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    '''Travis Alabanza''' is an English performance artist, poet and writer.
    '''Travis Alabanza''' (aka '''Travis Alabanza-Behard'''<ref name="Hoskin">{{Cite web |title=National Festival of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Trans History – London Hub |last=Hoskin |first=Dawn |work=Victoria and Albert Museum Blog |date=26 January 2016 |access-date=13 October 2020 |url= https://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/museum-life/national-festival-of-lesbian-gay-bisexual-trans-history-london-hub|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220626073816/https://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/museum-life/national-festival-of-lesbian-gay-bisexual-trans-history-london-hub |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>) is an English performance artist, poet and writer.


    Travis has African American and Filipino heritage. They grew up in a working-class home, their family struggling with poverty.<ref name="Minamore">{{Cite web |title='Damn, I'm good at this!' Is Travis Alabanza the future of theatre? |last=Minamore |first=Bridget |work=the Guardian |date=27 March 2019 |access-date=6 August 2020 |url= https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2019/mar/27/travis-alabanza-interview-future-theatre|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230630181113/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2019/mar/27/travis-alabanza-interview-future-theatre |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Their family has always been supportive of Travis' gender and expression.<ref name="Beresford">{{Cite web |title=Travis Alabanza: The non-binary artist battling transphobia with burgers |last=Beresford |first=Meka |work=BBC News |date=6 November 2018 |access-date=6 August 2020 |url= https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-46098515|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405053502/http://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-46098515 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }} ''Note: article mentions transphobic attack and T-slur.''</ref>
    Gender-wise, Travis mainly uses the labels [[trans]] and [[gender non conforming]], but is okay with being described as [[nonbinary]].<ref>{{cite tweet|user=travisalabanza|number=1278982482352918536|title=Just some house keeping for writing about me. Some words I use to describe myself/identity: trans, gender non conforming, over bearing.  Some words used to describe me that I'm fine with but I don’t really use much myself: non binary.|date=3 July 2020}}</ref>
    Travis was studying Philosophy and Political Sciences at university before dropping out to become a performer.<ref name="Beresford" /><ref name="Juan">{{Cite web |title=To the not-so-lucky: An Interview with Travis Alabanza |author=Juan, Lorena |work=COVEN BERLIN |date= |access-date=13 October 2020 |url= https://www.covenberlin.com/not-so-lucky-interview-travis-alabanza/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601181408/https://www.covenberlin.com/not-so-lucky-interview-travis-alabanza/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Their first show was titled ''Stories of a Queer Brown Muddy Kid'' which they performed at Stokes Croft Arts Festival.<ref name="Sanyang-Meek">{{Cite web |title=Interview: Travis Alabanza |last=Sanyang-Meek |first=Aisha |work=Rife Magazine |date=14 June 2016 |access-date=13 October 2020 |url= https://www.rifemagazine.co.uk/2016/06/interview-travis-alabanza/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522013511/https://www.rifemagazine.co.uk/2016/06/interview-travis-alabanza/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
    After having a hamburger thrown at them for being trans/GNC, Travis created a theatre/poetry performance titled ''Burgerz'', which "looks at how trans and gender non-conforming people move through the world and interact with others, questioning the responsibility that people have to each other".<ref name="Paskett">{{Cite web |title=Travis Alabanza interview: 'So many of us are figuring out gender. Trans people are just more honest about it' |last=Paskett |first=Zoe |work=Evening Standard |date=17 October 2018 |access-date=13 October 2020 |url= https://www.standard.co.uk/go/london/lgbtq/travis-alabanza-interview-burgerz-a3962436.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230122203241/https://www.standard.co.uk/go/london/lgbtq/travis-alabanza-interview-burgerz-a3962436.html |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref name="Beresford" />
    ==Links==
    *[http://travisalabanza.co.uk/ Website]
    *[https://twitter.com/travisalabanza Twitter]
    *[https://www.instagram.com/travisalabanza/ Instagram]


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    Latest revision as of 15:56, 17 July 2023

    Travis Alabanza
    Travis at the National Festival of LGBT History in London in 2016
    Date of birth 15 November 1996
    Place of birth Bristol, South West England, United Kingdom
    Nationality English
    Pronouns they/them
    Gender identity nonbinary[1]
    Occupation poet, writer, performance artist

    Travis Alabanza (aka Travis Alabanza-Behard[2]) is an English performance artist, poet and writer.

    Travis has African American and Filipino heritage. They grew up in a working-class home, their family struggling with poverty.[3] Their family has always been supportive of Travis' gender and expression.[4]

    Gender-wise, Travis mainly uses the labels trans and gender non conforming, but is okay with being described as nonbinary.[5]

    Travis was studying Philosophy and Political Sciences at university before dropping out to become a performer.[4][6] Their first show was titled Stories of a Queer Brown Muddy Kid which they performed at Stokes Croft Arts Festival.[7]

    After having a hamburger thrown at them for being trans/GNC, Travis created a theatre/poetry performance titled Burgerz, which "looks at how trans and gender non-conforming people move through the world and interact with others, questioning the responsibility that people have to each other".[8][4]

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    1. Alabanza, Travis (16 May 2019). "Presenting as Non-Binary Changed My Dating Life Completely". Vice. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
    2. Hoskin, Dawn (26 January 2016). "National Festival of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Trans History – London Hub". Victoria and Albert Museum Blog. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
    3. Minamore, Bridget (27 March 2019). "'Damn, I'm good at this!' Is Travis Alabanza the future of theatre?". the Guardian. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
    4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Beresford, Meka (6 November 2018). "Travis Alabanza: The non-binary artist battling transphobia with burgers". BBC News. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2020. Note: article mentions transphobic attack and T-slur.
    5. @travisalabanza (3 July 2020). "Just some house keeping for writing about me. Some words I use to describe myself/identity: trans, gender non conforming, over bearing. Some words used to describe me that I'm fine with but I don't really use much myself: non binary" – via Twitter.
    6. Juan, Lorena. "To the not-so-lucky: An Interview with Travis Alabanza". COVEN BERLIN. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
    7. Sanyang-Meek, Aisha (14 June 2016). "Interview: Travis Alabanza". Rife Magazine. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
    8. Paskett, Zoe (17 October 2018). "Travis Alabanza interview: 'So many of us are figuring out gender. Trans people are just more honest about it'". Evening Standard. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
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