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| gender=[[nonbinary]]<ref name="Presenting">{{Cite web |title=Presenting as Non-Binary Changed My Dating Life Completely |last=Alabanza |first=Travis |work=Vice |date=16 May 2019 |access-date=5 October 2020 |url= https://www.vice.com/en/article/597d4q/presenting-as-non-binary-changed-my-dating-life-completely | | gender=[[nonbinary]]<ref name="Presenting">{{Cite web |title=Presenting as Non-Binary Changed My Dating Life Completely |last=Alabanza |first=Travis |work=Vice |date=16 May 2019 |access-date=5 October 2020 |url= https://www.vice.com/en/article/597d4q/presenting-as-non-binary-changed-my-dating-life-completely}}</ref> | ||
| occupation=poet, writer, performance artist | | occupation=poet, writer, performance artist | ||
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'''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 | '''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}}</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 | 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}}</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}} ''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> | 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/ | 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/}}</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/}}</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 | 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}}</ref><ref name="Beresford" /> | ||
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