Taja / L’Rain

A few days with L'Rain at the Walker #digicam #lrain

MINNEAPOLIS!🚨 RARE SELFIE. THIS SATURDAY! I am beyond excited to be here preparing a show for you with the best crew and best band at @walkerartcenter . A live record in the making in front of all of you (and in the green room and during rehearsals). I feel like a little egg about to hatch. Or the slime dripping from a slug in heat. Incubation! New music, new ideas, seedlings of what’s to come for upcoming tours. I’m not not (not not not not) saying there is a new record about to spawn out of my hands and mouth and ears. 😈 Come see the sketches and be immortalized in L’Rain history for years to come. Tickets in my stories and bio. See you s👀n!

“I’ma ok” What have you been doing to keep grounded?

let’s run this back… #research #mailart

that guy from simple plan once sang, “welcome to *my* life…”

We’re starting the year off strong with our first Making Space event of the year! This Sunday, January 11, Artistic Director of Performance Space NY @turrelljames , convenes an international roster of artists making daring work in the face of censorship and political backlash. Participants include Obie Award–winning performance artist and JACK co‑founder Jennifer Kidwell, multi‑hyphenate artist and activist @therealnarcissister , and interdisciplinary curator and writer @lumit . 🔗 For tickets and information, click the link in our bio.

challenge accepted!!! a few diptychs for 2026

bitch I’m alive 🫁🫦 come to my show april 11 at @99scott_ in NY with ohyung and armand hammer ty

Tuesday night was definitely one for the books! It was so incredible to speak with @turrelljames about her amazing song “People Are Small/Rapture” and publicly thank her for featuring my voice alongside my friend @doroshow . And to hear it on the sound tower installation at @lichennyc was an experience in itself. 💞 The night was a beautiful reminder of trans resilience. We aren’t going nowhere. You cannot erase it. Point blank, period. 🏳️‍⚧️✊🏾 Thank you to everyone who came out in support. Shout out to @nyctransoralhistoryproject , @glits_inc , and @redhotorg for organizing this event! . . . . . #transgender #genderqueer #qtpoc #queer #transgirls #transguy #transguys #lgbtqia #intersectionality #transmemes #genderstudies #transgenderism #transing #translash #transisbeautiful #ftm #hrt #transhealth #translash #blacktranslivesmatter

“monkey see monkey do”

what it do mang its moo deng

Thank you @anohni (and @musex1 !) for reminding us of the (ongoing/lingering) horrors of the AIDS crisis while also reminding us that joy, perseverance (rapture!) was possible and still is. Planet earth has seen too many nightmares and continues to. The future will require us to tap in with our ancestors and remain nimble and creative. Thank you @redhotorg and the entire TRANSA community (especially @massima.bell @fkadust @iterrytommy ) for providing us with a little fuel—more community, more art, more celebration that promises to nourish us in the time ahead. I knew I needed this song to bring in the brilliant trans community surrounding me in New York, so I spent hours listening to and reading interviews on the @nyctransoralhistoryproject website. Thank you endlessly to @imara_jones_ @mojodisco @doroshow and Francois who lent their voices to this song. It’s a long one because I wanted to highlight them and their words. Be sure to follow @translashmedia and @glits_inc and listen to Mojo Disco’s music. Read and listen to more interviews in the NYC Trans Oral History Project archive. Listen to and read the @mexican_summer project Blacklips: Her Life and Her Many, Many Deaths by ANOHNI and Marti Wilkerson that inspired my contribution to TRANSA. Think of this song and this project as an endless proposition for ways to support queer and trans people in your communities. We all need it. I could not have done this without the inimitable @thisiswill_g_pasta (engineer and producer), my L’Rain partner in crime @ben7483904628206947300 (accompanying synths and sax), my dear friend @darian.donovan.thomas (violin/effects, background vocals), my big bro @andrewlappin (mixing), and the one and only @heba_kadry (mastering). Thank you all for trusting me and helping me. It’s the honor of a lifetime to be in community with so many artists I admire so deeply. ❤️ And as always thank you to my friends @beverlyglenncopeland and @elspeth_glenn for inspiring so much of this compilation. I love you! LISTEN TO THIS WHOLE DAMN THING NOW AND PRE-ORDER THE BOX SET!