[Photo courtesy of Trans PSA]

By Julia Weber, Editorial Director

A number of local musicians have joined together to perform at a show at The Union tomorrow night to benefit local transgender resources organization Trans PSA.

2024 Battle of the Bands winner Blush will perform at the show, along with local musicians Connie Conrad and Dyl Jane. DJ Ground Floor and DJ tgirl$wag will also play sets during the evening.

Doors for tomorrow’s show open at 8 p.m. and admission is $8, with proceeds benefiting Trans PSA. For more information about Trans PSA and their upcoming programming, visit their Instagram.

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Connie Broadbeck, who performs under the moniker Connie Conrad, is a local musician slated to play tomorrow’s show and a member of Trans PSA.

Broadbeck said one of Trans PSA’s goals is to serve as a space for transgender people to find community without needing to have an affiliation with Ohio University, where many of the available resources are located.

“Trans PSA is essentially trying to be the umbrella, like, ‘Hey, we are a space that you can come [to] whether you are a student or you are a community member, and you can enjoy the real trans community that isn’t just through the school’,” Broadbeck said.

Caden Primmer, a member of Blush and familiar with organizations similar to Trans PSA, said the group’s efforts are very important in ensuring safety and community for transgender people.

“The stuff they’re doing is really important, both materially and providing a community for trans people. Right now, you have to,” Primmer said.

“I think as we’re going into this very scary time, it’s important to lean on those who support you and love you,” Sophia Butler, a member of Blush, said. “I think I speak for all of us when I say we want to be people who can be that for others. Know that when you come to a Blush show that you’re safe and that we love you.”

Broadbeck said she believes that it is more important than ever for transgender people to find and build community with one another.

“Trans people need to be connected through the ties of community to one another and to this wider network of trans people, both for practical reasons of ‘We need to help each other now more than ever, we need to share resources [and] help’ but also for emotional reasons of ‘It just feels good to be around other trans people,” she said.

Butler said she hopes the show will encourage people to find their voices and advocate for themselves.

“It’s important to have a voice when voices are being violently silenced right now, so I think it’s important that people don’t feel like they have to hide, but, rather, that they can be who they are and shine in that,” Butler said.

“There is a lot of material stuff you might have to worry about as a trans person, but hopefully, [on] Thursday, you can forget that for two to three hours and just have fun for a little bit and know that everyone that’s there is your community,” Primmer said.