Bandcamp is a platform for artistic expression, and all manner of variance in experience and identity, including gender and sexuality, is welcome here. We support our LGBT+ users and staff, and we stand against any person or group that would see them further marginalized. This includes the current U.S. administration, and its recent capricious declaration that transgender troops will no longer be able to serve in the military. That this announcement was motivated in part to help fund the border wall exposes it as part of the administration’s cynical, discriminatory agenda.
In response, we will be donating 100% of our share of every sale today, August 4th (from midnight to midnight Pacific Time) to the Transgender Law Center, a nonprofit organization that works tirelessly to change law, policy, and culture for the more equitable. TLC does critical policy advocacy and litigation on multiple fronts, fights for healthcare for trans veterans, defends incarcerated trans people from abuse in prisons and detention centers, supports trans immigrants, and helps trans youth tell their stories and build communities.
When an Executive Order was issued earlier this year barring immigrants and refugees from seven Middle Eastern countries from entering the United States, we held a wildly successful fundraiser for the ACLU. We hope you’ll join us in now doing the same in support of trans rights. To participate as a fan, simply purchase music through Bandcamp today and we’ll donate our share of the sale to TLC. To participate as an artist or label, send some or all of your share of today’s sales directly to TLC here, and let us know your plan in the comments below so that we can help spread the word. Since our announcement, over 200 bands and labels have joined us in donating their share of proceeds to TLC. You can see that list here.
—Bandcamp Staff
(Update: Over the course of our fundraiser for the Transgender Law Center, fans bought nearly $700,000 worth of music. Our share, which is ~12% of that amount, was donated to the TLC.)
Below, you’ll find a sampling of some of the music made by trans and gender non-conforming artists on Bandcamp. We hope that as you listen to these albums, you’ll discover some great new artists from all walks of life, who share their experiences in song.
Pandemix’s Poetic Punk Politics
Vocalist Shannon Thompson explains how she uses the genre’s tropes as a jumping-off point for her struggle to understand the world.
Glasgow’s Poisonous Relationship is an Unlikely Dance Music Genius
Jamie Crewe is an artist and filmmaker who explores gender, sexuality, mental health, and politics through surprisingly personal and poetic dance music.
Tica Douglas’s Theology of Uncertainty
The Master of Divinity student talks about how theological studies informs their identity and their haunting new record.
How Oakland’s Experimental Scene Became Browner, Queerer, and More Femme
Conscious efforts to be more inclusive have opened up space in the Bay Area noise and experimental scene for artists like Kohinoorgasm, Spellling, and Beast Nest.
Popper Burns Preach to the Punk Rock Choir
The Austin queercore/no-wave group create a drag world “bigger than an idea” where their audience can feel empowered.
TRNSGNDR/VHS and the Art of Confrontation
The Baltimore artist uses harsh noise to question accepted norms.
Theda Hammel on Giving Sondheim the Synth Treatment
On her EP SondHamm, the self-described “major trans celeb” turns classic Broadway showtunes into synth odysseys.
Vocaloids: Our Friends Electric
Computer-generated vocalists are helping artists like transgender musician Jamie Paige discover their voice.
Mykki Blanco Rips Up the Rule Book
Her new record finds her pivoting from wistful longing to fire-breathing on a dime.
Art-Pop Genius Oblivia on Martyrdom, Sainthood, and Stripping to Cat Power
Armed with a voice modulator and a drum machine, Local Honey, the trans femme performance artist behind Oblivia, says that her music aims to weaponize femininity to heal the wounds of patriarchy.
Tyler Holmes, San Cha, and Vainhein Imagine Experimental Queer Utopias
Three performance artists and musicians found inspiration to survive—and thrive—in their own ways, together, by channeling their rage to build something beautiful.
Hi Bias: Interview With Forced into Femininity
The latest tape by Forced Into Femininity (Chicago-based musician and performance artist Jill Flanagan), is only 10 minutes long, but its five songs pack a ton of power.
Big Ups: HIRS’ Queer Thrash Fury is Taking Over America
The Trans Girl Take Over tour takes the Philly collective to some unexpected places. Meet some of the bands they’re excited to share the stage with.
Album of the Day: ANOHNI, Paradise
On Paradise, ANOHNI imagines a utopia free of violence and masculine authority.
Album of the Day: Sweeping Exits, Glitter and Blood
The Portland glam-rock group switch up the power dynamics of horror.
Album of the Day: Aye Nako, Silver Haze
On Silver Haze, Aye Nako lulls listeners into comfort before turning the room upside down.
Thank you so much for doing this. It’s a bold stance, and unfortunately some people will be offended. I’m proud to support this site and this cause. I’ll definitely be pitching in!
So great to see this pop up in my email this AM. A good start to the day. The FieldHands say…Thanks Bandcamp!
Great idea! I work in US and have many friends LGBT friends there and my Progressive/Art Rock band The Absent City will donate all the funds from August sales. theabsentcity.bandcamp.com
Greetings from Ukraine 🙂
Though I am not of transgender orientation, I believe ALL people deserve the respect and acceptance as citizens of this world. Let’s all end the hate and bigotry and make our planet a better place for everyone. Leaders who divide us have not learned the mistakes of the past.
peace and best wishes,
Joseph
Lich King (thrash metal) will be proud to participate and donate 100% of our proceeds for Friday. We have a LGBT fight song on the new album and I’ve got trans family. We’ll promote hard and get some cash in for the TLC. Thanks for doing this bandcamp, you guys rule.
https://lichkingmetal.bandcamp.com/
This is awesome! Nebulamigo will be participating on Friday by promoting it on our social media pages and offering to donate 100% our portion of EP sales to the TLC as well! https://nebulamigo.bandcamp.com/
We (Crown Larks from Chicago) will be donating all of our digital sales too, thank you for doing something that Spotify/ITunes etc would never dream of doing at this level
THANK YOU Bandcamp! <3 I'll give 100% of my proceeds on Friday as well.
We fully support this and are excited to be a part of it!! Thank you, BandCamp for fighting for equality!!
https://hellojune.bandcamp.com/
I will be happy to donate 100% of my download sales this Friday! Experimental/Ambient
http://www.primitiveacoustics.com
Happy to donate my own cut for a day ..already donate to another charity but will change for 24 hours if Bandcamp can provide the paypal address
Just so everyone posting here knows, I AM discovering your music through your support of this effort. Thank you.
Glad you clarified that. I will donate 100% of my albums sales to this effort! Thanks for including me. https://georgiejessup.bandcamp.com/
Short Bio:
Georgie Jessup’s songwriting is influenced by everything from old school country to Memphis R&B, placing her music firmly in the “cosmic” Americana Music genre. Her lyrics reflect her outspoken advocacy for animal rights, Native American issues, transgender rights and environmental sanity. The subject of an award winning documentary film, “Woman in A Man’s Suit,” Georgie also has four, well received, CDs available. “Georgie sings from the heart, like a rare flower in a wilderness,” says blues diva Candye Kane. “She speaks to us about the deepest issues. Issues that all of us should care about, but so many of us pretend don’t affect us.”
Georgie Jessup & the Philosopher Dogs georgie@georgiejessup.com 410.799.3755
https://www.facebook.com/georgiejessupmusic/
100% of proceeds will be donated to TLC of any sales made in the next two weeks.
I commented earlier, but I just want to join in and say that I’ll donate 100% of my download sales on Friday to the Transgender Law Center as well.
https://evadetheeyeprog.bandcamp.com
Hey! I’m gonna jump on the bandwagon here cause this issue is important to me too.
All the money from any sales I make this week or over the weekend (including Monday since this one is a long weekend here in Canada) on https://vertigofox.bandcamp.com will go to TLC.
I’d recommend Cognitiophobic EP especially for this since that was written in the months after the US election in November and meant as a reflection on the reasons I thought Trump wasn’t qualified.
Akin to the fundraiser for the ACLU, I’ll be donating all sales on Friday to TLC.
Thank You! I plan to buy everything in my wishlist this Friday. Trans rights are human rights and Bandcamp rocks!
Yet another reason why I love doing business through Bandcamp. I made a duo record with Heather Christian called Long Arc (on Bandcamp at: http://store.heatherchristian.com/album/long-arc) that we dedicated to the Pulse Nightclub victims and their families and have been sending proceeds from that record to their Gofundme and the Southern Poverty Law Center. Happy to be a part of this day on Friday and to donate to the TLC.
I’ll be joining in and donating all of any of my sales to TLC. https://iamstephenliu.bandcamp.com/
How about supporting transgender bands? I’m in a Seattle-based transgender noise collective and we need to eat and have gas to get to work to support ourselves. Transgender Law Center isn’t going to help with that, are they?
Other trans projects:
Queen Antifa – https://hmph.bandcamp.com/track/live-at-viking-fest-6-23-17
SNMT – http://snmt.bandcamp.com/
Lash of Thanatos – http://lashofthanatos.bandcamp.com/
Teutholimax- https://teutholimax.bandcamp.com/
QRY – https://qqrryy.bandcamp.com/
BoyCandy – https://boycandy.bandcamp.com/
GG Irkalla – https://ggirkalla.bandcamp.com/
Enola Reven -https://enolareven.bandcamp.com/
Also, if you’re in the PNW, or Seattle you should come to this all Queer/Trans* noise/experimental night we’re doing. Support trans artists directly.
https://www.facebook.com/events/492209924446930/
Very happy to receive this news! Bravo, Bandcamp! I am also be happy to donate all sales from my bandcamp this weekend. If I have the time, I may even record and release something new this weekend too to boost sales! Thank you, BC!
Mississippi Jones will be donating 100% of proceeds from this day as well.
http://music.mississippijones.com
100% on board with this. Cheers to everyone involved in helping to make this happen!
Will be donating all proceeds (assuming any come my way) from my crappy techno tracks throughout the entire weekend (Aug 4-6).
https://watchingnebula.bandcamp.com if you really are interested. I don’t have to be LGBT+ to be outraged at the treatment trans people face.
Wow thank you so much for this article! Choosing to use your position to bring practical aid as well as awareness is just stunning.
I’m gradually adding new songs to my first full length release and anything I make on Friday will be donated to the Transgender Law Center.
As a trans/queer/lgbtqia person, each time I notice other individuals being visible, valuing themselves and each other, it feels to “come out”, as lgbtqia and/or creatively and be a dominant-culture-defying individual. The “spectacle” of lgbtqia people being valued is so rare as to be astonishingly powerful and moving. By supporting trans artists and trans rights, Bandcamp feels like a really good space to be in, and I’m even more pleased now I’ve found a whole bunch of great new musicians whose stories resonate to some degree with me. Awesome post!
Apparently my music sounds a bit like tom waits, but genre switch is my thing.. See what you think.. https://themolluscdimension.bandcamp.com
I’m on board. Buy my music, play it anywhere you want. Help support this wonderful cause. quantumsound.bandcamp.com. People are people. Music is the grand unifier.
Love.
Quantum Smooth Jazz
transgender musician here. i make experimental electronic for music nerds. i’d love your support! seatone.bandcamp.com
Hey guys, Drake from Epic Symphonic Metal band Ruins of Elysium here.
Ruins Of Elysium have been using our music for celebration and empowerment of LGBTQ community since our very first release and this time it won’t be different. We will also donate all profit made this Friday! Thank you, Bandcamp! We stand together with our T siblings.
https://ruinsofelysium.bandcamp.com/
We support this 100% and would love to partake!
-MV
https://mistervertigo.bandcamp.com/
So Awesome- you have inspired me to donate all the sales of Shadow Box Butterfly a song dedicated to the LGBT community and a personal friend of mine who has transitioned as well as 50% of sales of my album for the entire month of August-
http://www.americanpancake.com/2017/08/bandcamp-will-donate-100-of-sales-to.html
I want all of my friends…my family….safe. All of friday’s proceeds from the Warehouse 86 Catalog of music will go toward this great cause.
I’m in. For the full 100%.
https://tomwinckels.bandcamp.com/
Happy to donate my own sales this friday to the TLC! Thanks Bandcamp for doing this!
love, Stereochemistry (we are five aliens sharing one human body: two are boys, two are girls, one is omnigender; two are heteros, two are homos, one is omnisexual, so yeah… we wired ourselves up for experiencing all sorts of human experience and connections!)
I’ll be donating 100% of my sales share from Bandcamp on Friday to the TLC. I was appalled by Trump’s arbitrary decision to ban transgender people from the US military in what is clearly a discriminatory attack on their human rights. Really glad Bandcamp are doing this.
https://annekamusic.bandcamp.com
This is a great initiative, and so necessary. Nice one Bandcamp Staff!
I will be donating 100% of my bandcamp sales this Friday.
All the best!
Ferdi
ferdiribes.bandcamp.com
I’m with you Bandcamp! I’ll donate 100% of sales Friday, August 4th on all seven albums…including the TV/FILM songs:) Thanks for leading the way again!
As a transgender artist, I will join and donate 100% of my proceeds to TLC on Friday! KUDOS, and thank you!! #transisbeautiful #beacourageiousally
My band Servant will be donating 100% of all money made from our digital music sales this entire weekend.
I’m actually working on a song just for this occasion for a special three song EP. Will gladly help out!
https://terrancepryor.bandcamp.com
Great initiative, I will donate 100% of my sales on Friday as well!
https://losttwinmusic.bandcamp.com/
my band, FAITH/VOID, will also be donating 100 percent of our proceeds from friday to the transgender law center. thank you for this
John Marglin and Carl Baugher will be supporting this effort on Friday.
This is awesome Bandcamp. My family (wife, daughter, myself and our record label Rum Bar Records) supports as well and has someone Transgender very near and dear to our hearts. I will donate 50% of all Friday sales on Friday: http://www.rumbarrecords.bandcamp.com
Whimsically Macabre is happy to donate all sales on Friday to the TLC. Thank you for standing up against discrimination, Bandcamp! https://whimsicallymacabre.bandcamp.com/
I have several items in my cart that I was planning to purchase today, but I will now wait until Friday to do so in order to support this very worthy cause. The arts bring ALL people together, not apart, and so together we must stand against those who foster bigotry and hate. Go Bandcamp!
THANK YOU! <3
Merge Records is joining Bandcamp in supporting the Transgender Law Center this Friday by donating 50% of all net sales that day to the organization. Additionally, all orders of two vinyl LPs or more on Friday will receive a free mystery 7-inch single.
Excellent! We join
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1431936050189647&id=188463287870269¬if_t=like¬if_id=1501718008554572&ref=bookmarks
We are happy to help support our trans brothers and sisters. Cultofthelostcause.bandcamp.com
Aqualamb will donate 100% of digital sales and 20% of physical sales.