Queer & Trans Artists of Color Vol 2 - Paperback

Queer & Trans Artists of Color Vol 2: Interviews and Stories

This second volume continues the groundbreaking work of documenting queer and trans Black and brown artistic brilliance. Building on the success of the first collection, author Nia King compiles interviews from her podcast We Want the Airwaves, creating an essential archive of QTPOC voices and experiences.

What's Inside This Collection

This interview collection features conversations with sixteen artists, activists, and cultural workers who share insights on creativity, survival, and resistance. The book explores biphobia in gay men's communities with Juba Kalamka, border-crossing activism with Micha Cárdenas, Indigenous language preservation through painting with Grace Rosario Perkins, and revolutionary storytelling with Elena Rose. Additional interviews cover textile protest art with Indira Allegra, cultural reclamation with Amir Rabiyah, punk racism with Mimi Thi Nguyen, and the trans women of color movement with Lexi Adsit. Tina Takemoto discusses queer life in WWII Japanese American incarceration camps, while Ajuan Mance explores hip-hop and Black Nationalism. The collection also features Martín Sorrondeguy on making music in exile, Trish Salah on organizing strategies, Cherry Galette on ten years with Mangos With Chili arts organization, Mattie Brice on gentrification awareness through games, Vivek Shreya on self-publishing decisions, and Kiley May on journalism school's colonial nature.

Interview Format and Approach

Nia King maintains her signature frank interviewing style while focusing on a critical question: how do creative people whose labor is often devalued survive under capitalism? Each conversation provides practical wisdom alongside artistic insight, making this both a cultural document and a survival guide.

Book Details

Published by Biyuti Publishing in October 2016, this paperback serves as both a standalone work and a continuation of the series. The interviews preserve stories that might otherwise be lost, creating a permanent record of QTPOC brilliance and resistance.

Who This Book Is For

This collection serves artists seeking community and inspiration, students studying intersectional approaches to art and activism, educators building inclusive curricula, and anyone interested in authentic voices from queer and trans communities of color. The podcast tie-in format makes these conversations accessible while the book format ensures their preservation. A celebration of queer and trans Black and brown genius that continues essential conversations about art, identity, organizing, and survival.