On Friday, April 3rd, Queer Arts Featured is proud to present No One Way: Transmasc Art as Activism in the Bay Area, a group exhibition bringing together photography and paintings that honor transmen and transmasculine non-binary artists and activists whose lives and work have helped shape one of the world’s most vibrant and resilient 2SLGBTQIA+ communities.
On view from April 3 through May 31, 2026, the exhibition is made possible through partnership with the Castro LGBTQ Cultural District.
No One Way takes its name from a truth that trans people have always known and lived: there is no single story, no prescribed path, no one way to inhabit a body, a community, or a life. Trans people have existed across every culture and every era of human history, and the transmasculine community of the Bay Area is no exception — they have been here building, creating, and sustaining this place for generations.
This exhibition introduces visitors to four artists who celebrate themselves and their community, on their own terms. Together, their works affirm that visibility is not merely survival — it is art, expressed boldly, tenderly, and defiantly in a culture that attacks and seeks to deny their existence.
Featuring work by:
@csopie@e_mcgivern@marcelpardoa@lukamaru.art
Beauty Queen, San Francisco 03/1960, 20”x16” inches, Oil on Canvas, 2026.
From a series of retro transfemmes from the TL for the Orlando show at @marrowgallery thinking about how trans people and especially transwomen have been effortlessly moving through gender with grace and beauty for generations now.
Miss Roby Landers, San Francisco circa 1960’s, 20”x16” inches, Oil on Canvas, 2026.
From a series of retro transfemmes from the TL for the Orlando show at @marrowgallery thinking about how trans people and especially transwomen have been effortlessly moving through gender with grace and beauty for generations now.
Julie Starr, San Francisco circa 1960s, Oil on Canvas, 20”x16” inches, 2026.
From a series of retro transfemmes from the TL for the Orlando show at @marrowgallery thinking about how trans people and especially transwomen have been effortlessly moving through gender with grace and beauty for generations now.
You have a couple more weeks to catch my show, A/History at the GLBT Historical Society Museum in the Castro. It’s been such an honor to show with this organization that is doing the essential work of keeping our history alive. @glbt_history
In the Sun Room at Laveta Terrace 1980s, Oil on Canvas, 40”x30”inches, 2025.
While in the archives at Tom House, I found myself drawn to the images Tom took of men he knew in Los Angeles, who offered themselves up willingly as muses, co creating the fantasies that would shape gay culture for decades to come. This was one of the few people in the archives who’s name was not recorded. He’s so beautiful, and there’s so much nuance and tension in how he inhabits the photograph. All of us exist in relationship to hegemonic codes of desire, whether we reject, subvert, or embrace the role society thrusts upon us. As a trans man, I hoped my summer at Tom House would give me answers to how to navigate these waters but I left with only more questions.
Dom Orejudos, Oil on Canvas, 24”x18”inches, 2025.
Based off a photograph from Tom’s personal collection, this painting shows Dom Orejudos a.k.a. Etienne, who was an influential erotic artist and a friend of Tom.
First image is my painting, followed by a photo of Dom and a picture of his art.
Though I was so sad to miss trans march in SF this year, my paintings are up at the @glbt_history society including two paintings of gay tran icon Lou Sullivan 💞
Sean Dorsey, Oil on Canvas, 19x25 in
This portrait of Sean Dorsey was commissioned by the Castro Cultural District, he is an award winning choreographer and transgender activist
@seandorseydance
Yoseñio Lewis for the Castro Cultural District, oil on canvas, 19x25” inches
Yoseñio is a transgender rights activist, educator and musician chosen by the Castro District to be highlighted for his important work in the queer community.
