saying your name and pronouns 🎥 2. Say the question you are responding to. 🗣️ It could be: 💜 What does non binary mean to you? 💜 When or how did you know? 💜 What flavor of non binary are you? 3. Answer the question in 10 to 45 seconds ⏰ And that’s it 🙌 Respond to one, two or three questions. You can send in video, audio or text. You can also share images and music to be included 📹🎤📸🖼️🎶 Deadline is Monday, March 9! Link in bio!