Hey, fam, it's me, Amara.

Welcome to the Translash podcast, a show where we tell trans stories to save trans lives.

Well, March is Women's History Month, and with women's and trans rights under attack,

it's more important than ever to remember that the fights for equality for all women

are interconnected. So today we want to celebrate and talk about the importance of trans women

in feminism overall. Transwomen don't just have a place in feminism. They are paving the way and bringing to the forefront ideas that all women and all people can learn from. In fact, there may not be a future of feminism without trans women. So today we'll be learning from trans feminist writer

and author of the groundbreaking book, Whipping Girl, Julia Serrano. The idea that men and women have

this distinct essence is a non-biological idea, that they are trying to shove into

biology language, and it doesn't really work because

that's actually not how biology works.

But before we get into that, who's based in Los Angeles.

He studied at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and now plays in ensembles across L.A.

Zoh plays violin as well as a traditional Chinese instrument called an Erhu.

Here's Zoh to tell us more.

Erhu is a two-string instrument, part of the Hu-chin family, a string instrument family from China.

As a trans person, there's no space.

You're not talking about queerness when you're studying traditional music most often.

It's been hard for me to find folks to play with and also people who are like me.

I'm the musical director for a show called The Passion of the Cut Sleeve.

Passion of the Cut Sleeve is an interdisciplinary show.

We have theater, music, dance, drag, and we're highlighting queer and trans Chinese stories.

My ensemble specifically is all non-pinerary musicians

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